If this album is, as the press materials insist, a "party-friendly free-for-all," then there's something seriously wrong with parties these days.
That's not to say that the music isn't impressive, just that it's hard to imagine chatting up a girl or laughing with friends while this album is playing anywhere in the vicinity.
Every Time I Die prominently features groove-based Southern rock elements in its arrangements, but that's about where the fun ends: occasional (and brief) sung melodies arise now and then, but for the most part this is a straight-ahead exercise in hoarse screaming and dirty, bludgeoning guitars.
Gutter Phenomenon opens with one of the album's strongest tracks, a blistering math-hardcore raveup titled "Apocalypse Now and Then" (they have a thing for cute titles; another song on this set is titled "Guitarred and Feathered").
"Kill the Music" is a bit more generic in its tight heaviosity, and "Bored Stiff" comes across as just a bunch of yelling for the sake of yelling.
But "Champing at the Bit" actually exposes something approaching a pop sensibility lurking beneath the band's bristling aggression, and "Pretty Dirty" features nifty stop/start rhythms and some sustained examples of actual singing.
Overall, not bad.
| Title/Composers | Performer | Listen | Time | Size | Size | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Apocalypse Now and ThenEvery Time I Die, Kevin Faulk | Every Time I Die | Play | 02:33 | 5 MB | 20 MB |
| 2 | Kill the MusicEvery Time I Die | Every Time I Die | Play | 03:14 | 7 MB | 25 MB |
| 3 | Bored StiffEvery Time I Die | Every Time I Die | Play | 02:18 | 5 MB | 17 MB |
| 4 | Easy TigerEvery Time I Die | Every Time I Die | Play | 03:02 | 6 MB | 24 MB |
| 5 | Tusk and TemperEvery Time I Die | Every Time I Die | Play | 03:55 | 8 MB | 30 MB |
| 6 | The New BlackEvery Time I Die, Kevin Faulk | Every Time I Die | Play | 02:52 | 6 MB | 22 MB |
| 7 | Champing at the BitEvery Time I Die | Every Time I Die | Play | 03:57 | 9 MB | 30 MB |
| 8 | Gloom and How It Gets That WayEvery Time I Die | Every Time I Die | Play | 01:57 | 4 MB | 15 MB |
| 9 | Guitarred and FeatheredEvery Time I Die | Every Time I Die | Play | 03:56 | 9 MB | 30 MB |
| 10 | L 'AstronautEvery Time I Die | Every Time I Die | Play | 03:05 | 7 MB | 23 MB |
| 11 | Pretty DirtyEvery Time I Die | Every Time I Die | Play | 03:33 | 8 MB | 27 MB |
| 34 mins | 78 MB | |||||
| 34 mins | 268 MB | |||||
| Artist | Job | |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Jordan Buckley | Group Member, Guitar |
| 2 | Keith Buckley | Group Member, Vocals |
| 3 | Every Time I Die | Composer, Primary Artist |
| 4 | Jerry Farley | Digital Editing |
| 5 | Kevin Faulk | Bass Engineer, Composer |
| 6 | Joe Gastwirt | Mastering |
| 7 | Sal Mormando | Assistant |
| 8 | Michael "Ratboy" Novak | Drums |
| 9 | Mike Novak | Drums, Group Member |
| 10 | Daryl Palumbo | Vocals |
| 11 | Gerard Way | Vocals |
| 12 | Andrew Williams | Guitar |
| Quality | Format | Encoding | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| Standard | MP3 | 320kps 44.1kHz | MP3 is an audio coding format which uses a form of lossy data compression. The highest bitrate of this format is 320kbps (kbit/s). MP3 Digital audio takes less amount of space (up to 90% reduction in size) and the quality is not as good as the original one. |
| CD Quality | FLAC | 16bit 44.1kHz | FLAC is an audio coding format which uses lossless compression. Digital audio in FLAC format has a smaller size and retains the same quality of the original Compact Disc (CD). |