''Fake History'' is the second studio album by American rock band

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and the first written and recorded with Jason Aalon Butler (vocals), Jean Nascimento (guitar), Jeff Sahyoun (guitar), Ryan Jay Johnson (bass guitar) and Anthony Rivera (drums). Originally released on

Tragic Hero Records Tragic Hero Records is an independent record label founded in Raleigh, North Carolina, in March 2005 to represent the growing metalcore and post-hardcore scene of North Carolina. The label was founded by Tommy LaCombe, David Varnedoe, and Jason G ...

in April 2010, it was re-released by

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April 12, 2011, with three additional tracks. Lyrically, the band didn't write the album with a particular political stand point and wanted the album to stimulate political, emotional and intellectual awareness. Upon its re-release on Epitaph, the album received favorable reviews, generating an aggregated score of 76/100. British publication ''

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'' added ''Fake History'' into their ''101 Modern Classics''. On April 13, 2020, the tenth anniversary of the album's original release, the band released a collection of demos for tracks that were eventually worked and finalised to feature on the album.

Critical reception

''Fake History'' received generally positive reviews from music critics. At Metacritic, which assigns a normalized rating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream critics, the album received an average score of 76, based on 8 reviews, which indicates "generally favorable reviews". Sputnikmusic gave ''Fake History'' a 4.5 out of 5 or "superb" rating, calling it "a post-hardcore album fit for many of 2010's best-of lists". ''

'' magazine called it "a frenetic, hugely entertaining and inventive genre mash-up". Thrash Hits gave the album a 4 out of 6 rating, calling it "a good album but it smacks of a band struggling hard to fit their entire repertoire into one record". In 2012, British publication ''

'' added letlive.'s album Fake History into their ''101 Modern Classics'' placed at number 51. They considered the album more of a classic than

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's '' Songs for the Deaf'' and

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's '' Good Mourning''. Stating that "The essence of hardcore distilled by five LA lifers, ‘Fake History’ is at once a howl of vulnerability and a fuck-you-you-will-never-break-me clarion call of utter defiance. Truly, genuinely thrilling."

Track listing

Personnel

*Jason Aalon Alexander Butler – lead vocals *Ryan Jay Johnson – bass guitar *Jean Francisco Nascimento – guitar, keyboards *Jeff Sahyoun – guitar, backing vocals *Anthony Rivera – drums, percussion ;Production *Kit Walters – engineer, producer

References

External links

* * * {{Authority control 2010 albums Letlive albums Epitaph Records albums Tragic Hero Records albums