Bless the Martyr and Kiss the Child

*Bless the Martyr and Kiss the Child*
Bless the Martyr and Kiss the Child
Studio album Norma Jean
Date of issue	August 13, 2002
Recorded by	April 15 - May 5, 2002;; Zing Studio ( Westfield , Massachusetts )
Genres	Metalcore ; matcor ;
Duration	58:28
Producer	Adam Dutkevich; Norma Jean ;
A country	USA
Language of songs	English
Labels	Solid state
Chronology Norma Jean

Bless the Martyr and Kiss the Child ( bless the martyr and kiss the child ) is the debut studio album of the American metalcore band Norma Jean , released on August 13, 2002 ^[5] on Solid State Records . This is the last album, which was recorded by bassist Josh Doolittle and vocalist Josh Skogin , the latter later founded his chorus band The Chariot ^[6] . The songs “Memphis Will Be Laid to Waste” ^[7] and “Face: Face” ^[8] made video clips .

Reviews
Critical ratings
A source	Evaluation
Allmusic	link
Cross rhythms	link
Exclaim!	Highly favorable link
Jesusfreakhideout	link
MusicOMH	Highly favorable link
The phantom tollbooth	link
Punknews.org	link
Today's Christian Music	B link

Content

About the album

Earlier, the group has already released one studio album called Throwing Myself , but then the band was called “Luti-Kriss”. The group Luti-Kriss played a hybrid of metalcore and nu-metal , and earlier the group included Josh Swofford (bass guitar) and Mick Bailey (keyboards, programming). After their departure, the group changed its name to “Norma Jean”, radically changing the sound towards the mattress and Christian hardcore . Under the new name, the band recorded two songs - “I Used to Hate Cellphones, but Now I Hate Car Accidents” and “The Shotgun Message”, and released them along with two songs from the American rock band mewithoutYou as a split - Norma Jean / mewithoutYou ^{[ 9]} . The recording of the song “Memphis Will Be Laid to Waste” was invited as second vocalist Aaron Weiss from mewithoutYou.

In the limited edition of the album, the song “Pretty Soon, I Am Not Knowing What Is But Going To Happen” contains a sample from the 1998 American psychological thriller “π” , shot by Darren Aronofsky ^[10] .

The whole album was recorded live with a little overlapping sounds. The booklet says that the album was recorded without using computers.

The inspiration for writing the text of the song “Face: Face” was based on reading chapter 30 of the Book of Proverbs of Solomon ^[11] .

Song List

All lyrics are written by Josh Skogin, all music is written by Norma Jean.

No	Title	Duration
one.	"The Whole World It Counting On Me"	3:10
2	"Face: Face"	3:31
3	“Memphis Will Be Laid to Waste (with Aaron Weiss)”	Four to six
four.	"Creating Something Out of Nothing, Only to Destroy It"	6:22
five.	“Pretty Soon, I’m Going to Happen”	15:50
6	"The Shotgun Message"	1:37
7	"Sometimes It's Our Mistakes That's Our Greatest Ideas"	3:15
eight.	"I Used to Hate Car Phones, but I Now Hate Car Accidents"	5:02
9.	"It Was Away On The Air"	Half past one
ten.	"The Human Face, Divine"	5:41
eleven.	"Organized Beyond Recognition"	7:28
58:28

Record Members

Norma Jean

Josh Skogin - vocals
Scotty Henry - lead guitar
Chris John Day - rhythm guitar
Josh Doolittle - bass guitar
Daniel Davison - drums

Production staff

Aaron Weiss - vocal ("Memphis Will Be Laid to Waste"), tambourine, piano
Adam Dutkevich - producer
Norma Jean - producer
Alan Datches - Mastering
Roy Culver - A & R
David Stewart - Photographer

Notes

↑ Taylor, Jason D. Allmusic Review (Neopr.) . Allmusic . The appeal date is March 15, 2013.
↑ Pratt, Greg Exclaim! Review (Neopr.) . Exclaim! (December 2002). The appeal date is March 15, 2014.
33 "33. Norma Jean - The One Hundred. , WordPress. Retrieved February 23, 2014.
↑ Jason, Jason D. "Bless the Martyr and Kiss the Child - Credits". , AllMusic. Retrieved February 23, 2014.
Less Bless the Martyrs and Kiss the Child by Norma Jean
33 "33. Norma Jean - The One Hundred. , WordPress. Retrieved February 23, 2014.
↑ Norma Jean - Memphis Will Be Laid to Waste , (sub-esp)
↑ Norma Jean - Face: Face
"Norma Jean - Mewithoutyou (Split)". Spirit of Metal. Retrieved February 20, 2014.
"Pretty Soon, I Do Not Know What, But Something Is Going To Happen (Limited Edition)". YouTube. November 17, 2011.
↑ Kelly, Andrew (February 11, 2003). Jesusfreakhideout Review. , Jesusfreakhideout. Retrieved February 23, 2014.

[1] Taylor, Jason D. Allmusic Review (Neopr.) . Allmusic . The appeal date is March 15, 2013.

[2] Pratt, Greg Exclaim! Review (Neopr.) . Exclaim! (December 2002). The appeal date is March 15, 2014.

[3] 33 "33. Norma Jean - The One Hundred. , WordPress. Retrieved February 23, 2014.

[4] Jason, Jason D. "Bless the Martyr and Kiss the Child - Credits". , AllMusic. Retrieved February 23, 2014.

[5] Less Bless the Martyrs and Kiss the Child by Norma Jean

[6] 33 "33. Norma Jean - The One Hundred. , WordPress. Retrieved February 23, 2014.

[7] Norma Jean - Memphis Will Be Laid to Waste , (sub-esp)

[8] Norma Jean - Face: Face

[9] "Norma Jean - Mewithoutyou (Split)". Spirit of Metal. Retrieved February 20, 2014.

[10] "Pretty Soon, I Do Not Know What, But Something Is Going To Happen (Limited Edition)". YouTube. November 17, 2011.

[11] Kelly, Andrew (February 11, 2003). Jesusfreakhideout Review. , Jesusfreakhideout. Retrieved February 23, 2014.