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| | Bless the Martyr and Kiss the Child | | | Music Artist : | | Norma Jean | | Music Style : | | General | | Record Label : | | Solid State Records | | Release Date : | | 2002-08-13 | | Store Price : | | $14.98 | | Artistopia's Price: $11.97 | | Usually ships in 24 hours | | |
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CD Tracks/Songs
Disc 11. Entire World Is Counting on Me, and They Don't Even Know It
2. Face: Face
3. Memphis Will Be Laid to Waste
4. Creating Something out of Nothing, Only to Destroy It
5. Pretty Soon, I Don't Know What, but Something Is Going to Happen
6. Shotgun Message
7. Sometimes It's Our Mistakes That Make for the Greatest Ideas
8. I Used to Hate Cell Phones but Now I Hate Car Accidents
9. It Was As if the Dead Man Stood Upon the Air
10. Human Face, Divine
11. Organized Beyond Recognition
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Customer Reviews of This Album/CD |
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 one of my favorites
Submitted on: 2009-08-11 |
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| main reason why this album is one of my favorites is because it is so unique and pretty much stands out to any hardcore band ive ever listened to. such a shame the band doesn't make stuff like this anymore. in my opinion, one of the best hardcore albums ever made. |
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Simply Too Good For Words
Submitted on: 2009-01-21 |
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| If you like hardcore in the least, this CD will be one of the gems of your collection. I love "Redeemer" "Anti-Mother" and "O, God" but this CD is something extra. Each track is painstakingly perfect in it's total brutal insanity... Josh Scogin is perfectly and poignantly emotional in every line, and the band is just SO tight. Another highlight of this album is the incredible lyrics that speak of Christ and are very encouraging! |
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two words... TOTAL CHAOS
Submitted on: 2009-01-16 |
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This is the most hardcore album in my collection and indeed its a true masterpiece. My favorites are "Memphis Will Be Laid to Waste" and "Face:Face"
If you are a hardcore fan then this album should already be in your collection. |
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Best Hardcore
Submitted on: 2008-12-21 |
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| I bought this on my quest to find good hardcore music and it was basically a gold mine. If you want to find the epitome of hardcore music, this is it. Although it's a southern christian band and all the lyrics/song are religious, it is in no way 'preachy'. The lyrics are deep and make you think, and Josh Scogin is the most amazing lyricist and hardcore singer ever. This is definitely an album you can listen to the whole way through. Also pick up The Chariot. |
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 ...the Christian oxymoron...
Submitted on: 2008-06-20 |
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...Norma Jean...Norma Jean...far from sounding christian are they not? Yes...if you have been mislead to being believed that this is simply God Worshipping music even Zao's lyrics were more christian...what good old Norma Jean do with this abum is break some ethnical stereotypes that all Christian music is constantly Christian...and they do it spectacularly with incredible dissonant breakdowns and very sudden time signature changes that will satisfy most mathcore lovers cravings (but not all...I'll get on to that later)...
...so besides making full on Christians run to the hills at the menacing sound that appears what else do Norma Jean have to offer? What they offer is intense energy...when you listen to songs such as "Shotgun Message" (one of the shortest songs...the longest song being 15 minutes) the very fast paced stop and go of the guitars with the singer yelling about...something...it becomes a menagerie (spell check) of sounds flurrying around not giving the listener a chance to breath...some of the more popular songs such as "Memphis will be laid to waste" have much more of a variety of sounds that can vary from their usual heaviness to an evil sounding groan...which of course...brings you back to the album cover...is there a concept to the smiling infant? All songs are strong in their own sense and as long as you have an ear for this type of music you shouldn't tire of it any time soon...
...now for the cons...the type of listeners that will not enjoy this album are the following:
1. Pure Metalheads may find that this is a disgrace to metal and say some random insults involving hot topic about it. They will state it is not complex and ask for you to buy something in the classical metal era.
2. Alot of mathcore purists will also state that this isn't really mathcore and just a christian alternative...they will say that they've heard more complex and probably recommend Dillinger Escape Plan (another good band)...
3. People that do not like any music even near this genre whatsoever and just happened to get the idea that they might try it just to annoy people will say "It's all screaming and dissonant I mean why would you like this? They have no talent they just drop tune their guitars and move their fingers up and down the frets while the singer screams randomly"...these people can be ignored as they honestly have no reason to criticise this album...
...a very infulential album to some people and a must have starting point for Norma Jean beginners... |
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