Anthems for the Damned
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| Studio album by Filter | ||||
| Released | May 13, 2008 | |||
| Recorded | 2003-2008 | |||
| Genre | Alternative rock, industrial rock | |||
| Length | 49:30 | |||
| Label | Pulse | |||
| Producer | Josh Abraham | |||
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| Consequence of Sound | (positive) |
| Metal Storm | (positive) |
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Anthems for the Damned is the fourth studio album by American industrial rock band Filter. Started in 2003, the album saw many delays, as the band sole member, frontman and founder Richard Patrick, took several breaks to pursue other musical interests, notably The Damning Well in 2003 and Army of Anyone from 2005 to 2007. Upon the breakup of Army of Anyone, Patrick decided to revisit the old material and finish it up for a final release. It was released to the public on May 13, 2008 through Pulse Records. It sold 13,000 copies its first week and debuted at #42 on the Billboard 200.
Work on Filter's fourth studio album traces back to early 2003. In July 2002, the band released their third studio album, The Amalgamut, though by the end of September of the same year, all touring and support of the album was cancelled in lieu of frontman Richard Patrick admitting himself into drug rehabilitation due to his excessive drug and alcohol use during the prior four years. While initially planning on just postponing the touring into 2003, Patrick eventually cancelled the tour outright, and instead returned to working on writing new music.
Mirroring the early sessions of creating their second album, Title of Record, Patrick started by working on the album entirely by himself without the assistance of prior band members Geno Lenardo and Frank Cavanaugh. By March 2003, Patrick had 5 songs written, and by the end of the year, he had 10 songs completed. Over the course of the same year, Patrick also worked briefly on a side-project called The Damning Well with Wes Borland, Danny Lohner, and Josh Freese. The group worked together on a number of tracks, but only one, "Awakening", was ever released from the band. Patrick eventually felt like returning to collaborating in Filter again after this, although, rather than with the prior two albums, when he would re-recruit Lenardo and Cavanaugh, Patrick instead chose to collaborate with Robert DeLeo and Dean DeLeo of the band Stone Temple Pilots, upon hearing they were interested in working with Patrick. The three set out to record a single Filter song for the album, the track eventually titled "A Better Place", however, by the end of their 12-hour jam session, the three felt so strongly about their musical chemistry that they felt they needed to create an entirely new band for the material. The three, along with drummer Ray Luzier, formed the band Army of Anyone, and released one album Army of Anyone, which contained "A Better Place", in 2006, and toured into 2007 until the band entered hiatus.
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