''O' God, the Aftermath'' is the second album released by American metalcore band Norma Jean and was released on March 1, 2005. Like their previous album '' Bless the Martyr and Kiss the Child'', ''O God, the Aftermath'' was released on

Solid State Records Solid State Records is a Christian metalcore record label, an imprint of Tooth & Nail Records. Unlike Tooth & Nail, Solid State signs hardcore punk and heavy metal bands. Like Tooth & Nail, Solid State is primarily a Christian label. However, ...

. This is the first album with vocalist

Cory Brandan Putman Cory Brandan Putman is an American singer who has been the lead vocalist for the metalcore band Norma Jean (band), Norma Jean since 2004. Career Brandan is a former member of bands Eso-Charis, Living Sacrifice, The Handshake Murders, and Use ...

Background

The album was re-released on March 21, 2006, as a CD/DVD with expanded Grammy-nominated artwork, two hours of extra footage, and "ShaunLuu" as bonus track which was also featured on the ''

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'' soundtrack. This track was originally set to be 7 minutes long, but had to be cut short for the soundtrack. On the re-release, on a CD player, if rewind is held down until the display reads -2:20, there is a hidden instrumental song. Music videos were filmed for the songs "Bayonetwork: Vultures in Vivid Color", "Liarsenic: Creating a Universe of Discourse" and "Absentimental: Street Clam". The track "Pretendeavor: In Reference to a Sinking Ship" was previously released on a Solid State Records sampler called ''This Is Solid State: Vol. 5'' under the name "In Reference to a Sinking Ship", and was the first recorded output with new vocalist Cory Brandan. It was re-recorded with new parts and

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s for the album. The song "Absentimental: Street Clam" was previously known as "Manipulateral: Street Clam". In the liner notes of the original release of the album the full title of the album is listed as "''O'God, The Aftermath: The Marvelous End of the Exhausted Contender''". All song titles are

portmanteau A portmanteau word, or portmanteau (, ) is a blend of words The words featured on the cover of the CD are the lyrics to the song Coffinspire: Multitude, Multitudes In the Valley of Decision, which is a verse from the Bible.

Track listing

Awards

In 2006, the album was nominated for a Dove Award for Recorded Music Packaging of the Year at the 37th GMA Dove Awards.37th Annual GMA Dove Awards Nominations & Winners
on About.com; Jones, Kim In the same year, the album was nominated for a

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for Best Recording Package at the

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Personnel

;Norma Jean *

– vocals, guitars * Scottie H. Henry – guitars * Chris John Day – guitars * Jake Schultz – bass *

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– drums ;Additional personnel * Justin Armstrong – Mixing assistant, sampling *

Matt Bayles Matt Bayles (born October 19, 1972) is an American record producer, Mixing engineer, mixer, Audio engineer, engineer, and musician, based in Seattle, Washington. Bayles (pronounced 'Bay-Less') is known for his work with bands such as The Classic ...

– Engineer, mixing, producer * John Daley – Management * Jeff Gros – Photography * Alex Rose – Assistant * Tim Smith – Management *

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– Mastering

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:O God, The Aftermath Norma Jean (band) albums 2005 albums Tooth & Nail Records albums Albums produced by Matt Bayles Solid State Records albums