Bio: Nathan and Matthew Leone were first in a band known as The Blank Theory based in Chicago. Dan Torelli and Mateo Camargo were in a band called Reforma that had relocated to Chicago and both bands shared the same manager and often toured together. Nathan and Matthew befriended Dan and Mateo, decideded to disband their other bands, and form Madina Lake. Shawn Currie of The Blank Theory was in the original line up samples for Madina Lake, but left shortly after the band started working on material.

Nathan and Matthew Leone first gained nationwide media recognition when they appeared in a special edition of Twin Fear Factor. They won the prize of $50,000, and used it to pay for a recording process and demo of Madina Lake's first self-produced EP entitled The Disappearance of Adalia, which was released on August 22, 2006.

The band sets its music in a fictional town from the 1950s isolated from the rest of the world that's been turned upside-down with the mysterious disappearance of their most famous socialite, Adalia. The music provides an outlet for the band's views on politics, culture, and the media's obsession with celebrity status. The theme behind the band's music is in relation to the mystery of Adalia. The album artwork shows images of her and the mysteries behind her and the town of Madina Lake. It's a concept from the mind of Matthew Leone that is set to span three albums and includes a book as well as a website devoted to helping fans solve the case by uncovering "clues" hidden in the lyrics, album art, and videos. [2]

They played their first show as Madina Lake on May 21st, 2006, at Chicago's historic Metro.


[edit on Wikipedia]From Them, Through Us, To You (2006-present)

After releasing The Disappearance of Adalia and extensive touring, Madina Lake gained a recording contract and signed with Roadrunner Records in August 2006 and created their first full length album entitled From Them, Through Us, To You, which was released on March 27, 2007. [3] It was produced, engineered and mixed by Mark Trombino. The album debuted at #154 on the Billboard 200 album charts, and at #60 on the UK album charts.



Lead vocalist Nathan Leone on November 18, 2007.
The release of From Them, Through Us, to You was followed up by a headlining tour with Fightstar and participating in the Projekt Revolution tour. At first they had originally planned to play Warped Tour 2007, but dropped out to play on the Revolution Stage when Linkin Park specifically chose them, and they were surprised to learn that Linkin Park knew who they were.[4] The band has also toured (at different times) alongside such acts as Story of the Year, Aiden, Halifax, and Mayday Parade, among others.

On May 3, 2008, Madina Lake played their third year of The Bamboozle festival in New Jersey. On June 14, 2008, the band is set to play at the infamous Download Festival in Donington Park. Madina Lake are also scheduled to play Warped Tour 2008 July 9 through July 25. After Warped Tour they plan on focusing on writing their new album.

Matthew Leone has also given information regarding a possible DVD that shows the entire process from writing to recording From Them, Through Us, To You as well as filmed footage of shows and backstage that is scheduled to be released before the end of 2008. [5]


[edit on Wikipedia]Second album

In a chat with Matthew on April 27, 2008, new information was given regarding the second album. Matthew mentioned Welcome to Oblivion being a working title for one of the new songs and possibly the album. [6] Between touring they are currently writing the album, which will be recorded in the Fall and released early 2009.