Merging intensity with melody, 3 Years Hollow plans to spread their rabid Quad Cities fanbase throughout the rest of the US and beyond, with an upcoming tour (alongside Saving Abel – with additional dates to be added), and their upcoming release, ‘The Cracks,’ which drops on February 11, 2014. The twelve-track release will be the group’s full-length debut for Imagen Records, and was produced by none other than Sevendust guitarist/songwriter Clint Lowery (Lowery also guests on a track, “For Life”).

“We want to play melodic hard rock,” explains singer Jose Urquiza. “That’s the music that brought us together. At the same time, we all have drastically different influences from progressive rock to hair metal to pop punk.”

Comprised of Urquiza, Tony Reeves (guitar), Neil Kuhlman (guitar), Dex Digga (bass), and Chris Cushman (drums), 3 Years Hollow has already enjoyed success on such stations as Sirius XM Octane, which added the song, “Remember” (of which a remastered version resides on ‘The Cracks’) to their rotation. Soon after, the song hit #1 on the channel, while all of the group’s videos have attracted nearly 500,000 YouTube views.

Also included is the aforementioned “For Life,” of which Urquiza describes as “It’s about a person who is struggling and has fallen away from the world alone. You can see the damage and the demons the person deals with on a daily basis. However, all of a sudden, there is hope instead of despair. The final message is to pull away from the demons, stand strong against them, and keep them out for the rest of your life. It was such an honor to bring that track to life with Clint.”

Instead of setting up shop at a single recording studio, it turns out that the sessions for ‘The Cracks’ occurred at several different studios, including Groovemaster Studios (where Disturbed, Sevendust, and Pop Evil have all recorded) in Chicago, IL, Trailer Studios in St. Louis, MO, and the band’s own studio, Real Trax Recording, in Davenport, IA.According to Urquiza, it is also the realness of his lyrics that resonate greatly with fans. “Everything I write about is a completely personal experience or something I’ve witnessed or experienced myself. I talk about things I’ve seen or experienced. I want to give everybody something real.”

Fri Jan 3 Duncannon, PA   Tubbys Sat

Sat Jan 4 Fredericksburg, VA   Hard Times Cafe

Sun Jan 5 Morgantown, WV   Schmitts Music Hall

Tue Jan 7 Cranston, RI 1150  Oak Bar

Wed Jan 8 Amityville, NY Revolution

Thu Jan 9 Chambersburg, PA Orchards

Fri Jan 10 Winchester, VA Blue Fox

Sat Jan 11 Kernersville, NC Bucked Up

Sun Jan 12 Elizabethton, TN Bonnie Kate

Tue Jan 14 Augusta, GA Country Club Saloon

Wed Jan 15   Valdosta, GA Kill Bill’s

Thu Jan 16 Columbus, GA Front Porch of the South

Fri Jan 17 Duluth ,GA Wild Bills

Sat Jan 18   Rome, GA Brewhouse

Sun Jan 19   Bowling Green, KY Spillway

Wed Jan 22 Louisville, KY Jim Porter’s Good Time Emporium

Thu Jan 23   Newport, KY Thompson House

Fri Jan 24   South Bend, IN Cheers Pub

Sat Jan 25 Battle Creek, MI Planet Rock

Thu Jan 30 Taylor, MI The All Around

Fri Jan 31   Madison, WI The Redzone

Sat Feb 1 Toledo , OH Headliners

Wed Feb 12   Appleton, WI Luna Lounge

Thu Feb 13 Milwaukee, WI The Rave

Fri Feb 14   Cherry Valley, IL Take 20

Sat Feb 15   Rochester, MN Wicked Moose

Sun Feb 16   Fargo, ND Windbreak

Tue Feb 18   Grand Forks, ND Shotgun Sallys

Wed Feb 19    Minot, ND Original Bar

Thu Feb 20    Williston, ND DK’s Lounge

Fri Feb 21    Bismarck, ND O.N.E.

Sat Feb 22   Jamestown, ND Jamestown Civic Center

Sun Feb 23   Spearfish, SD Czar Bar

Wed Feb 26   Manhattan, KS RC McGraws

Thu Feb 27 Salina, KS Muse Ballroom

Mon Mar 3 Phoenix, AZ Joe’s Grotto

Tue Mar 4   Gallup , NM Gallup Inn

Fri Mar 7   El Paso, TX Garage Tequila Bar

Fri Mar 14   Corpus Christi, TX Theos Sat

Sat Mar 15  Houston, TX BFE Rock Club

Sun Mar 16   OKC, OK Chameleon Room

1. The Devil’s Slave

2.  Chemical Ride

3.  For Life (Featuring Clint Lowery)

4.  The Cracks

5.  Fallen

6.  Taken By All

7.  Hungry

8.  RunAway

9.  We Belong

10.Take The World

11. Lost

12. Remember (remastered)