From Death to Destiny

Production and recording

The album was recorded in seven different studios.

Part of the album was recorded on the band's tour bus. They had announced in previous years that they had wanted to do this. They cleared out parts of the back recreational area of the bus, and installed a small soundproof room, and an area for a mixing board and computer. This is briefly visible in the video released by the band of Danny getting 'disturbed'.

When the album was released, on the first track "Don't Pray for Me" you can hear the commotion heard in a video filmed in Seattle during a live performance, where band member Ben asked the audience to vote for Danny to go to rehab.

Release

The album was released on 6 August 2013 and two official singles on iTunes. "Run Free" was released officially on 4 December 2012. The song made its live debut on 8 August 2012, at the PNC Bank Arts Center in New Jersey, a side-stop show from the Mayhem Festival consisting only of As I Lay Dying, Asking Alexandria, and Slipknot. "The Death of Me" and "The Death of Me" (Rock Mix) were released through iTunes on 16 April 2013. Both were released with the official single album artwork. On 12 July 2013, Sumerian Records released a full album preview via YouTube which features snippets of all tracks on the standard edition of the album the same night as the band played on the TV show Guitar Center Sessions and revealed that Howard Jones is a guest vocalist on the 12th track "Until the End". On 16 July, the album was made available for pre-order on iTunes as well as the CD copy and package deals including merchandise to accompany the album. A digital copy of the album's second track "Killing You" downloads automatically when the album is pre-ordered on iTunes. On 23 July, the official music video for "The Death of Me" was released on YouTube by Sumerian Records, although the Rock Mix version of the song was used in place of the original version. There were several leaks of the album online, although Ben Bruce worked hard to take all of the leak links down.

Asking Alexandria will be playing a "Midwest CD Release Tour" in support of the album's release, featuring Motionless in White, Crown The Empire, and Upon A Burning Body in the tour's line-up.

Commercial reception

From Death to Destiny debuted at No. 28 in the UK album chart on its release, and also at No. 1 on the Rock & Metal Albums chart in the UK. It debuted at No. 5 on Billboard 200, making this the band's best chart debut in the US. It is also the label's highest first-week sales with 41,082 units sold. The album has sold 151,000 copies in the US as of March 2016.

Retrospective

Reflecting on the album in a 2016 interview with Alternative Press, guitarist Ben Bruce commented on the significant change in atmosphere upon recording their newest record, The Black, in comparison to From Death to Destiny, stating he felt the band were "in a different mindset than we were for From Death To Destiny. Danny clearly didn’t want to be in the band and it was just a struggle the whole time. [On] From Death To Destiny, Danny just flat out refused to sing or scream over the songs we would write, so we had to make some huge compromises with that record. [On The Black] we got to go back to our roots. It was a lot of fun doing [The Black]."

Track listing

All songs written by Danny Worsnop, Ben Bruce and James Cassells, except for "Break Down the Walls," written by Jussi Karvinen, Logan Mader and Ben Bruce.

Personnel