The second full-length album by U.K.-based metalcore outfit Asking Alexandria features all their established trademarks, particularly their blend of downtuned, thrashy riffing and outbursts of dancefloor-friendly synth and drum machine, as well as their (typical for the screamo/metalcore genre) multiple vocal styles: harsh, hoarse screams and guttural death metal growls alternate with choirboy crooning on the choruses.
Some of the songs are moderately catchy, particularly "A Lesson Never Learned," "The Match," and "Someone, Somewhere," the latter of which features no "extreme" vocals at all and seems like a straight-up bid for rock radio.
Other tracks are built of nothing but chugga-chugga riffs and ferocious roars, guaranteed to thrill the teenagers who are the band's primary audience.
What separates Asking Alexandria from most of their peers is an awareness of classic rock & roll dynamics -- some of the riffs they write are straightforward updates of Guns N' Roses or Skid Row (two of whose songs they covered on their Life Gone Wild EP), and they're as interested in getting listeners singing along as moshing.
| Title/Composers | Performer | Listen | Time | Size | Size | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Welcome | Asking Alexandria | Play | 01:49 | 0 MB | 11 MB |
| 2 | Dear Insanity | Asking Alexandria | Play | 03:09 | 0 MB | 26 MB |
| 3 | Closure | Asking Alexandria | Play | 03:58 | 0 MB | 30 MB |
| 4 | A Lesson Never Learned | Asking Alexandria | Play | 03:54 | 0 MB | 31 MB |
| 5 | To the Stage | Asking Alexandria | Play | 03:30 | 0 MB | 28 MB |
| 6 | DedicationJames Murray | Asking Alexandria | Play | 01:03 | 0 MB | 7 MB |
| 7 | Someone, Somewhere | Asking Alexandria | Play | 03:36 | 0 MB | 29 MB |
| 8 | Breathless | Asking Alexandria | Play | 04:09 | 0 MB | 32 MB |
| 9 | The Match | Asking Alexandria | Play | 04:15 | 0 MB | 33 MB |
| 10 | Reckless & Relentless | Asking Alexandria | Play | 04:08 | 0 MB | 33 MB |
| 11 | Morte et Dabo | Asking Alexandria | Play | 05:14 | 0 MB | 40 MB |
| 12 | Another Bottle Down | Asking Alexandria | Play | 03:34 | 0 MB | 29 MB |
| 13 | The Final Episode (Let's Change The Channel) [Borgore Remix] | Asking Alexandria | Play | 04:11 | 0 MB | 33 MB |
| 14 | A Candlelit Dinner With Inamorta (Run DMT Remix) | Asking Alexandria | Play | 04:13 | 0 MB | 34 MB |
| 15 | A Prophecy (Big Chocolate Electro Remix) | Asking Alexandria | Play | 04:16 | 0 MB | 31 MB |
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| 55 mins | 434 MB | |||||
| Artist | Job | |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Asking Alexandria | Primary Artist |
| 2 | Sam Bettley | Bass, Group Member |
| 3 | Ben Bruce | Group Member, Guitar, Vocals |
| 4 | James Cassells | Drums, Group Member |
| 5 | Paul Harries | Photography |
| 6 | Shawn Keith | A&R |
| 7 | Cameron Liddell | Group Member, Guitar |
| 8 | Daniel McBride | Layout |
| 9 | James Murray | Composer, Lyricist, Vocals |
| 10 | Nick Sampson | Editing, Engineer |
| 11 | Joey Sturgis | Engineer, Mastering, Mixing, Producer |
| 12 | George Vallee | Publicity |
| 13 | Daniel Wagner | Logo |
| 14 | Nick Walters | A&R |
| 15 | Danny Worsmop | Group Member, Vocals |
| 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). |