Sirens (It Dies Today album)

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Sirens
Sirens ItDiesToday.jpg
Studio album by
ReleasedOctober 17, 2006
Genre Metalcore [1]
Length38:41
Label Trustkill
Producer GGGarth [2]
It Dies Today chronology
The Caitiff Choir
(2004)
Sirens
(2006)
Lividity
(2009)

Sirens is the second full-length studio album released by Buffalo-based metalcore band It Dies Today, released on October 17, 2006. It is the last recorded material with vocalist Nick Brooks until the band's 2023 reunion. [3]

Contents

Sirens was leaked to peer-to-peer file sharing programs on August 15, 2006.

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Blabbermouth.net 6.5/10 [6]
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Track listing

All lyrics are written by Nicholas Brooks; all music is composed by Mike Hatalak

No.TitleLength
1."A Constant Reminder"3:31
2."A Port in Any Storm"3:14
3."The Bacchanal Affair"3:15
4."Sacred Heart (Sacré Cœur)"3:13
5."Sixth of June"3:04
6."Reignite the Fires"3:30
7."Black Bile, White Lies"3:19
8."Sirens"4:31
9."Through Leaves, Over Bridges"3:56
10."On the Road (To Damnation)"2:59
11."Turn Loose the Doves"4:17

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