Title: Courting Tragedy and Disaster Artist: Himsa Release Date: 6/17/2003 Label: Join The Teamplayer, Prosthetic Album Type(s): Explicit lyrics sticker, lyrics/libretto UPCs: 656191000925, 4260046160229 Genre: Rock Styles: Hardcore Punk, Indie Rock Moods: Angst-Ridden, Confrontational, Messy, Nihilistic, Uncompromising Total Copies: 2 Number of Discs/SwapaCD Credits: 1

1. Dominion
2. Rain to the Sound of Panic
3. A Girl in Glass
4. Kiss or Kill
5. Jacob Shock
6. Cherum
7. It's Nights Like This That Keep Us Alive
8. Loveless and Goodbye
9. Scars in the Landscape
10. Sense of Passings
11. When Midnight Breaks

Year Type Label Catalog # 2003 CD Join The Teamplayer 022 2003 CD Prosthetic 10009

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With Courting Tragedy and Disaster, Himsa have given themselves a severe makeover. Formerly a so-so hardcore-metal band with a decent following in their native Northwest region but not much of a reputation elsewhere, they reoriented with this album to a Swedish death metal-influenced style that has been all the rage with American hardcore bands during the early 2000s. It's a crowded bandwagon to be jumping on, but they do it better than most folks would have expected, from the triumphant dual-guitar riffs on songs such as "A Girl in Glass" and "Jacob Shock" to the over the top solos on opener "Dominion." Despite the metal guitar heroics, their hardcore roots are still very much evident, in the lyrics as well as the unyieldingly harsh vocals. They carry on relentlessly for 11 songs, thus requiring some stamina on the listener's part, especially given the complexity of the songwriting. Clearly, a lot of effort went into producing this album, but it's not quite catchy or exciting enough to overshadow the fact that there are already plenty of other bands playing this style of music, from God Forbid to Shadows Fall to Darkest Hour and beyond. Fans of this particular genre who can't get enough Swedish metal riffs mixed with raging hardcore vocals will enjoy this album, though. ~ William York, All Music Guide

Name Credits Aaron Edge Artwork, Vocals (Background), Design Ariel Lapidus Vocals (Background) Brandan Schieppati Vocals (Background) Derek Harn Bass Himsa Mixing John Pettibone Whisper, Screams Justin Armstrong Assistant Engineer Kirby Charles Johnson Guitar Matt Wicklund Guitar Paul Speer Mastering Sammi Curr Guitar, Keyboards Shane Hellmuth Voices, Vocals (Background), Photography Steve Carter Producer, Mixing, Engineer Tim Mullen Drums Tom Bejgrowicz Logo