Released 1 June 2004 Length 44:56 Artist Aiden Label Dead Teenager Records | Recorded January 2004 Producer Steve Carter Release date 1 June 2004 | |
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Our Gangs Dark Oath
(2004) Nightmare Anatomy
(2005) Genres Punk rock, Post-hardcore, Emo, Hardcore punk, Horror punk Similar Aiden albums, Gothic rock albums | ||
Aiden our gang s dark oath
Our Gangs Dark Oath [sic] is the debut album released by post-hardcore band Aiden on June 1, 2004. Originally, the album was only available in North America, but it was recently re-released in Europe and again by Victory Records.
Contents
"Our Gang's Dark Oath" is also the name of the second chapter of "The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn" by Mark Twain.
"Recording this I was thinking, 'Fucking hurry up, we don't have any money! Fucking give me that guitar, I'm doing this shit myself.' It was a crazy time, we were still kids and I never really had any plans, past making that record… I just wanted to make the best record we could then and live in that moment," wiL Francis commented, speaking to Kerrang! in 2009.
Aiden our gang s dark oath
World by Storm
The beginning of "World by Storm" contains a sound clip from the courtroom scene of Boondock Saints.
Also, this song contains two segments of silence along with two hidden tracks. "World by Storm" ends at 3:50 followed by silence until 8:00. Then an untitled hidden track begins, a track which contains nothing but a piano. The "Piano Track" plays in regular time until 10:30, at which point the song fades out for just a second and exactly the same song begins playing in reverse. This plays until 13:00.
At this point, the song ends and another segment of silence begins. This silence ends at 15:10 and another untitled hidden track begins: this one containing acoustic guitar and the lead singer's voice. This track leads to the end of the song and album. The breakdown of "World by Storm" is as follows:
Critical reception
AllMusic gave the album a neutral review, writing, "Aiden offer up a competent, if not slightly generic, dose of post-hardcore with a dark punk edge" and noting that "the group sounds more like the younger cousins of My Chemical Romance or AFI who just happened to be weaned in a screamo scene."
Personnel
Songs
1Our Gangs Dark Oath1:04
2The Dawn Breaking Tide2:30
3I Set My Friends on Fire3:06