Death Before Musick

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Death Before Musick
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Studio album by
Amen
ReleasedApril 5, 2004
Recorded2002–2003
Genre
Length42:52
Label
Producer
Amen chronology
Join, Or Die
(2003)		Death Before Musick
(2004)		 Pisstory, A Catalogue of Accidents/A Lifetime of Mistakes
(2005)
Singles from Death Before Musick
  1. "California's Bleeding"
    Released: April 3, 2004 [1]

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [2]
Blabbermouth.net 4/10 [3]
Brave Words & Bloody Knuckles 7.5/10 [4]
Chronicles of Chaos 9/10 [5]
Drowned in Sound 7/10 [6]
Kerrang! Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [7]
MusicOMH (positive) [8]
Ox-Fanzine 7/10 [9]
Spin B− [10]

Death Before Musick is the fourth and most recent studio album by American rock band Amen. It was released in the United Kingdom on April 5, 2004, and in the United States on May 18, 2004, through eatURmusic and Columbia Records. [7] [11] The album continues the hardcore and punk genres of previous albums and draws on heavy metal as influence.

Contents

The album spawned the hit single and promotional video for "California's Bleeding." Drummer Luke Johnson, who joined the band around the time of the album's release and tour, appeared with the band in the photo shoot in the album's booklet but did not play on the album. This ended up being their last release in over 18 years as the band went on hiatus and had several personnel changes.

On April 19, 2010, Death Before Musick was reissued in the United Kingdom by IronBird Records. The reissue features four bonus tracks and a new interview with Casey Chaos. [12]

Track listing

All tracks by Casey Chaos.

No.TitleLength
1."Liberation for..."1:36
2."Hello (One Chord Lovers)"3:06
3."California's Bleeding"2:38
4."The Abolishment of Luxury"2:33
5."Money Infection"3:16
6."Westwood Fallout"2:45
7."Oblivion Stereo"3:00
8."Please Kill Me"3:23
9."EXTERMINATE!"3:06
10."We Got the Bait"2:16
11."Neutron Liars"2:38
12."Sorry, Not Sorry"3:08
13."Bring Me the Heads"2:46
14."Fuck in LA"2:41
15."The Summer of Guns"4:00
Total length:42:52
Japanese edition
No.TitleLength
16."Many Deaths Of..."0:51
17."Bye USA"3:04
18."Daycare Tourniquet"3:31
19."Exit Masses Noose"3:00

Credits

Personnel

Additional musicians

Production

Charts

Chart (2004)Peak
position
Scottish Albums (OCC) [14] 95
UK Albums (OCC) [15] 105

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References

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  2. ↑ Death Before Musick at AllMusic
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  7. 1 2 Myers, Ben (April 3, 2004). "Rated: Chaos theory". Kerrang! . No. 999. EMAP. pp. 46–47.
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