Owsla (album)

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Owsla
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Studio album by
ReleasedOctober 2006
Genre Crust punk, post-metal, sludge metal, post-hardcore
Length39:31
Label Alerta Antifascista, Behind the Scenes, Fight for Your Mind, Symphony of Destruction, Deskontento Records
Producer Peter Miles
Fall of Efrafa chronology
Owsla
(2006)
Elil
(2007)

Owsla is the debut studio album by English crust punk band Fall of Efrafa.

Contents

Reception

Professional ratings
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The album received favourable reviews. Punknews.org remarks the song Pity the Weak's "amazing lyrics", and highlighting the singer's talent: "It's really hard to believe that a band could have such a relatively unique voice and be so developed so quickly". [2]

Track listing

  1. "Intro" – 1:00
  2. "Pity the Weak" – 6:17
  3. "A Soul to Bear" – 4:17
  4. "Lament" – 1:50
  5. "Last But Not Least" – 10:41
  6. "The Fall of Efrafa" – 15:00

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