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Happy 2010 jan27

Hard to believe it's almost February and the Olympics are almost here!

We're back in LA putting the finishing touches on our Warner debut with Howard Benson. I can't tell you how excited we are to be this close to being done!! We had a couple of guest vocalists come out and do some singing as well, which was an amazing experience. Can you guess who they are? Looking forward to sharing that with you.

If you have our iPhone app, you're in luck! New pics from the studio are waiting for you there!

Tons of images from the recording session are exclusively on our iPhone app.

You can get the app here:

http://tinyurl.com/ye72xoe

Many exciting things ahead this year and we're so happy to have you a part of the journey! Shoot us an email anytime here and we'll get back to you as soon as we can.

Art of Dying Signs to US Major dec1

ART OF DYING SIGNS TO US MAJOR

Canadian hard rockers Art of Dying have signed a worldwide recording
contract with Reprise Records/Intoxication Records under the wing of multi-platinum selling band Disturbed.
"We couldn't be more excited about joining the Warner family and we're so proud to be the first signing to Intoxication Records" (The label started by Dan Donegan and David Draiman of Disturbed), says Art of Dying vocalist Jonny Hetherington.

Art of Dying is currently in Los Angeles putting the finishing touches on their worldwide debut with producer Howard Benson.
"Signing this deal and making a record with Howard has been a dream come true" says Hetherington. "We have the best fans in the world and they've helped us get here... This record is for them!"

See the official press release below:
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For Immediate Release

REPRISE RECORDS SIGNS VANCOUVER HARD ROCK BAND ART OF DYING

DEAL IS MADE IN CONJUNCTION WITH MULTI-PLATINUM ARTISTS’ DISTURBED’S LABEL INTOXICATION RECORDS

DATELINE — Burbank, CA — In partnership with Disturbed’s label Intoxication Records, Reprise Records is pleased to announce that it has signed Vancouver hard rock band Art of Dying to its roster. Intoxication Records was launched in 2004 by Disturbed singer David Draiman and guitarist Dan Donegan. Its first release was the band’s live CD/DVD Music as a Weapon II.

Art of Dying is a five-piece rock band fronted by Jonny Hetherington. The Vancouver-based group, which includes guitarist Greg Bradley, guitarist Tavis Stanley, bassist Cale Gontier, and drummer Jeff Brown, has built a dedicated international following since 2006 touring with Disturbed and Seether, as well as performing at such international festivals as Download and The Virgin Festival alongside Tool, Metallica, and The Deftones.

We’ve been fortunate enough over the last two years to get to know Dan Donegan and David Draiman as friends, performers, and musicians,” says Hetherington. “We knew that if and when an opportunity ever presented itself with them we would be willing to take it in a heartbeat. When you make music your life and you decide to throw everything you have into it, it's a huge commitment to yourself. Sometimes all you need is a break. For us the break was a phone call from Dan and getting our music into his hands. We are thankful to Disturbed in so many ways for letting us tour with them and attend their ‘school of rock’ while out on the road. We are so honored in every way, shape, and form to have their support."

“I’d never seen a band with the same work ethic and hunger as Disturbed until I met Art of Dying,” says Donegan. “These guys live music 24/7. They are non-stop, 100 percent committed to their music and their fans. They have a way of connecting and interacting with a crowd not only onstage but off as well. They are regular down-to-earth guys who love what they do and it shows.”

Art of Dying released its self-titled debut in 2007 through iTunes. They are now hard at work on their debut for Intoxication/Reprise with producer Howard Benson in Los Angeles. “We are very excited to see how the songs will sound once they've been through the ‘Howard Machine,’” Hetherington says.

Disturbed, which Draiman, Donegan, and drummer Mike Wengren, formed in Chicago in 1996, have sold nearly 11 million albums worldwide. Their most recent release, 2008’s self-produced platinum album Indestructible, debuted at No. 1 on Billboard’s Top 200 album chart and remained in the Top 10 for five weeks. It is the band’s third consecutive No. 1 album, following the platinum-sellers Believe (2002) and Ten Thousand Fists (2005), making Disturbed one of only six rock bands in history to score three consecutive No. 1 debuts with studio albums. Disturbed’s 2000 debut album, The Sickness, has been certified quadruple-platinum by the R.I.A.A.

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WWE Adds AOD Videos to Site nov22

WWE has added two new Exclusive Art of Dying videos to their website.

"Get Thru This" is the official theme song for WWE Survivor Series 2009!!

Links to Vids (copy and paste if it isn't clickable... oh and use a browser other than safari)

http://www.wwe.com/content/media/video/vms/survivorseries/2009/november15-21/12704900

http://www.wwe.com/content/media/video/vms/wwemusic/2009/november15-21/12676094

Official Photo nov20

Official Band Photo from the Travis Shinn photo shoot is now up and can be seen on all of the Art of Dying sites!

Http://Www.artofdyingmusic.com

Http://Www.MySpace.com/theartofdying

Http://Www.YouTube.com/artofdyingmusic

Http://Www.Twitter.com/artofdying

Official WWE Theme Song for Survivor Series! nov7

The WWE has selected "Get Thru This" to be the official theme song for the 2009 Survivor Series.
Survivor Series (2009) is an upcoming professional wrestling pay-per-view (PPV) event produced by World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE), which will take place on November 22, 2009 at the Verizon Center in Washington, D.C.
Art of Dying is thrilled to be be part of this amazing event.

Front-man Jonny Hetherington says, "We're all wrestling fans and are honored to have our music associated with the WWE... we're totally pumped!!"

http://www.wwe.com/content/media/video/vms/survivorseries/2009/october22-28/12292338

iPhone Application Launched sep11

The official Art of Dying iphone application is available here:

http://itunes.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewSoftware?id=318593466&mt=8&partnerId=30&siteID=ibjSM6AV2mI-cIK6NaMPJQv908N04uzRSg

Videos, games, exclusive photos!!

Art of Dying added to Disturbed Arena Tour 2009 apr27

Eastern Canada saw it's first live performances from Art of Dying as they opened all Canadian dates on last spring's Disturbed arena tour!

2009 Past Tour Dates with Disturbed

May 25 London - John Labatt Centre

May 26 Toronto - Ricoh Coliseum

May 27 Montreal - Bell Centre

May 29 Moncton - Moncton Coliseum Complex

May 30 Halifax - Halifax Forum Arena

Jun 01 Quebec - L'Agora Du Vieux Port

Jun 02 Ottawa - Scotiabank Place

Jun 03 Hamilton - Copps Coliseum

See you all again in 2010!!!

Design Contest Winners Announced! feb24

Congratulations Corrinne Palmer-White, the winner in the Grim Reaper design contest!

We have been completely blown away by all of the entries in the design contest!
Thanks to all who entered... there are some major talents out there in the design world!
We've gone through all of the submissions and, man has it been tough to select a winner...

Here are the top 3 winning designers:

1-Corinne Palmer-White
2-Laura Dietrich
3-Jason Kounovsky

Click to see:
http://blogs.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=blog.view&friendID=21802600&blogID=472742454

Nominated for a Radio Music Award dec20

Art of Dying has been nominated for a CRMA (Canadian Radio Music Award) in the category of Best New Group. We are totally honored to be included in this category.

Thank you to everyone who supported us at radio over the past year!

www.cmw.net/cmw2009/awards_crma.asp

We truly appreciate it.

Jonny Hetherington

Grim Reaper contest HELD OVER dec6

The official deadline for the Grim Reaper Design Contest has been extended to Feb 12 2009.

Click here for contest information:

http://www.artofdyingmusic.com/artofdyingmusic.com/reaper.htm

Fan Photos - Disturbed Tour nov25

We're super excited about receiving all of your photos from the tour and putting them up in an album on our MySpace site.

Please email your live pics to artofdying@shaw.ca. Don't forget to give us your name and the city you took the photos at and we'll get your photos up in the album for all to see!

New Website Launched! nov21

Welcome to the new Art Of Dying website! Bookmark the site and visit often, we'll have frequent news and blog postings, plus lots of other goodies and surprises!

See you the road everyone...

Cheers,

Art Of Dying