''We Are the Others'' is the third full-length album by the Dutch symphonic metal band

Delain Delain is a Dutch symphonic metal band formed in 2002 by former Within Temptation keyboardist Martijn Westerholt, intending for the band to be solely a project. Singer Charlotte Wessels was invited to join in 2005. The name of the band comes fr ...

. It was released in the Benelux and Germany on 1 June 2012 and in the United Kingdom and France on 4 June by

CNR Music CNR is a Dutch audio and video label. It was founded in 1937 as CNR Records by Cornelis Nicolaas Rood, who made his fortune as a producer of lampshades and other lighting materials. Rood regarded his record label merely as a hobby, but things ch ...

, who took over Delain when Warner Music refused to release ''We Are the Others''. The album was released in the US on 3 July. The first single, " Get the Devil Out of Me", was released on 13 April. The second single "We Are The Others" and its video was released on 11 September 2012. This is the first album by Delain without any studio songs with guest vocalist Marko Hietala. Live versions of "The Gathering" and "Control the Storm" are featured on the special edition of the album with Hietala singing his parts live.

History

During their 2011 live shows, Delain debuted three new songs from the album – "Manson" (which was later renamed to "Mother Machine"), "Get the Devil Out of Me" and "Milk and Honey". In an interview with Sonic Cathedral, vocalist

Charlotte Wessels Johanna Charlotte Wessels (born 13 May 1987) is a Dutch singer-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist. She is best known as the former lead vocalist for the Dutch symphonic metal band Delain. Background Wessels has been trained in both jazz singi ...

discussed the inspiration she drew from the Sophie Lancaster case: Originally intended for release in early 2012, the album's release date was unknown after Warner Music's purchase of Roadrunner Records but it was announced via a Facebook message on the band official page that the album would be released on 1 June 2012 with the album's first single, "Get the Devil Out of Me", being released on 13 April 2012. The song was released for listening online on 3 April on their official website. The second single from the album was announced as the title track, "We Are the Others", and a music video was filmed. Several well-known personalities from the metal scene appear in this video, such as George Oosthoek, Sharon den Adel,

Robert Westerholt Robert Westerholt (born 2 January 1975) is a Dutch musician, known as the guitarist and co-founder of the symphonic metal band Within Temptation. He also writes music for the band along with his partner and band vocalist Sharon den Adel. He us ...

and ex-member Rob van der Loo.

Track listing

All lyrics by

and Charlotte Wessels/Tripod

Personnel

Delain

vocals Singing is the act of creating musical sounds with the voice. A person who sings is called a singer, artist or vocalist (in jazz and/or popular music). Singers perform music (arias, recitatives, songs, etc.) that can be sung with or withou ...

*Timo Somers -

lead guitar Lead guitar (also known as solo guitar) is a musical part for a guitar in which the guitarist plays melody lines, instrumental fill passages, guitar solos, and occasionally, some riffs and chords within a song structure. The lead is the featu ...

, ambient guitar *Otto Schimmelpenninck van der Oije - bass * Martijn Westerholt - keyboards *Sander Zoer - drums

Additional musicians

*Guus Eikens - rhythm guitar *Oliver Philipps - lead guitar, ambient guitar, keyboards and vocals arrangements *Henka Johansson - additional drums * Burton C. Bell - guest vocals on "Where Is the Blood" *Anders "Gary" Wikström - backing vocals

Production

*TriPod (

Jacob Hellner Jacob Hellner (born 19 March 1961) is a Swedish music producer who has produced bands like Rammstein, Apocalyptica, and Clawfinger. He is best known for producing every Rammstein album from ''Herzeleid'' to '' Rammstein: Paris'', as well as assi ...

, Fredrik Thomander, Anders Wikström) - producers, mixing *Tom van Heesch - engineer, mixing *Ulf Kruckenberg - engineer *Svante Forsbäch - mastering

Charts

References

External links

Metallum Archives

Delain Interview 2012
{{Authority control Delain albums 2012 albums Roadrunner Records albums