Angermeans

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Angermeans
Angermeans.jpg
Studio album by
Released2001
StudioThe Steakhouse, North Hollywood, CA.
Genre Hardcore punk
Length38:58
Label Victory Records [1]
Producer Sean O'Dwyer, John Nelson, Strife, Rpgello Lozano
Strife chronology
Truth Through Defiance
(1999)
Angermeans
(2001)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [2]
The Encyclopedia of Popular Music Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [3]
Rock Hard 8.5/10 [4]

Angermeans is the third full-length album by the Californian hardcore band Strife. [5] [6] It was released in 2001 on Victory Records.

Contents

Critical reception

The Daily Herald called the album "vicious," writing that it "has as much Slayer as Agnostic Front in its lineage." [7] AllMusic wrote that it "is not just a comeback for the band, it's a long-overdue kick in the butt for a whole [hardcore] movement as well." [2]

Track listing

All lyrics are written by Rick Rodney; all music is composed by Andrew Kline, except where noted.

No.TitleMusicLength
1."Rise Again" 3:55
2."Life Stained Red" 2:52
3."Spill No Blood" 3:51
4."Angel Wings" 4:23
5."Angermeans" 5:31
6."From These Graves" 4:22
7."Stareing at the Sky" 3:21
8."Mine Alone" 3:49
9."Everything Stripped Away"Andrew Kline, Chad Peterson4:43
10."Mon Bel Ami"Andrew Kline and Tom Bail2:11
Total length:38:58

Personnel

Strife

Additional musicians

Production

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