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‘They're the most extreme band that I've ever worked with’ explained Ross Robinson, record producer (Slipknot, Glassjaw, and At the Drive-In) and acknowledged figurehead of the nu-metal movement. He is talking of course about his protegés, Amen, whose recording sessions have culminated in this Californian four-piece's second album, ‘We Have Come for Your Parents’, a 45-minute distillation of hardcore attitude, gothic self-hatred, and nihilistic death-metal grind. Oh, and some great tunes, as well. The most obvious is ‘May Day’, which has frontman Casey Chaos flipping Mom's good ol' apple pie off the table, stamping it into the dirt and bellowing, somewhat mystifyingly, ‘Take your Bible! Burn it alive!’ All this unmistakably top stuff is presented without a hint of dilution; Amen know they don't need to shoehorn in a ham-fisted hip-hop loop or uncomfortable junglist foray to get the kids on side. Mom and Dad, watch out–on We Have Come for Your Parents, Amen sound unstoppable. With Casey Chaos (Disorderly Conduct/Christian Death) and Shannon Larkin (Ugly Kid Joe and Wrathchild America) Track listing: 1. CK Killer 2. Refuse Amen 3. Justified 4. The Price Of Reality 5. May Day 6. Under The Robe 7. Waiting 18 8. To Hard To Be Free 9. Ungrateful Dead 10. Piss Virus 11. Dead On The Bible 12. Take My Head 13. In Your Suit 14. Here's The Poison