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| name = The Mourning After
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Name = The Mourning After
| type = studio
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| artist = [[40 Below Summer]]
| Type = studio
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| cover = 40_below_morning.jpg
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| Artist = [[40 Below Summer]]
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| Cover = 40_below_morning.jpg
| Released = October 28, 2003
| released = October 28, 2003
| recorded =
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| Recorded = Mirror Image Recorders, NYC
| venue =
| Genre = [[Alternative metal]], [[nu metal]]
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| studio = Mirror Image Recorders, NYC
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| Length = 48:35
| Label = [[Razor & Tie]]
| genre = {{Flatlist|*[[Nu metal]]
*[[alternative metal]]}}
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| Producer = [[David Bendeth]]
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| length = 48:35
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| Last album = '''''[[Invitation to the Dance (album)|Invitation to the Dance]]'''''<br />(2001)
| label = [[Razor & Tie]]
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| This album = '''''The Mourning After'''''<br />(2003)
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| producer = [[David Bendeth]]
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| Next album = '''''[[The Last Dance (40 Below Summer album)|The Last Dance]]'''''<br />(2006)
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| prev_title = [[Invitation to the Dance (album)|Invitation to the Dance]]
| prev_year = 2001
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| next_title = [[The Last Dance (40 Below Summer album)|The Last Dance]]
| next_year = 2006
}}
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|rev1score = {{Rating|3|5}}<ref name="amg">[{{AllMusic|class=album|id=r661498|pure_url=yes}} Allmusic review]</ref>
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|rev2 = [[Counterculture]]
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|rev2score = {{Rating|4|5}}<ref>
http://www.counterculture.co.uk/album-review/40-below-summer-the-mourning-after.html link]</ref>
[http://www.counterculture.co.uk/album-review/40-below-summer-the-mourning-after.html link]</ref>
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http://www.rockezine.com/asp/rez_areview.asp?ID=1446&review=40%20Below%20Summer%20-%20The%20Mourning%20After link]</ref>
[http://www.rockezine.com/asp/rez_areview.asp?ID=1446&review=40%20Below%20Summer%20-%20The%20Mourning%20After link]</ref>
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|rev4score = {{Rating|4|5}}<ref>
|rev4score = {{Rating|4|5}}<ref>
http://www.sputnikmusic.com/review/38235/40-Below-Summer-The-Mourning-After/ link]</ref>
[https://www.sputnikmusic.com/review/38235/40-Below-Summer-The-Mourning-After/ link]</ref>
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'''''The Mourning After''''' is the second major release by the [[nu metal]] band [[40 Below Summer]]. The album was released on October 28, 2003 via [[Razor & Tie Records]]. Two singles were released from the album in "Self Medicate" and "Taxi Cab Confession".
'''''The Mourning After''''' is the third studio album by the American [[nu metal]] band [[40 Below Summer]]. The album was released on October 28, 2003 via [[Razor & Tie Records]]. Two singles were released from the album in "Self Medicate" and "Taxi Cab Confession".


During promotion of the album, 40 Below Summer appeared on ''[[Headbangers Ball]]'', and the [[music video|video]] for "[[Self Medicate]]" found significant airplay. This video features the group performing the song in a city park as well as various acts of [[indulgence|indulgent]] "self medication" by townspeople (i.e. secretively buying [[pornography]], gorging on food, making out). The following year, [[MTV2]] held a fan's choice poll for the Best Metal Videos of 2004.<ref name=hb>[http://www.metalunderground.com/news/details.cfm?newsid=10977 ''Vote For The Best Metal Videos Of 2004''] MetalUnderground.com (December 7, 2004). Retrieved December 8, 2007.</ref> The results aired on the December 25 edition of ''Headbangers Ball'' with "Self Medicate" ranking in at #18.
During promotion of the album, 40 Below Summer appeared on ''[[Headbangers Ball]]'', and the [[music video|video]] for "[[Self Medicate]]" found significant airplay and the song was featured on the soundtrack for the [[thriller film]] [[The Texas Chainsaw Massacre (2003 film)|The Texas Chainsaw Massacre]]. This video features the group performing the song in a city park as well as various acts of [[indulgence|indulgent]] "self medication" by townspeople (i.e. secretively buying [[pornography]], gorging on food, making out). The following year, [[MTV2]] held a fan's choice poll for the Best Metal Videos of 2004.<ref name=hb>[http://www.metalunderground.com/news/details.cfm?newsid=10977 ''Vote For The Best Metal Videos Of 2004''] MetalUnderground.com (December 7, 2004). Retrieved December 8, 2007.</ref> The results aired on the December 25 edition of ''Headbangers Ball'' with "Self Medicate" ranking in at #18.


The CD is Content/Copy-Protected with MediaMax [[Digital Rights Management]] Software on it.
The CD is content and copy protected with [[MediaMax]] [[digital rights management]] software on it.

== Musical style ==

Joey D'amico, who played guitar on the album, stated "Before, we wanted to be really heavy, but we so wanted the music to be melodic, so we'd slap those parts right next to each other. Now we learned how to meld them together to create a sound."<ref name=biography>{{cite web|title=Biography |url=http://40belowsummer.com/site/main.php?content=band |website=40 Below Summer |accessdate=15 May 2015 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20060223050158/http://40belowsummer.com/site/main.php?content=band |archivedate=February 23, 2006 }}</ref>

== Reception ==
John D. Luerssen of [[Allmusic]] awarded ''The Mourning After'' three stars. He noted its more melodic approach, writing "while the band's forceful attack still won't land it in the pop survey, [[David Bendeth|Bendeth]]'s input does manage to give the band a foot up on other [[alternative metal]] acts in the run for airplay in the '[[active rock]]' format." Luerssen also criticized the track "Breathless", stating that it "finds the outfit capably shifting into pop ballad mode à la [[Creed (band)|Creed]]." He goes on to write "that momentary lapse in direction is soon corrected, however, and as ''The Mourning After'' unfolds, tracks like the cathartic 'F.E.' and the spooky 'A Season in Hell' right the wrongs for 40 Below Summer's ballooning headbanger clientele."<ref name="amg"/>

''[[CMJ New Music Report]]'' gave the album a positive review in October 2003, and compared its sound to [[Machine Head (band)|Machine Head]], [[Spineshank]] and [[Killswitch Engage]]. They wrote that, "40 Below Summer got the shaft when its debut was released in 2001. Less than six months into the album cycle, the band's label (London) folded. Rather than bitch and moan about the unfortunate circumstances, however, the New Jersey act regrouped and wrote a ''better'' record." They add that, "songs like 'Self-Medicate' and 'Taxi Cab Confession' are undoubtably more memorable than some of the band's previous jump-and-sing-along anthems."<ref>{{cite web | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=YAbWjiVCXeEC&dq=%22cmj+new+music%22+%2240+below%22&pg=PT55 | title=CMJ New Music Report | date=27 October 2003 }}</ref>


== Track listing ==
== Track listing ==
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* Track 10 contains the [[hidden tracks]], "Can You Feel The End?" beginning at 3:02 and "The Day I Died" beginning at 11:58.
* Track 10 contains the [[hidden tracks|hidden track]], "The Day I Died" beginning at 11:58.


== Personnel ==
== Personnel ==

* Max Illidge – Vocals
===40 Below Summer===
* Joey D'Amico – Guitar
* Jordan Plingos – Guitar
* Max Illidge – [[Singing|vocals]]
* Hector Graziani – Bass
* Joey D'Amico – [[guitar]]
* Carlos Aguilar – Drums
* Jordan Plingos – [[guitar]]
* Hector Graziani – [[bass guitar|bass]]
* Carlos Aguilar – [[drums]], [[piano]]

===Additional Musicians===
* [[Christian Machado]] – vocals on "F.E."

===Production===
* [[David Bendeth]] – [[Record producer|production]], [[Audio mixing (recorded music)|mixing]]
* UE Nastasi – [[Audio mastering|mastering]]
* [[Dan Korneff]] – [[Audio engineer|engineering]], mixing on "Monday Song"
* John Bender – engineering
* Nick Cohen – engineering
* Amy V. Cooper – [[photography]]
* Dan Levine – [[album art]] layout
* Carlos Aguilar – album art layout
* Hector Graziani – album art layout
* Avery Singer – album art model
* Satyakam Saha – album art sculpture


== References ==
== References ==
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Latest revision as of 20:55, 6 August 2024

The Mourning After
Studio album by
40 Below Summer
ReleasedOctober 28, 2003
StudioMirror Image Recorders, NYC
Genre
Length48:35
LabelRazor & Tie
ProducerDavid Bendeth
40 Below Summer chronology
Invitation to the Dance
(2001) 		The Mourning After
(2003) 		The Last Dance
(2006)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic[1]
Counterculture[2]
Rockezine[3]
Sputnikmusic[4]

The Mourning After is the third studio album by the American nu metal band 40 Below Summer. The album was released on October 28, 2003 via Razor & Tie Records. Two singles were released from the album in "Self Medicate" and "Taxi Cab Confession".

During promotion of the album, 40 Below Summer appeared on Headbangers Ball, and the video for "Self Medicate" found significant airplay and the song was featured on the soundtrack for the thriller film The Texas Chainsaw Massacre. This video features the group performing the song in a city park as well as various acts of indulgent "self medication" by townspeople (i.e. secretively buying pornography, gorging on food, making out). The following year, MTV2 held a fan's choice poll for the Best Metal Videos of 2004.[5] The results aired on the December 25 edition of Headbangers Ball with "Self Medicate" ranking in at #18.

The CD is content and copy protected with MediaMax digital rights management software on it.

Musical style

[edit]

Joey D'amico, who played guitar on the album, stated "Before, we wanted to be really heavy, but we so wanted the music to be melodic, so we'd slap those parts right next to each other. Now we learned how to meld them together to create a sound."[6]

Reception

[edit]

John D. Luerssen of Allmusic awarded The Mourning After three stars. He noted its more melodic approach, writing "while the band's forceful attack still won't land it in the pop survey, Bendeth's input does manage to give the band a foot up on other alternative metal acts in the run for airplay in the 'active rock' format." Luerssen also criticized the track "Breathless", stating that it "finds the outfit capably shifting into pop ballad mode à la Creed." He goes on to write "that momentary lapse in direction is soon corrected, however, and as The Mourning After unfolds, tracks like the cathartic 'F.E.' and the spooky 'A Season in Hell' right the wrongs for 40 Below Summer's ballooning headbanger clientele."[1]

CMJ New Music Report gave the album a positive review in October 2003, and compared its sound to Machine Head, Spineshank and Killswitch Engage. They wrote that, "40 Below Summer got the shaft when its debut was released in 2001. Less than six months into the album cycle, the band's label (London) folded. Rather than bitch and moan about the unfortunate circumstances, however, the New Jersey act regrouped and wrote a better record." They add that, "songs like 'Self-Medicate' and 'Taxi Cab Confession' are undoubtably more memorable than some of the band's previous jump-and-sing-along anthems."[7]

Track listing

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No.TitleLength
1."Self Medicate"3:13
2."Taxi Cab Confession"3:21
3."Rain"4:33
4."Breathless"3:47
5."Better Life"3:04
6."Monday Song"3:46
7."F.E." (featuring Cristian Machado)3:23
8."Awakening"3:36
9."Alienation"3:42
10."A Season in Hell"16:18
Japanese Import
No.TitleLength
11."Training Day"3:38
  • Track 10 contains the hidden track, "The Day I Died" beginning at 11:58.

Personnel

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40 Below Summer

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Additional Musicians

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Production

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References

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  1. ^ a b Allmusic review
  2. ^ link
  3. ^ link
  4. ^ link
  5. ^ Vote For The Best Metal Videos Of 2004 MetalUnderground.com (December 7, 2004). Retrieved December 8, 2007.
  6. ^ "Biography". 40 Below Summer. Archived from the original on February 23, 2006. Retrieved 15 May 2015.
  7. ^ "CMJ New Music Report". 27 October 2003.
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