Death Before Musick

Death Before Musick
Studio album by Amen
Released	April 13, 2004
Recorded	2002 – 2003
Genre	Alternative metal, hardcore punk
Length	53:29
Label	EatUrMusic/Columbia
Producer	Casey Chaos, Daron Malakian
Amen chronology
Join, Or Die (2003) Death Before Musick (2004) Pisstory, A Catalogue of Accidents/A Lifetime of Mistakes (2005)
Singles from Death Before Musick
"California's Bleeding" Released: April 3, 2004 [1]

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	[2]
PunkNews	[3]

Death Before Musick by Amen was released on EatUrMusic/Columbia/Sony on April 13, 2004. The album continues the hardcore and punk genres of previous albums and draws on heavy metal as influence. The album spawned the hit single and promotional video for "California's Bleeding."

Track listing

All tracks by Casey Chaos

No.	Title	Length
1.	"Liberation for..."	1:36
2.	"Hello (One Chord Lovers)"	3:06
3.	"California's Bleeding"	2:38
4.	"The Abolishment of Luxury"	2:33
5.	"Money Infection"	3:16
6.	"Westwood Fallout"	2:45
7.	"Oblivion Stereo"	3:00
8.	"Please Kill Me"	3:23
9.	"EXTERMINATE!"	3:06
10.	"We Got the Bait"	2:16
11.	"Neutron Liars"	2:38
12.	"Sorry, Not Sorry"	3:08
13.	"Bring Me the Heads"	2:46
14.	"F*** in LA"	2:41
15.	"The Summer of Guns"	4:00
Total length:		53:29

Japanese edition
No.	Title	Length
16.	"Many Deaths Of..."	0:51
17.	"Bye USA"	3:04
18.	"Daycare Tourniquet"	3:31
19.	"Exit Masses Noose"	3:00

Credits

Personnel

• Casey Chaos – vocals
• Scott S. Sorry – bass guitar
• Shannon Larkin – drums
• Rich Jones – guitar
• Matt Montgomery – guitar

Production

• Matt Chidgey – Mixing
• Mike Fraser – Mixing
• Daron Malakian – Executive Producer, A&R
• George Marino – Mastering
• Jon Pikus – A&R
• Freddy Sipowicz – Mixing Assistant
• Joe Barresi – Mixing

References

1. http://www.officialcharts.com/search/singles/california's%20bleeding/
2. Death Before Musick at AllMusic
3. PunkNews review at the Wayback Machine (archived September 27, 2007)