Empires

Animosity

Product Details

• Audio CD (August 23, 2005)
• Original Release Date: August 23, 2005
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Metal Blade
• ASIN: B000A7Q1SI
• Average Customer Review: 4.9 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (8 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #99,617 in Music (See Bestsellers in Music)

Track Listings

1. Thieves

2. Commoditism

3. Holy Shackles

4. Empires

5. The Black Page

6. Life Advocate

7. Manhunt

8. Plutocracy

9. Shut It Down

Editorial Reviews

About the Artist

The bar for heavy music just got a lot higher--and a lot younger. From the San Francisco Bay area, Animosity started bludgeoning the Northern California region with their breed of death metal/hardcore almost five years ago when most of the members were only 14 to 15 years old. In a music scene that has been moving in a more commercial direction, Animosity has spit in the face of the trends and stereotypes. Raised in the hardcore scene but forever passionate about metal, these youngsters (now all age 18-19) have taken influence from both backgrounds and created a fresh and innovative sound. They have the innate ability to command and impress crowds of any heavy music background. From thrash to death metal and hardcore to nu-metal, Animosity has what it takes to ignite and conquer any audience.

Combining the fury and anger of grindcore Godfathers Carcass, the guitar wizardry of Death, the hooks and grooves of Lamb of God with astonishing drumming, all topped with a vocalist that is both powerful and varied, Animosity enter the studio in early March to record their second full length, Empires for Black Market Activities. Their previous full length, Shut It Down was released on Tribunal Records in 2003. Despite limited promotion and distribution (as well as overcoming the obstacle that the majority of the band was not old enough to have drivers licenses), the band built a strong name for themselves on work ethic and musicianship, playing and touring as much as possible while blowing away crowds with their crushing and exquisite live performances. Their first release has sold several thousand copies, with nearly 1000 units moved at their shows alone.

Their hard work and determination has earned them openings with such acts as Bleeding Through, Terror, Exodus, Candiria, The Red Chord, Dying Fetus, Arch Enemy and many others, as well as sizeable followings across the west coast and in several other regions, especially in Northern and Southern California and Mexico. This band is hungry and has what it takes to explode. The group has completed three successful US tours to date and is ready to continue pounding the pavement with a full US tour in April-May alongside Psyopus (Metal Blade/BMA) and Into the Moat (Metal Blade).

Product Description

Death metal

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

6 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars The new wave of Bay Area metal, November 12, 2005

By	cosmokane31 (San Francisco, CA United States) - See all my reviews

My first exposure to Animosity was at a show in San Francisco, where they opened for some well-known metal acts. Not only was the place packed, the band had turned damn near half the room into a mosh pit. Onstage were five guys that looked barely old enough to drive, but they were crunching out blastbeats and neck-snapping breakdowns like there was no tomorrow. This album, Animosity's second, is the first that truly captures their sound. The band mixes technical death metal, thrash, hardcore, and even out-of-nowhere bluesy riffs into one big ball of fury. Singer Leo Miller switches fluidly between death growls and midrange rasps, the performances are tight and concise, and the production is clear and heavy. Getting beat down by a bunch of teenagers never felt so good.

1 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars THIS Is F*cking Bay Brutality!, July 9, 2006

By	Destined to Conquer - See all my reviews

Good lord. Animosity is one hell of an amazing band. I actually got a chance to see them with Cattle Decapitation/From A Second Story Window/Misery Index/Job For A Cowboy (not on Amazon), and look at their singer for a second. He delivers like no other! And the music is amazing technical deathgrind that will punch you in the face and you won't know what hit you!

Whether it's "Manhunt" with its intro blastbeat and bass line thrown in, or the chug-chug mood of "Thieves", or the anthem track "The Black Page", you're in for a treat. And the plus is that it gets good distribution and only costs about $10! But it's worth it damnit!

1 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Music to punch someone in the face to, February 27, 2006

By	Total Scumbag "slayer_dude" (Hell) - See all my reviews

The anger and brutality in this record is so apparent you cannot help but feel the need to punch someone in the face grow when listening to this. This is brutal music with brutal death vocals, and then some hardcore-esque screams, but no tough guy hardcore vocals. These guys break it down sometimes like a hardcore band, but I think the appropriate label would be brutal/death/tech/grind. These guys are fast, brutal, heavy, the vocalist is a madman, he even has caps on his teeth to prove that he is a hard hitting guy from the streets. Hehe, anyways there is no denying that these guys can tear it up along with any of the greatest in death metal, if they keep it up these guys have a great career ahread of them. Buy an Animosity pipe!