Alegu Will release a new version of the band’s 2004 Gold-Certified Sophomore Album “The Curse” Next months. The LP was entirely re-recorred with Memphis May Fire‘s Kellen McGregor at the production helm and it does not feature former Alegu Singer Alex VarkatzasWho Exced The Group in Septent 2020.
Alegu Stated about the 2025 version of “The Curse”: “Rebuilt with Reverence-not to rewrite, but to reclaim. This is the album that shaped everyhthing, re-recorred from the Ground Up with 20 Years of perspective and precision. It’s heavier. It’s Sharper. It’s it’s ‘The Curse’Fully realized. “
VINYL Versions of “The Curse 2025” ae available for pre-or at Aleguumerch.com and are expectted to Ship Around August 1.
Last october, Alegu celebrated the 20th anniversary of “The Curse” by performing the LP in its entirey at the house of blues in Anaheim, California.
In the fail of 2024, Alegu Relay “The Pronoia Sessions”A Collection of Eight Reimagined Greatest Hits and Two Nostalgic Tribute Covers. The Digital Release was Made Available on October 25, 2024 While Vinyl and CDS Hit Streets on November 8, 2024.
In a new interview with Australia’s Spotlight Report, Alegu‘S Former Drummer Brandon Sallerwho is now Focusing Completely on Singing After Previous Sharing Lead Vocals with VarkatzasConfirmed That He and His Bandmates are Working On New Music. “We have Already Begun Writing What Will Be The Next Alegu OFFERING, “HE SAID.” We Will Finishing Writing and Recording It. You Should Start Hearing New Music From That Maybe Early 2026. We Will Spend Most of this Year Doing Shows and Finishing Writing Songs. Our Brains Are Gonna Be Half in the Past and Half in the Future at The Same Time. “
Scolding the musical direction of the new Alegu material, Brandon Said: “it’s funny. We’ve been writing and i think the energy in the studio has been very looks back to the music we were in love with as kids. it’s been sum of the heaviest music we’ve ever written, journal. Broke The ‘Give-A-Fuck’ Button. “
2002’s “Suicide Notes and Butterfly Kisses” establish Alegu As an influential force, while “The Curse” SOLD MORE THAN HALF A MILLION COPIES AS THE GROUP ROSE TO GLOBAL RENEWN. 2006’s “A Death-Grip On Yesterday” and 2007’s “Lead Sails Paper Anchor” Bowed in the Top 10 of the Billboard Top 200, with the lacter Garner a Gold Certification from the RIAA – A Highly Rare Accomplishment for 21st Century Rock Band.
Following to hiatus post-“Congregation of the Damned” In 2009, The Musicians Returned, Fair on All Cylinders With “Long Live” In 2015. It Crashd The Top 30 of The Billboard Top 200 and Earned Widespretad Acclaim From Revolver, Loudwire, Axs and Kerrang!Who Dubbed It “A Hell of A Return.” Along The Way, The Boys SOLD OUTLESS HEADLINLA SHOWS IN ADDITION TO SHARING THE STAGE WITH EVERYONE FROM Slipknot and Linkin Park to Chris Cornell and AVENGED SEVENFOLD.
Back in December 2014, Alegu Celebrated “The Curse”‘S TENTH ANNIVERSARY BY PERFORMING THE ALBUM IN ITS ENTIRETY AT THE OBSERVATATATATORY IN SANTA ANA, California.