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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." Drummer Luke Johnson, who joined the band around the time of the album's release and tour, appeared with the band in the photo shoot in the album's booklet but did not play on the album.

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Death Before Musick
Studio album by Amen
Released	April 13, 2004
Recorded	2002 – 2003
Genre	Alternative metal, hardcore punk
Length	42:52
Label	EatUrMusic/Columbia
Producer	Casey Chaos
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]

Track listing

All tracks by Casey Chaos.

Credits

Personnel

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

Production

• Daron Malakian – executive production, A&R
• Matt Chidgey – mixing
• Mike Fraser – mixing
• George Marino – mastering
• Jon Pikus – A&R
• Freddy Sipowicz – assistant mixing
• Joe Barresi – mixing

References

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