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10.14.2008

MADINA LAKE TO RELEASE SECOND ALBUM

Chicago alt rockers Madina Lake are pleased to announce Attics to Eden as the title of their second full-length for Roadrunner Records. The band is currently holed up in New Jersey's House of Loud Studio, working diligently on the pre-production stages of the album. David Bendeth (Paramore, Underoath, Hawthorne Heights) is set to produce and mix Attics to Eden.

Attics to Eden follows up the band's 2007-released debut, From Them, Through Us, To You. Madina Lake -comprised of vocalist Nathan Leone, bassist Matthew Leone, guitarist Mateo Camargo and drummer Dan Torelli-lived on the road in support of the album, logging countless miles on their tour van, performing everywhere from pizza joints and basement parties to the second stage of 2007's Projekt Revolution Tour and last summer's Warped Tour, cultivating a core of fans so dedicated that to call them "rabid" would be an understatement.

Nathan Leone sheds a little light on the recording process, saying, "After spending the last three months at home in Chicago shaping songs, we're finally tracking our second record. The record's title is Attics to Eden because, lyrically, most of the tracks explore different ways to find psychological refuge in a world that is moving faster than ever. It also serves as the second installment in the story of Madina Lake." Regarding the band's choice of producer, Leone says, "We picked David Bendeth because his track record implies that he has the gift of seeing a band's vision through. For as many hits as he has, his focus lies more on the personality, individual character and musical ambition of artists, as opposed to chasing radio or trends. That is exactly in line with our philosophy, so were expecting a solid match. We are absolutely ecstatic to share this with as many people as possible."

Roadrunner expects to release Attics to Eden in 2009.

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10.06.2008

NEW SITE CHANGES!

You may have noticed that over the past few months quiet changes have been made to the site. First we gave you new artist pages. Check out your favorite and you'll find widgets, videos, music, and much more. Plus they look great.

A few weeks back we also updated our Artists page. You'll see highlighted artists up top in blue. These change as artists are updated with news, video, and music. This is a great page to make your first port-of-call after the news section!

Today we've relaunched three other pages. Music and Video are all new. You can now embed all of our music and video posted to the site in your blog, web site, or MySpace/Facebook profiles. At the right of these pages you'll see charts driven by what YOU do on our site. You can also leave comments at all songs and videos, rate them, and favorite them in our new profile system (more on that in a sec).

The Releases page has gotten a huge makeover. Every album now has its own home page where you can see the available tracks, rate it, leave a review, or comment on others' reviews. Snazzy huh?

Finally, we just launched our new profile pages. If you're a subscriber to our email newsletters, you can log in, add your own picture, keep track of the latest updates on our site (and partner sites), follow your favorite videos and music, and tell us what bands you want to hear about.

Of course, many of these new features require that you be a member of the site to use them, so please join today!

We are, of course, in a beta phase and need your help to make the site work the best for YOU. If you see any problems or want to suggest changes to the new features, please send an email to webmaster@roadrunnerrecords.com with "NEW SITE REPORT" in the subject line. If you receive an error, please be as detailed as possible, including what page you were on, what browser you are using, and copy any error message you receive into the body of the email.

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07.24.2008

ROADRUNNER BANDS UP FOR KERRANG! AWARDS

The United Kingdom's dope rock magazine, Kerrang! is having their annual award ceremony soon and now is the time for people to start voting for who they think kicked ass this year!

Roadrunner Highlights:

Machine Head has been nominated for "Best Live Band" of 2008.

Madina Lake has been nominated for "Best International Band" of 2008

Get your ass registered to vote!

Check out the full list of nominees here.

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03.24.2008

MADINA LAKE - INTERVIEW ON THE DAILY ROCK

Romerchic from TheDailyRock.com had a chance to check out Madina Lake when they came into Providence, RI with Aiden. She was able to pull vocalist, Nathan Leone aside after the show to talk to him about new music, weird sightings while driving and how he wants his band to be summed up.

Check out the interview here.

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02.14.2008

ATTENTION: CHICAGO MADINA LAKE FANS!

Hey you crazy kids, Madina Lake will be playing with Aiden at the Logan Square Auditorium in Chicago, IL on March 9th, 2008. Buy advance tickets while they last at TheTicketRumba.com. Then head here to play this mysterious Madina Lake game and get a chance to win some awesome prizes!

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1. BRADLEY SAID...

Who gives a shit about Madina Lake? Madina Lake on Roadrunner anyway?? WTF? Why doesn't Roadrunner just fucking sign Good Charlotte? What the hell ever happened to RR signing bands like Suffocation and Obituary and Death? This label has gone down hill over the years.

February 14, 7:20 PM

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2. JEREMY ROSEN SAID...

Bradley, thanks for the suggestion. I just went and offered that idea up to the A&R department!

February 15, 9:48 AM

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3. 666 MAGGOT SAID...

obviously sarcasm from Jeremy.

February 15, 2:11 PM

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4. SPEED WOLF SAID...

obviously stuff happened while I was out of town...buut..hey, in reality, I kind of like Madina Lake, I really do.

February 21, 1:44 PM

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5. MLFAN4LIFE SAID...

Madina Lake is a damn good band compared to shittiest band of all, stone sour. corey taylor can have a bitch ass recored but since madina lake isnt all hard about it you gotta talk shit?

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6. GABRIEL GUNSELMAN SAID...

ok Madina Lake is like my fav band of all time but I am starting to get pissed off because they never com anywere close to were I live come on I really want to see them live!! please come to portland!!!

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Most artists claim they would suffer for their art. The founding members of Chicago's Madina Lake gamely faced death for theirs, crawling through trenches, munching on cow parts, ingesting maggots and eventually being hospitalized, all in the name of rock n' roll.

A year before they were recovering from their adventure in infirmary beds, twins Nathan Leone (vocals) and Matthew Leone (bass) had joined musical forces with guitarist Mateo Camargo and drummer Daniel Torelli - two musicians who shared the siblings' vision for creating hook-laden, pop culture-inspired hard rock with a message - to form Madina Lake, named after the fictional 1950's town from a story Matthew penned. The town is turned upside down when its most famous socialite, Adalia, mysteriously disappears.

"Madina Lake is a microcosm of what's happening in America today," Nathan explains. "Everyone wants to be famous and everyone wants to live louder than everyone else."

Tackling the consequences of society's fixation with pop culture and materialism might seem like heady stuff for a rock band, but Madina Lake isn't out to preach or bring listeners down. Instead, they deliver their message with stunning pop sensibility. Their sense of humor might be due in no small part to the time they experienced that "living louder" lifestyle firsthand. Egged on by friends, the Leone brothers applied for and were accepted to appear on the "twins" episode of the gross-out reality show Fear Factor. "The producers asked us 'Why do you want to be on the show?'" Nathan recalled. "We were like 'We don't. We're not athletic types, we're skinny little rock dudes!' I guess they liked that we didn't care." Not having body builder physiques proved no match for their unstoppable drive.

Accepting the Fear Factor challenge in hopes of scoring the grand $50,000 prize to kickstart their career, the brothers had to dangle from a helicopter and chug ground up cow parts while clambering through a trench. Though they both picked up a nasty infection that nearly killed them, their ambition proved solid and they won. Upon recovery, IVs were quickly traded for mics and a touring vehicle. A demo was put together, shows were booked, a record deal with Roadrunner Records was promptly landed.

The band went to Los Angeles to record their debut album, From Them, Through Us, To You, with Mark Trombino behind the board. Having worked with Jimmy Eat World, Motion City Soundtrack, Finch and blink-182, Trombino was the perfect choice to capture Madina Lake's upbeat pop sound while preserving the intense subject matter of their songs. From Them, Through Us, To You bounds from speakers with subtly catchy hooks and poignant vocals shouting brilliantly-crafted lyrics. Album opener "Here I Stand" starts with a delicate introduction before erupting quickly into heavy, speedy guitars. "At first listen it sounds like it's about losing a girl and being bummed about being alone," Nathan says. "It's really about what you do if you might not be able to realize your dream. How do you live your life?"

The album's debut single is the turbulent "House of Cards," which is led by a driving beat and deeply tormented vocals, revealing secrets like "I'm afraid to be alone / I'm afraid that one day you'll find out." Nathan says the track is about "people who keep a million secrets. No one will admit it, but if you pry a little you'll find out the weirdest things about people."

"Adalia," about the disappearing socialite, juxtaposes harsh, shrieked background vocals with a bouncy drumline. It's fittingly experimental for a song Nathan says is about "girls that really struggle with things like depression and anxiety...the super-famous social butterfly who has all the demons underneath."

And while many songs that tell the Madina Lake story are ultimately about people or society in general - like "River People," a song about integrity - the band isn't afraid to get highly personal as on a track like "Me Vs. World." Set against dark, hook-laden instrumentals are lyrics about "feeling completely outcast, alone, and not understanding how the world works and why people don't feel the same as you," the song is at once about the twins' loss of their mother, and about the struggle of adolescence.

"We're not going to be afraid to talk about what we believe," Nathan says. "We don't put constraints on ourselves. We want to carve a brand new path and do our own thing."

Obviously, the world is listening. To date, Madina Lake has played over 120 shows in just 10 short months of touring. They are selling around 100 copies of their EP a night and have amassed a loyal fanbase who sing their praises on MySpace.com, various blogspots and fansites. They have toured in the United States with 10 Years, Halifax, Red Jump Suit Apparatus and in the U.K. with Paramore, Cute Is What We Aim For and Gym Class Heroes. The band is set to head out again in the U.S. with Halifax upon release of the record.

Though they are only at the beginning of that path, Madina Lake have already crafted a detailed map to lead listeners towards a new horizon in rock. Their sun has only begun to rise.

All upcoming tour dates

Date	Venue	Address	Other Info
1.7.2009	Rocket Town	401 6th Ave. South Nashville, TN 37203 View Google Map	All Ages: Anberlin headline, MADINA LAKE, and Between The Trees support. Tickets: $14 ADV/$14 DOS.
1.8.2009	Orange Peel	101 Biltmore Ave. Asheville, NC 28801 View Google Map	All Ages: Anberlin headline, MADINA LAKE and Between The Trees support. Tickets: $14 ADV/$16 DOS.
1.9.2009	Alenthia	1586 S. Main St. Harrisonburg, VA 22801 View Google Map	All Ages: Anberlin headline, MADINA LAKE and Between The Trees support. Tickets: $14 ADV/$16 DOS.
1.10.2009	Chameleon Club	223 North Water Street Lancaster, PA 17603 View Google Map	All Ages: Anberlin headline, MADINA LAKE and Between The Trees support. Tickets: $14 ADV/$16 DOS.
1.11.2009	Lupo's	79 Washington St. Providence, RI 02903 View Google Map	All Ages: Anberlin headline, MADINA LAKE, and Between The Trees headline. Tickets: $8.95 ADV/$11 DOS.
1.13.2009	Srudio JPR	2109 St. Laurent Blvd Montreal, QUE H2X 2T5 Canada View Google Map	All Ages: Anberlin headline, MADINA LAKE and Between The Trees support. Tickets: $15 ADV/$17 DOS.
1.14.2009	Babylon	317 Bank St. Ottawa, ONT Canada View Google Map	All Ages: Anberlin headline, MADINA LAKE and Between The Trees support. Tickets: $15 ADV/$17 DOS.
1.15.2009	Cowboys Ranch	60 Wharncliffe Rd. London, ONT N6H 2A3 Canada View Google Map	All Ages: Anberlin headline, MADINA LAKE and Between The Trees support. Tickets: $16.50 ADV/$20 DOS.
1.16.2009	Mac's Bar	2700 E. Michigan Ave. Lansing, MI 48901 View Google Map	All Ages: Anberlin headline, MADINA LAKE, and Between The Trees support. Tickets: $10 ADV/$12 DOS.
1.17.2009	The Eagles Club	2401 W. Wisconsin Ave. Milwaukee, WI 53233 View Google Map	All Ages: Anberlin headline, MADINA LAKE and Between The Trees support. Tickets: $13 ADV/$15 DOS.
1.18.2009	People's Court	216 Court Avenue Des Moines, IA 50309 View Google Map	All Ages: Anberlin headline, MADINA LAKE, Between The Trees, and Camera Can't Lie support. Tickets: $14 ADV/$16 DOS.
1.19.2009	Slowdown	729 N. 14th St. Omaha, NE 65201 View Google Map	All Ages: Anberlin headline, MADINA LAKE, Between The Trees, and Camera Can't Lie support. Tickets: $14 ADV/$16 DOS.
1.21.2009	First Avenue	PO Box 2126 Loop Station, MN 55402 View Google Map	All Ages: Anberlin headline, MADINA LAKE, Between The Trees, and Camera Can't Lie support. Tickets: $14 ADV/$16 DOS.
1.22.2009	Venue	2525 9th Ave. SW Fargo, ND 58103 View Google Map	All Ages: Anberlin headline, MADINA LAKE, Between The Trees, and Camera Can't Lie support. Tickets: $14 ADV/$16 DOS.
1.23.2009	Park Theatre	698 Osbourne St. Winnipeg, R2C-R3Y Canada View Google Map	All Ages: Anberlin headline, MADINA LAKE, and Between The Trees support. Tickets: $18.50 ADV/$20 DOS.
1.24.2009	The Exchange	8th Ave. Regina, SAS S4R 5J7 Canada View Google Map	All Ages: Anberlin headline, MADINA LAKE, and Between The Trees support. Tickets: $16 ADV/$20 DOS.
1.25.2009	Starlite Room	10030 102 Street NW Edmonton, ALB T5J 0V6 Canada View Google Map	Ages 18+: Anberlin headline, MADINA LAKE, and Between The Trees support. Tickets: $18 ADV/$20 DOS.
1.26.2009	The Wearhouse	460 Lawrence Ave. Calgary, BC V1Y 2A6 Canada View Google Map	All Ages: Anberlin headline, MADINA LAKE, and Between The Trees support. Tickets: $18 ADV/$20 DOS.
1.28.2009	Richards On Richards	1036 Richards St. Vancouver, BC Canada View Google Map	Ages 19+: Anberlin headline, MADINA LAKE, and Between The Trees support. Tickets: $16.50 ADV/$20 DOS.
1.30.2009	Shrine Auditorium	1125 Broadwater Billings, MT 59812 View Google Map	All Ages: Anberlin headline, MADINA LAKE, and Between The Trees support. Tickets: $16 ADV/$20 DOS.
1.31.2009	Icon	1253 N Main Street Pocatello, ID 83201 View Google Map	All Ages: Anberlin headline, MADINA LAKE, and Between The Trees support. Tickets: $15 ADV/$16 DOS.
2.21.2009	Soundwave	. Brisbane, Australia View Google Map
2.22.2009	Soundwave	. Sydney, Australia View Google Map
2.27.2009	Melbourne Showgrounds	Melbourne Melbourne, Australia View Google Map
2.28.2009	Showgrounds	Adelaide Adelaide, Australia View Google Map
3.2.2009	Soundwave	. Perth, Australia View Google Map
4.3.2009	Zepp	tba Osaka, Japan View Google Map
4.4.2009	Zepp	tba Osaka, Japan View Google Map
4.5.2009	Messe	. Tokyo, Japan View Google Map

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Release Date: 10.16.2007

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AOL Sessions Under Cover

Tracks from Madina Lake's AOL Sessions Under Cover make up this digital EP. The all acoustic set was recorded in July and features songs from one of the band's most intimate performances to date.

Tracks:

Track Listing:
1. Adalia
2. Here I Stand [ listen/comment ]
3. Today (Smashing Pumpkins cover)
4. Here I Stand [ listen/comment ] (The AOL Sessions Video)*

* Exclusively at iTunes

Format: CD
Release Date: 03.27.2007

From Them, Through Us, To You

Even though they're just getting started, Madina Lake have already played over 120 shows in the past 10&nbspmonths, selling&nbsparound 100 copies of their EP on any given&nbspnight, and amassing&nbspa loyal fanbase who sing their&nbsppraises daily on MySpace.com.

Visit their new ECARD and get to&nbspknow the music of their debut album, From Them, Through Us, To You, as well as the mysterious story behind the town of Madina Lake.

Tracks:

1. Here I Stand [ listen/comment ]
2. In Another Life
3. Adalia
4. House Of Cards
5. Now Or Never
6. Pandora
7. Stars
8. River People
9. One Last Kiss
10. Me Vs. The World
11. Morning Sadness
12. True Love

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