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Death Is Birth
Death Is Birth
EP by Gallows
Released	5 December 2011
Genre	Hardcore punk
Length	7:39
Label	Thirty Days of Night, 6131
Producer	Joby J. Ford
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Death Is Birth is an EP released by the British hardcore punk band Gallows, released 5 December 2011 through Thirty Days of Night Records. It is the band's first release with singer Wade MacNeil, formerly of Alexisonfire, who replaced original Gallows singer Frank Carter when the latter left the band in July 2011. The EP was recorded in Los Angeles and produced by Joby J. Ford of The Bronx.^[1] It includes a re-recording of the track "True Colours", previously released as a free download in August 2011.^[2]

Background

Frank Carter the original vocalist of Gallows announced in early July 2011 that he would be leaving Gallows because of differing opinions in writing the band's follow-up album to their second release Grey Britain. His departure was effective on 1 August after the band's final tour dates.^[3] Just eight days after Frank's departure, on the 9 August 2011, MacNeil was confirmed as the new Gallows vocalist. MacNeil has stated that the members of Gallows asked him initially out of coincidence that Alexisonfire had disbanded and Gallows needed a new singer.^[4] With Frank's departure fans of the band started to believe that he left because he wanted to continue playing heavy music, while the band wanted to go in a more melodic direction; the band decided to release something to show this as false.^[5]

From the moment Wade's arrived in Britain in July Gallows started writing new material to follow up to their 2009 album Grey Britain.^[4] The ep itself was both written and recorded in a short period of time.^[6] A majority of the music featured on the extended play was written by the band before Wade had joined and that they put the finishing touches on the record with him.^[5] Lee Barratt summarises the ep as a "good release of anger" and that all the band felt "particularly venomous when Wade joined".^[6] Just a few months later in November the band made the announcement that the new extended play would be released in early December. After the band's infamous split from Warner Bros the band decided to work on an independent record label for the release, Thirty Days of Night whom they considered as "Gallows family".^[7]

Themes

The EP has been seen by critics simply as "unapologetic hardcore punk"^[8] and being the most aggressive work Gallows had done so far. A more Americanised influence can be heard throughout the EP as it's been likened to bands like Cancer Bats and Every Time I Die.^[9] MacNeil had always stated the EP helped build on what he has always liked about Gallows; he considers it being "Four songs like a kick in the teeth".^[7] In the writing of the new extended play the band focused on less typical song structures and focused on the chaotic sound from live shows. MacNeil believed that "sometimes you don't need to overcomplicate things. Obviously, we're trying to write music that's chaotic and is going to be something that comes across vicious-sounding live... you don't repeat it four times, you do it once, and you don't have a bridge."^[4] Gallows guitarist Laurent Barnard said how the EP would not sound similar to the band's third studio album by saying "If you're going to make a punk rock EP, you might as well make it the most punk rock thing you can really."^[5]

Music critics have described True Colours upon its release as a single as "the most brutal thing Gallows has done."^[4] Andrew Ford of Hit The Floor Magazine considered it a "36 second middle finger to all those who have suggested this is the end of the road for the Watford lads."^[9] Something which both critics and Wade MacNeil himself have acknowledged is his distinct tone of voice from Frank Carter^[4] even to the point in which their fan base could be divided over the decision to have Wade in the band.^[9] Wade wanted the EP and the future lyrics of Gallows records to have a much more global view. Believing that the band's second studio album Grey Britain had too much of a British perspective.^[4]

Release and promotion

The band released the first song from the EP, True Colours for free download on 29 August 2011 from their band website.^[10] They then released Mondo Chaos as a digital single on 25 November. Just a few days before that on 17 November the song was leaked.^[1]^[11] Gallows completed their first tour after the release of True Colours with MacNeil as front man in the United States and Canada in November alongside Four Year Strong, Title Fight and The Swellers and Sharks.^[12] The band incorporated songs from the first two albums live set-lists. MacNeil said that he aimed to alter the songs in a way that "breathes some life into them" but also wanted to keep what "people love about those songs and what I love about those songs."^[13] 6131 Records released the ep in North America on vinyl record.^[14]

Reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Alternative Press	^[15]
Alter the Press!	4/5^[2]
Kerrang!	^[16]
Popmatters	^[17]
Rock Sound	9/10^[18]
Thrash Hits	^[19]

Death Is Birth received positive reception from music critics. British publication Kerrang! gave the album an "Excellent" four out of five "K"s describing the EP as "The snarling rebirth of the UKs best punk band."^[16] Vincent Danger when writing for Thrash Hits gave the album a 5 out of 6 stars giving the album a positive review praising their choice of front man to replace Carter. "there's only so much one can say about 459 seconds of music. There's enough here to prove that Lags Barnard's songwriting skills aren't on the wane and that Wade MacNeil is a more than able replacement for Carter."^[19] Alternative Press writer Jason Pettigrew appreciated the album's short but violent writing in his 4 out of 5 star review; saying "the EP is steeped in impenetrable, relentless nihilism and thrashing madness that's one part noise weapon ("True Colours"), one part circle-pit centrifuge ("Hate Hate Hate") and two parts hateful hardcore ("Mondo Chaos" and the title track)."^[15] Dan Issitt, a writer for Alter The Press! gave the album a score of 4/5 in an otherwise positive review did see fault in the change of front man. "Some fans will undoubtedly find it hard to get past the fact that he isn't Frank Carter, but a little scratch at the surface will reveal the same aggression and similar bile-filled lyrics you'd expect from one of Britain's most hateful bands."^[2]

Track listing

No.	Title	Length
1.	"Mondo Chaos"	2:37
2.	"True Colours"	0:36
3.	"Hate! Hate! Hate!"	2:02
4.	"Death Is Birth"	2:24
Total length:		7:39

Personnel

Wade MacNeil – lead vocals
Laurent "Lags" Barnard – guitar, backing vocals
Steph Carter – guitar, backing vocals
Stuart Gili-Ross – bass guitar, backing vocals
Lee Barratt – drums, percussion

References

Footnotes

^ ^a ^b "Gallows - 'Mondo Chaos' video". New Musical Express. 22 November 2011. Retrieved 12 July 2012.
^ ^a ^b ^c Issitt, Dan. "Album Review: Gallows - Death Is Birth EP". Alter the Press!. SpinMedia.
^ "Frank Carter to quit Gallows". NME. 9 July 2011. Retrieved 18 June 2012.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f Zaleski 2011, p. 1.
^ ^a ^b ^c Bezer 2012, p. 54.
^ ^a ^b Knapper 2012, p. 11.
^ ^a ^b "Gallows to release new EP 'Death Is Birth' in December". NME. 14 November 2011. Retrieved 18 June 2012. For me this record builds on what I've always loved about Gallows. No posturing. No pretense. Four songs like a kick in the teeth.
^ Alex Hudson (14 November 2011). "Gallows Unveil 'Death Is Birth' EP". Exclaim!. Archived from the original on 20 January 2013. Retrieved 18 June 2012.
^ ^a ^b ^c Andrew Ford (30 August 2011). "Review: Gallows – True Colours (Single)". Hit The Floor Magazine. Glam Media. Retrieved 9 July 2012.
^ "Gallows offer first song with Wade MacNeil as free download". NME. 30 August 2011. Retrieved 9 July 2012.
^ "Videos: Gallows: "Mondo Chaos"". Punknews.org. 22 November 2011. Retrieved 12 July 2012.
^ Tyler Common (29 August 2011). "Gallows release new song "True Colours"". Alternative Press. Retrieved 10 July 2012.
^ Zaleski 2011, p. 2.
^ "Gallows release "Death Is Birth" EP on vinyl via 6131 Records". Alternative Press.
^ ^a ^b Pettigrew, Jason. "Death Is Birth EP from Gallows". Alternative Press.
^ ^a ^b Sutherland, Mark (14 December 2011). "The snarling rebirth of the UKs best punk band". Kerrang! (1394): 51. ISSN 0262-6624.
^ Curtin, Kevin (January 26, 2012). "The Gallows: Death Is Birth". Popmatters. Retrieved January 16, 2015.
^ Patashnik, Ben (December 2011). "Gallows [8] 'Death Is Birth' (Thirty Days of Night)". Rock Sound. 156. London: 77. ISSN 1465-0185.
^ ^a ^b Danger, Vincent (8 December 2011). "EP: Gallows - Death Is Birth". Thrash Hits. Retrieved 23 December 2011.

Bibliography

Bezer, Terry (February 2012). Darren Taylor (ed.). "Class Of 2012: Gallows". Rock Sound (157). London: 54. ISSN 1465-0185.
Knapper, Rob (24 September 2012). "Issue 15 of Stencil Mag". Stencil Magazine. pp. 11–15. Retrieved 9 October 2012.
Zaleski, Annie (9 August 2011). "Exclusive Interview: Wade MacNeil on becoming Gallows' new singer". Alternative Press. Retrieved 9 July 2012.

[NME-Mondo_Chaos-1] "Gallows - 'Mondo Chaos' video". New Musical Express. 22 November 2011. Retrieved 12 July 2012.

[Issitt-2] Issitt, Dan. "Album Review: Gallows - Death Is Birth EP". Alter the Press!. SpinMedia.

[NME-frank_quits-3] "Frank Carter to quit Gallows". NME. 9 July 2011. Retrieved 18 June 2012.

[FOOTNOTEZaleski20111-4] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f Zaleski 2011, p. 1.

[FOOTNOTEBezer201254-5] Bezer 2012, p. 54.

[FOOTNOTEKnapper201211-6] Knapper 2012, p. 11.

[NME-Release_death_is_birth-7] "Gallows to release new EP 'Death Is Birth' in December". NME. 14 November 2011. Retrieved 18 June 2012. For me this record builds on what I've always loved about Gallows. No posturing. No pretense. Four songs like a kick in the teeth.

[exclaim-death-8] Alex Hudson (14 November 2011). "Gallows Unveil 'Death Is Birth' EP". Exclaim!. Archived from the original on 20 January 2013. Retrieved 18 June 2012.

[HTF-Colours_review-9] Andrew Ford (30 August 2011). "Review: Gallows – True Colours (Single)". Hit The Floor Magazine. Glam Media. Retrieved 9 July 2012.

[NME-Colours_download-10] "Gallows offer first song with Wade MacNeil as free download". NME. 30 August 2011. Retrieved 9 July 2012.

[PunkNews-Mondo_Chaos-11] "Videos: Gallows: "Mondo Chaos"". Punknews.org. 22 November 2011. Retrieved 12 July 2012.

[12] Tyler Common (29 August 2011). "Gallows release new song "True Colours"". Alternative Press. Retrieved 10 July 2012.

[FOOTNOTEZaleski20112-13] Zaleski 2011, p. 2.

[14] "Gallows release "Death Is Birth" EP on vinyl via 6131 Records". Alternative Press.

[Pettigrew-15] Pettigrew, Jason. "Death Is Birth EP from Gallows". Alternative Press.

[Sutherland-16] Sutherland, Mark (14 December 2011). "The snarling rebirth of the UKs best punk band". Kerrang! (1394): 51. ISSN 0262-6624.

[17] Curtin, Kevin (January 26, 2012). "The Gallows: Death Is Birth". Popmatters. Retrieved January 16, 2015.

[Patashnik-18] Patashnik, Ben (December 2011). "Gallows [8] 'Death Is Birth' (Thirty Days of Night)". Rock Sound. 156. London: 77. ISSN 1465-0185.

[Danger-19] Danger, Vincent (8 December 2011). "EP: Gallows - Death Is Birth". Thrash Hits. Retrieved 23 December 2011.

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-'''''Death Is Birth''''' is an [[extended play|EP]] released by the British [[hardcore punk]] band [[Gallows (band)|Gallows]], released 5 December 2011 through [[Thirty Days of Night Records]]. It is the band's first release with singer [[Wade MacNeil]], formerly of [[Alexisonfire]], who replaced original Gallows singer Frank Carter when the latter left the band in July 2011. The EP was recorded in [[Los Angeles]] and produced by Joby J. Ford of [[The Bronx (band)|The Bronx]].<ref name="NME-Mondo Chaos"/> It includes a re-recording of the track "True Colours", previously released as a free download in August 2011.<ref name="Issitt"/>
+'''''Death Is Birth''''' is an [[extended play|EP]] released by the British [[hardcore punk]] band [[Gallows (band)|Gallows]], released 5 December 2011 through Thirty Days of Night Records. It is the band's first release with singer [[Wade MacNeil]], formerly of [[Alexisonfire]], who replaced original Gallows singer Frank Carter when the latter left the band in July 2011. The EP was recorded in Los Angeles and produced by Joby J. Ford of [[The Bronx (band)|The Bronx]].<ref name="NME-Mondo Chaos"/> It includes a re-recording of the track "True Colours", previously released as a free download in August 2011.<ref name="Issitt"/>
 ==Background==
-Frank Carter the original vocalist of Gallows announced in early July 2011 that he would be leaving Gallows because of differing opinions in writing the bands follow-up album to their second release [[Grey Britain]]. His departure was effective on 1 August after the bands final tour dates.<ref name="NME-frank quits">{{cite web|url = http://www.nme.com/news/gallows/57879/photo/50 | title = Frank Carter to quit Gallows | publisher = [[NME]]| date = 9 July 2011 | accessdate = 18 June 2012}}</ref> Just eight days after Frank's departure, on the 9 August 2011, MacNeil was confirmed as the new Gallows vocalist. MacNeil has stated that the members of Gallows asked him initially out of coincidence that Alexisonfire had disbanded and Gallows needed a new singer.{{sfn|Zaleski|2011|p=1}} With Frank's departure fans of the band started to believe that he left because he wanted to continue playing heavy music, while the band wanted to go in a more melodic direction; the band decided to release something to show this as false.{{sfn|Bezer|2012|p=54}}
+Frank Carter the original vocalist of Gallows announced in early July 2011 that he would be leaving Gallows because of differing opinions in writing the band's follow-up album to their second release [[Grey Britain]]. His departure was effective on 1 August after the band's final tour dates.<ref name="NME-frank quits">{{cite web|url = https://www.nme.com/news/gallows/57879/photo/50 | title = Frank Carter to quit Gallows | work= [[NME]]| date = 9 July 2011 | access-date = 18 June 2012}}</ref> Just eight days after Frank's departure, on the 9 August 2011, MacNeil was confirmed as the new Gallows vocalist. MacNeil has stated that the members of Gallows asked him initially out of coincidence that Alexisonfire had disbanded and Gallows needed a new singer.{{sfn|Zaleski|2011|p=1}} With Frank's departure fans of the band started to believe that he left because he wanted to continue playing heavy music, while the band wanted to go in a more melodic direction; the band decided to release something to show this as false.{{sfn|Bezer|2012|p=54}}
-From the moment Wade's arrived in Britain in July Gallows started writing new material to follow up to their 2009 album Grey Britain.{{sfn|Zaleski|2011|p=1}} The ep itself was both written and recorded in a short period of time.{{sfn|Knapper|2012|p=11}} A majority of the music featured on the extended play was written by the band before Wade had joined and that they put the finishing touches on the record with him.{{sfn|Bezer|2012|p=54}} Lee Barratt summarises the ep as a "good release of anger" and that all the band felt "particularly venomous when Wade joined".{{sfn|Knapper|2012|p=11}} Just a few months later in November the band made the announcement that the new extended play would be released in early December. After the band's infamous split from [[Warner Bros. Records|Warner Bros]] the band decided to work on an independent record label for the release, [[Thirty Days of Night Records|Thirty Days of Night]] whom they considered as "Gallows family".<ref name="NME-Release death is birth">{{cite web|url = http://www.nme.com/news/gallows/60384 | title = Gallows to release new EP 'Death Is Birth' in December | publisher = [[NME]] | date = 14 November 2011 | accessdate = 18 June 2012 | quote = For me this record builds on what I've always loved about Gallows. No posturing. No pretense. Four songs like a kick in the teeth.}}</ref>
+From the moment Wade's arrived in Britain in July Gallows started writing new material to follow up to their 2009 album ''Grey Britain''.{{sfn|Zaleski|2011|p=1}} The ep itself was both written and recorded in a short period of time.{{sfn|Knapper|2012|p=11}} A majority of the music featured on the extended play was written by the band before Wade had joined and that they put the finishing touches on the record with him.{{sfn|Bezer|2012|p=54}} Lee Barratt summarises the ep as a "good release of anger" and that all the band felt "particularly venomous when Wade joined".{{sfn|Knapper|2012|p=11}} Just a few months later in November the band made the announcement that the new extended play would be released in early December. After the band's infamous split from [[Warner Bros. Records|Warner Bros]] the band decided to work on an independent record label for the release, Thirty Days of Night whom they considered as "Gallows family".<ref name="NME-Release death is birth">{{cite web|url = https://www.nme.com/news/gallows/60384 | title = Gallows to release new EP 'Death Is Birth' in December | work= [[NME]] | date = 14 November 2011 | access-date = 18 June 2012 | quote = For me this record builds on what I've always loved about Gallows. No posturing. No pretense. Four songs like a kick in the teeth.}}</ref>
 ==Themes==
-The EP has being seen by critics simply as "unapologetic hardcore punk"<ref name="exclaim-death">{{cite web|url = http://exclaim.ca/News/gallows_unveil_death_is_birth_ep | title = Gallows Unveil 'Death Is Birth' EP | author = Alex Hudson | publisher = [[Exclaim! Magazine]] | date = 14 November 2011 | accessdate = 18 June 2012 | quote = }}</ref> and being the most aggressive work Gallows had done so far. A more Americanised influence can be heard throughout the EP as it's been likened to bands like [[Cancer Bats]] and [[Every Time I Die]].<ref name="HTF-Colours review"/> MacNeil had always stated the EP helped build on what he has always liked about Gallows; he considers it being "Four songs like a kick in the teeth".<ref name="NME-Release death is birth"/> In the writing of the new extended play the band focused on less typical song structures and focused on the chaotic sound from live shows. MacNeil believed that "sometimes you don’t need to overcomplicate things. Obviously, we’re trying to write music that’s chaotic and is going to be something that comes across vicious-sounding live... you don’t repeat it four times, you do it once, and you don’t have a [[bridge (music)|bridge]]."{{sfn|Zaleski|2011|p=1}} Gallows guitarist Laurent Barnard said how the EP would not sound similar to the band's third studio album by saying "If you're going to make a [[punk rock]] EP, you might as well make it the most punk rock thing you can really."{{sfn|Bezer|2012|p=54}}
+The EP has been seen by critics simply as "unapologetic hardcore punk"<ref name="exclaim-death">{{cite web | url = http://exclaim.ca/News/gallows_unveil_death_is_birth_ep | archive-url = https://archive.today/20130120203634/http://exclaim.ca/News/gallows_unveil_death_is_birth_ep | url-status = dead | archive-date = 20 January 2013 | title = Gallows Unveil 'Death Is Birth' EP | author = Alex Hudson | work = [[Exclaim!]] | date = 14 November 2011 | access-date = 18 June 2012 }}</ref> and being the most aggressive work Gallows had done so far. A more Americanised influence can be heard throughout the EP as it's been likened to bands like [[Cancer Bats]] and [[Every Time I Die]].<ref name="HTF-Colours review"/> MacNeil had always stated the EP helped build on what he has always liked about Gallows; he considers it being "Four songs like a kick in the teeth".<ref name="NME-Release death is birth"/> In the writing of the new extended play the band focused on less typical song structures and focused on the chaotic sound from live shows. MacNeil believed that "sometimes you don't need to overcomplicate things. Obviously, we're trying to write music that's chaotic and is going to be something that comes across vicious-sounding live... you don't repeat it four times, you do it once, and you don't have a [[bridge (music)|bridge]]."{{sfn|Zaleski|2011|p=1}} Gallows guitarist Laurent Barnard said how the EP would not sound similar to the band's third studio album by saying "If you're going to make a [[punk rock]] EP, you might as well make it the most punk rock thing you can really."{{sfn|Bezer|2012|p=54}}
-Music critics have described ''True Colours'' upon its release as a single as "the most brutal thing Gallows has done."{{sfn|Zaleski|2011|p=1}} Andrew Ford of Hit The Floor Magazine considered it a "36 second middle finger to all those who have suggested this is the end of the road for the Watford lads."<ref name="HTF-Colours review">{{cite web|url = http://www.hitthefloor.co.uk/rock-metal/review-gallows-true-colours-single/ | title = Review: Gallows – True Colours (Single) | author = Andrew Ford | work = [[Hit The Floor Magazine]] | publisher = [[Glam Media]] | date = 30 August 2011 | accessdate = 9 July 2012}}</ref> Something which both critics and Wade MacNeil himself have acknowledged is his distinct tone of voice from Frank Carter{{sfn|Zaleski|2011|p=1}} even to the point in which their fan base could be divided over the decision to have Wade in the band.<ref name="HTF-Colours review"/> Wade wanted the EP and the future lyrics of Gallows records to have a much more global view. Believing that the band's second studio album Grey Britain had too much of a British perspective.{{sfn|Zaleski|2011|p=1}}
+Music critics have described ''True Colours'' upon its release as a single as "the most brutal thing Gallows has done."{{sfn|Zaleski|2011|p=1}} Andrew Ford of Hit The Floor Magazine considered it a "36 second middle finger to all those who have suggested this is the end of the road for the Watford lads."<ref name="HTF-Colours review">{{cite web|url = http://www.hitthefloor.co.uk/rock-metal/review-gallows-true-colours-single/ | title = Review: Gallows – True Colours (Single) | author = Andrew Ford | work = [[Hit The Floor Magazine]] | publisher = [[Glam Media]] | date = 30 August 2011 | access-date = 9 July 2012}}</ref> Something which both critics and Wade MacNeil himself have acknowledged is his distinct tone of voice from Frank Carter{{sfn|Zaleski|2011|p=1}} even to the point in which their fan base could be divided over the decision to have Wade in the band.<ref name="HTF-Colours review"/> Wade wanted the EP and the future lyrics of Gallows records to have a much more global view. Believing that the band's second studio album Grey Britain had too much of a British perspective.{{sfn|Zaleski|2011|p=1}}
 ==Release and promotion==
 [[File:Gallows 2011-11-06 13.jpg|thumb|left|upright|alt=|[[Wade MacNeil]], formerly of [[Alexisonfire]], replaced Frank Carter as Gallows' lead singer in 2011.]]
-The band released the first song from the EP, ''True Colours'' for free download on 29 August 2011 from their band website.<ref name="NME-Colours download">{{cite web|url = http://www.nme.com/news/gallows/58918 | title = Gallows offer first song with Wade MacNeil as free download | publisher = [[NME]] | date = 30 August 2011 | accessdate = 9 July 2012}}</ref> They then released ''Mondo Chaos'' as a digital single on 25 November. Just a few days before that on 17 November the song was leaked.<ref name="NME-Mondo Chaos">{{cite web|url = http://www.nme.com/nme-video/gallows---mondo-chaos/1288874966001 | title = Gallows - 'Mondo Chaos' video | publisher = [[New Music Express]] | date = 22 November 2011 | accessdate = 12 July 2012}}</ref><ref name="PunkNews-Mondo Chaos">{{cite web|url = http://www.punknews.org/article/45275/gallows-mondo-chaos | title = Videos: Gallows: "Mondo Chaos" | work = [[Punknews.org]] | publisher = | date = 22 November 2011 | accessdate = 12 July 2012}}</ref> Gallows completed their first tour after the of ''True Colours'' with MacNeil as front man in the United States and Canada in November alongside [[Four Year Strong]], [[Title Fight]] and [[The Swellers]] and [[Sharks (band formed 2007)|Sharks]].<ref>{{cite web|url = http://www.altpress.com/news/entry/gallows_to_release_new_song | title = Gallows release new song "True Colours" | author = Tyler Common | publisher = [[Alternative Press]] | date = 29 August 2011 | accessdate = 10 July 2012 | quote = }}</ref> The band incorporated songs from the first two albums live set-lists. MacNeil said that he aimed to alter the songs in a way that "breathes some life into them" but also wanted to keep what "people love about those songs and what I love about those songs."{{sfn|Zaleski|2011|p=2}} [[6131 Records]] released the ep in North America on [[Gramophone record|vinyl record]].<ref name="">{{cite web|url = http://www.altpress.com/news/entry/gallows_release_death_is_birth_ep_on_vinyl_via_6131_records | title = Gallows release "Death Is Birth" EP on vinyl via 6131 Records | author = | work = | publisher = | date = | accessdate =  | quote = }}</ref>
+The band released the first song from the EP, ''True Colours'' for free download on 29 August 2011 from their band website.<ref name="NME-Colours download">{{cite web|url = https://www.nme.com/news/gallows/58918 | title = Gallows offer first song with Wade MacNeil as free download | publisher = [[NME]] | date = 30 August 2011  | access-date = 9 July 2012}}</ref> They then released ''Mondo Chaos'' as a digital single on 25 November. Just a few days before that on 17 November the song was leaked.<ref name="NME-Mondo Chaos">{{cite web|url = https://www.nme.com/nme-video/gallows---mondo-chaos/1288874966001 | title = Gallows - 'Mondo Chaos' video | work= [[New Musical Express]] | date = 22 November 2011 | access-date = 12 July 2012}}</ref><ref name="PunkNews-Mondo Chaos">{{cite web|url = http://www.punknews.org/article/45275/gallows-mondo-chaos | title = Videos: Gallows: "Mondo Chaos" | work = Punknews.org | date = 22 November 2011 | access-date = 12 July 2012}}</ref> Gallows completed their first tour after the release of ''True Colours'' with MacNeil as front man in the United States and Canada in November alongside [[Four Year Strong]], [[Title Fight]] and [[The Swellers]] and [[Sharks (band formed 2007)|Sharks]].<ref>{{cite web|url = http://www.altpress.com/news/entry/gallows_to_release_new_song | title = Gallows release new song "True Colours" | author = Tyler Common | work= [[Alternative Press (music magazine)|Alternative Press]] | date = 29 August 2011 | access-date = 10 July 2012 }}</ref> The band incorporated songs from the first two albums live set-lists. MacNeil said that he aimed to alter the songs in a way that "breathes some life into them" but also wanted to keep what "people love about those songs and what I love about those songs."{{sfn|Zaleski|2011|p=2}} 6131 Records released the ep in North America on [[Gramophone record|vinyl record]].<ref>{{cite web|url = http://www.altpress.com/news/entry/gallows_release_death_is_birth_ep_on_vinyl_via_6131_records | title = Gallows release "Death Is Birth" EP on vinyl via 6131 Records | website = [[Alternative Press (magazine)|Alternative Press]] }}</ref>
 ==Reception==
 {{Album ratings
-|rev1 = ''[[Alternative Press]]''
+|rev1 = ''[[Alternative Press (music magazine)|Alternative Press]]''
-|rev1score = {{rating|4|5}}<ref name="Pettigrew">{{cite web|url=http://www.altpress.com/reviews/entry/gallows_death_is_birth_ep|title=Death Is Birth EP from Gallows|last=Pettigrew|first=Jason|publisher=[[Alternative Press]]}}</ref>
+|rev1score = {{rating|4|5}}<ref name="Pettigrew">{{cite web|url=http://www.altpress.com/reviews/entry/gallows_death_is_birth_ep|title=Death Is Birth EP from Gallows|last=Pettigrew|first=Jason|work=[[Alternative Press (music magazine)|Alternative Press]]}}</ref>
-|rev2 = Alter The Press!
+|rev2 = [[SpinMedia|Alter the Press!]]
-|rev2score = 4/5<ref name="Issitt">{{cite web|url=http://www.alterthepress.com/2011/12/album-review-gallows-death-is-birth-ep.html|title=Album Review: Gallows - Death Is Birth EP|last=Issitt|first=Dan | work = [[Alter The Press!]] | publisher = [[Buzz Media]] }}</ref>
+|rev2score = 4/5<ref name="Issitt">{{cite web|url=http://www.alterthepress.com/2011/12/album-review-gallows-death-is-birth-ep.html|title=Album Review: Gallows - Death Is Birth EP|last=Issitt|first=Dan | work = [[Alter the Press!]] | publisher = [[SpinMedia]] }}</ref>
 |rev3 = ''[[Kerrang!]]''
-|rev3score = {{Rating|4|5}}<ref name="Sutherland">{{cite journal |last=Sutherland |first=Mark |date=14 December 2011 |title=The snarling rebirth of the UKs best punk band|journal=[[Kerrang!]] |volume= |issue=1394 |pages=pg.51 |publisher=[[Bauer Media Group]] |location= |issn=0262-6624}}</ref>
+|rev3score = {{Rating|4|5}}<ref name="Sutherland">{{cite journal |last=Sutherland |first=Mark |date=14 December 2011 |title=The snarling rebirth of the UKs best punk band|journal=[[Kerrang!]] |issue=1394 |pages=51 |issn=0262-6624}}</ref>
-|rev4 = ''[[Rock Sound]]''
+|rev4 = [[Popmatters]]
-|rev4Score = 9/10<ref name="Patashnik">{{cite journal |last=Patashnik |first=Ben |date= December 2011|title= Gallows [8] 'Death Is Birth' (Thirty Days of Night)|journal=[[Rock Sound]] |volume= 156|issue= |pages= pg.77 |publisher=[[Freeway Press]] |location= [[London]]|issn=1465-0185}}</ref>
+|rev4Score = {{rating|5|10|full=Disc Plain yellow dark.svg|half=AwesomeTemplate.svg|empty=Plain Disc 40% grey or 20% black.svg|rating=disc}}<ref>{{cite web|last=Curtin |first=Kevin|date=January 26, 2012|url=https://www.popmatters.com/review/152798-the-gallows-death-is-birth/|title=The Gallows: Death Is Birth|publisher=[[Popmatters]]|access-date=January 16, 2015}}</ref>
-|rev5 = Thrash Hits
+|rev5 = ''[[Rock Sound]]''
-|rev5score = {{Rating|5|6}}<ref name="Danger">{{cite web|url=http://www.thrashhits.com/2011/12/ep-gallows-death-is-birth/ |title=EP: Gallows - Death Is Birth|last=Danger|first=Vincent|publisher=Thrash Hits |date=8 December 2011|accessdate=23 December 2011}}</ref>
+|rev5Score = 9/10<ref name="Patashnik">{{cite journal |last=Patashnik |first=Ben |date= December 2011|title= Gallows [8] 'Death Is Birth' (Thirty Days of Night)|journal=[[Rock Sound]] |volume= 156|pages= 77 |location= London|issn=1465-0185}}</ref>
+|rev6 = Thrash Hits
+|rev6score = {{Rating|5|6}}<ref name="Danger">{{cite web|url=http://www.thrashhits.com/2011/12/ep-gallows-death-is-birth/ |title=EP: Gallows - Death Is Birth|last=Danger|first=Vincent|publisher=Thrash Hits |date=8 December 2011|access-date=23 December 2011}}</ref>
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-Death Is Birth received positive reception from music critics. British publication [[Kerrang!]] gave the album a "Excellent" four out of five "K"s describing the EP as "The snarling rebirth of the UKs best [[Punk rock|punk]] band."<ref name="Sutherland"/> Vincent Danger when writing for ''Thrash Hits'' gave the album a 5 out of 6 stars giving the album a positive review praising their choice of front man to replace Carter. "there’s only so much one can say about 459 seconds of music. There’s enough here to prove that Lags Barnard’s songwriting skills aren’t on the wane and that Wade MacNeil is a more than able replacement for Carter."<ref name="Danger"/> [[Alternative Press]] writer Jason Pettigrew appreciated the albums short but violent writing in his 4 out of 5 star review; saying "the EP is steeped in impenetrable, relentless nihilism and thrashing madness that’s one part noise weapon (“True Colours”), one part circle-pit centrifuge (“Hate Hate Hate”) and two parts hateful hardcore (“Mondo Chaos” and the title track)."<ref name="Pettigrew"/> Dan Issitt, a writer for Alter The Press! gave the album a score of 4/5 in an otherwise positive review did see fault in the change of front man. "Some fans will undoubtedly find it hard to get past the fact that he isn’t Frank Carter, but a little scratch at the surface will reveal the same aggression and similar bile-filled lyrics you’d expect from one of Britain’s most ''hateful bands''."<ref name="Issitt"/>
+Death Is Birth received positive reception from music critics. British publication [[Kerrang!]] gave the album an "Excellent" four out of five "K"s describing the EP as "The snarling rebirth of the UKs best [[Punk rock|punk]] band."<ref name="Sutherland"/> Vincent Danger when writing for ''Thrash Hits'' gave the album a 5 out of 6 stars giving the album a positive review praising their choice of front man to replace Carter. "there's only so much one can say about 459 seconds of music. There's enough here to prove that Lags Barnard's songwriting skills aren't on the wane and that Wade MacNeil is a more than able replacement for Carter."<ref name="Danger"/> [[Alternative Press (music magazine)|Alternative Press]] writer Jason Pettigrew appreciated the album's short but violent writing in his 4 out of 5 star review; saying "the EP is steeped in impenetrable, relentless nihilism and thrashing madness that's one part noise weapon ("True Colours"), one part circle-pit centrifuge ("Hate Hate Hate") and two parts hateful hardcore ("Mondo Chaos" and the title track)."<ref name="Pettigrew"/> Dan Issitt, a writer for Alter The Press! gave the album a score of 4/5 in an otherwise positive review did see fault in the change of front man. "Some fans will undoubtedly find it hard to get past the fact that he isn't Frank Carter, but a little scratch at the surface will reveal the same aggression and similar bile-filled lyrics you'd expect from one of Britain's most ''hateful bands''."<ref name="Issitt"/>
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+*{{cite journal  | last = Bezer | first = Terry |date= February 2012 |title= Class Of 2012: Gallows |journal=[[Rock Sound]] |issue= 157 |page = 54 |editor= Darren Taylor | location= London |issn=1465-0185}}
-*{{cite web| ref=harv | url = http://www.altpress.com/features/entry/alexisonfire_wade_macneil_gallows_new_singer/| title = Exclusive Interview: Wade MacNeil on becoming Gallows’ new singer | author = Annie Zaleski | publisher = [[Alternative Press Magazine]], Inc | date = 9 August 2011 | accessdate = 9 July 2012}}
+*{{cite web | url = https://issuu.com/stencilmag/docs/issue15ofstencilmagazine| title = Issue 15 of Stencil Mag | first = Rob |last=Knapper | work= Stencil Magazine |pages = 11–15|date = 24 September 2012 | access-date = 9 October 2012}}
-*{{cite journal | ref=harv | last = Bezer | first = Terry |date= February 2012 |title= Class Of 2012: Gallows |journal=[[Rock Sound]] |issue= 157 |page = 54 |publisher= [[Freeway Press]] |editor= Darren Taylor | location= [[London]] |issn=1465-0185}}
-*{{cite web| ref=harv | url = http://issuu.com/stencilmag/docs/issue15ofstencilmagazine| title = Issue 15 of Stencil Mag | author = Rob Knapper | publisher = [[Stencil Magazine]], Inc |pages = 11–15|date = 24 September 2012 | accessdate = 9 October 2012}}
+*{{cite web | url = http://www.altpress.com/features/entry/alexisonfire_wade_macneil_gallows_new_singer/| title = Exclusive Interview: Wade MacNeil on becoming Gallows' new singer | first = Annie |last=Zaleski | work= [[Alternative Press (music magazine)|Alternative Press]] | date = 9 August 2011 | access-date = 9 July 2012}}
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 [[Category:2011 EPs]]
+[[Category:Gallows (band) albums]]

v t e Gallows
Laurent "Lags" Barnard Stuart Gili-Ross Lee Barratt Wade MacNeil Frank Carter Steph Carter Paul Laventure
Studio albums	Orchestra of Wolves Grey Britain Gallows Desolation Sounds
EPs	Death Is Birth
Singles	"Abandon Ship" "In the Belly of a Shark" "The Vulture (Acts I & II)"
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