High Crimes (album)
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| Released | April 26, 2019 | |||
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| Length | 38:19 | |||
| Label | Nuclear Blast | |||
| Producer | Jay Ruston | |||
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| Source | Rating |
| metal.de | 5/10[1] |
| Metal Hammer | 4.5/7[2] |
| laut.de |   [3] |
| Consequence | Favorable[4] |
| New Noise Magazine |  [5] |
| Punknews.org | [6] |
High Crimes is the second studio album by American rock band The Damned Things, released on April 26, 2019. It is their first album in eight years since the release of their debut album Ironiclast in 2010. It is also the first album without original guitarist and studio bassist Rob Caggiano, and their first release with Dan Andriano on bass.[7]
Background
In December 2016, the first news about The Damned Things since 2011 broke when Scott Ian revealed the band recorded five new songs for an EP that year.[8] In April 2017, Keith Buckley posted a snippet of "Storm Charmer" on Instagram, causing rumors that new music was imminent.[9] However, the rumored EP was never released, and the band continued to quietly record more music over the course of the next two years until an official release announcement was made on February 22, 2019, along with the release of "Cells".[10] It was later revealed that, due to scheduling conflicts with Anthrax, Every Time I Die, and Fall Out Boy, the band could not find the right time to release music, and their EP eventually turned into a full album.
Alkaline Trio bassist and vocalist Dan Andriano joined the band for High Crimes, recording all of his parts in two days. Joe Trohman commented, "Originally I was going to play bass on the whole record, but he came in and re-played what I had done but added things—because he's a bass player! We did his stuff over the course of two days, and he nailed it."[11]
Track listing
All tracks are written by The Damned Things.
| No. | Title | Length |
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| 1. | "Cells" | 3:03 |
| 2. | "Something Good" | 3:43 |
| 3. | "Invincible" | 3:51 |
| 4. | "Omen" | 4:27 |
| 5. | "Carry a Brick" | 4:21 |
| 6. | "Storm Charmer" | 5:57 |
| 7. | "Young Hearts" | 3:22 |
| 8. | "Keep Crawling" | 4:08 |
| 9. | "Let Me Be (Your Girl)" | 3:19 |
| 10. | "The Fire Is Cold" | 2:16 |
Personnel
- Keith Buckley – lead vocals
- Joe Trohman – lead guitar, backing vocals
- Scott Ian – rhythm guitar, backing vocals
- Dan Andriano – bass
- Andy Hurley – drums, percussion, drum programming
- Additional
- Angie Stevenson – backing vocals on "Something Good"
Production
- Jay Ruston – production, mixing, recording
- Paul Logus – mastering[12]
References
- ^ Rothe, Dominik (April 19, 2019). "The Damned Things - High Crimes". metal.de. Retrieved July 2, 2025.
- ^ Thießies, Frank (April 26, 2019). "Kritik zu The Damned Things HIGH CRIMES". Metal Hammer (in German). Retrieved July 2, 2025.
- ^ Bieler, Gil. "Happy-go-Rocking mit der Supergroup". laut.de (in German). Retrieved July 2, 2025.
- ^ Reyes-Kulkarni, Saby (April 25, 2019). "Album Review: The Damned Things Prove They're More Than a Supergroup with High Crimes". Consequence. Retrieved July 2, 2025.
- ^ Mendyuk, Bridjet (May 9, 2019). "Album Review: The Damned Things - High Crimes". New Noise Magazine. Retrieved July 2, 2025.
- ^ "The Damned Things - High Crimes". Punknews.org. April 28, 2019. Retrieved July 2, 2025.
- ^ https://www.nuclearblast.de/en/label/music/band/news/details/5835014.5820677.the-damned-things-to-release-new-album.html
- ^ "Supergroup the Damned Things Record New Songs for EP". Loudwire. December 14, 2016.
- ^ "Instagram".
- ^ https://www.nuclearblast.de/en/label/music/band/news/details/5835014.5820677.the-damned-things-to-release-new-album.html
- ^ "Joe Trohman Discusses the Damned Things' New Album "High Crimes" & Addition of Alkaline Trio's Dan Andriano". February 21, 2019.
- ^ High Crimes. The Damned Things. Nuclear Blast. 2019.
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