Volatile (A Hero A Fake album)

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Volatile
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Studio album by
ReleasedOctober 28, 2008
RecordedThe Basement Studios
Genre
Length40:16
Label Victory
Producer Jamie King
A Hero A Fake chronology
Volatile
(2008)
Let Oceans Lie
(2010)
Professional ratings
Review scores
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AbsolutePunk 73% [1]
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Volatile is the debut album by American metalcore band A Hero A Fake, released on October 28, 2008, through Victory Records. A music video for the album's single, I Know I, was produced by Scott Hansen and premiered on MTV2 on February 21, 2009. [6]

Contents

Track listing

All lyrics are written by Justin Brown; all music is composed by A Hero A Fake.

No.TitleLength
1."Superwoman"5:46
2."El Gigante"3:08
3."Un Bienvenido Descanso (Interlude 1)"0:48
4."Just Another Number"3:21
5."Altered Beast"5:00
6."F-16"3:30
7."Medieval"4:03
8."I Know I"4:31
9."Sinfonia (Interlude 2)"0:53
10."Terminal"5:33
11."Burden"3:37
Total length:40:16

Personnel

A Hero A Fake

† filed for name change to Alex Avigliano

Production

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References

  1. "AboslutePunk Review".
  2. "RockFreaks Review".
  3. "The Interlude". Archived from the original on November 13, 2008.
  4. http://www.kingbanana.net/blog/2009/01/15/a-hero-a-fake-volatile/ link
  5. http://underthegunreview.net/2008/11/13/a-hero-a-fake-volatile/ link
  6. Victory News, 2/19/09