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Funeral For A Friend

Welcome Home Armageddon

Fifth studio album from Bridgend, Wales emo / post-hardcore five-piece

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6.5

Label
Distiller
UK Release date
14/03/2011
US Release date
15/03/2011
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  1. 8.0 |   The Digital Fix

    A stunning return to form, shattering any preconceptions that you may have from their flirtations with a more mainstream sound
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  2. 8.0 |   Drowned In Sound

    May well be the band’s best effort since their much-lauded debut
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  3. 8.0 |   BBC

    FFAF have produced another pop-punk special with Welcome Home Armageddon
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  4. 8.0 |   FasterLouder

    Welcome Home Armageddon! is a return, a reinvention
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  5. 7.0 |   God Is In The TV

    A welcome shift from the disappointingly lukewarm 3rd and 4th albums
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  6. 6.0 |   Rave Magazine

    Offers hope that the end might not be nigh for Funeral For A Friend
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  7. 6.0 |   NME

    Melodic moments, as on the title track, appear more confessional than past ventures
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  8. 6.0 |   musicOMH

    Armageddon is a sop to the disaffected fans of FFAF's pomp, and in seeking to recapture their ardour it tries too hard to pander to their needs.
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  9. 5.0 |   DIY

    There isn't much substance beneath the blustering guitars
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  10. 4.0 |   AU Review

    A band going through the motions
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