Into the Valley of Death

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Into the Valley of Death
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Studio album by
ReleasedApril 22, 2003
RecordedLate 2002 – early 2003
Genre Hardcore punk
Length37:36
Label Epitaph
Producer Death by Stereo
Death By Stereo chronology
Day of the Death
(2001)
Into the Valley of Death
(2003)
Death for Life
(2005)
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Into the Valley of Death is the third studio album by American hardcore punk band Death by Stereo. It was released on April 22, 2003, as their second album on Epitaph Records. The enhanced CD version of this album has a video for "Wasted Words" included.

Contents

Track listing

All tracks are written by Death by Stereo

No.TitleLength
1."The Plague"3:00
2."Beyond the Blinders"3:39
3."Wasted Words"3:36
4."I Wouldn't Piss in Your Ear if Your Brain Was on Fire"2:18
5."Shh, It'll Be Our Little Secret"3:08
6."What I Can't Hear, Touch, Taste, Smell or See Can't Hurt Me"3:01
7."Unstoppable"3:52
8."Let Down and Alone"2:37
9."These Are a Few of My Favorite Things"2:26
10."Good Morning America"0:41
11."Flag Day"2:44
12."You're a Bullshit Salesman with a Mouthful of Samples"3:04
13."Wake Up, You're Dead"3:27

Personnel

Death by Stereo

Additional credits

Dave Mandel provided backing vocals on this album. He is the owner of Indecision Records, Death by Stereo's first label.


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