Eve of Alana

Eve of Alana
Eve of Alana Official Band Logo 2017
Background information
Origin Hamburg, Germany
Genres Djent, Alternative Metal, Post-hardcore, mathcore, metalcore
Years active 2009–present
Website Official website
Members Juan Gracia (g/voc)
Lea Swetlana (dr)
Past members Mattia Zander (g)
Ben Nestler (b)
Bruce Hardmann (g)
Hendrik Schmidt (g)
Roman Karius (b)
Emily Casey (g)

Eve of Alana is a German-Argentinian Alternative Metal and Djent band from St. Pauli, Hamburg, Germany, formed in 2009. Formerly named "Trailer Park Sex" (until 2017), the band are known for their DIY ethic.[1]

History

The band was formed by Lea Swetlana and Juan Gracia in May 2009. In March 2010 their debut-EP "Now Or Fucking Never" was tracked (completely as a duo) at Daily Hero Studios Berlin. Marc Wüstenhagen (War From A Harlots Mouth) was the recording and mixing engineer. The mastering was done by Alex Kloos at TimeTools Hannover. The first single featured "Got No Candy" and was followed by "Fucking Nazis In A Beautiful Budapest", both songs with their own videoclips. The EP has been very well received by the German music press.[2][3][4][5][6][7][8][9][10] The lengthy „Now Or Fucking Never Tour“ featured the band on stages in Poland, Belgium, The Netherlands and Germany, with concerts played together with fellow Band Andralls (Brasil), or Sodom and Deadlock.[11][12][13][14][15][16][17] Two years after the release of "Now Or Fucking Never" and after bass player Roman Karius joined the band in 2011, Trailer Park Sex released their first Long Player "Struggle", which once again was mixed by Marc Wüstenhagen (meanwhile at his own recording facilities MAW Recordings, Berlin)[18] and mastered by Alex Kloos at TimeTools Studios Hannover. The first single "Requiem For The Bloodless" was released as a teaser prior to the album release and was followed later by "We've Got Business(Animal Liberation Anthem)" and "Ain't No Life", each release was accompanied by a videoclip. The LP received positive critics by a more international and broader audience than their first Ep did, gathering attention from all over Europe and the Americas.[19][20][21][22] The completely self-booked "Strugglin' The Americas Tour" featured the band on stages in USA, Canada, Argentina and Uruguay. This was their first tour outside Europe.[23][24][25][23][26][27] In January 2014 TPS released "Transatlantic", a Split-EP with Radical from Montevideo, Uruguay. The band said in interviews that the songs featured in that record were written while the imprisonment of Lamb of God's singer Randy Blythe in Prague and later released as a form to celebrate the not-guilty verdict delivered in his favor.[28][29] The band's long time producer Marc Wüstenhagen mixed and mastered the whole EP as well as he contributed guitar and bass parts for it. Soon after the recordings Hendrik Schmidt left the band.[30][31]

In January 2015 'from Below' was released, this was the last record released under the band's old name. Also this was the record that showed a shifting in musik styles, moving from post hardcore towards djent and alternative metal.[32] This record was the first to be recorded with eight string guitars and also the first one to feature entire songs without shouts. That year also saw them playing in the prestigious progressive metal festival "Euroblast Festival" in Cologne, Germany. On that occasion they shared stage with genre spearheads Monuments, Tesseract and Animals as Leaders.[33] Later that year bassist Kain Nod joined the band and former bassist Roman Karius shifted to guitar. A few concerts later Australian guitarist Emily Casey left the band.

The band participated in the 2016 edition of Metaltown festival in Gothemburg, Sweden, sharing the bill with At the Gates, Katatonia and Heaven Shall Burn.[34] After which they embarked on a polish tour that concluded at Materia Festival, a stage shared with Europe Djent referents Textures from the Netherlands, Modern Day Babylon from Czech Republic and Materia from Poland.[35] The highlight of the summer festivals of 2016 was a shared stage with Five Finger Death Punch, Slayer and Amon Amarth at With Full Force Festival (one of Germany's biggest Metal Festivals).[36] Prior to that years end the band opened concerts for English djent band Hacktivist on their 'Out of the Box Tour' as well as for ucranian band Jinjer on their 'King of Everything Tour'.[37][38]

In mid 2017 the band parted ways with Roman Karius and Juan Gracia overtook the guitar work. In September the band changed its name into "Eve of Alana" and proceeded to release a new album 'Inviolable Distance'. Shortly after, the band went on to a headliner Spanish tour called 'Spanish Supernova Tour'.[39]

Influences

The Band is known for having a distinct musical style consisting in a blend of many different genres. While the first release focussed strongly on styles like Mathcore, Metalcore, and Jazz (Dillinger Escape Plan, War From A Harlots Mouth, The Chariot), their sound slowly transformed including more touches of Groove Metal, Alternative Metal and Djent. (Sepultura, Periphery, Deftones). Throughout their career, EoA has sported a big Alternative influence, much of which is apparent in the band's softer moments. Comparisons of Gracia's clean voice with Faith No More's Mike Pattons are oftentimes part of the reviews and descriptions of EoA's overall sound.

The band's Facebook page states:

We are not affiliated to any Kind of trendy shit,

we don't Play a specific genre of Music and we are not trying to be cool for you.

On the other Hand we stand against racism, fascism and 100% for animal rights and equality.

— Trailer Park Sex, Facebook[40]

DIY and activism

In interviews as well as in their lyrics and videos, the band emphasizes on their political and social critical point of view, as well as on their fight against racism, fascism, exploitation and social violence. Animal rights play a big role in the band's lyrics and motives.[41][42][43][44][45][46] Since its foundation the band is completely self-managed, as well in artistical (artwork, videoproduction, merchandise) as in business terms (booking, promotion). EoA can be counted to one of the most accomplished bands of the German DIY scene.[42][43][47][48][27][49][50] Since 2014 the bands offers a free DIY Screenprint Workshop at the core of the Holy Ground in Wacken Open Air Festival, as part of their ongoing work with the Wacken Foundation.

[51][52]

Band members

Current members
  • Juan Gracia - guitars, vocals (2009–present)
  • Lea Swetlana - drums (2009–present)
  • Kain Nod - Bass (2015–present)
Former members
  • Mattia Zander - guitars (2010-2011)
  • Ben Nestler - bass (2010-2011)
  • Bruce Hardmann - guitars (2010-2012)
  • Hendrik Schmidt - guitars (2012-2013)
  • Emily Casey - guitars (2014 - 2015)
  • Roman Karius - bass (2011–2017)

Discography

Studio albums

As TPS:

As EoA:

EPs
Splits
  • "Schizophrenia", Listen Up, Kids Volume 7, Compilation (2010, Midsummer Records)[58]
  • "Got No Candy", Listen Up, Kids Volume 8, Compilation (2011, Midsummer Records)[59]
  • "Now Or Fucking Never", (2011, special edition, Ox-Fanzine Germany)[60]
  • "Got No Candy" (2012, Audiosurf Compilation for the Musikmesse Frankfurt 2012)[61]
  • "Fucking Nazis In A Beautiful Budapest", in: Lampedusa Soli Sampler [62])
  • "They Live", in: Brutal Vision Vol. 2 (Deafground Records - Nuvinci Records)
  • "American Nightmare", in: Brutal Vision Vol. 3 (Noizgate Records - Nuvinci Records)

Videography

  • 2011: Got No Candy
  • 2012: Budapest
  • 2013: Requiem for the Bloodless
  • 2013: We've Got Business
  • 2013: Ain't No Life
  • 2015: Run To Hide
  • 2015: American Nightmare
  • 2016: Stumbling Through Air

References

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  2. ↑ Torben Utecht. "Trailer Park Sex - Now Or Fucking Never [EP]". allschools.de. Retrieved 1 May 2010.
  3. ↑ Mario Nitschke. "Review: TRAILER PARK SEX - "Now Or Fucking Never"". Partyausfall.de, 22 June 2010. Retrieved 6 March 2014.
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  27. 1 2 Entrevista: Trailer Park Sex. Interview with the band by Jorge Patacas im uruguayischen Rise! Metal-E-Zine, Montevideo (Uruguay) June 19th of 2013; spanish, Retrieved March 22, 2014.
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