ARTIST: Sworn Enemy
TITLE: The Beginning Of The End
LABEL: Abacus Recordings
GENRE: Metal
BITRATE: 242kbps avg
PLAYTIME: 0h 49min total
RELEASE DATE: 2006-01-24
RIP DATE: 2006-01-20

Track List

01. Forgotten                       2:44
02. Scared Of The Unknown           3:40
03. The Beginning Of The End        3:20
04. Save Your Breath                4:05
05. Absorb The Lies                 3:16
06. All I Have                      3:37
07. We Hate                         2:57
08. No Second Chances               2:09
09. After The Fall                  2:53
10. Here Today                      3:34
11. Weight Of The World            16:51

Release Notes:

New York is known as a sacred institution for heavy music. Shaped by ideals
surrounding everyday life’s trials and tribulations with an honest desperation
and urgency, metal and hardcore have been as much about attitude as about the
music. Ushering in a new age of crossover, paved by acts such as Anthrax,
Agnostic Front and other New York vets, you can now add Sworn Enemy to the list
of bands forming a caustic hybridization of thrashy, intense metal with the
thud, and grit of hardcore.

Formed in Queens, NY in late 1997, it didn’t take long for the music world to
take notice of Sworn Enemy’s crushing sound and delivery. While the hardcore
underground boiled with excitement over the band, Sworn Enemy recorded their
debut EP, Negative Outlook, for Stillborn Records, the label of Jamie Jasta
(Hatebreed), in 2001. With overwhelming positive reactions from fans and critics
alike, the EP pushed Sworn Enemy to the frontlines of proud New York
Hardcore/metal acts. During this time, the band acquired the bass skills of Mike
Couls of Detriot hardcore band Cold As Life, sharpening the band’s impact into
the most hardworking and intense band around. With this incarnation of Sworn
Enemy, they toured relentlessly with acts such as God Forbid, Hatebreed,
Unearth, D.R.I., American Nightmare and many more.

As the band’s popularity grew, they signed to Elektra Records in early 2003 and
released their debut full-length, As Real As It Gets; a lesson in brutal
metal/hardcore crossover. The band earned a coveted spot on Ozzfest 2003, and
continued to tour in support of the record. Parting ways with Elektra, but
undeterred in their quest for delivering no frills, metallic hardcore, the band
re-solidified their line-up with Jamin Hunt on bass to replace Mike Couls (who
went on to join Agents Of Man). Now more dedicated than ever, the band have
signed to Abacus Recordings and are prepared to drop their sophomore record, The
Beginning Of The End, like a battering ram of violence.

Produced by Tim Lambesis (frontman for As I Lay Dying), engineered Steve Russell
and mixed by Zeus (The Red Chord, Shadows Fall), The Beginning Of The End
pulverizes even the most calloused listener. Recorded at Big Fish studios in San
Diego, CA, during June 2005, the new record takes the hostility and conviction
of the band to a new level of destruction.

The band’s mission is simple, “To set the tone for the new age of metal,” says
vocalist/frontman Sal Enemy. “This record signifies a new chapter for us as a
band, a new style of music.” Revolving around topics of Politics, religion and
everyday life, the new album showcases the band in their element, delivering
heavy-hitting music with themes anyone can relate to. Forget what you know about
Sworn Enemy, they’re pushing their personal metallic assault way into the red
without any care or regard to the current metalcore scene. “We don’t follow any
trends. We do it from the heart.”