Life of Defiance

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Life of Defiance
Life of Defiance by Call to Preserve.jpg
Studio album by Call to Preserve
ReleasedJune 8, 2010 (2010-06-08)
RecordedMarch, 2010
Genre Christian hardcore, metalcore
Length30:32
Label Facedown
Call to Preserve chronology
From Isolation
(2008)		Life of Defiance
(2010)		Validation EP
(2011)

Life of Defiance is the third and final studio album from Call to Preserve. Facedown Records released the album on June 8, 2010.

Call to Preserve was an American Christian and straight edge crossover thrash band who played a fusion hardcore punk and metalcore group. They come from Rockledge, Florida. The band started making music in 2003, and disbanded in 2011. Their membership was vocalist, John Ellis, guitarists, Duke Ahrens, Matt Aviles, and Harbor Partin, bass guitarist, Kyle Bowen, and drummer, Mike Aviles. The band released one independently made extended play, Call to Preserve, in 2003. Their first studio album, Unsinkable, was released by Strike First Records, in 2006. The subsequent studio album, From Isolation, was released by Facedown Records, in 2008. They released, Life of Defiance, with Facedown Records, in 2010, and this was final studio album. Their last release, an extended play, Validation, was released by Facedown Records, in 2011, marking this as their final musical recording.

Facedown Records Christian record label based in Fallbrook, California, United States

Facedown Records is a Christian rock record label based in Fallbrook, California that is devoted to hardcore punk and metalcore bands with a few death metal acts such as Immortal Souls and Indwelling. Founded by No Innocent Victim drummer Jason Dunn, the label started small with a number of 7" record releases by Overcome, Dodgin Bullets, and Born Blind. As the label grew, it was able to sign artists for full album deals. xDISCIPLEx and the Deal, who were both popular in the Christian and secular scenes, released material on Facedown, as well as Figure Four, One-21, and Point of Recognition. The label also signs straight edge groups such as xDEATHSTARx and xLooking Forwardx.

Contents

Critical reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
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Awarding the album four stars from HM Magazine , Rob Shameless states, "Call to Preserve puts out better records with each release, and Life of Defiance is no exception." [2] Peter John Willoughby, rating the album an eight out of ten for Cross Rhythms, writes, "The only drawback is the relatively short length (less than 31 minutes) of this classic hardcore punk album." [1] Giving the album two and a half stars at Jesus Freak Hideout, Wayne Reimer describes, "it lacks in a lot of areas, particularly creativity." [4] Steve, awarding the album four stars by Indie Vision Music, says, "Call to Preserver has managed to craft good hardcore across an entire album rather than just a few songs on the album." [3]

<i>HM</i> (magazine)

HM Magazine is a monthly, digital and print on demand publication focusing on hard music and alternative culture of interest to Christians. The magazine states that its goal is to "honestly and accurately cover the current state of hard music and alternative culture from a faith-based perspective." It is known for being one of the first magazines dedicated to covering Christian metal. The magazine's content includes features; news; album, live show and book reviews, culture coverage and columns. HM's occasional "So and So Says" feature is known for getting into artists' deeper thoughts on Jesus Christ, spirituality, politics and other controversial topics.

Cross Rhythms is a Christian media organisation based in Stoke-on-Trent, England. It operates an FM and online radio station, produces radio shows sent internationally, and its website has resources on contemporary Christian music.

Track listing

No.TitleLength
1."Life of Defiance"2:19
2."Drawing Lines on All Sides"2:05
3."Empty Promises"2:14
4."The Weight"2:32
5."Functionary"3:04
6."Desoto"3:21
7."Thin Skin"3:17
8."Across the Isle" (Feat Joe Musten of The Almost, Advent, and Beloved)1:34
9."Holding Embers"3:23
10."Lost at Sea"1:33
11."Last Look Back"5:10
Total length:30:32 [5]

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References

  1. 1 2 Willoughby, Peter John. "Review: Life of Defiance - Call to Preserve". Cross Rhythms . Retrieved June 13, 2015.
  2. 1 2 Shameless, Rob. "Call to Preserve - Life of Defiance". HM Magazine . p. 44. Retrieved June 13, 2015.
  3. 1 2 Steve. "Review : Call to Preserve - Life of Defiance". Indie Vision Music. Retrieved June 13, 2015.
  4. 1 2 Reimer, Wayne. "Call to Preserve, "Life of Defiance" Review". Jesus Freak Hideout. Retrieved June 13, 2015.
  5. ↑ AllMusic Tracks
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