Never Back Down (album)
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Never Back Down is the second full-length studio album and major label debut by post-hardcore
band Close to Home
, released on February 15, 2011, through Artery Recordings
/Razor & Tie
.
The album was produced by ex-A Day to Remember
guitarist Tom Denney, and mixed by Andrew Wade
(A Day to Remember
, The Word Alive
).
Additional personnel
Post-hardcore
Post-hardcore is a genre of music that developed from hardcore punk, itself an offshoot of the broader punk rock movement. Like post-punk, post-hardcore is a term for a broad constellation of groups...
band Close to Home
Close to Home (band)
Close to Home is an American post-hardcore band from Cincinnati, Ohio, that was formed in 2005. They have released four EPs and two full-length albums, Picture Perfect and their major label debut, Never Back Down, which was released on February 15, 2011...
, released on February 15, 2011, through Artery Recordings
Artery Recordings
Artery Recordings is a independent record label based in Sacramento, California. Label founded in 2010 as imprint with Razor & Tie company by Eric Rushing owner of The Artery Foundation Management.- Current artists :* A Bullet for Pretty Boy* Attila...
/Razor & Tie
Razor & Tie
Razor & Tie is a New York-based corporation founded in 1990 by Cliff Chenfeld and Craig Balsam. The company encompasses a record label with major label distribution , a home video company, a media buying company, a music publishing business, a marketing, promotion and sales team, and a direct...
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The album was produced by ex-A Day to Remember
A Day to Remember
A Day to Remember is an American rock band from Ocala, Florida. Founded in 2003 by guitarist Tom Denny and drummer Bobby Scruggs, the band has released four studio albums, nine singles and eight music videos...
guitarist Tom Denney, and mixed by Andrew Wade
Andrew Wade
Andrew Wade is an American recording engineer and music producer best known for his works with A Day To Remember, VersaEmerge, In Fear And Faith, Eyes Set To Kill, and The Word Alive. Wade currently resides in Ocala Florida....
(A Day to Remember
A Day to Remember
A Day to Remember is an American rock band from Ocala, Florida. Founded in 2003 by guitarist Tom Denny and drummer Bobby Scruggs, the band has released four studio albums, nine singles and eight music videos...
, The Word Alive
The Word Alive
The Word Alive is an American metalcore band from Phoenix, Arizona, formed in 2008, the band is currently signed to Fearless Records. Their 2009 label debut, Empire reached position 15 on the Top Heatseekers, meeting a great amount of positive acclaim upon its release in 2009...
).
Track listing
Personnel
Close to Home- Nick Stiens - lead vocalsSingingSinging is the act of producing musical sounds with the voice, and augments regular speech by the use of both tonality and rhythm. One who sings is called a singer or vocalist. Singers perform music known as songs that can be sung either with or without accompaniment by musical instruments...
- Josh Wells - lead guitarLead guitarLead guitar is a guitar part which plays melody lines, instrumental fill passages, guitar solos, and occasionally, some riffs within a song structure...
- JJ Cooper - rhythm guitarRhythm guitarRhythm guitar is a technique and rôle that performs a combination of two functions: to provide all or part of the rhythmic pulse in conjunction with singers or other instruments; and to provide all or part of the harmony, ie. the chords, where a chord is a group of notes played together...
- Travis Hartman - drumsDrum kitA drum kit is a collection of drums, cymbals and often other percussion instruments, such as cowbells, wood blocks, triangles, chimes, or tambourines, arranged for convenient playing by a single person ....
, percussion
Additional personnel
- Derek Foust - bassBass guitarThe bass guitar is a stringed instrument played primarily with the fingers or thumb , or by using a pick....