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heavy metal band

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, self-released in 2006. At the time, the group employed a sound that is a "mixture of alt rock, pop punk, and ska" before their shift to post-hardcore and metalcore years later. It is the only album to feature members Andrew Justin Smith and Grant Newsted.

Song information

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''. The title of the song "I Do and I Don't" is a quote from the movie '' Best in Show''. In the first edition released in April, the final track, "Family Unites" ends at 5:07. In the re-issue released in December, it is followed by two hidden tracks. The first one from 6:32 to 9:00 is an instrumental synth reprise of "Family Unites", and the second one from 9:54 to 12:58 is a phone call followed by another synth track.

Track listing

Personnel

* Spencer Charnas –

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guitar The guitar is a fretted musical instrument that typically has six strings. It is usually held flat against the player's body and played by strumming or plucking the strings with the dominant hand, while simultaneously pressing selected stri ...

* Jeremy Schwartz –

vocals Singing is the act of creating musical sounds with the voice. A person who sings is called a singer, artist or vocalist (in jazz and/or popular music). Singers perform music (arias, recitatives, songs, etc.) that can be sung with or without ...

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* Andrew Justin Smith – bass,

backing vocals A backing vocalist is a singer who provides vocal harmony with the lead vocalist or other backing vocalists. A backing vocalist may also sing alone as a lead-in to the main vocalist's entry or to sing a counter-melody. Backing vocalists are use ...

* Grant Newsted –

drums A drum kit (also called a drum set, trap set, or simply drums) is a collection of drums, cymbals, and other Percussion instrument, auxiliary percussion instruments set up to be played by one person. The player (drummer) typically holds a pair o ...

percussion A percussion instrument is a musical instrument that is sounded by being struck or scraped by a beater including attached or enclosed beaters or rattles struck, scraped or rubbed by hand or struck against another similar instrument. Exc ...

* Rick Mosher – producer,

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, mixer * Tom Evans –

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References

{{Authority control 2006 albums Ice Nine Kills albums Self-released albums