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The Sound of Violence (album)

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Released
  
July 22, 2004

Label
  
SandStorms Records

Artist
  
Motör Militia

Genres
  
Heavy metal, Thrash metal

Length
  
37:14

The Sound of Violence (2004)
  
The Dark Reign (2005)

Release date
  
22 July 2004

Recorded
  
June - July 2004 at Hilwan Studios in Salmabad, Bahrain

Producer
  
Abdulla Muijrers, Waleed Suwaimel

The Sound of Violence is Bahraini thrash metal band Motör Militia's debut album, and is the first album of its genre to be released by a Middle Eastern group on an independent label.

Contents

Influenced stylistically by 1980s thrash metal, particularly Slayer and Metallica, the album was recorded in Salmabad, Bahrain—an industrial district more akin to forging steel than to recording studios. Regardless, the band recorded eight songs between June and July 2004.

Taking the DIY ethic to heart, the band put together fifty CD packages by hand—with their record company providing the cases and other components. They were all subsequently sold at Friendly Violent Fun 3, another DIY concert organized by members of the band, as well as other bands in the Bahraini heavy metal music community.

Track listing

  1. "End of Days" – 04:04
    (Music: Abdulla - Lyrics: Abdulla / Muijrers)
  2. "Ignorance" – 03:55
    (Music & Lyrics: Abdulla)
  3. "Fame. Fortune. Flesh." – 04:44
    (Music: Hatlani / Abdulla - Lyrics: Abdulla)
  4. "Shattered Dream" – 03:59
    (Music: Abdulla / Hatlani - Lyrics: Abdulla)
  5. "Hole" – 05:29
    (Music: Abdulla / Muijrers / Hatlani - Lyrics: Abdulla / Muijrers)
  6. "Wrath of Violence" – 04:34
    (Music & Lyrics: Abdulla)
  7. "Sins of Man" – 04:34
    (Music: Hatlani - Lyrics: Abdulla)
  8. "Nuclear Winter" – 05:52
    (Music: Hatlani - Lyrics: Muijrers)

Lineup

  • Mahmood Abdulla – vocals, Bass
  • Yousef Hatlani – guitars
  • Abdulla Muijrers – drums
  • References

    The Sound of Violence (album) Wikipedia