Condemned to Suffer

All Out War | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (October 21, 2003)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Victory Records
• ASIN: B0000DG015
• Also Available in: Vinyl  |  MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 3.9 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (11 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #198,445 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Editorial Reviews

About the Artist

New York's ALL OUT WAR is a punishing display of the aggression of hardcore, crossed with the brutality of metal, while avoiding the shortcomings of both genres. To get a taste of All Out War's musical style, envision Slayer's "Reign In Blood" colliding head on with "Age of Quarrel" era Cro-Mags. The two styles are as different as they come, but ALL OUT WAR combines them to form a Crossover attack unmatched by today's standards. While so many bands are creating a diluted mixture of Metal and Hardcore, All Out War brings you their brand of Crossover in the tradition of bands like NUCLEAR ASSAULT, AGNOSTIC FRONT, S.O.D. and KREATOR. "Condemned To Suffer" will solidify ALL OUT WAR¹s position as one of the most brutal bands - period. With their trademark social commentary on such diverse subjects as the Holocaust, ecocide and the degradation of the hard music scene, one will be hard pressed not to feel the effects of this record. "Condemned To Suffer" is destined to be a Crossover classic ­ it could be the album that brings the genre back to life.

Product Description

New York's ALL OUT WAR is a punishing display of the aggression of hardcore crossed with the brutality of metal while avoiding the shortcomings of both genres. To get a taste of ALL OUT WAR's musical style, envision Slayer's "Reign In Blood" colliding head on with "Age of Quarrel" era Cro-Mags. Two styles as different as they come, but ALL OUT WAR combines the two to form a Crossover attack unmatched by today's standards. While so many bands are creating a diluted mixture of Metal and Hardcore, ALL OUT WAR brings you their brand of Crossover in the tradition of bands like NUCLEAR ASSAULT, CRUMBSUCKERS, SUICIDAL TENDENCIES and S.O.D.. "Condemned To Suffer", their first record in five years, will once again solidify ALL OUT WAR’s position as one of the most brutal bands - period. With their trademark social commentary on such diverse subjects as the Holocaust, ecocide and the degradation of the hard music scene, one will be hard pressed not to feel the effects of this record. "Condemned To Suffer" is destined to be a Crossover classic and the album that could very well bring the genre back to life.

Customer Reviews

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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Great Great Music, March 5, 2004

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Jason McCann (Fort Myers, FL United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Condemned to Suffer (Audio CD)

This CD is NOTHING like hatebreed not even the same type of music or singing that guy who said that doesn't know what hes talking about. I have been listeing to all out war for years and this is thier best work yet heavier and better produced then earlier releases, the vocals are more brutal and the guitar players and drummers are tight. I listen to tons of New England local and underground music like caliban, killswitch, blood has been shed, katalakysm, katatonia, all shall perish just to name a few if you like bands like that you will love all out war one of the best releases this year.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Mike Score and company do it again!!!, October 22, 2003

By A Customer

This review is from: Condemned to Suffer (Audio CD)

Well Friends the wait is over!! This cd is one of the best I've herd all year!!!It was well worth the wait.Just when you thought AOW couldn't get any heaver,they come back with this!!!Clocking in at under 40 minutes,it's not stop from the get go!You won't be disapointed!!Go see them live if you get a chance,it's ruthless!!! Hopefully we won't have to wait as long for the next one!!!H.C Lives!!!

2 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Hard to Pin Down, November 2, 2004

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-gODGRINDER- (Colorado Springs, Colorado United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Condemned to Suffer (Audio CD)

This is definitely a brutal album. It's not the most brutal I've ever heard (see "Brutality is Law" by Severed Savior or "Dechristianize" by Vital Remains), but it does deliver a formidable aural assault that punishes the listener from the get-go and doesn't let up. If these guys are slotted into the genre of "metal-core," they certainly know their craft. They really slam the riffs and grooves home with unbridled ferocity and precision.

I say the album is hard to pin down because lyrically, it's all over the place. It comes off like a concept album akin to Cradle of Filth's "Damnation and a Day," although it's not nearly as sympathetic to The Devil character nor is it as poetic, for that matter. It's also isolated to the events of the book of Revelation, whereas "Damnation" covered the entire span of the world's biblical (and by that I mean MYTHICAL) past, present, and future. What makes it confusing are songs like "Two Thousand Years" which comes off like an indictment of religion and all the evil it has wrought in the world. But most of the other songs, such as "Rise of the Anti-Christ" seem to have a christian slant to them. Considering the imagery created by the lyrics and their throat-piercing delivery, it makes me wonder if these guys don't suffer from some sort of guilt-complex brought on by a strict baptist and/or catholic upbrining. And it's hard to nail down whether or not they're preaching, or simply trying to tell a story.

Depending on your beliefs, this cd might leave a bad taste in your mouth, you may love it, or as in my case, you may be left just scratching your head (after you've banged it, of course).