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Bless The Martyr And Kiss The Child,Norma Jean

- Bless The Martyr And Kiss The Child
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Norma Jean
Released 2002

Face: Face
03:30
44,909 plays

Creating Something Out Of Nothing, Only To Destroy It
06:21
35,624 plays

The Entire World Is Counting On Me, And They Don't Even Know
03:10
33,332 plays

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- 1
- The Entire World Is Counting On Me, And They Don't Even Know
- 03:10
- 33,332 plays

- 2
- Face: Face
- 03:30
- 44,909 plays

- 3
- Memphis Will Be Laid To Waste
- 04:55
- 107,298 plays

- 4
- Creating Something Out Of Nothing, Only To Destroy It
- 06:21
- 35,624 plays

- 5
- Pretty Soon, I Don't Know What, But Something Is Going To Happen
- 15:49
- 26,382 plays

- 6
- The Shotgun Message
- 01:37
- 27,085 plays

- 7
- Sometimes It's Our Mistakes That Make For The Greatest Ideas
- 03:15
- 24,989 plays

- 8
- I Used To Hate Cell Phones But Now I Hate Car Accidents
- 05:02
- 31,950 plays

- 9
- It Was As If The Dead Man Stood Upon The Air
- 01:30
- 19,688 plays

- 10
- The Human Face, Divine
- 05:40
- 27,334 plays

- 11
- Organized Beyond Recognition
- 07:28
- 21,668 plays

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album review

Bless the Martyr and Kiss the Child is the first outing since Luti-Kriss adopted the new name Norma Jean, due to constant confusion from certain venues who believed the band was the hip-hop MC Ludacris. While the band's old material showed great promise, few could have expected such a ferocious follow-up, as this is an album that can be described simply as audio chaos. Norma Jean follows no rhyme or reason, and bludgeons the listener with repeated blasts of macabre hardcore/metal that are as confusing as they are cataclysmic. While few bands could pull off placing a 15-plus-minute track in the center of an album, Norma Jean dares to be different, and manages to place "Pretty Soon, I Don't Know What, but Something Is Going to Happen" effectively without killing the album's momentum. The only real problem that arises on Bless the Martyr is that in all the commotion, Norma Jean tends to get lost amidst the carnage, involuntarily dragging songs on with no end in sight. Regardless of those mishaps, Norma Jean has patched together an intimidating album of gargantuan proportions. Killswitch Engage's Adam Dutkiewicz once again has gone above and beyond with his incredible production capabilities, somehow capturing all the mayhem these five men churn out without ever allowing the songs to appear muddy or noisy. It is a shame that shortly before the album's release half of the band abandoned ship, leaving the group's future in the hands of fate. ~ Jason D. Taylor, All Music Guide

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listener reviews

- - get out the carbon paper
  - - By stewbot talborg
    - 1/15/2009 22:37:33
  - This CD was so ridiculously good.
    Norma Jean basically started the scene with this album and new bands are still trying to copy it 7 years later.
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- - Blessed Indeed.
  - - By N4v164t0r
    - 5/6/2008 21:47:08
  - Bless The Martyr and Kiss the Child, Norma Jean's second CD (if you count Throwing Myself, under the old alias, Luti-Kriss), is the better of the two sporting Josh Scogin as the frontman. Chaotic and furious, this album avoids the "verse, chorus" almost completely, opting instead to go along without any uniform order. Technical riffs and some lengthy and anxious bursts of screaming and crunching guitars will keep metalheads and those looking for an escape from the popular metalcore scene will be happy to find some difference in this album. Great stuff.
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