AMEN: Too hard to be free CDR PROMO (Virgin Records). + Killing Joke cover. 4 songs. Casey Chaos. Check video

Description

Amen   Too Hard To Be Free
Label: Virgin   VUS191/VUSCD191
Format: CDR, Promo
Country: UK?
Released: 2001
Genre: Rock, Hardcore
Tracklist:
1 Too Hard To Be Free 2:44
2 Room Of Ruin 3:21
3 Nice To Be Here (Live From BBC Session) 3:18
4 Europe (Live From BBC Session) 3:57 [Killing Joke cover]

Clear Plastic Sleeve with insert.
Europe originally by Killing Joke

Casey Chaos

This CD is from the “We Have Come for Your Parents” era, so the third studio album by American rock band Amen, that was released on October 31, 2000, through I Am Recordings and Virgin Records. The album was the band’s second to be produced by Ross Robinson. The album was mixed and engineered by Mike Fraser at The Warehouse in Vancouver, BC. The title of the album refers to The Dead Boys album We Have Come for Your Children.

Musical style
This album saw Amen continue the nu metal/hardcore punk blend that marked their entire career, as well as the political and socially-charged lyrics that were persistent in the band through the writings of Casey Chaos. Robinson himself has described We Have Come for Your Parents as “the most brutal record ever released on a major label”.

The song, “The Price Of Reality”, was released as an early single for the album, along with a promotional music video. The video itself depicted Casey Chaos re-creating Figure with Meat by Francis Bacon, along with various images of “Americana” such as Boy Scouts and girls in Sunday School outfits with axes. The video would later be released on the Streetwise DVD series in FYE in 2002.

Two more singles would be released after the album’s release. “Too Hard to Be Free” would go on to reach Number 72 on the UK Official Chart on February 17, 2001 while “The Waiting 18” went on to be the highest ranking single, reaching Number 61 on the same chart on July 21, 2001

Amen:
Casey Chaos – Vocals
Sonny Mayo – Guitar
Paul Fig – Guitar
John Fahnestock – Bass Guitar
Shannon Larkin – Drums