{"id":21267,"date":"2014-07-11T10:40:24","date_gmt":"2014-07-11T10:40:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/alreadyheard.com\/staging\/album-review-ra-rude-awakening-collateral\/"},"modified":"2018-03-17T15:10:38","modified_gmt":"2018-03-17T15:10:38","slug":"album-review-ra-rude-awakening-collateral","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alreadyheard.com\/staging\/album-review-ra-rude-awakening-collateral\/","title":{"rendered":"Album Review: R.A (Rude Awakening) &#8211; Collateral Damage"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"image\" src=\"https:\/\/alreadyheard.com\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/tumblr_inline_n8d2p4EAqM1qheirv.jpg\" title=\"\">After making a name for themselves in the hardcore scene of their native Massachusetts as well as neighbouring Canada, <b>R.A (Rude Awakening)<\/b> find themselves on <b>Bridge Nine Record<\/b>s. Their label debut, <i>\u2018Collateral Damage\u2019<\/i> showcases natural progression that solidifies R.A&rsquo;s development.<\/p>\n<p><em>\u2018Progression Through Aggression\u2019<\/em> opens the album with a powerful introduction. The fast intro to a steady pace matches the grinding as iterated by lines like\u00a0<em>&ldquo;I\u2019ll never quit&rdquo;<\/em> and <em>&ldquo;take it to the next level&rdquo;,\u00a0<\/em>a defiant tone that continues throughout the album. Coming in at just over a minute in length, this brief introduction to <em>\u2018Collateral Damage\u2019<\/em> is direct and to the point, like the majority of <strong>R.A<\/strong>\u2019s songs.<!-- more --><\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p>The middle of the album track,\u00a0<em>\u2018Path of Destruction\u2019,<\/em> enters with rolling drums and the lengthy chords ring before breaking into a big riff. The more minimal verse highlights the strong and the powerful repeating riff as an outro. This is immediately followed by the album\u2019s namesake <em>\u2018Collateral Damage\u2019,<\/em> with its fast beginnings and considerably slower second half that is brought down by slowing drums and run down guitars creating an enjoyable, diversified sound.<\/p>\n<p>This album saw <strong>R.A<\/strong> step into the studio with Dean Baltulonis at The Wild Arctic in Portsmouth, NH (Agnostic Front, Modern Life Is War, Sick of It All). Baltulonis\u2019 work is clearly evident in <em>\u2018Collateral Damage\u2019<\/em> with its well-polished sound, as it is cleanly-produced and also retains the edgy hardcore elements. It does not sound overproduced and has not lost any of <strong>R.A<\/strong>\u2019s previous sound that fans have become accustomed to and appreciate.<\/p>\n<p>The album finishes with <em>\u2018Against The Grain\u2019<\/em>, leaving the lasting impact. Drums and guitar stabs lead to a final breakdown.<em> \u2018Against The Grain\u2019<\/em> is quite a fitting track for <strong>R.A<\/strong> and <em>\u2018Collateral Damage\u2019<\/em>. The album cover represents what the band was aiming for, though it risks being quite clich\u00e9. Flat capped, baseball wielding youths fight security workers amongst toxic waste, symbolic of the battle against authority. <em>\u2018Collateral Damage\u2019<\/em> isn\u2019t ground breaking; it\u2019s a pretty standard hardcore effort from R.A.<\/p>\n<p>3\/5<\/p>\n<p><em>&lsquo;Collateral Damage&rsquo;<\/em> by <strong>R.A (Rude Awakening)<\/strong> is out now <strong>Bridge Nine Records<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>R.A (Rude Awakening)<\/strong> links: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/RudeAwakeninghc\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Facebook<\/a>|<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/rudeawakeninghc\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Twitter<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Words by George Isaacs (<a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/TryGeorgeIsaacs\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">@TryGeorgeIsaacs<\/a>)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>After making a name for themselves in the hardcore scene of their native Massachusetts as well as neighbouring Canada, R.A (Rude Awakening) find themselves on Bridge Nine Records. Their label debut, \u2018Collateral Damage\u2019 showcases natural progression that solidifies R.A&rsquo;s development. \u2018Progression Through Aggression\u2019 opens the album with a powerful introduction. The fast intro to a [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":21268,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[15,8181],"tags":[5879,6772,9578,9579,9580],"class_list":["post-21267","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-album-reviews","category-post","tag-album-reviews","tag-bridge-nine-records","tag-collateral-damage","tag-r-a","tag-rude-awakening"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.7 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Album Review: R.A (Rude Awakening) - Collateral Damage - Already Heard Staging<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"After making a name for themselves in the hardcore scene of their native Massachusetts as well as neighbouring Canada, R.A (Rude Awakening) find\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"noindex, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_GB\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Album Review: R.A (Rude Awakening) - Collateral Damage - Already Heard Staging\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"After making a name for themselves in the hardcore scene of their native Massachusetts as well as neighbouring Canada, R.A (Rude Awakening) find\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/alreadyheard.com\/staging\/album-review-ra-rude-awakening-collateral\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Already Heard Staging\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/AlreadyHeard\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2014-07-11T10:40:24+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2018-03-17T15:10:38+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/alreadyheard.com\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/tumblr_inline_n8d2p4EAqM1qheirv.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"150\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"150\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"admin\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@alreadyhearduk\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@alreadyhearduk\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"admin\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Estimated reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Album Review: R.A (Rude Awakening) - Collateral Damage - Already Heard Staging","description":"After making a name for themselves in the hardcore scene of their native Massachusetts as well as neighbouring Canada, R.A (Rude Awakening) find","robots":{"index":"noindex","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"og_locale":"en_GB","og_type":"article","og_title":"Album Review: R.A (Rude Awakening) - Collateral Damage - Already Heard Staging","og_description":"After making a name for themselves in the hardcore scene of their native Massachusetts as well as neighbouring Canada, R.A (Rude Awakening) find","og_url":"https:\/\/alreadyheard.com\/staging\/album-review-ra-rude-awakening-collateral\/","og_site_name":"Already Heard Staging","article_publisher":"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/AlreadyHeard\/","article_published_time":"2014-07-11T10:40:24+00:00","article_modified_time":"2018-03-17T15:10:38+00:00","og_image":[{"width":150,"height":150,"url":"https:\/\/alreadyheard.com\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/tumblr_inline_n8d2p4EAqM1qheirv.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"admin","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_creator":"@alreadyhearduk","twitter_site":"@alreadyhearduk","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"admin","Estimated reading time":"2 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/alreadyheard.com\/staging\/album-review-ra-rude-awakening-collateral\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/alreadyheard.com\/staging\/album-review-ra-rude-awakening-collateral\/"},"author":{"name":"admin","@id":"https:\/\/alreadyheard.com\/staging\/#\/schema\/person\/508ed29771f8c5b56fdcf4695f22a2a3"},"headline":"Album Review: R.A (Rude Awakening) &#8211; Collateral Damage","datePublished":"2014-07-11T10:40:24+00:00","dateModified":"2018-03-17T15:10:38+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/alreadyheard.com\/staging\/album-review-ra-rude-awakening-collateral\/"},"wordCount":391,"commentCount":0,"publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/alreadyheard.com\/staging\/#organization"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/alreadyheard.com\/staging\/album-review-ra-rude-awakening-collateral\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/alreadyheard.com\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/tumblr_inline_n8d2p4EAqM1qheirv.jpg","keywords":["Album Reviews","Bridge Nine Records","Collateral Damage","R.A","Rude Awakening"],"articleSection":["Album Reviews","Post"],"inLanguage":"en-GB","potentialAction":[{"@type":"CommentAction","name":"Comment","target":["https:\/\/alreadyheard.com\/staging\/album-review-ra-rude-awakening-collateral\/#respond"]}]},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/alreadyheard.com\/staging\/album-review-ra-rude-awakening-collateral\/","url":"https:\/\/alreadyheard.com\/staging\/album-review-ra-rude-awakening-collateral\/","name":"Album Review: R.A (Rude Awakening) - Collateral Damage - Already Heard Staging","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/alreadyheard.com\/staging\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/alreadyheard.com\/staging\/album-review-ra-rude-awakening-collateral\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/alreadyheard.com\/staging\/album-review-ra-rude-awakening-collateral\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/alreadyheard.com\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/tumblr_inline_n8d2p4EAqM1qheirv.jpg","datePublished":"2014-07-11T10:40:24+00:00","dateModified":"2018-03-17T15:10:38+00:00","description":"After making a name for themselves in the hardcore scene of their native Massachusetts as well as neighbouring Canada, R.A (Rude Awakening) find","inLanguage":"en-GB","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/alreadyheard.com\/staging\/album-review-ra-rude-awakening-collateral\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-GB","@id":"https:\/\/alreadyheard.com\/staging\/album-review-ra-rude-awakening-collateral\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/alreadyheard.com\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/tumblr_inline_n8d2p4EAqM1qheirv.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/alreadyheard.com\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/tumblr_inline_n8d2p4EAqM1qheirv.jpg","width":150,"height":150},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/alreadyheard.com\/staging\/#website","url":"https:\/\/alreadyheard.com\/staging\/","name":"Already Heard Staging","description":"Covering the best in alternative music as best as we can","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/alreadyheard.com\/staging\/#organization"},"potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/alreadyheard.com\/staging\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-GB"},{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https:\/\/alreadyheard.com\/staging\/#organization","name":"Already Heard","url":"https:\/\/alreadyheard.com\/staging\/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-GB","@id":"https:\/\/alreadyheard.com\/staging\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/alreadyheard.com\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/AH-relaunch-logo-white-bg.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/alreadyheard.com\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/AH-relaunch-logo-white-bg.jpg","width":500,"height":500,"caption":"Already Heard"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/alreadyheard.com\/staging\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/"},"sameAs":["https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/AlreadyHeard\/","https:\/\/x.com\/alreadyhearduk","https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/alreadyheard\/","https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/company\/already-heard\/","https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/user\/AlreadyHeardMusic","https:\/\/tiktok.com\/@alreadyhearduk","https:\/\/www.threads.net\/@alreadyheard"]},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/alreadyheard.com\/staging\/#\/schema\/person\/508ed29771f8c5b56fdcf4695f22a2a3","name":"admin","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-GB","@id":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/bcf4d491c971b5225a3e3c450225c0ae6ba0217be8f6ecb776a9506d4aa5595f?s=96&d=mm&r=g","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/bcf4d491c971b5225a3e3c450225c0ae6ba0217be8f6ecb776a9506d4aa5595f?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/bcf4d491c971b5225a3e3c450225c0ae6ba0217be8f6ecb776a9506d4aa5595f?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"admin"},"url":"https:\/\/alreadyheard.com\/staging\/author\/admin\/"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/alreadyheard.com\/staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21267","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/alreadyheard.com\/staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/alreadyheard.com\/staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alreadyheard.com\/staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alreadyheard.com\/staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=21267"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/alreadyheard.com\/staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21267\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":38101,"href":"https:\/\/alreadyheard.com\/staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21267\/revisions\/38101"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alreadyheard.com\/staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/21268"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/alreadyheard.com\/staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=21267"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alreadyheard.com\/staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=21267"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alreadyheard.com\/staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=21267"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}