It's been quite a ride for Seattle rockers AIDEN, who, in just two years, have gone from obscurity to gracing magazine covers, winning awards and playing arenas with their heroes Full Bio

It's been quite a ride for Seattle rockers AIDEN, who, in just two
years, have gone from obscurity to gracing magazine covers, winning
awards and playing arenas with their heroes. Fueled by infectious dark
punk and an infamously jaw-dropping live show, they have taken the
world by storm...not bad for five kids from the rainy city who formed
while two of them were still in high school.

After selling wiL's car to fund their first self-released album Our
Gang's Dark Oath in 2003, the band built their loyal following one fan
at a time, playing shows in their local area and making their own CDs
to hand out at shows. It was one of these CDs that attracted the
attention of Victory Records. The band signed to Victory in 2004, and
released their second album, Nightmare Anatomy in 2005, recorded before
Jake D and Angel had even graduated. Since then, the band has gone
above and beyond their wildest dreams. With gracing domestic &
international magazine covers, touring with HIM & 30 Seconds To
Mars in the US, two sell-out tours in the UK, a whole summer on Warped
Tour, winning Best International Newcomer at the Kerrang! Awards, and
Best Newcomer at the Metal Hammer Awards, 2006 was just a hint of what
is to become of this multi-talented band that always leave critics
eating their words and new fans worshiping them.

In 2007, AIDEN was a part of Taste Of Chaos North American Tour
alongside 30 Seconds to Mars, The Used, and Senses Fail, and played the
main stage at the Virgin and Download Festivals. On August 21st,2007
they unleashed their newest album Conviction. The album was a move away
from the "horror rock", and on to darker pastures, as the band expanded
their sound with the help of producer John Goodmanson (Death Cab For
Cutie, Bikini Kill, Soundgarden). The band finished the West Coast
Invasion tour and remained on tour through the end of 2007, including
an international run in November 2007 for The Taste Of Chaos
International Tour with The Used and Rise Against.

The newest record shows this Seattle quintet has taken the next
path down the road that will launch this group of misfits into one of
the biggest rock bands of 2008. Vocalist wiL Francis says Conviction is
"about loving the darkness that will destroy you, it's about tearing
yourself apart from inside, it's about feeling that the world is
crashing around you with no hope in sight and all you can do is laugh.

It's all about falling down then picking yourself back up and
believing. Feelings that have eluded me for years now have bubbled to
the surface and are finally seeing the light of day".

In the beginning of 2008, Aiden toured incessantly with the likes
of Farewell to Freeway, Medina Lake, and My American Heart. In the
meantime, frontman wiL began a side project, William Control. His debut
album Hate Culture hit stores October 28, 2008.

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