Afterlife's New Album "The Pain That Shapes Us" | Modern Metalcore & Branding Your Band

We have seen musicians and artists in today’s climate release singles like crazy, in the hope sf always staying in the good graces of social media and streaming algorithms. We have also seen artists that have waited years to release new music in order to perfect the sound that they want to put out into the world. But which is right? It depends on the artist.

It is a formula that each artist has to figure out for not only the creation of the best music that they can, but also for the best exposure and promotion of their art through social media. And when those artists figure out the formula of those 2 pieces, things just seem to go right.

Tyler Levenson from the band Afterlife joins the Chord Progression Podcast today as the band is ready to release their brand new album “The Pain That Shapes Us” on November 6th. Join us on this episode with Tyler as we talk about:

- Why Afterlife took 5 years to release a brand new album, reasoning to try and figure out the music business as they continued to grow and figure out what is next for them.

- The reason why Afterlife began to view their social media strategy to see the band as a brand, one that would match what the band is and what people who both know and didn’t know the band would want to see.

- Writing “The Pain That Shapes Us” just by having fun and making it more than just music, something that their fans and new fans, could be proud of.

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Find Afterlife Online:

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/afterlifex

Twitter: https://x.com/afterlifefl

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/afterlifefl

Tik Tok: https://www.tiktok.com/@afterlifeband

YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@afterlifefl/videos

Website: https://afterlifeofficial.com

Merch: https://afterlifeofficial.com/collections/

Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/artist/7LeHdLOuiySZgt7ewdckbX?si=M4w0ErNbQ5acYzAZwKaGFA

Apple Music: https://music.apple.com/us/artist/afterlife/1186372246

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Welcome: (0:00)

Finally Getting Afterlife on the Show: (1:40)

Talking About Caffeine?: (5:29)

First Album in 5 Years: (8:50)

When Afterlife Saw Success Online: (15:34)

Making It More Than the Music: (20:30)

Writing “The Pain That Shapes Us” Just Being Fun: (29:05)

Non-Singles to Highlight: (36:07)

Unique Sound to this Band: (43:16)

What’s Next?: (46:19)

New Artist Suggestions: (50:21)

Kevin’s Final Thought; Authenticity Correlates with Quality in Music: (53:30)