"The Death of Me" | ||||
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Single by Asking Alexandria | ||||
from the album From Death to Destiny | ||||
Released | March 28, 2013 | |||
Format | Digital download | |||
Recorded | 2013 | |||
Genre | Metalcore | |||
Length | 4:18 | |||
Label | Sumerian | |||
Songwriter(s) | Danny Worsnop, Ben Bruce and James Cassells | |||
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"The Death of Me (Rock Mix)" | ||||
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Single by Asking Alexandria | ||||
from the album From Death to Destiny | ||||
Released | April 16, 2013 | |||
Genre | Heavy metal | |||
Length | 3:24 | |||
Songwriter(s) | Danny Worsnop, Ben Bruce and James Cassells | |||
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The Death of Me is a song by the English Metalcore band Asking Alexandria. It is the band's third single from their third studio album, From Death to Destiny. The single was released on 28 March 2013 via the Sumerian Records YouTube page.
On April 16, 2013, the band released a 'rock mix' for the song as the fourth single of the album. Later, on July 22, they released a music video for the 'rock mix'. The rock mix was featured as bonus track in From Death to Destiny album. It was mixed by Kevin Churko, who is known for his work with Ozzy Osbourne, Five Finger Death Punch, and In This Moment.
The music video starts when a man (portrayed as Danny Worsnop) finds a kid and brings him to a dark room, with imprisoned and naked women, where the man and his band performs. The women are in vending machines, and the man provides a coin for the boy. Each of the imprisoned women represent different addictions: cocaine, pills, alcohol, and heroin. Each of the women try to 'persuade' the boy to take them. In the end, the boy "buys into" the heroin addiction/girl. Money starts flowing from the ceiling, indicating the massive amounts of money spent on the chosen addiction. The other girls become angry, and all of them break out of the vending machines. This represents certain band member's addictions, which started as a young boy. The song itself is about Worsnop overcoming, and ending, his addiction. The video uses the rock mix of the song.
On 1 March 2014, Asking Alexandria released via YouTube an acoustic version of the song.