Elite (album)
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| Released | February 26, 2013 | |||
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| Length | 39:11 | |||
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Elite is the third studio album by American metalcore band Within the Ruins. The album sold 3,750 copies in its first week (roughly double what Invade sold) and saw Within the Ruins' first appearance on the Billboard 200, peaking at the 133 spot. It is their first release for eOne Music and Good Fight Music following their departure from Victory Records in 2012. It is also their first release featuring only one guitarist, following the departure of Jay Van Schelt in 2012. The track list for the album was revealed on February 14, 2013.
To promote the album, the song "Feeding Frenzy" was released as a single on February 4, 2013, with an accompanying lyric video. The video was published to the band's YouTube channel on the same day.
On February 26, the same day the album was released, a music video directed by Kevin J. Custer was released for "Feeding Frenzy". On July 22, a music video was released for the song "New Holy War" and published to the band's YouTube channel.