Affiance (band)

Affiance is an American Metalcore band from Cleveland, Ohio, formed in 2007. They released one EP prior to their debut album No Secrets Revealed, which was released on Bullet Tooth Records in December 2010. Vocalist Dennis Tvrdik sings of political and religious issues.

History

Formation and First EP (2007–2009)

Affiance formed and released their first 6-track EP entitled Calm Before the Storm in late 2007.

After minimal success with the EP, the band signed a deal with Bullet Tooth records to begin production of their debut album.

Signing to Bullet Tooth Records and debut length album (2010)

With their first EP released, the band began their first nationwide tour with Across The Sun and No Bragging Rights.

During this tour, Josh Grabelle, the president of Bullet Tooth Records, saw the band play in New Jersey and said, "These guys were one of the best live bands I had ever seen. I truly needed to see them play live to make sure Dennis' vocals weren't studio magic, and they certainly weren't! I was blown away. The whole band was incredible."^[1] Grabelle signed the band.

In the fall of 2010, the band entered the studio and began their preparations for the release of their first full-length album, No Secrets Revealed, which was released on December 2, 2010.

In 2011, Affiance's single "Call to the Warrior" was released as a downloadable track on the popular game Rock Band.^[2] The band's music video for the song is of them playing their own track on Rock Band.^[3]

The Campaign (2012)

On September 6, 2012, Affiance posted on their Facebook page that they had finished recording and would be embarking on a fall tour with bands Modern Day Escape and Deception of a Ghost. On September 27, 2012, they released their cover of Europe's "The Final Countdown."

The next album, The Campaign, was released November 13, 2012. It features guest vocals from August Burns Red's bassist Dustin Davidson, Memphis May Fire's Matty Mullins and Century's Ricky Armellino.

2013 tour

The band toured through February–March 2013 with supporting act Glamour of the Kill. Afterward, the band opened the Killswitch Engage summer headliner The Disarm The Descent Tour with Darkest Hour, Miss May I and The Word Alive. Later in the year, the band supported Protest the Hero on their tour with Architects and The Kindred joining them also.

2014-present

Affiance released a lyric video for the song "Limitless" on June 28, 2014, from their upcoming album Blackout. On August 26, 2014, the band released another single from Blackout, titled "Monuments Fail". On September 10, 2014, the band released a music video for "Fire!".

Blackout was released on September 23, 2014. They toured to support the album in September 2014 and January 2015. The band also toured to support Miss May I in October 2014 on their Road to Knotfest tour.

Discography

Albums

• No Secrets Revealed (Bullet Tooth Records, 2010)
• The Campaign (Bullet Tooth Records, 2012)
• Blackout (Bullet Tooth Records, 2014)

EPs

• Calm Before the Storm (Self-released, 2007)
• Gaia (2016)

Music videos

See also

• List of Rock Band Network songs

References

External links

• http://www.spirit-of-metal.com/album-groupe-Affiance-nom_album-Calm_Before_the_Storm-l-fr.html
• http://hmmagazine.com/blog/news/affiance-sucks-not-musically-just-at-video-games/