''The Mourning After'' is the third studio album by the American nu metal band

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. The album was released on October 28, 2003 via

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. Two singles were released from the album in "Self Medicate" and "Taxi Cab Confession". During promotion of the album, 40 Below Summer appeared on '' Headbangers Ball'', and the

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for " Self Medicate" found significant airplay and the song was featured on the soundtrack for the

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. This video features the group performing the song in a city park as well as various acts of indulgent "self medication" by townspeople (i.e. secretively buying pornography, gorging on food, making out). The following year, MTV2 held a fan's choice poll for the Best Metal Videos of 2004.''Vote For The Best Metal Videos Of 2004''
MetalUnderground.com (December 7, 2004). Retrieved December 8, 2007. The results aired on the December 25 edition of ''Headbangers Ball'' with "Self Medicate" ranking in at #18. The CD is Content/Copy-Protected with MediaMax Digital Rights Management Software on it.

Musical style

Joey D'amico, who played guitar on the album, stated "Before, we wanted to be really heavy, but we so wanted the music to be melodic, so we'd slap those parts right next to each other. Now we learned how to meld them together to create a sound."

Reception

John D. Luerssen of

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gave the album three stars. He noted its more melodic approach, writing "while the band's forceful attack still won't land it in the pop survey, Bendeth's input does manage to give the band a foot up on other

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acts in the run for airplay in the " active rock" format." Luerssen also criticized the track "Breathless", stating that it "finds the outfit capably shifting into pop ballad mode à la Creed." He goes on to write "That momentary lapse in direction is soon corrected, however, and as ''The Mourning After'' unfolds, tracks like the cathartic "F.E." and the spooky "A Season in Hell" right the wrongs for 40 Below Summer's ballooning headbanger clientele."

Track listing

* Track 10 contains the hidden track, "The Day I Died" beginning at 11:58.

Personnel

40 Below Summer

* Max Illidge –

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* Joey D'Amico –

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* Jordan Plingos –

* Hector Graziani – bass * Carlos Aguilar – drums,

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Additional Musicians

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– vocals on "F.E."

Production

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, mixing * UE Nastasi – mastering *

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, mixing on "Monday Song" * John Bender – engineering * Nick Cohen – engineering * Amy V. Cooper –

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* Dan Levine –

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layout * Carlos Aguilar – album art layout * Hector Graziani – album art layout * Avery Singer – album art model * Satyakam Saha – album art sculpture

References

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