Death Before Musick

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{{Infobox album

| name = Death Before Musick

| type = studio

| artist = Amen

| cover = DeathbeforemusicK.jpg

| alt =

| released = April 5, 2004

| recorded = 2002–2003

| studio =

| genre =

• Alternative metal
• hardcore punk

| length = {{Duration|m=42|s=52}}

| label =

• eatURmusic
• Columbia

| producer = Casey Chaos

| prev_title = Join, Or Die

| prev_year = 2003

| next_title = Pisstory, A Catalogue of Accidents/A Lifetime of Mistakes

| next_year = 2005

| misc = {{Singles

| name = Death Before Musick

| type = studio

| single1 = California's Bleeding

| single1date = April 3, 2004 {{Cite web|url=http://www.officialcharts.com/search/singles/california's+bleeding/|title=california's bleeding | full Official Chart History |website=Officialcharts.com|access-date=16 May 2022}}

}}

}}

{{Use mdy dates|date=November 2023}}{{Music ratings

| rev1 = AllMusic

| rev1score = {{Rating|3|5}} {{AllMusic|class=album|id=r687207}}

| rev2 = Blabbermouth.net

| rev2score = 4/10{{Cite web |date=2004-04-02 |title=Death Before Musick |url=https://www.blabbermouth.net/cdreviews/death-before-musick/ |access-date=2023-06-09 |website=Blabbermouth.net}}

| rev3 = Brave Words & Bloody Knuckles

| rev3score = 7.5/10{{Cite web |last=Popoff |first=Martin |author-link=Martin Popoff |date=May 17, 2004 |title=Amen - Death Before Musick |url=https://bravewords.com/reviews/amen-death-before-musick |access-date=2023-05-29 |website=bravewords.com}}

| rev4 = Chronicles of Chaos

| rev4score = 9/10{{Cite web |last=Smit |first=Jackie |date=April 19, 2004 |title=CoC : Amen - Death Before Musick : Review |url=http://www.chroniclesofchaos.com/articles.aspx?id=2-3437 |access-date=2023-05-07 |website=Chronicles of Chaos}}

| rev5 = Drowned in Sound

| rev5score = 7/10{{Cite web |last=Lancaster |first=Nick |date=April 25, 2004 |title=Album Review: Amen - Death Before Musick |url=http://drownedinsound.com/releases/3643/reviews/9363 |access-date=2023-04-12 |website=Drowned in Sound |archive-date=April 17, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230417200321/https://drownedinsound.com/releases/3643/reviews/9363 |url-status=dead}}

| rev6 = Kerrang!

| rev6score = {{Rating|3|5}}{{Cite magazine |last=Myers |first=Ben |date=April 3, 2004 |title=Rated: Chaos theory |magazine=Kerrang! |issue=999 |pages=46–47}}

| rev7 = MusicOMH

| rev7score = (positive){{Cite web |last=Bansal |first=Vik |date= |title=musicOMH.com {{!}} album reviews {{!}} Amen - Death Before Musick |url=http://www.musicomh.com/albums2/amen.htm |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20040423075451/http://www.musicomh.com/albums2/amen.htm |archive-date=2004-04-23 |access-date=2023-05-31 |website=MusicOMH}}

| rev8 = Ox-Fanzine

| rev8score = 7/10{{Cite web |last=Rothkehl |first=Ingo |date=June 2004 |title=Review |url=https://www.ox-fanzine.de/review/amen-death-before-musick-cd-38328 |access-date=2023-05-07 |website=Ox-Fanzine |language=de}}

| rev9 = Spin

| rev9score = B−{{Cite magazine |date=June 2004 |title=Breakdown |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=UAUQ04BGfpUC&pg=PA108 |magazine=Spin |volume=20 |issue=6 |page=108}}

}}

Death Before Musick is the fourth studio album by American rock band Amen. It was released in the United Kingdom on April 5, 2004, and in the United States on May 18, 2004, through eatURmusic and Columbia Records.{{Cite web |last=BraveWords |title=AMEN - New Album Due In May |url=https://bravewords.com/news/amen-new-album-due-in-may |access-date=2023-05-29 |website=bravewords.com}} The album continues the hardcore and punk genres of previous albums and draws on heavy metal as influence. Following this album, the band went on a lengthy hiatus. It was later revealed that despite Casey’s death in December 2024, this will not be the final Amen album, and that the follow up album will be released posthumously.

The album spawned the hit single and promotional video for "California's Bleeding." Drummer Luke Johnson, who joined the band around the time of the album's release and tour, appeared with the band in the photo shoot in the album's booklet but did not play on the album.

On April 19, 2010, Death Before Musick was reissued in the United Kingdom by IronBird Records. The reissue features four bonus tracks and a new interview with Casey Chaos.{{Cite web |last=BraveWords |date=February 25, 2010 |title=AMEN - Death Before Musick To Be Reissued In The UK With Bonus Tracks |url=https://bravewords.com/news/amen-death-before-musick-to-be-reissued-in-the-uk-with-bonus-tracks |access-date=2023-05-11 |website=bravewords.com}}