Art Damage

Art Damage is the second album by the mathcore band Fear Before the March of Flames, released in 2004.[6][7][8] "Should Have Stayed in the Shallows" is the only music video that Fear Before The March Of Flames made for the album.

Art Damage
Studio album by Fear Before the March of Flames
Released	September 7, 2004
Genre	Metalcore, mathcore, post-hardcore
Length	29:39
Label	Equal Vision Records[1]
Fear Before the March of Flames chronology
Odd How People Shake (2003) Art Damage (2004) The Always Open Mouth (2006)

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[2]
Drowned in Sound	8/10[3]
Now	[4]
Ultimate Guitar	9.5/10[5]

Critical reception

Drowned in Sound described the album as "more screams, more stabbed-at guitars, more noise, more passion, more intelligence, more everything."[3] Exclaim! wrote: "With dissonant riffs laid out over stellar technical drumming, the musical skill exhibited by FBTMOF makes Art Damage a truly interesting listen, as do the added sonic layers of noise and abstract sound."[1]

Track listing

No.	Title	Length
1.	"Hey Kid. I'm a Computer. Stop All the Downloading"	3:08
2.	"Should Have Stayed in the Shallows"	3:11
3.	"Consequences David, You'll Meet Your Fate in the Styx"	3:00
4.	"Whiskey Is Alright in Its Place, But Its Place Is in Hell"	2:19
5.	"The Story of the Curious Oysters"	3:19
6.	"Absolutely Fabulous and Me"	2:47
7.	"The Long Road to the Middle"	2:41
8.	"The State of Texas vs. Fear Before"	2:22
9.	"The Law of Averages"	2:09
10.	"A Tyrant Meets His Maker"	0:57
11.	"The God Awful Truth"	3:46

Personnel

• Adam Fisher - guitar, vocals
• David Marion - lead Vocals
• Brandon Proff - drums
• Mike Madruga - bass guitar

Produced, engineered and mixed by Matthew Ellard
Recorded at QDivision and Moontower Studios, April–May 2004 in Somerville, Massachusetts
Drum tech: Carl Plaster
Mastered by Alan Douches at West West Side
Management by Mike Kaminsky
Layout and design by Brandon Proff

References

1. "Fear Before the March of Flames Art Damage". exclaim.ca.
2. Allmusic review
3. "Album Review: Fear Before The March Of Flames - Art Damage". DrownedInSound.
4. Flanagan, Nick (March 31, 2005). "Fear Before The March Of Flames".
5. "Fear Before The March Of Flames: Art Damage | Reviews @ Ultimate-Guitar.com". www.ultimate-guitar.com.
6. "Fear Before the March of Flames | Biography & History". AllMusic.
7. "Fear Before March of Flames, Codeseven to rock out in Salt Lake". Deseret News. October 15, 2004.
8. Sharpe-Young, Garry (September 14, 2005). New Wave of American Heavy Metal. Zonda Books Limited. ISBN 9780958268400 – via Google Books.