Vocals: Davey Havok
Guitars: Jade Puget
Bass: Hunter
Drums: Adam Carson
This Album was released the 18th of May, in 1999 on Nitro Records.
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This album was quite hard to get into, i'll do a song by song review of what I think of the songs now.
1. The album starts off with an introduction, just like their last album; Shut Your Mouth And Open Your Eyes and was played in every show before Sing The Sorrow came out with Miseria Cantare. This track doesn't do a lot for me, but I quite like the first part of the song where there is no singing. Some of you who might have seen some live clips of this song or been to one of their concerts; this track is incredibly powerful live. The main lyric of the song is 'Through our bleeding, we are one'. 2.5/5
2. The next song, Porphyria is a short, fast song that really sets the pace for the rest of the album. As in most songs, the band joins in in the chorus to make the song more powerful. Very good song, but in my opinion the lyrics for the chorus (in darkness together we're bringing the light, in darkness together, we are forming, the fire tomorrow is born of the night, in darkness together, we ignite) are a little cheesey. Very good song however. 4/5
3. The next song is one of my favorites of the album. Really great lyrics, and the chorus is quite similiar to the chorus of Porphyria, and Davey really shows of his singing talents in the bit just before the third chorus where he sings 'I fought for life the whole time you were holding me down. You watched me dying, holding me down, you brought my rebirth.' Really beautiful. 5/5
4. Malleus Maleficarum contains some guest vocals from Dexter Holland from the Offspring. Some people feel that they ruin the song, but in my opinion they suit the song very well. It's got a pretty good intro where Adam hits his cymbals very softly until the guitars and bass comes in. The verses are fast and the choruses are heavy. Overall a good song. 3.5/5
5. The next song is again very fast. Some really great lyrics like 'No fear of death, but with fear of life, you'r weakness kills everyone. So live.' VERY good chorus, where Davey and Jade sing a sort of duet. Again one of my favourite songs. 4.5/5
6. Clove Smoke Catharsis is a slow song, again with some guest vocals of Dexter in the last chorus. The drumming is excellent in this song and suits it very well. Again really good lyrics. Also the longest song of the album with more than 4 and a half minutes. 4/5
7. The Prayer Position is a very fast and catchy song, with a great sounding chorus where the whole band joins in again. This song is one of the few 'older' songs still played live today, and really get the crowd going. 4/5
8. No Poetic Device is one of my favorite songs again. I really like it how they sing the chorus in three different ways. Not much to say about it, except that it has some amazing lyrics again. 5/5
9. There is an error on the tracklisting on the cd's that says Weathered Tome is song number 9 and The Last Kiss song number 10. On the cd, number 9 is the last kiss though and what a great song it is. Great chorus and a very cool little bridge where I think bass is the only instrument playing. 5/5<
10. Weathered Tome for many people is a fill up track. I think some people just say this because Hunter once admitted that he did not like this song at all. I don't think it's anywhere near as bad as people make it, and that it's actually quite catchy. Nothing Special though. 2.5/5
11. At A Glance is a really beautiful song. The actual song is only about 2 minutes long, but then about a minute of music with no singing is played, followed by a whole lot of Woah's. Really good song. 5/5
12. God Called In Sick Today is my many fans seen as the ultimate AFI song. It is quite an emotional song, and definitely one of my favourites. The song starts of with a nice and easy guitar riff, and then the vocals come in. Daveys vocals are truelly beautiful in this song. Also some really great and complex drumming. You just have to hear this song before you can say anything bad about these guys, so I advise you to download it if you haven't heard it yet because you are missing out. A masterpiece. 5/5
The secret track is quite good, but nothing special to me. The chorus is quite repetitive as Davey just repeats the line 'Beyond and to all time I stand'. 3.5/5
Overall 4.5/5 :thumb:
