''Sirens'' is the second full-length

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released by Buffalo-based

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band

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, released on October 17, 2006. It is the last recorded material with ex-vocalist Nick Brooks. Since his departure, the band's current vocalist, Jason Wood has re-recorded "Sixth of June" and "Through Leaves, Over Bridges". These songs are available on their official Myspace. Sirens was leaked to

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programs on August 15, 2006.

Track listing

*"Sixth of June" is about

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. In early press and on the leaked version it is referred to as "Damsel of Death". It was featured on the soundtracks of Arena Football: Road to Glory & '' Resident Evil: Extinction''. *"Through Leaves, Over Bridges" is about

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's "Long Walk to Forever". It imitates the story, but appears to change the ending. *"On the Road (To Damnation)" is about the

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. *"Sacred Heart" was featured briefly in the film ''

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''.

Credits

Band

*Nick Brooks -

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 ...

, co-production *Chris Cappelli -

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 ...

*Mike Hatalak - guitar, co-production *Steve Lemke -

bass guitar The bass guitar, electric bass or simply bass (), is the lowest-pitched member of the string family. It is a plucked string instrument similar in appearance and construction to an electric or an acoustic guitar, but with a longer neck and ...

*Nick Mirusso -

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 ...

Other

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- production *Ben Kaplan - production, recording *Josh Wilbur - mixing *Howie Weinberg - mastering *Judah Nero - pre-production *David Schrott - photography *Kevin Estrada - band photography *Sons of Nero -

art Art is a diverse range of human activity, and resulting product, that involves creative or imaginative talent expressive of technical proficiency, beauty, emotional power, or conceptual ideas. There is no generally agreed definition of wha ...

work

References

It Dies Today albums 2006 albums Trustkill Records albums Albums with cover art by Sons of Nero {{2000s-metalcore-album-stub