Stillborn

Stillborn

Track Listings

1. Dominated Resurgency

2. Way of All Flesh

3. Dominion of Terror

4. Geared for Gain

5. Stillborn

6. Ordain the Hierarchy

7. Carnivorous Misgivings

8. Genetic Afliction

9. Ethnic Cleansing

10. Discple of Abhorrence

Editorial Reviews
Product Description
Swedish edition of the Florida bred death metal act's 1993 album. Roadrunner. --This text refers to the Audio CD edition.

Tracks:

Rainbowarriors
Promise
Bloody Twins
Japan
Sunshine
Black Poppies
Werewolf
Animals
Houses
Raphael
Girl And The Geese
Miracle

Album Description

Their third release represents another stride onward from previous works, where the girls continue to experiment with their disparate voices and clashing personalities, juxtaposing devastating ballads like "Werewolf" with exhilarating tracks like "Japan" and the jaunty single "Rainbowarriors". It's a lush, orchestral array of sounds and beauty; a vaudevillian opera, if you will.

Customer Reviews:

A breakthrough album.......2007-06-12

I never considered myself a big CocoRosie fan before this album... but even on first listen it was hard not to notice there are a bunch of absolutely stunning tracks here... Raphael, Promise, Werewolf etc.

To me the album is a lot more confident and cohesive than Noah's Ark, which had flashes of brilliance but was never totally satisfying. Highly recommended.

Different.......2007-05-13

Cocorosie is different. It is this difference that makes this album great. If you like rock, pop or folk, then you should enjoy this ablum. If you're looking for variety, then this album will be a good addition to your collection.

this is a magical (short review).......2007-05-10

This does not fall short in any respects!
Cocorosie's imagery is beautiful and frightening, like the hypnopompic state of not-quite-awake. Definitely have they not at all declined over albums. Ever strengthening their abilities in storytelling and musicianship, Cocorosie leads the listener inward to a tiny, new world of romance and creepies. The whole disc seems so natural and carefree, but at the same time every word and sound is so, so perfectly placed. It's real enjoyable.

Bjork? Miss Li?.......2007-05-03

For me, this album sounds like their influences come from Bjork and Miss Li. Although some of the songs are slightly different with beat and rhythm, I think I'd rather listen to Bjork's Vespertine. Bjork uses the same style and the same sound with chimes and drums on almost all of her albums. I strongly suggest to buy one of hers instead. Much more heart felt. Although I really wanted to like this album, I simply....can't.

Imaginatively weird album.......2007-04-21

This album sounds like it could be the soundtrack to the Jean-Pierre Jeunet film "City of Lost Children" with a dash of hip-hop thrown in for good measure but be warned, on first listen this album feels somewhat slow & lumbering but after quite a few listens that all changes & each song beautifully stands out from the next. Easily one of the best albums of 2007.

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Street C.D., Vol. 2
Danny Diablo
Manufacturer: Stillborn
ProductGroup: Music
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ASIN: B0007SL3SS
Release Date: 2005-03-22

Tracks:

Intro
Banged Out
Don't Bring It
Radio Interview
Roger Miret Drop
Four Shots - Danny Diablo,
Macheteros Drop
Crush! Kill! Destroy! - Danny Diablo,
Coke Snore (Skit)
Kill Em Dead
Trizzmaster (Skit)
Bloodshed - DJ Lethal, Danny Diablo,
Pitchfork (Skit)
Kill Steve Poss
Born to Crush You - Danny Diablo, The Icepick, Jamey Jasta
Hatewear (Skit)
Me Llamo Diablo - Danny Diablo,
Back on Up - Danny Diablo,
Cum on Baby - Curtis Brown, Danny Diablo, Necro
Lick on My Balls
You Know What I Am Talking About, Man? - Danny Diablo, Mr. Hyde,
Satanic Shamrocks
R.I.P. 2 Hips & Boston Mike
Rise Above - Danny Diablo, , , Ill Bill
Unstoppable
Outro

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Evolution is always good... especially for FBC
A Fine Follow-up
metal-core(but a little more metal,a little less core)
Breakdown Masters

Within the Grasp of Titans
Full Blown Chaos
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Wake the Demons
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Beauty and the Breakdown

ASIN: B000FOPPP6
Release Date: 2006-07-11

Tracks:

Trials of Triumph
Chopping Block
Burning Age
Solemn Promise
Rise & Fight
Anchored Heart
Suffer in Silence
Life of Sorrow
Hollowed
Vendetta
Against the Grain
Kingdom Undone
Voorhees Complex

Tracks:

Bitter Twisted Memory - The Icepick
It's Our Burden to Bleed
New York Blood
Too Scared to Love - Glass Casket
Lathes of Hell
All I Have - Sworn Enemy
Voice Divides
Endless Evil - Purified in Blood
Walter's Look of Conviction

Customer Reviews:

Evolution is always good... especially for FBC.......2006-08-01

I have to say, Full Blown Chaos has evolved into something greater. Even though they are a lot less hardcore and now have more of a death metal sound, it is still amazing. The drums, guitars and bass have evolved for the best, for there are faster and harder riffs along with the drumming (there are a hella lot more double bass drum... which is good). And I have to say, the screaming has also evolved greatly. Before, it was a lower sound, but it is now a higher pitch with more control; they are not making their own sound. I think I can speak for everyone when I say that in their next album, they will have made their own sound completly.

I do have to say that it took me awhile to get used to it. For the vocals were totally different and I too used to Wake The Demons (I still am waiting for Prophet of Hostility to come out at my record store >_ <). But after I learned the words, it quickly became my favorite of the two.

See you at the Masquerate with Hatebreed on the 12th!!!

A Fine Follow-up.......2006-07-26

These guys are back with as much brutality and skull-crushing metal as they ever had. The song writing on this record is a little more stream-lined than their previous efforts. Not a bad thing, but whereas on Prophet of Hostility and Wake the Demons FBC jumped around everywhere, this record still has those changes but to a lesser extent in each track. Mostly, each tune has a breakdown that takes it in an unexpected but satifying direction. Songs like Life of Sorrow, where the first half is a speed run and then the drummer introduces the new rhymic pattern on his snare drum before the whole band picks it up. Chopping Block does the same thing; the song starts with a pulverizing rhythm and ends with a groove. Look for the hidden track after The Voorhees Complex. They retracked Blood Flow while recording Titans and it sounds killer. All in all this is an excellent follow-up, and should satisfy their fans.

metal-core(but a little more metal,a little less core).......2006-07-14

let me start by saying i love F.B.C,i have all of the stuff that they put onto cd but this one is a bit different! i would compare this release to wake the demons and prophets of hostility to what hatedbreed did with rise of brutality to persverance(although i think this cd is better than R O B).this cd is a lot more metal than hard core,the breakdowns are there but not like previous F.B.C stuff where they took every chance they could to rattle your teeth out with a earth shaking (rung out) breakdown!please don't get me wrong there are some good ones on here but just not like before.i liked this cd more the second time i listened to it so i think it will grow on me, but still compared to their other stuff this is really good,not great. if you like F.B.C check this out IT IS GOOD!! and better than 75% of the stuff out there but go in with a open mind willing to accept some change!

Breakdown Masters.......2006-07-13

If u live for breakdowns and u love headbanging. These Yanks are for u. Raddical!

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WOW
Nothing speical
F the naysayers
Hahahaha!
Alright, but Jasta should stick with his day job

Violent Epiphany
The Icepick
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Bitter Twisted Memory
Tomorrow Is Not a Promise
Violent Epiphany
Creations of Chaos
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Show of Force
This Can Never Be Undone
Nothing Without Loyalty
Real Recognizes Real - Rev. Paul Bearer, Esq., Freddy Cricien, Ice-T, The Icepick, Roger Miret,
Onward to Victory
Born to Crush You

Customer Reviews:

WOW.......2007-05-08

This album is a true classic. Every song is incredible. Icepick NEEDS to tour! Got this record at a Hatebreed show on the Agora Small Stage!!!

Nothing speical.......2007-04-11

I really enjoy Hatebreed, so I figured i'd pick up this cd. While it has a few good songs, the cd is not speical. Jamey Jasta is a busy guy but this is not of his better efforts. The whole cd has been done before and a hundred other acts will probably have a cd like this.

F the naysayers.......2006-09-09

Sure, it's an excuse for Jamey to do... more of what he always does. Since most hardcore is fairly similar musically, you've basically got a Hatebreed album. A Hatebreed album that is slightly more aggressive musically. And a Hatebreed album that is slightly more fun and adventurous. This album takes what little room their is to move around in hardcore and takes full advantage. It's also an excuse to gather Jamey's buddies to join in on the fun. That's definitely not a bad thing here. All in all, it sounds like a hardcore album in which no one was trying to hard to make the "right" record or an "important" record. Instead they just had fun with it, and that is reflected in the end result. I'll be spinning this one more than Supremacy, that's fo shizzle. Do not let the few people dissing it deter you from at least checking out a song or 2. You'll totally miss out.

Hahahaha!.......2006-08-13

This is some funny stuff right here, true comedy! The best part? I didn't even need to listen to it to tell you that, because it's just that predictable!

Alright, but Jasta should stick with his day job.......2006-08-08

Icepick is the side project of Hatebreed's Jamey Jasta and Danny Diablo (ex-Crown of Thornz). It's an okay slab of old school hardocre with metalish guitar, but Jasta should have focused on the new hatebreed album instead of this.

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Awesome CD

Negative Outlook
Sworn Enemy
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New Breed
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Customer Reviews:

Awesome CD.......2006-09-23

This is the best Sworn Enemy release, I guess. Compared to other releases, this CD is very unique in the realm of hardcore music. The song like "Pain" is a good introduction to feel the difference of this band from others. The best track is, without question, "New Breed." I remember the first time I listend this song I was amazed by how the song goes to the breakdown part, kinda reminiscent of Sub Zero's "Higher Power." In my opinion, hardcore should not be over-produced, keeping music as raw as possible. This CD is as crasp as you get! I highly recommend this CD if you like Crowns of Thornz "Mentally Vexed," because they are both unique and musicially sophisticated. Go buy it!

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Classic death metal release!!
CLASSIC MALEVOLENT CREATION!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
To give ANYTHING 5 stars isn't warrented, but
Great Death Metal!!!
Damn what happened?

Stillborn
Malevolent Creation
Manufacturer: Roadrunner Int'l
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The Ten Commandments
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In Cold Blood
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ASIN: B000008I1V
Release Date: 1993-10-12

Tracks:

Dominnated Resurgency
The Way Of All Flesh
Dominion Of Terror
Geared For Gain
Stillborn
Ordain The Hierarchy
Carnivorous Misgivings
Genetic Affliction
Ethnic Cleansing
Disciple Of Abhorrence

Album Description

Swedish edition of the Florida bred death metal act's 1993 album. Roadrunner.

Customer Reviews:

Classic death metal release!!.......2006-12-28

Malevolent Creation on their peak, period!!! The songs are heavy, not faster than "Ten Commandments" or "Retribution", but really good. The production is not good at all, but remember this album came out on 93', you know... if you are a MC fan like me, this is essential but hard to find and out of print, also check out "The Ten Commandments" and "Retribution", believe me, this three albums are the only worth buying!!

CLASSIC MALEVOLENT CREATION!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!.......2006-11-14

I LOVE THIS RECORD. I remember in '93 when Stillborn came out everybody hated it? I cant see why. Sure the music is a bit slower but I think its killer. I think the songwriting is excellent. Title track Stillborn is one of the heaviest Deathmetal songs ever composed. Geared for Gain and Ethnic Cleansing are skull fracturing. Brett Hoffman's vocals are brutal as hell. The production is thick, with a lot of low end. Basically Stillborn is a lot like Retribution only the songs are more mid paced. I think Stillborn is Malevolent Creation's finest hour. I know allot of you will disagree but this album just really grows on you over the years. Plus the artwork is killer as well. If you dont have this album GET IT TODAY or you are seriously missing out on a Classic Deathmetal album.

BUY OR DIE!!!!!

To give ANYTHING 5 stars isn't warrented, but.......2006-06-09

this album does not deserve all the slagging it gets. Stillborn was my first exposure to MC. I was working at a music review mag in NYC in the early-mid 90s, when this cassette came into the office. i was supposed to write a review then. but i only listened to it once and didn't really pay attention... it was death-metal (read: UGH!!).
Anyway, about a year later i was going thru some forgotten music. Stillborn... Malevolent Creation... hmmm. Well, just think about hearing Dominated Resurgency for the very first time. before you've really listened to it? I was big into nyhc in the mid-late 80s, so i'm no stranger to hard-as-nails combat (btw: if you like this album then check out Rest In Pieces - My Rage). all in 1 night's time.
For me, the highlights are DR, Stillborn, Ethnic Cleansing and D o Aborrance. They happen to be the BEST MC songs i've heard to date. I've recently dld'ed 10C and Rtrbtion. I also have Best of and Warkult. Best of really doesn't count, though.
These 4 songs have riffage, groove, changes, synchopation (thanks in large part to Hoffman's lyrical timing).
I think this album is also very well produced, unlike most other people here.
I am not a fan of death-metal as a whole. and there are other types of "metal" that i think are shamefully, pathetically idiotic. I don't know what the heck Everytime I Die is, but i wish they and every last one of those types of sing-songey/screech-fest bands would die. and what the eff is Korn/limpbizkit/i-don't-know-wtf-else. Them and that Phoney, eye-contact/makeup-wearing, poodle-walker of a marilynn-manson.
I mean, wtf? In Flames? Nobody cares anymore. nobody tries. there is no revlolution. we have all been "televized". even the rebelion is wearing clothes from the same chain store, in a suburban mall subdivision. there's the new rebelion age.
I think this album is worth the price just for these songs. and if the others happen to grow on you, then that's good too.

Great Death Metal!!! .......2006-03-17

This is another great release from Malevolent Creation. Before you complain about the sound quality of the album, you have to take into consideration that in the early 90's recording equipment wasn't as advanced as today. The cd has a mono effect to it which works great with death metal. Plus Malevolent Creation probably wanted the cd to sound the way it does. Either way this is a kick ass cd from Malevolent Creation. If you like death metal and are a fan of Malevolent Creation this is a must have cd. Being that this cd is out of print, and hard to find it makes it more a cd to have in your collection.

Damn what happened?.......2005-03-03

The Ten Commandments is like by far the best of all their albums. Then Retribution came along and it wasn't as furious and fast as the Ten Commandments, but still good.

...and now Stillborn. First thing i noticed is the production, it's slower, and.....GODDAMN Hoffman, what happened? vocals are by far unbearable and too mediocre and....dead i say, just dead.

i would rather prefer this album over the fine art of murder, envemoned, the will to kill, and warkult, because those albums suck.

and yes these guys went through some hard times during the release of this album, so i don't blame them

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better than their Victory [..]
Hardcore lives on.
Great stuff.
Excellent
Wow.

Heart Means Everything
With Honor
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ASIN: B0002IQDUQ
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Milwaukee
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Textbook Case
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Customer Reviews:

better than their Victory [..].......2006-08-11

"heart means everything" is the only good With honor release. They released this album when they were still hardcore, before they left and signed to Victory records and became all pop-punkish with their sophomore album, "this is our revenge"
"heart means everything" ranks among the best, and they show what true hardcore is all about. Taking their cues from forefathers of the scene, like converge, hatebreed, and integrity, With honor create a dark ode to friends, family, the hardcore scene, and other subjects with tis release. If you wanna know what good old school sounds like, check out this release over their newer ones.

Hardcore lives on........2006-03-09

One of the best hardcore albums of our time. It must be ranked up there along with Hatebreed's "Satisfaction Is The Death Of Desire", Converge's "Jane Doe", Integrity's "Humanity Is The Devil" and Zao's "Where Fire And Blood Bring Rest" (along with the classics of Minor Threat, Black Flag and Bad Brains). A must-have for any true hardcore fan.

Once you listen to this, you will not believe how you lived without it.

Great stuff........2005-12-18

driving anthems, positive die-hard outlook, this is one of the best posi albums i've heard in while. they have a really solid performance too. i saw them last spring (2005) with comeback kid and had to pick their cd up.

Excellent.......2005-01-28

One of the very best hardcore bands around right now. They are full of positive lyric and heartfelt songs. The music itself is absoultely great. You can tell they put their all into making it. They are also one of the best live bands I have ever had the "honor" to see. Don't pass up this great CD

Wow........2004-11-24

I got this album when I saw With Honor and Comeback Kid last March, and I still love this CD. Eleven songs of pure positive energy with some excellent breakdowns and other dance parts. Buy this record ASAP.

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Integrity Defines Strength
Sworn Enemy
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Pure Skull Smashing Hardcore
Awesome
Great album
Sickness
Music Sounding Exactly As Their Name Claims

Wake the Demons
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Customer Reviews:

Pure Skull Smashing Hardcore.......2007-04-11

As a devoted metalhead, I enjoy all forms of heavy music that I can find ranging from traditional heavy metal, thrash metal, groove metal, black metal, stoner metal, death metal, technical death metal, brutal death metal, melodic death metal, industrial metal, grindcore, math metal, and yes some hardcore/metalcore at times as well. Full Blown Chaos are in my mind one of the better hardcore bands I've listened to. In case some of you people don't know, FBC are a crossover between death metal and tough guy hardcore, and believe me, the results are totally devastating. These guys no doubt sound exactly like the band name says. I picked up their full length debut from 2004 "Wake the Demons", a while back and I must say I was mighty impressed with what I've heard. This album will just beat your body to a bloody pulp, and smash your skull into oblivion from beginning to end. Ray Mazzola is one of the better vocalists in the entire hardcore/metalcore scence today. He can switch from sick gutteral style death metal growls to brutal tough guy hardcore shouts, and he also sounds a whole lot like Phil Anselmo (Pantera, Down, Superjoint Ritual) at times as well. The guitar riffs are just aggressive and crushing and just straight up fast. The drumming is very Slayer reminiscent as well, and there's plenty of fast in your face fills and crazy double bass kicks to boot. The lyrics are very moving, and in your face as well.

Favorite songs: "Apocalypse", "Undying", "Unlearn", "Wake the Demons", "Strength Within", "Red Tide", "Judged", "Fore Warned", and "Chains of Bloodshed".

Forget Poison the Well, Atreyu, Eighteen Visions, 36 Crazyfists, and all those other poser wannabee hardcore bands, this is how REAL hardcore is supposed to sound.

Overall highly recommended for fans of Slayer, Hatebreed, and Pantera. Buy this album now.

Awesome.......2007-03-20

If you love Hardcore this is a absolutely great album. Full of energy this album I jammed to too motivated me to run 10 miles in the desert.

Great album.......2006-07-20

To compare these guys to Hatebreed isn't doing these guys justice. Hatebreed is a great band but these guys can stand on thier own. This is a well put together album and the rythum changes are flawless. If you love Hatebreed you will not be disappointed with FBC. Well worth every penny.

Sickness.......2006-07-06

I first discovered these guy's at a DEVILDRIVER show here in CO. They jumped on stage to shared a song with BURY YOUR DEAD and they killed it so I started looking them up on the web and started listening to their stuff, low and behold the stuff was Brutal. It is controled Chaos, now it is'nt like NILE OR FETUS type Brutal but it is consitantly Aggro. If you are having one of those day's where everything suck's and you hate everyone this is the stuff you need to have in your CD player full blast. Forget all the fantasy and myth in some music get STRAIGHT HATE type stuff and release your inner aggression.

Music Sounding Exactly As Their Name Claims.......2006-05-27

I don't know about all this hardcore versus metalcore versus grindcore crap, but as far as pure, brutal metal is concerned, these guys lay it down. The vocalist sounds like a death metal Phil Anselmo (Pantera). His balls-out, 'I have to always make a statement' lyrics power through every song. The guitarist keeps his riffs centered around shredding. While there are some guitar queers out there that have to hear huge melodic progressions and complex chord changes (like a few of the whiners reviewing this album), this guy keeps it where it needs to be: straight-forward thrash. The bass player is lost in the mix of the record, really only be noticable on the intro. to the song 'This Fight'. The drummer shreds and shreds and shreds. That dude comes across as a clean, tight, well-oiled machine. There is no lack of double bass on the record. As for the album itself, it is simple. Short, sweet, and to the point metal. The songs hover in the two minute range, all with quick intros and no guitar solos. The band hammers down from the get-go, favoring long speed runs mixed with bashing moments or groove. If you need intense metal, these guys have made the album for you.