Eternal Enemies

When the track listing for the album was released on February 18, 2014,{{cite web|url=http://altpress.com/news/entry/emmure_announce_new_album_eternal_enemies|title='Emmure announce new album 'Eternal Enemies''|publisher=AltPress |date=2014-02-18 |accessdate=2014-02-19}} the name of the first track, "Bring a Gun to School", sparked controversy. This resulted in their former guitarist Ben Lionetti making a statement with respect to his former ensemble and commenting on the track, calling lead vocalist Frankie Palmeri a "disgusting human being". He reportedly considered filing legal action against Emmure, their record label and their management to retrieve the money that is due to him and his brother Joe, a former drummer of the band.{{cite web|url=http://altpress.com/news/entry/emmure_co_founder_threatens_lawsuit_calls_frontman_a_disgusting_human_being|title=Emmure co-founder threatens lawsuit; calls frontman "a disgusting human being"|publisher=AltPress |date=2014-02-19 |accessdate=2014-02-19}}{{cite web|url=http://lambgoat.com/news/21987/Emmure-co-founder-slams-Frankie-Palmeri;-lawsuit|title=Emmure co-founder slams Frankie Palmeri; lawsuit?|publisher=Lambgoat |date=2014-02-19 |accessdate=2014-02-19}} The song title has been changed to simply "(Untitled)" in the iTunes store.{{cite web|publisher=Apple Inc.|url=https://itunes.apple.com/us/album/eternal-enemies/id835154016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150720031752/https://itunes.apple.com/us/album/eternal-enemies/id835154016|url-status=dead|archive-date=July 20, 2015|work=iTunes|title=iTunes - Music - Eternal Enemies by Emmure|accessdate=May 1, 2014}}

{{Music ratings

| rev1 = AllMusic

| rev1score = (unrated)

| rev2 = Alternative Press

| rev2Score = {{Rating|4|5}}{{cite journal|title=Emmure – Eternal Enemies|last=Freeman|first=Phil|year=2014|journal=Alternative Press|volume=May 2014|issue=310|page=90|publisher=Alternative Press Magazine|issn=1065-1667}}

| rev3 = Sputnikmusic

| rev3score = {{rating|1.5|5}}{{cite web|publisher=Sputnikmusic|last=Boy|first=Davey|url=https://www.sputnikmusic.com/review/61851/Emmure-Eternal-Enemies/|title=Review: Emmure - Eternal Enemies|date=April 15, 2014|accessdate=May 1, 2014}}

| rev4 = Thrash Hits

| rev4score = {{Rating|0|6}}{{cite web|publisher=Thrash Hits|last=Doyle|first=Tomas|url=http://www.thrashhits.com/2014/04/album-emmure-eternal-enemies/|title=Album: Emmure - Eternal Enemies|date=April 14, 2014|accessdate=May 8, 2014|archive-date=April 29, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140429153607/http://www.thrashhits.com/2014/04/album-emmure-eternal-enemies/|url-status=dead}}

| rev5 = Metal Hammer

| rev5score = {{Rating|4|5}}{{cite web|publisher=Metal Hammer|last=Young|first=Nik|url=https://www.loudersound.com/reviews/emmure-eternal-enemies/|title=Emmure: Eternal Enemies|date=March 31, 2014|accessdate=June 19, 2024|archive-date=December 4, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221204185252/https://www.loudersound.com/reviews/emmure-eternal-enemies|url-status=dead}}

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At Alternative Press, Phil Freeman rated the album four stars out of five, remarking how the release is "Emmure's latest slab of relentless, skull-battering deathcore" and it "finds them in top form." Elsewhere, the album was heavily panned. At Sputnikmusic, Davey Boy remarked how the album was "so unsubtle and earnest" in its "targeting of rage-filled teenage males, through aggressive, hateful and misogynistic words." Tomas Doyle of Thrash Hits called lead vocalist Frankie Palmeri a "very angry man", and unfavorably compared the album's controversial intentions to the brilliance of controversial artists like Marilyn Manson and Eminem. He went further as to say the album was "so fatally lacking in musical spark."

Nik Young of Metal Hammer praised the first half of the album, stating, "A short, panic-inducing opener full of samples, sirens, a huge roar and immediately offensive lyrics gets Eternal Enemies off to an awesome start. Unsurprisingly, the title of this track, Bring A Gun To School, also caused a ton of debate online. Emmure are nothing if not controversial and, love or hate their blunt, often clichéd lyrics, they certainly command attention." Young was, however, critical of the softer, latter half of the album, going on to say, "... the second half of this album does not live up to the first, and overly melodic 'We Were Just Kids,' makes for a weak closer."

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| title1 = Bring a Gun to School (*)

| length1 = 1:39

| title2 = Nemesis

| length2 = 2:52

| title3 = N.I.A. (News in Arizona)

| length3 = 3:29

| title4 = The Hang Up

| length4 = 2:52

| title5 = A Gift a Curse

| length5 = 4:10

| title6 = E

| length6 = 2:53

| title7 = Like LaMotta

| length7 = 2:47

| title8 = Free Publicity

| length8 = 2:21

| title9 = Most Hated

| length9 = 2:58

| title10 = Grave Markings

| length10 = 3:29

| title11 = Hitomi's Shinobi

| length11 = 3:28

| title12 = Rat King

| length12 = 2:34

| title13 = Girls Don't Like Boys, Girls Like 40's and Blunts

| length13 = 2:50

| title14 = New Age Rambler

| length14 = 2:47

| title15 = We Were Just Kids

| length15 = 3:38

| total_length = 44:47

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(*) = Title was later changed to "(Untitled)" on the album’s retail release.

The album debuted at No. 57 on the Billboard 200 (No. 55 in the Top Current Albums), and at No. 4 in the Top Hard Rock Albums chart with 6,475 copies sold in its debut week in the U.S.{{cite web |url=http://www.metalinsider.net/columns/metal-by-numbers/metal-by-numbers-423-charts-get-sevendust-ed |title=Metal By Numbers 4/23: Charts get Sevendust-ed |author= Matt Brown |date= April 23, 2014 |work=Metal Insider }}

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• Mark Castillo - drums
• Mark Davis - bass guitar
• Jesse Ketive - guitar
• Michael Mulholland - guitar
• Frankie Palmeri - vocals

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;Production

• Mixed & mastered by Joey Sturgis @ The Foundation Recording Studios, Connersville, Indiana
• Vocals recorded by Nick Scott & Allan Hessler @ Metro 37 Studios
• Guitar & bass recorded by Nick Scott
• Drums recorded by Joseph Hall
• Publicity by Rachel Rosenberg
• Booking by Amanda Fiore (The Pantheon Agency, US) & Marco Walzel (Avocado Booking, EU)
• Art & layout by Randy Pfeil
• Photo by Eric Richter & Dustin Smith

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