[Larissa]

http://www.buzznet.com/musicnews/exclusive...eveal-j4510801/

Exclusive: 30 Seconds To Mars Reveal Album Title

After 18 months of work, 30 Seconds to Mars are closing in on the release of an album that includes Tibetan monks, a screaming hawk, and the voices of fans' from eight countries along with Jared Leto's soaring vocals. Now that album has a title: 30 Seconds to Mars confirmed exclusively to Buzznet that the hugely anticipated project will be called This Is War.

Long the working title of the album, This Is War was not locked in until the band members agreed on it in their San Fernando Valley studio the other day.The title early on appeared closely tied to the battles the band found itself fighting, most prominently a lengthy legal fight with its record label, Virgin Records. But Leto has always said it encapsulated far more, including the spirit of the band's whole creative process.

"It's representative of the battles that we were fighting, us with the record label, creative battles, personal demons," he told Buzznet. "We've discussed, like, is it relevant anymore? Some of the battles - obviously the creative, and the battles with the record label, have all come to pass, but I think it really still represents this record in the best way possible, so we're sticking with This Is War.... It represents too clearly this period of time in our lives."

He added that the title does not have to literally refer to any specific fight. "Also come the ideas about winning, ideas about compromise, about defeat, victory of course. But I think as I've tossed it around, it's always been the working title for the record as well, This Is War, so it's been important because I think it really represented the goal in a good way, a strong way."

Part of the goal for the band as it prepared it's first album in four years appears to have been a dramatic expansion of its sound. (The album includes production from Flood, among others). Tracks from the album, which Leto played for Buzznet, include an emphasis on synths, heavy drums, and the constant presence of the band's own fans, recorded in specially organized "summits" held around the world. Filled with what are essentially field recordings of fandom, the album seems almost custom-built to be played live.

Highlights include:

Night of the Hunter: Leto says the band was attempting "a collision of the small, the intimate, the minimal agains tthe grandiose and the bombastic." The song spans both the soft voice of a French girl counting "Une, deux, trois... cinq," to Leto's high vocal lines against a stark backdrop.

Kings and Queens: Opening with a wild hawk scream, recorded live over the band's work space, the song includes a heavy contribution from the band's fans, captured singing a chorus created from layers of the band's "summit" recordings. Leto said the title and theme were inspired by a book found at the band's South African work space, but that it "ended up being a good metaphor" for world events from the past year.

Hurricane: Already generating online buzz because of the somewhat surprising inclusion of a cameo from Kanye West, the song sizzles with electronics and represents one of the biggest departures from the band's previous music. West sings "I need a heartbeat" over Leto's own vocals to powerful sonic effect.

But as Leto explained, the band's intention is not for fans to hear singles, but a complete work. Asked about recent comments from Radiohead's Thom Yorke, who suggested recently that his band would not record full-length albums again anytime soon, Leto indicated he doesn't necessarily agree.

"To me, the songs are like scenes in a film or chapters in a book and they kind of work with each other in a way that they don't work and would never work separately," he said. Listening to This Is War in full, he said, "would be the best way to understand and to get the best sense of what the intentions were."

[Larissa]

Meer pics via bovengenoemde link.
Plus de Foto's zijn NIET gemaakt in "The Hive". Foutje van buzznet.

[Larissa]

Er is nog een ONBEVESTIGT bericht over de liedjes op de CD. Deze informatie verschijnt op diverse websites op het net, maar de BAND heeft geen van deze titels etc bevestigt (maar ook niet ontkent). Ook zijn er in verschillende landen release datums van November gemeld.

http://tunelab.com/2009/09/03/30-seconds-t...klist-revealed/

30 Seconds To Mars "This Is War"

1. Escape
2. Night Of The Hunter
3. Kings and Queens
4. This Is War
5. 100 Suns
6. Hurricane feat. Kanye West
7. Closer To The Edge
8. A Call To Arms
9. Search & Destroy
10. Alibi
11. Stranger In A Strange Land
12. Equinox

[Larissa]

Overigens, hou een oogje op deze website:

http://thisisthehive.net/thisiswar/

[Jacky]

Er is nog een ONBEVESTIGT bericht over de liedjes op de CD. Deze informatie verschijnt op diverse websites op het net, maar de BAND heeft geen van deze titels etc bevestigt (maar ook niet ontkent). Ook zijn er in verschillende landen release datums van November gemeld.

http://tunelab.com/2009/09/03/30-seconds-t...klist-revealed/

Ben heel erg benieuwd naar wat er waar blijkt te zijn van dit bericht, maar ik moet zeggen dat sommige titels wel wat hebben en een bepaald gevoel oproepen YAY niet lang meer nu!!

[Larissa]

Hmm zelfs Kerrang meld de titels nu van de liedjes. Zal het dan wel kloppen?

KERRANG

30 Seconds To Mars unveil new album track listing

30 Seconds To Mars have confirmed the track listing for their third studio album, This Is War.

It is as follows:

01 Escape
02 Night Of The Hunter
03 Kings and Queens
04 This Is War
05 100 Suns
06 Hurricane (feat. Kanye West)
07 Closer To The Edge
08 A Call To Arms
09 Search & Destroy
10 Alibi
11 Stranger In A Strange Land
12 Equinox

This Is War will be released in the UK November 23 through Virgin/EMI.

[Kayleigh]

Ben benieuwd!! 23 november in Engeland.. wanneer zou het dan bij ons uitkomen ?
Aaaahhh.. ik kan niet meer wachten

[Melisande]

Ben benieuwd!! 23 november in Engeland.. wanneer zou het dan bij ons uitkomen ?
Aaaahhh.. ik kan niet meer wachten

waarschijnlijk hier dan ook de 23ste, en de 24ste in amerika (daar komen albums over het algemeen de dag erna)

[M1CHELLELOVES30S...]

ben erg beniewd!.....

[x30secondstoFab.]

November...ik zat me stiekem al te verheugen op Oktober. xD
Nouja, beter laat dan helemaal nooit!

[Bartholomew Cubb...]

Ik hoooppppp voor 23 november!
Want dat is 2 dagen na mn verjaardag!

[Larissa]

30 Seconds To Mars, New Studio Album Set To Hit November 24


11/09/2009


THIRTY SECONDS TO MARS

New Studio Album ‘THIS IS WAR' set to hit November 24 on EMI’s Virgin Records

The Face of Mars Cover Campaign Starts September 11th

First Single “Kings and Queens” at Modern Rock Radio Early Oct


Los Angeles, CA – September 11, 2009 – Following up on their incredibly successful sophomore release, A Beautiful Lie, multi-platinum rock band Thirty Seconds To Mars are hard at work on their highly anticipated upcoming record, “THIS IS WAR” (EMI’s Virgin Records) set to hit on November 24th. The album was produced by Flood (U2, Depeche Mode, Nine Inch Nails), Steve Lillywhite (The Rolling Stones, U2) and Thirty Seconds To Mars. First single Kings and Queens at modern rock radio early next month. Fall tour dates will be announced in the coming weeks.

In an innovative and exciting move, Thirty Seconds to Mars’ upcoming release, This Is War, will have 2000 different album covers featuring individual photos of fans from around the world. Starting Friday, September 11th at 12pm PDT fans will be able to submit photos to be used for the covers by pointing their browser to http://www.thirtysecondstomars.com. The first 2000 photos to be uploaded that follow the proper specifications will become album covers. The campaign will run until 2000 usable covers have been uploaded to thefaceofmars@gmail.com.

Thirty Seconds To Mars’ Jared Leto (vocals, guitar, songwriter), Shannon Leto (drums) and Tomo Miličević (guitar) teamed up with their fan community, The Echelon, earlier this year to record sounds for the upcoming record in a groundbreaking event they dubbed, “The Summit”. The band invited The Echelon members to travel to Los Angeles to take part in an impromptu recording session at Hollywood’s Avalon Club. It was so successful that since then Thirty Seconds to Mars decided to hold summits in 8 more countries across the world (Australia, Italy, Germany, France, Japan, Mexico, United Kingdom, Canada) in order to give their biggest supporters an opportunity to be a part of their new album.

With over 100 million views on YouTube, 40 million plays on MySpace and more than one million fans on iLike/Facebook, Thirty Seconds To Mars have always been quick to embrace digital culture and with the immense success they had with The Summit, decided to use that same digital technology to offer their fans a chance to get involved in the record making process through Twitter as well. The Digital Summit kicked off on Monday, August 10th and through the twitvid.com technology allowed fans to record sounds and vocals from their personal computers and mobile devices for inclusion on the album. The Digital Summit was a top 10 trending topic on Twitter during the two week promotion, garnering sixty thousand page views and 3000 unique sound recordings submitted from fans across the world.

Formed by brothers Jared and Shannon Leto, Thirty Seconds to Mars have won numerous awards and accolades, including an MTV Video Music Award, three MTV EMA’s, an MTV Latin and Asia Award, a Fuse Award, and three Kerrang! Awards. Thirty Seconds to Mars’ sophomore record, A Beautiful Lie hit platinum status after almost two years of heavy touring and winning fans over, one by one. The media caught on too, Alternative Press raved that the band "...just might be rock's best-kept secret. He [Jared Leto] sings with a range and ease that makes cathedrals jealous" while the Washington Post exclaimed, "hard-driving guitar riffs and powerful vocals carry this head banging outfit all the way to the rock-race finish line." The record spawned two Top 5 Modern Rock singles, From Yesterday and The Kill and the latter set a radio record for the longest-running hit in the history of Modern Rock radio play when it remained on the national airplay chart for more than 50 weeks following its & peak in 2006. From Yesterday was the band’s first < at the format and its epic video was the first American music video ever shot in the People's Republic of China. Thirty Seconds To Mars have over 500 live performances under their belts since the release of A Beautiful Lie, including major festival shows like Lollapalooza in the United States, Holland’s Pinkpop Festival and Japan’s Summer Sonic, which has earned them a growing, loyal, global fan base.

For More information on Thirty Seconds To Mars please visit http://www.thirtysecondstomars.com/

[Larissa]

30 Seconds To Mars, New Studio Album Set To Hit November 24
In an innovative and exciting move, Thirty Seconds to Mars’ upcoming release, This Is War, will have 2000 different album covers featuring individual photos of fans from around the world. Starting Friday, September 11th at 12pm PDT fans will be able to submit photos to be used for the covers by pointing their browser to http://www.thirtysecondstomars.com. The first 2000 photos to be uploaded that follow the proper specifications will become album covers. The campaign will run until 2000 usable covers have been uploaded to thefaceofmars@gmail.com.

Als je het niet ontdekt hebt... in ongeveer 10 minuten krijgen we specificaties over hoe JIJ op de cover van de CD kan komen!! We krijgen dan de foto specificaties en pas als je foto met deze specificaties PRECIES overeenkomt dan kan je het emailen naar thefaceofmars@gmail.com

Haha dus wil JIJ op de CD COVER van THIS IS WAR? Foto nemen en mailen! De eerste 2000 komen er op!

EDIT: 22.26 en nog steeds geen details over de photo. Typisch MARS! Haha!
EDIT2: 00.30 en ja hoor nog steeds niets. Bed time soon...

[Reneé]

Typisch.........

[Melisande]

it's up!

(why am i still up though? Ik ga m'n foto niet opsturen aangezien dat erg slecht zou zijn voor de verkoopcijfers)

[30sTEM]

Aaargh xD. Dit gaat mij waarschijnlijk niet op tijd lukken, aangezien ik nu geen foto heb, en ik geen ouder in de buurt heb.

En als ik straks terug kom van paardrijden, zullen die 2000 al wel gehaald zijn... =P

[x30secondstoFab.]

Moet je nou ook een foto/scan insturen van je identiteitsbewijs? In dat geval, screw it, die ligt thuis en ik ben bij mijn vader. =\

[ice angel]

OMG. Heb net foto opgestuurd. Soms heb ik van die impulsieve buien. Nu maar hopen dat er al 2000 liggen.

[Larissa]

ja heb een foto opgestuurd. Is heel simple je hebt een foto nodig van jezelf (alleen gezicht - van kin tot bovenkant haar) en een foto of scan van je id (paspoort, rijbewijs, identiteitskaart - iets wat je foto er op heeft want ze willen weten of jij ook echt op je foto bent). Als je dat hebt ga je naar http://www.thirtysecondstomars.com/index_netherlands.html. Vul je naam en email adres in en vink het YES box aan en ga naar de volgende screen. Daar moet je verschillende dingen invullen zoals naam, adres, geboortedatum etc. Als je onder 18 bent (denk ik kijk zelf nog eens goed) dan moet je moeder/vader voor je dingen opsturen. Als je alles ingevult hebt, dan ga naar volgende scherm. Daar krijg je een email adres, daar klick je op en krijg je outlook express om je foto en je id op te sturen. Bij mij werkt outlook express niet, dus ik heb het gewoon via hotmail gestuurd. Volgens mij hoeft de affifavid NIET met het email gestuurd te worden, dat is electronisch al doorgestuurd... ik heb tenminste geen gekregen om te kunnen attachen...

[Bartholomew Cubb...]

Als men nu foto's moet insturen he
wat gaan ze dan met al die andere foto's doen?