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Music: The Word Alive

The Word Alive is a six-piece Metalcore band that formed in 2008 in Phoenix, Arizona. They've gone through a bunch of line-up changes before some clearer finalizations, and have released their debut studio album in fall 2010.

Members:

Tyler "Telle" Smith � lead vocals (2008�present)
Zack Hansen − guitar, backing vocals (founding member)
Tony Pizzuti − guitar, backing vocals (founding member)
Dusty Riach - synthesizer, keyboards, programming (founding member)
Justin Salinas - drums (2010)
Nick Urlacher - bass

Former Members:

Craig Mabbitt - lead vocals (2008; started the band but was kicked out due to scheduling issues with his main band, Escape The Fate)
Tony Aguilera (2008-2010)

Discography:

Empire EP (2009)
Deceiver (2010)

Tropes associated with The Word Alive:

Album Title Drop: "The Wretched" does this for Deceiver.
Break Up Song: "Battle Royale" and "The Wretched"
Cannot Spit It Out: A small section in "Like Father, Like Son" mentions this.
Mr. Fanservice: Telle. Oh yes, Telle...
Guttural Growler: Telle can certainly pull these off with gusto.
Hot Blooded
Lyrical Dissonance: Some songs come off as this ("Like Father, Like Son" and "Dream Catcher").
Metal Scream: Natch.
Non Appearing Title
Not Christian Rock: Telle himself is a Christian and some of the songs have a slight religeous undercurrent to them, but of course not every member practices the faith.
Precision F-Strike: Many of the songs. Telle addressed this well in a blog entry.
Surprisingly Gentle Song: "Dream Catcher" and "You're All I See".
Take That: Very much averted on Deceiver wherever Craig Mabbitt was concerned.