Infamous

Infamous is the second studio album by American metalcore band Motionless in White. It was released on November 13, 2012, through Fearless Records and was produced by Jason Suecof and Tim Sköld. The album's track-listing was revealed on September 20, 2012. The album leaked on October 8, 2012, more than one month before its planned release, causing a huge discussion among the band's fanbase. The album was also the last release from the band to feature long time drummer and co-founder of the band, Angelo Parente. Composition Influences and style The album abandons the metalcore sound and is the band's most diverse work so far, drawing influences from various styles of music such as Slipknot, Marilyn Manson, Nine Inch Nails, Korn, Cradle of Filth, Bleeding Through, Rob Zombie, KMFDM, As I Lay Dying, AFI, Linkin Park, and Rammstein - compared to the breakdown filled metalcore effort of their debut. In an interview with Metal Hammer UK, Chris "Motionless" Cerulli states that although he has enjoyed working within the metalcore genre, he and the band aim to develop their sound to prevent it from becoming too generic; Infamous has been their first step toward achieving this goal. In the same article, Cerulli talks about the sound on Creatures stating that their aim was to "take the (metalcore) genre and put twists on it and re-invent what it means to be this sort of band." He also claims that the band are through with making music in the metalcore style as he states that the Infamous album was to "get them out of a genre which has become repetitive monotonous bullshit." Release and promotion On October 9, 2012, a lyric video for the single "If It's Dead, We'll Kill It" was released. The video is full of old black and white horror movie clips and references, as well as live shots from the band's first UK headlining tour. On November 13, 2012, a music video was released for the single "Devil's Night". It was shot by Cody Blue Snider, who also directed the previous music video, "Immaculate Misconception", from their debut album, Creatures. On January 9, 2013, the band released a live music video for the opening track on Infamous, "Black Damask (The Fog)". It is compiled of live shots from their first North American headlining tour, "The Infamous Tour".