Following a two month break in early 2002, HIM regrouped and began rehearsing for its next album, which saw the band working with Hiili Hiilesmaa again. The band viewed the record as a reaction to the difficulties they faced during Deep Shadows and Brilliant Highlights . According to Valo: “After…
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On April 3, after weeks of circulating rumors about Dirk Lance’s departure from the band, an official announcement was made by the band.
In April 2003, the band released the resulting album, Viva Emptiness .
Kutless had their touring debut between February and April 2003 when they opened up for Audio Adrenaline and MercyMe .
Following the release of the album in April 2003, the summer of that year was a particularly fruitful time.
The band contributed the song “If Only” to the film Holes . The song’s lyrics are mostly based on a recurring poem from the film and its source novel. The film’s soundtrack album was released in April 2003, only a month after the release of Everything Will Never Be OK…
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Evanescence’s music was initially promoted by their label in the Christian market, and Lee and Moody publicly made it clear in an April 2003 interview that they were not a Christian band or Christian rock . Moody’s comments against being in the Christian market immediately prompted the label’s chairman Alan…
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Rolling Stone stated in April 2003 that while Wind-up had no official Christian affiliation, they had been marketing their bands “to both the Christian and mainstream music market”. Wind-Up “began courting the Christian music market more than a year ago, making its first foray with 12 Stones’ self-titled 2002 debut.…
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Fallen spent 43 weeks in the top 10 of the Billboard 200 , peaking at number three. It was listed for 104 weeks on the Billboard 200, and it was one of eight albums in the history of the chart to spend at least a year in the top 50.…
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On March 20, 2003, radio station “102.1 the EDGE” in Dallas added “Calling You” to regular rotation, and it began to spread to radio stations across the country receiving over 56,585 spins on the US airwaves.