The Will to Live

by Day of Contempt

Overview

Unlike Aussie punk revivalists Frenzal Rhomb and the Living End, the Ben Coyte-fronted Day of Contempt balances melodic hooks and punk metal hysterics on The Will to Live, a powerful, promising EP. From direct, scathing rockers like "The Ghost of Tragedy" and the charged opener, "A Million Miles," this brutal quintet has earned the stamp of approval from onetime tourmates Avenged Sevenfold and Good Charlotte with good reason. Coyte's gurgled prose is as likely to crash into his bandmates' maniacal beats and crunching riffs as it is to exit past the soft piano intro of "Shattered Dreams and Broken Hearts," steering straight into the art rock melee the latter becomes. The Will to Live is alive courtesy of its unpredictability. All hail the force brought forth by the dichotomy of contagiousness and mayhem. ~ John D. Luerssen

Product Details

Release Date:	08/09/2005
Label:	Epitaph
UPC:	0045778678129
Rank:	193666

Tracks

1. A Million Miles
2. The Ghost of Tragedy
3. Salvation Wearing Thin
4. Shattered Dreams and Broken Hearts
5. Take All the Blame
6. Close My Eyes

Album Credits

Performance Credits

Day of Contempt   Primary Artist
Simon O'Gorman   Guitar
Dan Tobin Smith   Bass,Vocals

Technical Credits

Joel Bourne   Composer
Ryan Williams   Engineer,Mixing
Michael Howe   A&R
Bill Scoville   Layout Design,Design
Day of Contempt   Composer
Josh Abraham   Producer
James Hart   Performer