| From Death to Destiny | |
| Type: | studio |
| Artist: | Asking Alexandria |
| Cover: | From_Death_to_Destiny.png |
| Released: | 6 August 2013 |
| Studio: | Various Studios |
| Genre: | |
| Length: | 50:33 |
| Label: | Sumerian |
| Producer: | Joey Sturgis[1] [2] |
| Prev Year: | 2012 |
| Next Title: | Live from Brixton and Beyond |
| Next Year: | 2014 |
From Death to Destiny is the third studio album by English rock band Asking Alexandria. It was released on 6 August 2013 through Sumerian Records and was produced by Joey Sturgis. The band released the first single titled "Run Free" on 13 August 2012. The second single titled "The Death of Me", and a third track "Killing You", were released in March 2013.
This is the band's last album until their self-titled fifth album to feature the full original line-up, as vocalist Danny Worsnop left the band from January 2015 to October 2016.
The album was recorded in seven different studios.[3] [4]
Part of the album was recorded on the band's tour bus. They had announced in previous years that they had wanted to do this. They cleared out parts of the back recreational area of the bus, and installed a small soundproof room and an area for a mixing board and computer. This is briefly visible in the video released by the band of Danny becoming 'disturbed' and was seen completely in the studio update video posted by Danny on his YouTube channel.[6]
When the album was released, the first track, "Don't Pray for Me", the commotion is audible from video recording in Seattle during a live performance, when band member Ben asked the audience to vote for Danny to go to rehab.[7]
The album was released on 6 August 2013 and two official singles on iTunes. "Run Free" was released officially on 4 December 2012. The song made its live debut on 8 August 2012, at the PNC Bank Arts Center in New Jersey,[8] a side-stop show from the Mayhem Festival consisting only of As I Lay Dying, Asking Alexandria, and Slipknot. "The Death of Me" and "The Death of Me" (Rock Mix) were released through iTunes on 16 April 2013. Both were released with the official single album artwork. On 12 July 2013, Sumerian Records released a full album preview via YouTube which features snippets of all tracks on the standard edition of the album the same night as the band played on the TV show Guitar Center Sessions and revealed that Howard Jones is a guest vocalist on the 12th track "Until the End". On 16 July, the album was made available for pre-order on iTunes as well as the CD copy and package deals including merchandise to accompany the album. A digital copy of the album's second track "Killing You" downloads automatically when the album is pre-ordered on iTunes.[9] On 23 July, the official music video for "The Death of Me" was released on YouTube by Sumerian Records,[10] although the Rock Mix version of the song was used in place of the original version. There were several leaks of the album online, although Ben Bruce worked hard to take all of the leak links down.
Asking Alexandria played a "Midwest CD Release Tour" in support of the album's release, featuring Motionless in White, Crown the Empire, and Upon a Burning Body in the tour's line-up.[11]