The Mourning After

The Mourning After is the third studio album by the American metal band 40 Below Summer. The album was released on October 28, 2003 via Razor & Tie Records. Two singles were released from the album in "Self Medicate" and "Taxi Cab Confession".

The Mourning After
Studio album by
40 Below Summer
ReleasedOctober 28, 2003
StudioMirror Image Recorders, NYC
GenreAlternative metal, nu metal
Length48:35
LabelRazor & Tie
ProducerDavid Bendeth
40 Below Summer chronology
Invitation to the Dance
(2001)		 The Mourning After
(2003)		 The Last Dance
(2006)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic[1]
Counterculture[2]
Rockezine[3]
Sputnikmusic[4]

During promotion of the album, 40 Below Summer appeared on Headbangers Ball, and the video for "Self Medicate" found significant airplay and the song was featured on the soundtrack for the thriller film The Texas Chainsaw Massacre. 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.[5] The results aired on the December 25 edition of Headbangers Ball with "Self Medicate" ranking in at #18.

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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."[6]

Reception

John D. Luerssen of Allmusic 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 alternative metal 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."[1]

Track listing
No.TitleLength
1."Self Medicate"3:13
2."Taxi Cab Confession"3:21
3."Rain"4:33
4."Breathless"3:47
5."Better Life"3:04
6."Monday Song"3:46
7."F.E." (featuring Cristian Machado)3:23
8."Awakening"3:36
9."Alienation"3:42
10."A Season in Hell"16:18
Japanese Import
No.TitleLength
11."Training Day"3:38
  • Track 10 contains the hidden track, "The Day I Died" beginning at 11:58.

Personnel

40 Below Summer

Additional Musicians
  • Christian Machado – vocals on "F.E."

Production
  • David Bendeth – production, mixing
  • UE Nastasi – mastering
  • Dan Korneff – engineering, mixing on "Monday Song"
  • John Bender – engineering
  • Nick Cohen – engineering
  • Amy V. Cooper – photography
  • Dan Levine – album art layout
  • Carlos Aguilar – album art layout
  • Hector Graziani – album art layout
  • Avery Singer – album art model
  • Satyakam Saha – album art sculpture
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References
  1. Allmusic review
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  5. Vote For The Best Metal Videos Of 2004 MetalUnderground.com (December 7, 2004). Retrieved December 8, 2007.
  6. "Biography". 40 Below Summer. Archived from the original on February 23, 2006. Retrieved 15 May 2015.
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