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Davey Suicide have released a new song turned video for "Paralyzed", which features a guest spot from William Control. Check it HERE.

William Control has released a new video for the track "Let Her Go". Check it HERE.

Aiden fronted by vocalist WiL Francis, was an active band from 2003 to 2016. In 2016 the band went on to do one final run of shows in the form of a farewell tour, playing their sophomore album "Nightmare Anatomy" in full. During this same time frame they would release their seventh full-length self-titled album "Aiden" in 2015 returning to their classic roots of their musical careers. But after their final farewell happened WiL Francis went on to continue his solo works in William Control, taking note that Aiden was done for good, and the memories would last forever.

Until now, in which the Aiden Facebook page, posted on Wednesday May 3rd 2017 at 12:25PM a post indicating a showcase happening on of all days Mother's Day, May 14th 2017 to take place in San Francisco, California at Monarch.


Does this post mean that Aiden has returned and will play this one off showcase or is it just a Facebook error? Check out the screen shot provided by us at NataliezWorld.com and speculate via the posting HERE.

William Control has released a new video for "Knife Play". Check it out over HERE.

Wil Francis known by many of this namesake, is continuing his William Control project, going on almost 10 years now. That being said, an extensive catalog of material has seen the light of day, including most recent being the fifth full-length album titled "Revelations". This album is not being released in a tradtional format, but is being divided into four EP's the first one being released already "The Pale". The second EP is "The Black" with the third and fourth EP's to follow soon enough.

In any case the second EP in this "Revelations" series, titled "The Black", consists of 4-tracks, this EP being a lot like the first EP "The Pale". Except a continuation, because both releases do sound a lot alike. William Control's style being that of a gothic, industrial, mash-up of The Smiths meets Depeche Mode, with the added flare of Black Veil Bride's frontman's newest project Andy Black. You get the formula of all of that, right here on this EP that is "The Black".

The EP itself goes rather quickly, as soon as the opening number hits "Analog Flesh" the ending number is soon playing "Velvet Rose". The middle portion of the EP being crossed over, as not even being noticeable when listening through this EP, no matter how many times heard. It's not a bad thing, as each of these songs, the intro and outro being quite good, while the middle portions are decent enough. When listening to any of William Control's music in this project of his, you get just that, you get WiL Francis' style and ability as a musician. You just know instantly that this is indeed him and his style just brings out an essence of pride and passion throughout.

"The Black" EP in the "Revelations" series is a decent and direct follow-up of sorts, that will surely continue and wrap-up, to be an album that is just like his previous content, except more emotional than before.

Andy Black of Black Veil Brides will be headlining "The Homecoming Tour Curtain Call" with support coming from William Control and Palaye Royal. Check out the dates below.

TOUR DATES:

2/8: Lancaster, PA @ Chameleon Club
2/10: Patchogue, NY @ 89 North Music Venue
2/11: Clifton Park, NY @ Upstate Concert Hall
2/12: Portland, ME @ Port City Music Hall
2/14: Montreal, QC @ Corona Theatre
2/15: Toronto, ON @ Opera House
2/17: Cincinnati, OH @ Bogarts
2/18: St. Louis, MO @ Delmar Hall
2/19: Milwaukee, WI @ The Rave
2/21: Palatine, IL @ Durty Nellie’s
2/24: Saskatoon, SK @ Saskatoon Event Centre
2/25: Calgary, AB @ MacEwan Ballroom
2/26: Edmonton, AB @ Starlite Room
2/28: Vancouver, BC @ Rickshaw Theater
3/1: Spokane, WA @ Knitting Factory
3/3: Pomona, CA @ Glasshouse

William Control has released a new video for "When The Love Is Pain". Check it out right HERE.

William Control has released a new video for "Confess". Check it out right HERE.

William Control has released a new song and video for "The Monster" off an upcoming EP release called "The Pale" expected to drop this Halloween season! William went on to post this about the release via Facebook -

"The Neuromantic Movement Begins Now

Building something new is never easy. The long hours, the lack of sleep, the shuck and pull of emotions that rage and boil and crash around the surface of the ocean in your heart. The technical build up, the digital sound of love and anger, the grease it takes to prime the movement, and the joy of listening and creating one cohesive neuromantic movement for the souls of your brothers and sisters, children and grandparents.

Here is the first offering from my digital heart. This is a video for the single from "The Pale E.P." It's called.... "The Monster". Terry Matlin shot it in Brooklyn last month and we couldn't be more pleased with the way it turned out.

This is going to be a YouTube exclusive for the next month. It won't be available on Spotify or iTunes just yet. The reason being is that Control Records has signed a distribution deal with Artery/Sony/Red, which is huge for us! As it will get our music out to more people than we could do on our own.

With that being said, it does take them a while to get things set in place and since I wanted to release this video before the Synths and Sinners tour this turned out to be the best way to do it.

We have new music coming. The entire record is called "Revelations" it will be split into 4 different EPs. Pale, Black, Red and White. So it's game on for the Neuromantic boys.

The Pale EP will drop in full mid October.

For now. Please help us. Share this video with everyone you know every few days. Go over to my youtube channel and grab the link. Tell your friends about it. Post on your IG about it, on your Facebook, Twitter, tumblr, snapchats, everywhere. Let's get this out there so everyone takes notice. Thank you all and let's enjoy the ride.

All my love
William Control"

Check out the video right HERE.

Aiden has released their live DVD "Live At The Underworld" which was shot during their run in the U.K. During their final tour, of their sophomore album "Nightmare Anatomy" which they played in it's entirety, on the "The Last Sunrise Tour". You can buy the digital copy HERE. No physical copies of this DVD will be made according to WiL Francis, who will be continuing his solo career as William Control, expect new things soon.

Aiden had made the announcement of their return, then plans to release a new and a final album. Original and remaining member of the group, WiL Francis or William Control, began working on the album, it having guest appearances by numerous musicians, him detailing that this would indeed be the final Aiden album, and it would be Self-Titled.

He went on to say that this album would be available as a FREE digital download as well as there being a physical release only made available for a limited number of copies. Pre-orders for the album's physical release, have been made available online HERE.The options are as follows and you can mix and match from any of the above to purchase.

- 11x17 poster ~ $5
- Physical CD ~ $10
- Physical CD + Poster ~ $13
- Signed CD ~ $20

These pre-orders will only be available until October 19th 2015. The remainder will be available in-person while the band hits the road on their fall headlining tour, where they will play in full their second full-length album "Nightmare Anatomy". BUT wait there's even more! The band has also gone and released a new song off this album called "Crawling Up From Hell", check it out HERE.

William Control of Aiden will be releasing a new album the last one for Aiden by Halloween of this fall of this year. He has given a further update of mentioning that this album will be available for FREE downloaded once released. As well as having an auction of items sold of old Aiden memorabilia.

He goes on to say that the auction will include clothes worn by himself and the band in photo shoots, limited edition prints and old flyers. All proceeds will go toward the recording, mixing, and mastering of the upcoming record. Check out the video message HERE.

Aiden frontman WiL Francis or known as his solo project trademark William Control posted the following apology letter message to former Aiden members and regards to the band's future on his William Control Facebook page. It reads as follows;


"Standing on the grimy corner of enthusiasm and optimism waiting for my taxi to pull up and it’s raining but somehow I know I’m in the right place at the right time.

A dear friend once told me.

This life is filled with fantastic peaks of grandeur and then when you’re having the time of your life you will fall down into a valley of despair, uncertain if you can make the connection again to the heavens above us.

If only I could tell him now how disastrously on point that sentiment is. I suppose it’s like that for many people in this life, especially for those who enter a work force that is highly competitive and as unreliable as the music industry. Hard work does pay off… but sometimes it backfires. Sometimes you stick a metal plate into the microwave, turn it on and walk away. Sometimes your house burns down. Yet as a species, tribal in nature, with tenacity engrained into our DNA, survival in our blood, we are able to pick ourselves up, rebuild our house and carry on with a courage we have never felt before.

This is an open letter to the former members of my band Aiden. I know you’re busy with your lives and your families and your jobs but I want you all to know how truly grateful I am that you came into my life. Through my adolescence and early twenties all I wanted to do was make music with a band and travel the world playing shows. I met you when I was twenty-one and we began the process of writing punk rock songs that mattered to us. It was shaky in the beginning with Jake D and Angel still in high school, but somehow we managed to write and practice and actually play a decent amount of shows.

I remember the moment that I knew this band was going to work. We were playing a place called Club Adrian, you remember that weird kid that use to put on shows in the south end? It was when we brought Nick on stage to play bass for World by Storm at the end of the set. He came up, I threw him the bass and grabbed the mic, everyone in the crowd was singing along. It’s in our heads, it’s in our hearts, the world by storm. From that moment on I knew we had something special. Drawing inspiration from the solidarity of Strike Anywhere, riffs like early Death by stereo and sing-alongs like the Unraveling by Rise Against. The early influence is all there.

We created our own little horror punk scene there in the northwest. Fueled by the ambition to set the world on fire and armed with young Danzig inspired devil locks we set out to carve our names into the history books. We all know that’s not how it turned out, but we sure made some cool records and travelled on some fantastic tours in the mean time. Besides a few fans here and there the world has largely forgotten about Aiden. Which is okay with me. It was the experience that matters most. I remember the excitement encompassing our shitty little tour van. That first one we had that we named Alexa. The one that we wrecked on our way out to Port Townsend to play that VFW hall or whatever it was. That’s where we first met Dakotah! Sitting here thinking about all of this brings up a lot of fond memories. I’m sorry it went so pear shaped in the end.

To Jake Wambold,

Here in my heart I’ve held a grudge for so long that it’s poisoned a lot of relationships, created bitterness inside and has cost me so much emotionally I care not to recount it. Which is not your fault at all. That burden lies with my inability to let go of the past.

The decision to kick you out of the band sat heavy on our shoulders like a sack of bricks made of mercury for months and months. We kept thinking it would get better, like being in a toxic relationship with someone you love wholeheartedly but know that they are a cancer and if you don’t cut it out it’s going to kill you both very soon. We felt as though you didn’t want to be there, and since you have a very powerful presence about you, that deepening sense of pessimism affected everyone.

You’ve always been able to walk into a room and put smiles on everyone’s faces, make women fall in love and generally you are the life of every party. I’ll never forget that line you used on a girl once when we were on east coast. You remember it? “I want to dip your ass in ranch and lick your butthole.” I still can’t believe that worked, and I tell that story to this day.

I don’t know what happened. Perhaps it was our clashing egos, maybe you just didn’t want to be a musician anymore. All the time you spent out in Chicago between tours with your girlfriend took you further and further away. Granted. I had my own issues being engaged to that horrible broad from Idaho who made me so miserable that I wanted to quit the band myself and go live in Antarctica. I can’t imagine I was easy to be around. We were traveling the world on Taste of Chaos playing in arenas in front of tens of thousands of people and I hated my life because the woman I supposedly loved was a wretched human being. What a shit storm. But we carried on. It wasn’t until the spring of 2008 that we decided as a band it couldn’t go on. After the successful European tour we returned to play Bamboozle, I broke up with my girlfriend and we were supposed to do some dates with Scary Kids routing out back to Seattle. Remember that Poughkeepsie show? The worst show of our career. We looked at each other on stage and just shook our heads. “wiL Francis” died that night.

That was the last time I saw you. We ended our friendship playing the worst fucking show imaginable as a band.

What hurt the most is the lawsuit you brought against the band. Knowing how much money we had, it was like trying to squeeze blood from a stone. The litigation cost us twenty thousand dollars alone. That cut deep. We never wanted it go down like that.

Listen old boy. I am sorry for everything. I thought we are going to be friends forever but only ended up strangers. Those lyrics I wrote about burning your friends ended up becoming more than just metaphors. Somehow the irony of it all is too much, I just have to laugh about it now. There’s no turning back the greedy hands of time and fixing it. All I can say is that I’m sorry, from the bottom of my heart. I’ve heard through mutual friends that your wife had a baby. Congratulations. My son is nearly six and starts school this fall. It’s crazy how quickly time is flying by, and now that you’re in your thirties I’m sure you can attest to that as well. I heard Troy is living in Hollywood trying his hand in the comedy world. I surly hope he succeeds. That is one of the funniest kids I have ever met in my life. He never failed to impress us with character impressions or made up skits and dialogue. He deserves all the success in the world. Tell your parents thank you for me. Thank you for allowing us to set our crappy amps up in their garage and write Our Gangs Dark Oath. Their support was integral to our early success. Tell them that I am sorry if I hurt them in anyway.

I’m not asking forgiveness. You don’t need to grant my clemency. I just want you to know that I love you and that I thank you for coming into my life. I feel that after all these years of separation it needs to be said. I wouldn’t still have a career in music if Scott hadn’t introduced me to you all those years ago when we were young men. Take care of yourself. Take care of that wife and that baby girl. I wish you all the best in life old friend.

To Jake Davidson

Or rather, to the best drummer I’ve ever met. What a spectacular artist you were. Everyone I meet or talk to will still agree. But they don’t even know the true depth of your talent. So let me give you all a little example of the expertise that is Jake D.

When we recorded Knives, we did sixteen songs. I set the drum mics up in a couple of hours and dialed in some great sounds through that Trident 80 series we were using. You came in and recorded all of the drums in less than eight hours. Most of them it only took one take. It took more time for me to set up the session in pro-tools than it did for you to bang them out. But it doesn’t stop there. In this day and age bands are recording drums and then editing the fuck out of them so they sound perfect, right on the click, placed on the tempo like a drum machine. The drums on Knives are AS-IS. There is no editing, no sampling. That’s Jake “Machine Gun” Davison.

It’s a shame that you couldn’t parlay that talent into studio sessions or go on to join a bigger band. Even Eric the drummer of one our favorite bands NOFX told me that if he were ever injured you would be the only drummer he would have replace him. Wow.

But I digress. I know that punk rock alone could no longer sustain us all. I’m sorry I couldn’t make our band more financially successful. I understand why you had to let it go. Playing music with an uncertain future was not as appealing as having a job with security, a steady paycheck and health benefits.

In short, I thank you. I thank you for being the greatest drummer in the world, I thank you for being someone I could rely on, thanks for joining the band in high school and foregoing a college education for the opportunity to travel around the world, playing shows and making kick ass records. I’m really proud of the work we accomplished together. Trox told me that you’re getting married this summer as well. Congratulations on that old friend. You will make a fantastic husband and provider for the woman you have chosen to walk through this life with.

To Angel Ibarra,

Getting the opportunity to watch you grow up from awkward teenager into a man with responsibilities was truly a pleasure. But witnessing your growth as a guitar player and artist was even more enjoyable. Thanks for sticking around as long as you did. I know the concept of doing tours and coming home with hardly any money seemed a pointless one, and like Jake I know that if this band could have sustained you financially you would have stayed.

I broke out my old mustang right before the start of this tour I’m currently on with William Control. Remember the white one with Fuck Religion written on it? The one I used for Knives and Warped Tour 09? It still sounds like a beast. That Duncan invader you suggested I get installed still sounds amazing, blood and rust and all. Thanks for that. Thanks for being my riffing wingman. Thanks for pushing me to write better songs and become a better guitar player. You’ll always have a special place in my heart. Hope you and Rose are doing well up there in West Seattle.

To Nicholas Wiggins,

The mystery man, the enigma, you’re one of the nicest guys I’ve ever met and had the pleasure of calling my friend. For years you stood beside me on stage playing and singing your heart out. Every stage we shook together, every laugh we shared, every terrible journey overseas, everything we had in common I am grateful.

Listen.

Don’t worry about the t-shirt debacle that occurred a couple years ago. I know exactly why it happened. I know you never set out to fuck up all those orders. It costs a lot of money to get shit made and even more money to package up and ship everything out. Having my own screen print shop has taught me a lot. Everything works out in the end. Don’t sweat it.

Good luck with Girl on Fire and tell your old man thanks for all the twinkies he supplied us with in the early days.

Stay gold pony boy.

You guys are the reason I am still on tour playing shows and making records, without Aiden I would still be working in a warehouse shipping boxes of shit for a company I don’t like. Without Aiden I wouldn’t have some of the most cherished and incredible memories I continue to tell stories about to this day. Without the oath we took when our dark gang was young I wouldn’t have accomplished a fraction of the things I have. I wouldn’t have met my heroes, played legendary places like Brixton Academy or The main stage at Download, Reading and Leeds festivals, Warped tour or the far off countries we’ve traveled to like Japan and Australia. I wouldn’t have become William Control, or been given the opportunity to shine brighter than I ever could have imagined. I can thank you a million times but it still doesn’t feel like enough.

I also want to let you all know that I’ve decided to make one more Aiden record. I want to make one without victory records. I feel as if the last cycle for Some Kind of Hate ended so abruptly we never got to go out and say goodbye. It was a rough time for everyone involved and it feels unresolved. I hope you get the chance to hear it when it comes out, I’m going to try and stick to the formula that made Aiden so fun to begin with. Maximum riffage and sing along chorus’. I want to look back on the legacy and feel closure. Who knows, you might hate it, fuck you might love it. Either way I hope you get the chance to listen to it at least once.

It will be in honor of the four other kids that believed we could transcend the blurry routine of a regular suburban existence and change the world with distorted guitars, thundering drums and a little bit of goofy face paint.

All my fucking love, William."

William Control will be heading out on The Punishment Tour with support coming from Requiem and Justin Symbol. Find out where from the list of dates below!

TOUR DATES:

May 6 - Salt Lake City, UT
May 8 - Denver, CO
May 10 - Minneapolis, MN
May 11 - Chicago, IL
May 12 - Indianapolis, IN
May 13 - Detroit, MI
May 14 - Cleveland, OH
May 17 - New York, NY
May 18 - Boston, MA
May 19 - Philadelphia, PA
May 20 - Washington, DC
May 22 - Atlanta, GA
May 23 - Tampa, FL
May 25 - Houtson, TX
May 26 - Dallas, TX
May 28 - San Antonio, TX
May 31 - Phoenix, AZ
June 3 - San Diego, CA
June 5 - Anaheim, CA
June 6 - Los Angeles, CA
June 7 - Fresno, CA
June 8 - Oakland, CA
June 11 - Seattle, WA

Aiden's only original member WiL Francis, former members Angel, Jake, and Nick leaving the band to pursue other projects, have called off their 2 year silence of hiatus. On December 30th 2014 the band posted "2015" on their Facebook page, following up with that on January 2nd 2015 with WiL posting the following statement in regards to his solo project and Aiden's future.

"Darlings,

I walk through the insanity of this beautiful world that surrounds me and I fall madly in love with it, as if I have just arrived in a foreign place I've never traveled to. I'm in awe of its grandeur and the wondrous complexity it exudes, yet I’m still slightly terrified that I don't know which direction I am headed. Other times I don't even understand why I wake up in the morning or have a clue as to what the fuck I'm actually doing out here.

I started writing this the day I left the gloriously filth filled streets of London Town to journey back towards the fatherland so that I can finish a tour that started back on October 1st. Sitting now in the warmth of my living room next to trembling flames in the fireplace I’m overjoyed at the experiences I have gathered throughout the fall of 2014, but I am certainly glad to be home. Three months isn't a very long time to be on tour but when you're on the home stretch it feels like a century. Three minutes ago it seems I was sitting in a hotel near a venue in Warsaw Poland for the start of the European leg. Three minutes/three months/three years. What's the difference really? A nap and a coffee. Tomorrow I'll be in someplace dark, someplace cold and it's a good thing I brought my long johns.

2014 has been an incredible year. Revelator book two came out, the Neuromancer before that, I made an acoustic album to drop at Christmas and spent most of our days on the road being treated really well by the lads in Combichrist. What a lovely bunch they are. Sincere, talented, hilarious and.... sometimes drunk. But very rarely, that I can assure you. They have dragged us all over the United States and Europe to play in front of their audience, most of whom were quite open minded and didn't object to watching a band that wasn't an industrial/neon art project screaming in their faces, playing garbage cans, and wearing black tactical gear with LED lights.

As a free and independent artist, could I ask for anything more? Music, travel, adventure, and the roar of an audience? It doesn't get much better. I have you all to thank for that. In all sincerity I wouldn't be here if you didn't buy my music, merchandise or come to the shows wearing vinyl boots and garter belts. I wouldn't be here if you didn't request to see me at your local venue or festival, I wouldn't be here if you didn't show up screaming the lyrics in my fucking face.

I feel lucky that I have been given the chance to breathe oxygen from the atmosphere and share these experiences with other bright human beings, forming lasting relationships that will go on until the end of time. To Andy, Joe, Z-mar, Eric13, Brent, Elliot, Chris, Steve, Howie, maxi, fischi, Jessica, Jan, Benny, Ian and Kenneth Fletcher.... Thank you for making my time out here mean something special and for showing me that there are people in this world that I can count on.

Now let’s get down to business. 2015 is going to be a very busy year.

First I’d like to announce that I am opening my own screen printing shop. I know it’s frustrating waiting so long for the t-shirts and booty shorts you order to arrive. I’m going to try and streamline this process. Order-Print-Ship. I've rented a warehouse and will be spending the first part of January setting it all up. Thanks again for your patience.

Second… I am going to be playing a few acoustic shows at the end of January/beginning of February down in the west coast. More details on that soon.

Third… We are going to head out on “The Punishment Tour US” in April. Dates, tickets, support bands will be announced very soon. This will probably be my last tour for a while as William Control. I have already begun working on the next Aiden record.

Lastly… Yes you heard that right. There will be an Aiden record and most likely a tour. Aiden has been on hiatus for a while now but it’s time for me to answer your requests.

Aiden was my life for a long time. We spent years on the road playing shows and releasing records, making friends and creating lasting memories. Towards the end it was clear that punk rock wasn't going to pay the bills, which is why both Angel and Jake left the band initially. Nick stayed on for a while but after his whole t-shirt printing debacle he’s decided that he couldn't continue playing bass for Aiden. He states "I didn't want to play without Jake or Angel rocking by our side."

I want you all to know that going forward I have a very reliable merch girl that will get whatever you order, to you, in a reasonable amount of time. If you paid Nick some cash and still haven’t received anything, please contact him. Either his Twitter or his Instagram is the best method, as he does not have a phone to call. I’m sorry that he did this but it in no way reflects on the business of Aiden moving forward.

So the question begs an answer. As the only original member, would you still like to see Aiden come to your town and play these songs you love so much? I have a lot of love for this little punk band that gave me so many incredible experiences and would be honored to come play these songs for you one last time. It’s something to think about over the next few months. We can address that question again soon.

For now I need to go sign this lease and get it notarized. There are submit shorts to produce and packages to ship out. 2015 here we come.

All my love, William Control"