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===''Crisis'' (2006–2007)=== {{main|Crisis (Alexisonfire album)}} [[File:Alexisonfire at the Mean Fiddler.jpg|thumb|Alexisonfire performing in 2007.]] On August 22, 2006, the band released their third studio album, ''[[Crisis (Alexisonfire album)|Crisis]]'', which received rave reviews and continues to be deemed 'important'.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Rogers |first1=Jack |title=The Lasting Legacy Of Alexisonfire's 'Crisis' |url=https://www.rocksound.tv/features/read/the-lasting-legacy-of-crisis-by-alexisonfire |website=rocksound.tv |publisher=Rock Sound |access-date=28 November 2021}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last1=Apar |first1=Corey |title=Alexisonfire Crisis |url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/crisis-mw0000778707 |website=allmusic.com |publisher=AllMusic |access-date=28 November 2021}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last1=Beedham |first1=Tom |title=Retrospective Reviews: Alexisonfire's 'Crisis' |url=https://www.vice.com/en/article/retrospective-review-alexisonfire-crisis/ |website=vice.com |date=October 2014 |publisher=Vice |access-date=28 November 2021}}</ref> The album's release was marked with a party on a boat on the [[River Thames]] in [[London, England]].<ref>{{cite web |title=Alexisonfire - Boat Party (Crisis album launch) |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jN4Anz8JyJo |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211222/jN4Anz8JyJo |archive-date=2021-12-22 |url-status=live|website=youtube.com | date=August 25, 2006 |publisher=YouTube |access-date=28 November 2021}}{{cbignore}}</ref> This also launched a 10-month world tour that took them through the UK, Australia, Canada and the US.<ref name="Alexisonfire's Concert History">{{cite web |title=Alexisonfire's Concert History |url=https://www.concertarchives.org/bands/alexisonfire?page=12#concert-table |website=concertarchives.org |publisher=Concert Archives |access-date=28 November 2021}}</ref> They were now playing to crowds of up to 80,000 people, at the [[Reading and Leeds Festivals]], [[Festival d'été de Québec]], and they headlined at the [[Brixton Academy]] in London. They played the [[Warped Tour]], the [[Taste of Chaos]] tour, the [[Saints & Sinners Festival]] and Australia's [[Soundwave (Australian music festival)|Soundwave]] festival. At this point, they were one of the most popular bands in Canada.<ref>Sutherland, Sam. [https://archive.today/20120709201708/http://exclaim.ca/articles/multiarticlesub.aspx?csid1=134&csid2=778&fid1=39556 "ADrunks, Lovers, Singers and Saints"], ''[[Exclaim!]]'', July 2009.</ref> The band toured with [[Anti-Flag]], [[Saosin]], [[The Bled]], [[Norma Jean (band)|Norma Jean]], [[Every Time I Die]], [[Cancer Bats]], [[Attack in Black]], [[Moneen]], [[Envy on the Coast]], [[A Change of Pace]], [[The Ghost of a Thousand]] and [[The Dear & Departed]], among others.<ref name="Alexisonfire's Concert History"/><ref name=Last.fm>{{cite web|url=http://www.last.fm/music/Alexisonfire/+events/2007 |title=Alexisonfire's Concert Listing – Listen free at |publisher=Last.fm |date=February 11, 2009 |access-date=February 20, 2011}}</ref><ref name=Main-Badass>{{Cite web|url=https://theonlybandever.com/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071012142607/http://www.theonlybandever.com/news.php?offset=50|url-status=dead|title=Alexisonfire - "Season of the Flood" Out Now|archive-date=October 12, 2007|website=Alexisonfire}}</ref> At this time, Pettit told a reporter: "The next record, I think, is us pretty much wanting to put the knife in screamo. I don't want to be the band that saves it, I want to be the band that kills it." Pettit later regretted making the statement.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Heimann |first1=Chad |title=Interview: George Pettit Of Alexisonfire, May 2010 |url=https://www.uwire.com/2010/05/11/interview-george-pettit-of-alexisonfire/ |website=uwire.com |publisher=U Wire |access-date=28 November 2021}}</ref> At the 2006 [[CASBY Awards]], ''Crisis'' won Favorite New Indie Release. At the 2007 [[MuchMusic Video Awards]], the video for "This Could Be Anywhere in the World" won the award for Best Cinematography and was nominated for Best Rock Video. The band was also nominated for the Peoples' Choice Award – Favourite Canadian Group. At the [[Juno Awards of 2007]], ''Crisis'' garnered a nomination for CD/DVD Artwork Design of the Year, [[Julius Butty]] received a Producer of the Year nomination for "This Could Be Anywhere in the World", and Alexisonfire was nominated for Group of the Year.
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