''Lux'' is the debut

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from American

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band

Gemini Syndrome Gemini Syndrome is an American alternative metal band formed in 2010 in Los Angeles. The band currently consists of vocalist Aaron Nordstrom, drummer Brian Steele Medina, bassist Alessandro "(AP)" Paveri, and guitarist Miguel "Meegs" Rascon. ...

. It was released on September 10, 2013 through

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. "Pleasure and Pain", "Basement", "Left of Me," and "Stardust" have all been released as singles. The final single "Stardust" peaked at No. 19 on the

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chart in the US. "Basement," "Resurrection," "Take This," and "Syndrome" were all previously released on the rare EP they released in January 2011.

Reception

The album peaked at No. 3 on Top Heatseekers charts.

Song Meanings

Aaron Nordstrom on Basement: "Basement is pretty personal. That's just blatant discussion of me being the teenager with Albinism and my conversation with God at the time and being angry about it, not trying - not really understanding where I fit in in society in my peer group. ..It was a working title at beginning, but it kinda worked out in a sense that as a kid, and even if I could now, I would, I always lived in the basement because it was darker. I'm photosensitive, being Albino, so it was always darker." Aaron Nordstrom on Mourning Star: "I wrote that at really stressful time of my life. It's not directly related to anything I was going through necessarily at the time. That song is more of a diatribe about the fall of Lucifer from heaven and in that sense of metaphor for everybody's kinda battle with their own faith in, I don't want to say God necessarily, but you know, their place in the universe and your purpose for being here. I went through a very, very emotional point when I was writing that song. That was a really heavy emotional time for me to put on paper."

Track listing

Personnel

Musicians

* Aaron Nordstrom -

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* Rich Juzwick -

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* Mike Salerno - guitars, backing vocals * Alessandro Paveri - bass * Brian Steele Medina -

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References

2013 debut albums Gemini Syndrome albums Warner Records albums Albums produced by Kevin Churko {{2010s-rock-album-stub