I got Art Damage before I got this cd... and that's not the order in which you should listen to Fear Before. This is much more tame... but that doesn't take away from the heaviness. The guitarist screams and sings a lot more on this album... and I really enjoy his contribution. Do not listen to the people that say this band is not talented. I think all of these musicians are very talented and very creative/experimental with their instruments. What really blew my mind about this album was the lyrics. They are truley poetic. This is going to be hard for some people to get into... just because it is very experimental and different. Awesome live show too. I recommend you buy this album... then Art Damage.

This album is fantastic. I really can't get enough of it. It's really fun to listen to. It's hard to describe it other than saying it is amazing. Good for people who like the Blood Brother, The Number 12 Looks Like You, Horse the Band, Circle Takes the Square, etc.

Fear Before is love.

<3333

This is my favorite album right now, its just so unique and perfectly balanced. it took me alittle while to get into, but now that i understand what the albums all about i cant stop listening to it. FBTMOFs latest album, art damage, is alot more heavy and hardcore i think, its pretty much all screaming. dont get me wrong, i love that album too, but odd how people shake is a better album to start with if your new to FBTMOF, theres more singing and its more mellow. my favorite songs are on the brightside, she could choke, motelroom. grandpiano., and given to dreams. BUY THIS NOW!

Fear Before The March Of Flames-Odd How People Shake *****

Feriously nasty guitar licks, scorching vocals and growls form mars, and thats only the opening track. Indie, Hardcore, whatever, you cant really classify a band like Fear Before The March Of Flames who in my opinion are one of the most innovative and original bands of their time or any other for that matter. The use of background vocals are amazing and that alone shows the advanced musical knowledge of the group. Coming out of Denver, Colorado a place I live in where the music scene is really less then amazing this guys really are a diamond in the ruff.

The balance of screaming and singing is perfect. Not one out weighs the other which is a very good thing. Sometimes in fact most of the time screaming can grow old and annoying but not with Fear, they are just amazing. The experimental rythyms and guitar parts are very unique and interesting they never get boring especially on this album. Without a doubt the bands best so far.

The bands use of breakdowns is the best I've seen, they are the only band I have heard latly that knows how to use one properly. They don't use them in every song and when they do they fit perfect and flow nicley unlike bands like Norma Jean and The Bled who sometimes seem awkward and out of place and ruin songs.

Fear Before The March Of Flames is deffinatly a band to check out. Odd How People Shake is their best album by far and a very good place to start to get into them. I recommend this to anyone looking for something different in their music instead of the same old thing.

Fear Before the March of Flames do not sound like what you or I'd expect from Colorado. The first outing, "Odd How People Shake," sounds like a collaboration of bands that only Fear could make possible. These bands would be Converge, Everytimeidie, and Thursday. The latest release "Art Damage" disposes of the latter of those three. Just picture Everytimeidie-style riffing (spidery riffs that are often off-timed), Converge-style screaming (although having both the singer and guitar scream offers more variety then most screamo bands), and Thursday singing (high pitched). Don't mistake my words though. This band definitely holds their own. The opener seems like a precedent for what's in store for the rest of the short running time (around 30 minutes). However, the end of the second song "Go Wash Your Mouth I Don't Know Where It's Been" shows the band on a lighter side, with is riff that is somewhat similar to "Dispostion" on Tool's Lateralus. The hardcore riffing and abrupt changes in structure is ended with a long-lasting piano number. If you have the attention span, you might actually find the ending......pretty?? definitely worth a look.