There's No Sympathy for the Dead

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There's No Sympathy for the Dead
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EP by
ReleasedMay 23, 2006
RecordedStudio Barbarosa in Bavon, Virginia
Genre Emo, [1] screamo, [2] metalcore [3]
Length20:50
Label Epitaph
Producer Michael Baskette
Escape the Fate chronology
Escape the Fate
(2005)
There's No Sympathy for the Dead
(2006)
Dying Is Your Latest Fashion
(2006)
Singles from There's No Sympathy for the Dead
  1. "There's No Sympathy for the Dead"
    Released: 27 June 2006
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There's No Sympathy for the Dead is the debut EP by American rock band Escape the Fate, released in 2006. It is the band's debut release after signing with Epitaph Records. Two songs from the EP titled "There's No Sympathy for the Dead" and "The Guillotine" would later be featured in the band's debut studio album Dying Is Your Latest Fashion .

Contents

Musical style

The EP's styles have been described as screamo, [7] emo [8] and melodic metalcore. [9] Matt Whelihan of Punknews.org described the sound as "metal-influenced screamo" and compared the album's guitarwork to Avenged Sevenfold, while likening the album's hooks to the "arena-screamo" of Hawthorne Heights and Underoath. He also described Escape the Fate as "Atreyu with a Drive-Thru Records singer". [10]

Track listing

All tracks are written by Escape the Fate

No.TitleLength
1."Dragging Dead Bodies in Blue Bags Up Really Long Hills"3:38
2."There's No Sympathy for the Dead"5:26
3."The Ransom"3:50
4."As You're Falling Down"3:24
5."The Guillotine"4:32
Total length:20:50

Personnel

Escape the Fate
Additional musicians
Production

Usage in media

"As You're Falling Down" is in the soundtrack of Arena Football: Road to Glory .

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