Alove for Enemies

Infobox Musical artist
Name = Alove For Enemies
Background = group_or_band
Genre = Hardcore punk
Metalcore
Years_active = 2000–2007
Label = Facedown Records
Associated_acts = Letter to the Exiles
Current_members =
Past_members = Erich Barto Matt Addeo Dan Valentino Luke Anthony Andy Amato
Jon Hernandez

Alove for Enemies was a Christian metalcore band based in Long Island, New York, USA.

Biography

The band was founded in 2000, and released their first six song EP independently. The group was founded by singer Erich Barto and drummer A.J. Gonzalez. The band was signed to independent label Polytope records and toured twice under this label. After A.J. Gonzalez left the band, they replaced Gonzalez with Mike Desario for most of 2003. In late 2003 Jon Hernandez joined just before the band signed to Californian label Strikefirst Records, a subsidiary of Facedown Records. They released the EP "Broken Pledge" in December 2003 and played many gigs to support it.

In March 2004 Alove for Enemies signed with the main Facedown Records label. A year later, the album "The Harvest" was released; it was supported by a full US tour and by a European tour in spring 2005.

2006 saw the release of "Resistance" on Facedown Records.

On September 4, 2007, Alove For Enemies announced their break up on their myspace blog. They played Facedown Fest East Coast in Maryland as their penultimate show, on Sept. 29, 2007. Their final show was played on Long Island Oct. 5, 2007. Former guitar player Bill Meis joined them for "Center of Attention" and "Angels Don't Burn".

Final Members

*Erich Barto - vocals(now in LIMC band Letter To The Exiles)
*Matt Addeo - guitar
*Dan Valentino - guitar (now in LIHC band Buck Nasty with Luke)
*Luke Anthony - bass/vocals (now in LIHC band Buck Nasty with Dan)
*Andy Amato - drums (now in LIMC band Letter To The Exiles)

Past members

*Bill Meis-guitar
*Mike Desario-drums
*AJ Gonzales-drums
*Jon Hernandez-drums (Now Co-Founder of Fourth Street Drums)
*Dan Lomeli-drums

Discography

* "Tread On My Dreams" (demo)
* "Hour Of Decision" (demo)
* "The Silent Rival" (demo)
* "The Truth of Trumpets" (Polytope Records) (2001)
* "Broken Pledge" (Strike First Records) (2003)
* "The Harvest" (Facedown Records) (2005)
* "Resistance" (Facedown Records) (2007)

External links

* [http://www.aloveforenemies.com/ Official site]
* [http://www.facedownrecords.com/family-alfe.htm Alove for Enemies at Facedown Records]
* [http://www.myspace.com/aloveforenemies/ Alove for Enemies Myspace]
* [http://highwiredaze.com/aloveforenemies.htm Erich Barto interviewed] by "Highwire Daze" (2006)
* [http://www.purevolume.com/aloveforenemies Official site at PureVolume]