Stand Up and Scream is the debut album by English metalcore

Metalcore

Metalcore is a subgenre of heavy metal combining various elements of extreme metal and hardcore punk. The name is a portmanteau of the names of the two genres. The term took on its current meaning in the mid-1990s, describing bands such as Earth Crisis, Deadguy and Integrity...

 band Asking Alexandria

Asking Alexandria

Asking Alexandria are a British metalcore band from York, North Yorkshire. Founded in 2008 when Ben Bruce contacted his old companions upon returning to the UK after residing in Dubai...

, released on September 15, 2009 through Sumerian Records

Sumerian Records

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. The album has charted at number 170 on the Billboard

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 200

Billboard 200

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, number 29 on Top Independent albums, and number 5 on Top Heatseekers

Top Heatseekers

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. The record managed to remain at the Top Heatseekers chart at position number 36 until the end of July 2010.

Background

The title of the album is chosen from a lyric in the second track "The Final Episode (Let's Change the Channel)", where the relevant line within the chorus reads "Just stand up and scream, the tainted clock is counting down".

Six of the tracks featured on the album have previously been released digitally through the band's MySpace and PureVolume accounts. When downloaded, the ID3 tags

ID3

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 displayed Demo or Demo 2008 as the songs relevant album. There are both minor and more noticeable alterations in all of the songs released on the album in comparison to those released digitally in 2008. The album has gone on to sell over 100,000 copies worldwide.

The song "Hey There Mr. Brooks" is written as a homage to the film, Mr. Brooks

Mr. Brooks

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. Its lyrics feature many references to scenes in the film.

Track listing

Personnel

Asking Alexandria

• Sam Bettley – bass guitar
  Bass guitar
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• Ben Bruce – lead guitar
  Lead guitar
  Lead guitar is a guitar part which plays melody lines, instrumental fill passages, guitar solos, and occasionally, some riffs within a song structure...
  
  , programming, backing vocals
  Backing vocalist
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• James Cassells – drums
  Drum kit
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• Cameron Liddell – rhythm guitar
  Rhythm guitar
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  , backing vocals
• Danny Worsnop – lead vocals, programming

Production

• Production, engineering
  Audio engineering
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  , mixing
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   and mastering
  Audio mastering
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  by Joey Sturgis
• Additional editing by Nick Sampson
• Artwork and photography by Phill Mamula
• Art conception by Ash Avildsen
• Distributed by RED Distribution