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Escape the Fate

Dying Is Your Latest Fashion
2006
Epitaph

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Review by: crazytoledo
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Published on October 24th 2006

Escape the Fate’s Dying Is Your Latest Fashion has success written all over it. Not only does the album feature all the violent, cliché-filled lyrics that most nü-screamo bands use today, but they also have a sense of fashion, of course, and have gathered a sizable following. Not only that, but their vocalist on this album (having left the band after the recording) has a voice that’s nearly identical to From First to Last’s Sonny Moore. So by now, you’ll probably know if you’re gonna like this release or not.

The best thing that can be said about the album is that it is a progression over their EP released several months ago. They don't exactly re-invent themselves, which was only inevitable considering the short span in between the two releases, but they at least are able to craft a few enjoyable moments here and there. Now don’t take that statement the wrong way -- this is no way a good album at all, but unlike their EP, there are a few parts on songs that aren’t absolutely terrible.

"Situations," which was previously released on the Unsound compilation, actually showcases a rather catchy song structure that is only hindered by Ronny Radke’s vocals cracking occasionally at the end of lines and slightly cheesy lyrics. "Not Good Enough for Truth in Cliché" somehow is able to produce lyrics like "sitting in this room playing Russian roulette / finger on the trigger to my dear Juliet / this blood on my hands is something I cannot forget" until an annoyingly catchy chorus.

However, a majority of the bands nowadays can craft a few good songs but are incapable of keeping it up the entire album; add Escape the Fate to the growing count. "The Guillotine," which was featured on their EP, should have never even been considered to be placed on here. Featuring generic and entirely weak screaming over fifth-rate metal riffing and the weakest breakdown in quite some time, the song is like having someone throw up in your ear. "The Day I Left the Womb" is a nasally sung and painful to endure acoustic song that feels entirely forced. "Cellar Door" somehow manages to include an industrial-sounding drum line that is worse than the horrendous attempt Eighteen Visions attempted earlier this year. The rest of the album plays out as a rockier version of From First to Last, maybe even bound to confuse the casual listener into thinking that this actually is From First to Last themselves.

Remember this?

I don’t want to come off like an asshole, But we’re gonna be that change in music. I have a vision. I want people to have fun, put their fists in the air. We’re getting recognized in every city. It’s gonna happen. Watch. I’m not jokin’. We’re gonna be the biggest thing. So huge. I know it.

Apparently Ronny Radke has large expectations for Dying Is Your Latest Fashion. Apparently his band members didn’t get the memo as this album doesn’t change music, has no vision, isn’t fun, and is as generic as it gets.

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Posted by MusicIsMyLife565 on 2008-02-08 18:45:06

awesome album

Posted by bubbajo on 2008-01-09 14:47:12

there pretty good but this album make my angry GERRRRRRRR....

Posted by starchild on 2007-06-08 10:51:34
My Score:

Escape The Fate is awesome. Seriously, thank you for existing.

Posted by teegz on 2007-05-17 00:41:22

none of you can pay out facial peircings until you actualli get one or two or three and dont pay out the music coz the lyrics mean alot to sum ppl...
xx teegz
www.myspace.com/pezxoxo

Posted by crazytoledo on 2007-02-01 12:05:34

To the person who posted below me, no one will ever take you seriously if you post like that.

Posted by crzycatastrophe on 2007-01-05 21:29:48

U people really need to shut the fuck up and not make funn of this album or this band.. u people are just fucking jealous.. Ronnie Radke voice is beautiful nd nobody is perfect soo just go eat some shit b/c i absolutely Love THIS ALBUM!.. all bands these days sound the same but get over it already! .. I happen to really like GUillotine nd the Day i left the womb.. nd I like every song on this album soo everyone else if u don't like it than go suck a donkey's Left testicle.. because your just a bunch of jealous bitches that don't know good music!!!
Keep Up The GOOD work ETF!1

Posted by AndrewG on 2006-11-30 01:37:04

What the fuck happened to "punk"? Or music in general? This shit genuinely makes me angry, and not pumped-up-angry, disdainful angry.

Posted by randomhero323 on 2006-11-26 21:54:52

http://myspace-608.vo.llnwd.net/01107/80/63/1107953608_l.jpg

escape the fate at their best

Posted by crazytoledo on 2006-11-01 10:51:49

1. Underoath =/= Rock
2. Escape the Fate kind of need a vocalist now.

Posted by Anonymous on Wednesday, November 1, 2006 at 3:00 AM (EST)

pfft give me a break you nearly lost it lol. What a joke this band is just one of the bands leading a revoultion in rock i think u will see as rock grows emo music is going to become a far greater aspect of rock. its not just escape the fate but other bands like underoath are aslo taking rock to new levels. If you dont like it dont listen to it but i reckon for a first album these guys are pretty good they can only get better from here.

Posted by crazytoledo on 2006-10-31 10:35:54

You guys have no clue, what happend to enjoying the music for what it is. Anyone can say negative comments about anything but you have to look behind the music and fell the song. Just becuase half you guys are a bunch of talentless hacks doesnt mean you can take it out on a band who in my eyes has a great future becuase they have the balls and yes even the talent to rock and thats what it is all about having the balls to put your music out there or has everything about rock that we have ever been lead to believe all been a lie. How can we judge if we cant feel. Rock isnt Pop its not about whats hot or not its about the music.

I nearly lost it reading that.

And honestly, I couldn't 'feel' these songs. There's literally nothing to relate to here. And the music is bad.

Posted by Anonymous on Tuesday, October 31, 2006 at 7:52 AM (EST)

Posted by Anonymous on Monday, October 30, 2006 at 10:09 PM (EST)

bull crap...speak for yourself...this is far from generic...generic is Hawthorne Heights or The Red Jumpsuit Apparatus...these guys put together a whole bunch of genres and they get the "metal loving emo haters" to maybe change their minds about clear vocals...terrible review

Posted by Dionesian_Rocker on 2006-10-29 22:42:43

yah i knew a girl who looked like that, i gave her the bruises tho, that loudmouth bitch.

Posted by Punky_Chips_Ahoy_Oi_Oi_Oi on 2006-10-25 23:30:31
My Score:

you can tell based on the cover art alone that this cd has to be pure trash.

Posted by crazytoledo on 2006-10-25 20:39:59

I'll say things like, "So, when's your white belt coming in the mail?"

There's nothing wrong with a white belt...

Posted by Scruffy on 2006-10-25 14:09:48

Yeah, a face full of metal is ugly, but a properly placed, small monroe piercing or lip ring can be really hot.

My wife has plugs, and is moving up the sizes. I give her a hard time about it. I'll say things like, "So, when's your white belt coming in the mail?" She knows I'm kidding, though, so I'm not a HUGE jerk.

Posted by Allular on 2006-10-25 12:54:49

I haven't even heard this and I know this is already dated music. Kinda sad.

Posted by William_David on 2006-10-25 10:19:13
My Score:

Good review. This definitely sucked. Like you mentioned about this album, there were actually a couple little things I liked about the EP. Unfortunately, while those were transferred onto this album for the most part, they rest was really terrible, cliche, and yeah, terrible.

Posted by sickboi on 2006-10-25 10:02:00

Dan-

Calling a girl "trashy" because you she has other facial piercings sounds so dated. I agree, a face full of metal can be a little meh, but I think its a little rough to call a girl "trashy" and "dirty" looking is a bit harsh. A little nose ring or eyebrow piercing looks good on some girls.

-chris

Posted by i8yourzombie on 2006-10-25 04:04:26
My Score:

Why the hell is there no "zero" score? Anyway, this band blows. What has Brett been thinking lately? I don't get it, I really don't.

Posted by Anonymous on Wednesday, October 25, 2006 at 12:00 AM (EDT)

Can we just tie epitaph's fucking toe tag at this point?

-Ken

Posted by Anonymous on Tuesday, October 24, 2006 at 9:26 PM (EDT)

omg lol that was sooooo funny. die slow faggot.

Posted by danielsan on 2006-10-24 20:38:19

what an awesome cover not

Posted by GlassPipeMurder on 2006-10-24 18:20:09

The new I Am Ghost is pretty cool.

Posted by Anonymous on Tuesday, October 24, 2006 at 4:53 PM (EDT)
My Score:

Great review.

I struggled my way through listening to this just once last week, and I don't think I'll ever need to listen to it ever again.

Sounds exactly the same as everything else out there in this genre.

Posted by Anonymous on Tuesday, October 24, 2006 at 4:34 PM (EDT)

Some kid on their myspace said that he was so happy that Ronny was back, true or just bullshit wishful thinking by the kid?

Posted by baseball on 2006-10-24 15:07:55

worst cover art ever, seriously

Posted by Anonymous on Tuesday, October 24, 2006 at 2:47 PM (EDT)

PS: it scares me that this is comming out on epitaph. thats pretty sad.

Posted by Anonymous on Tuesday, October 24, 2006 at 2:46 PM (EDT)

i like from first to last. but it really wouldnt suprise me if this is sonny. it sounds EXACTLY like him. not in the sense that "all emo vocalists sound alike" but they sound just./... identical
its craszy

Posted by Dante3000 on 2006-10-24 14:13:51

But Mr. Brett says we have shitty taste in music.
-Dante

Posted by danperrone on 2006-10-24 13:42:57
My Score:

yo sickboi, what gives? you say a lot of stupid ass shit

Posted by wentz_equals_death on 2006-10-24 13:03:40

i guess i'll do it:

i cannot express how much fuck this band.

Posted by JayTee on 2006-10-24 12:37:25

Epitaph sucks. Brett needs to get back on drugs so he can run his label properly again.

Posted by sirens on 2006-10-24 11:59:04

that last bit is harsh, bro

Posted by crazytoledo on 2006-10-24 11:30:07

http://www.lasvegascitylife.com/articles/2006/09/28/local_news/n ews03.txt

Answers the questions about their vocalist.

Posted by crazytoledo on 2006-10-24 11:27:49

I kinda like lip piercings. Not like the one in the cover, but you get the point...

Posted by sickboi on 2006-10-24 11:26:06

Posted by danperrone on 2006-10-24 01:02:36

any piercing not in an ear = disgusting

makes an otherwise pretty girl look trashy and dirty as shit

Thanks grandma...

Posted by skankin_in_the_pit on 2006-10-24 11:23:28

"Didn't the singer get canned?"

He's looking at up to 10-15 years in prison for a fight he was involved in that ended up in a shooting. I guess he brought "backup" to a fight and he's claiming he had no idea his friends had weapons. That's why the band got rid of him.

All the local papers have been all over the story, but I personally couldn't give a shit about any of these assholes.

Posted by kamikazepilot42 on 2006-10-24 11:04:04

This is possibly the worst band in music today.

Posted by robdobi on 2006-10-24 10:17:50

i like the andrew wk version of the album cover better.

Posted by frostbrewliner on 2006-10-24 03:43:56

Two legit crazytaledo reviews, thats right folkds TWO in a row!

Posted by Cos on 2006-10-24 02:21:07

Is fashioncore dead yet?

--Cos

Posted by Anonymous on Tuesday, October 24, 2006 at 2:05 AM (EDT)

Piercings are definitely attractive if done in moderation. I know a bunch of girls that only have a few and they look really good. Shit, I even have one myself!

Posted by JonDaley on 2006-10-24 01:21:49

slit wrists are the latest fashion, and your sheets see the dirtiest action.

Posted by Scruffy on 2006-10-24 01:04:38

Dude, piercings are hot, as long as there aren't too many of them.

Posted by danperrone on 2006-10-24 01:02:36
My Score:

any piercing not in an ear = disgusting

makes an otherwise pretty girl look trashy and dirty as shit

Posted by stevejonestherealbones on 2006-10-24 00:39:25
My Score:

this album, with the "i'm a brused bitch with a fugly lip ring, da na na, na na na"

disgusts me to no end.

first time i have been disgusted by a band in a really long time because of the songs they actually wrote

for some reason that song disgusts me as much as davey havok does

- jones the bones

- stevejones8770@yahoo.com

Posted by Anonymous on Tuesday, October 24, 2006 at 12:39 AM (EDT)

Dying is the latest fashion. YAHOO! I Love Dying.

Posted by sickboi on 2006-10-24 00:25:24

Didn't the singer get canned?

Posted by BrendanKelly on 2006-10-24 00:17:20

What's gotten into you?

Posted by Anonymous on Tuesday, October 24, 2006 at 12:15 AM (EDT)

Now I'm fully aware that the Sabres have never won anything, but those dudes are disgusting.