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The Bombs Of Enduring Freedom "The Bombs Of Enduring Freedom"
 

 

The Bombs Of Enduring Freedom is the new project headed by James Fogarty, and could be seen as the natural progression from his last Ewigkeit album "Conspiritus" (released on Earache Rec.) ;

It's 2007, and the 24hr brainwashing media is in full effect spreading a climate of fear ; The gorge between fundamentalist lunatics in the East, and fundamentalist lunatics in the West has never been deeper. Daily death-tolls from the ever closer wargames of the brave new world grow increasingly higher and the religious suicide bombers are taking full advantage of budget airline travel
 

 

PUBLICATION ; Metal Hammer magazine (UK)
WRITER ; Adam Alphabet
POINTS ; n/a

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PUBLICATION ; Unrestrained magazine (Canada)
WRITER ; Laura Taylor
POINTS ; n/a
After severing music industry chains and laying Ewigkeit to rest, James Fogarty is back with a new assault on ignorance and complacency under the banner of his own Death to Music Productions. As eclectic as its predecessor, but with firmer footing in the industrial camp, the Bombs of Enduring Freedom’s debut is a collection of hard-edged riffs, memorable choruses and biting criticism of the contemporary (American) political regime, compiled and combined within the “council-flat of mass destruction.” Often Fogarty uses his soundscapes as a backdrop, letting samples (and the sampled, including George Bush) speak for themselves. But his lyrics also leave a lasting impression, summarised neatly by titles like “G.I. Jesus” or the wordier but poignant “Guatanamo Bay International (Suspect Package Holiday).” The Bombs of Enduring Freedom aren’t engaged in trailblazing but the record is invitingly accessible and addictive as well; its worst fault is the sense that it ends too soon. (Death to Music)


PUBLICATION ; Kotori Magazine (U.S.A)
WRITER ; Wasim Muklashy
POINTS ; 4.5/5

A sinister tone provides the underbelly of this well-crafted DIY punk album filled with hints of industrial, a tinge of ambient, and a whole lotta awful truths going on. Frightening image inducing drum and bass hard trance punk rock covering everything from war torn Baghdad to big brother to television-as-devil to G.I.Jesus to neocons, the rapture, Eastern fundamentalists, Western fundamentalists, and everythying in between. The Bombs of Enduring Freedom gives us a better and bigger picture of what's going on in this cruel cruel world than 10 years worth of CNN newscasts. Crazy part about it all is that it's a very well produced and extremely talent-filled album, but they're only offering 665 copies directly from their website, so head over to www.TheBombsOfEnduringFreedom.com and fulfill your patriotic duty punk!


PUBLICATION ; Industrialized Metal webzine (www.industrializedmetal.com)
WRITER ; Gerardo
POINTS ; 92/100

The ones among you who keep (or kept) a closer eye on Ewigkeit didn’t had any boring times lately. First there was the release of the killer ‘Conspiritus’ album and the video for ‘It’s Not Reality’, and not long after a video appeared of Mister Fog burning all his past record deals (including the one Ewigkeit had at that time with Earache Records). Not too long after thát, the announcement came that Ewigkeit has reached its end, but that already a new project was born: The Bombs Of Enduring Freedom. October 12, 2007 will bring us the self titled debut album of this new plague, limited to 665 ‘slightly less evil’ copies. In the press sheet, we’re welcomed for a journey to the American dream slash reality of today: from Guantanamo Bay to the television sets at home and back to the religious suicide and silly wargames. Unfortunately there were no flight tickets for this event added to the package, but don’t worry – the CD will do.

After the ‘Climate of Fear’ intro, the album continues with ‘Identity Theft’. It’s a catchy and uptempo track, which contains a strong guitar riff, powerful programming works and melodic keylines. The vocal lines have a certain catchy attitude, which is well supported by the clean and melodic vocal works. ‘Beware The Bombs...’ is an instrumental track (over seven minutes long!) which contains elements of metal, industrial, (old school) EBM/electro and even a little ambient. Some samples of falling bombs are slightly added here and there to give the track the identity that it deserves with a name like this. ‘Religious Suicide’ comes up next. Lyrically it gives you a small look into the brains of a suicide bomber, but musically there’s some more complexity hidden in the track. Diverse sampling, wicked guitarwork (and I’m not only talking about the solo after the first chorus – keep a closer listen!), bashing drums and cold keyworks who bring a certain atmosphere to the chorus. ‘Guantanamo Bay International (Suspect Package Holiday)’ turns out to be my favourite track of the record. The track has a little sad atmosphere due to the vocal parts and the EBM sampling which is hidden here and there. The chorus is catchy, the guitarwork is extremely cool and diverse, and the drumparts manage to mix this all together into one Hell of a classy song which is a mixture of many alternative styles. ´Television´ is (lyrically) meant as a kick in the ass of todays society, and more or less a preech to switch off the television and to wake up in the real world. Musically it consists of a heavy protounding bassline, some small ambient samples, midtempo programming and guitarwork that´s a little less ´present´ than on the preverious tracks. ‘Wargames’ is again a more uptempo track. It is built upon crazy programming and a very strong bassline. Furthermore, it contains wicked sampling and keyworks, and some little tunes reminding to a wellknown Nintendo game in the end. It’s the only track that hasn’t got the lyrics in the booklet, which is a shame because I think they could be quite interesting. ‘The Rapture’ has an ominous intro, followed by atmospheric and preaching parts and a catchy and powerful chorus. It’s one of the more ‘accessible’ tracks of the record. Next up comes ‘G.I. Jesus’. Its a track with a sarcastic undertone towards the U.S.A. On a high exception, I quote some lyrics here: ‘Fighting for the cause of the U.S.A., G.I. Jesus is on his way!’. Musically the track sounds like a cartoon theme, introducing some brand new super hero who will save the world. It’s probably the weirdest track on this record, but the sense of humor really applies to me. Ironicly, the CD ends with the song ‘End Times’. It’s a cool uptempo industrial metal track, with EBM sampling, strong guitar- and bassparts and melodic vocal lines. The vocal lines fit extremely well with the song and the rest of the album.

It’s not very often that a mixture of industrial, EBM, metal and ambient sounds this ‘natural’. James Fogarty already proved with past projects (The Meads of Asphodel, Ewigkeit) that nobody has to teach him the meaning of the words ‘songwriting’ and ‘originality’ anymore. This album is strictly limited to 665 copies and is only available through their official site. Take some advice for me: (pre-)order this album now before it’s sold out already. It’s definitely worth the wait and the money, because unfortunately with all these new bands showing up these days it’s getting harder and harder to find this kind of quality waiting to be picked up. I do wonder how many orders will be from out of America though...


PUBLICATION ; The ORG webzine (www.organart.demon.co.uk)
WRITER ; n/a
POINTS ; n/a
THE BOMBS OF ENDURING FREEDOM – The Bombs Of Enduring Freedom (D.T.M) – Cut up paranoia and punkoid industrial space rock CCTV barcode manipulation. Brainwashed cut ‘n paste fundamentalist vs fundamentalist. Made in “The Council Flat of Mass Destruction”, The Bombs are a media manipulation that tastes of Hawkwind, Ministry, Killing Joke, Ian Brown, The Orb, secret flights, orange suits and post cards from Baghdad. Death is glory and god wants you to buy this (or something like that). Identity theft and twenty-four hour surveillance and sample this. cut up that – a suspect package holiday in someone else’s misery. Samples, riffs, soundbites. Lead by James Fogarty (formally of Ewigkeit), nice manipulation of the BBC News 24 theme there... Where is G.I Jesus? Who are those neo cons? Can you get this in your local shopping mall? The answers are probably not to be found over at www.thebombsofenduringfreedom.com


PUBLICATION ; Powermetal webzine (www.powermetal.dk)
WRITER ; Thomas Nielsen
POINTS ; 85/100

In my childhood, my parents thought they were Communists. They weren’t, really. Like many others of that generation, better jobs and a flow of materialistic goods changed their ways and opinions as the 80s progressed, and when the wall finally came tumbling down, there was very little faith left in the whole idea; Communism had, so to speak, sold out.
But those years are deeply rooted in me. There was a certain spirit of that time, when my folks were against basically anything that came from the sitting government, the United States and the budding EU (or EEC as it was called back then) and that spirit is something I can still recognise miles off. When I listened to James Fogarty’s Ewigkeit the first time, there was a spark of that very same spirit, his agenda definitely not lying to the right of the political centre.
Now that Fogarty’s redefined Ewigkeit and turned it into The Bombs of Enduring Freedom (perhaps because the German name caused too many misunderstandings), the style has also been a further refinement of the style of music that was experimented with on Ewigkeit’s swansong, the excellent ‘Conspiritus’ (2005).
Fogarty is still against basically anything that could restrict the individual freedom for all of us, including all the brilliant initiatives that religious groups come up with (Religious Suicide), the internment of supposed terrorists without proof (Guantanamo Bay International (Suspect Package Holiday)) and the way the media are leading us into conformity (Television). And there’s no love lost between Fogarty and our big allied on the other side of the Atlantic; G.I. Jesus is a rather blunt comment on the behaviour of the Americans (and a hilarious imagery, by the way).
Musically, TBOEF employs many of the same elements as Ewigkeit did on its last opus. Heavy guitars are mixed with electronic beats, samples and extremely catchy, pop-like vocal lines – paradoxical as this is when you consider Fogarty’s insistence on clinging to the underground. But the conclusion is that Fogarty’s song writing talent should not be underestimated – I wonder what could become of it if he were to team up with a real band?


PUBLICATION ; Goth Tronic webzine (www.gothtronic.com)
WRITER ; TekNoir
POINTS ; 7.5 / 10

Imagine KMFDM at their best moments and you’ll get an idea in which musical corner you’ll have to categorize The Bombs of Enduring Freedom. This is an industrial rock-metal project of James Fogarty, who was earlier active with the experimental blackmetal band Ewigkeit. The Bombs of Enduring Freedom however pack their critical message in accessible industrial rock and metal. This fun release has next to the industrial rock and metal also some gothic rock. America is convicted as the big aggressor in the world and the terror of fear (‘Climate of Fear’) that has been deployed all over the free world following in the footsteps of the Bush administration is being criticised, since it is actually destroying the freedom and civil rights of the same population that with these measures should be won for the battle against terrorism. Insane fundamentalists in the East and insane fundamentalists in the West. The media and impact of television play a dubious part in this story. The Bombs of Enduring Freedom take us on a hallucinatory trip through a war-torn Bagdad where the newest ‘Wargames’ are being tested, illustrate how ‘Big Brother’ applies ‘Identity Theft’ while the suicide terrorist takes the same budget flight via ‘Guantanamo Bay International (suspect package holiday)’ as you on the way to your favourite holiday destination. Will ‘G.I. Jesus’ come and save us from this self-justifying neo-deception? The Bombs of Enduring Freedom know this won’t happen and expresses it’s rage through catchy industrial rock songs on this first self-titled EP.


PUBLICATION ; Chain DLK webzine (www.chaindlk.com)
WRITER ; Maurizio Pustianaz
POINTS ; 4/5

Limited to 665 copies, the first THE BOMBS OF ENDURING FREEDOM self titled album will be released the 12th of October and will be available only directly from the band's website. New project of James Fogarty (also active with The Blacksmoke Organisation, and formerly of Ewigkeit and The Meads Of Asphodel) the band composed 10 tracks inspired by the sound of late Prong, Revolting Cocks and Killing Joke of tracks like "Money is not our God". The CD is a concept album which focus on media lies and on the American mass campaign of false freedom war. The lyrics point the finger toward all these subjects and "G.I. Jesus" with its opening lines could be a good example: "Fighting for the cause of the USA / G.I. Jesus is on his way/ Taking on the world is a damn fine thing! / Better than looking at the shit you're in". Musically we pass from a alternative industrial metal to an alternative e.b.m. metal which could find its place also on MTV for the kind of sound proposed and the catchy melodies (with a refrain which easily sticks into your ears). Note that the sound isn't created on purpose (read: only for selling copies), because this album is self produced and limited! On some songs the band use also electro e.b.m. lines and samples but guitars and drums are always in a prominent place. If you are looking for 42 minutes of good powerful industrial metal full of melody and energy with a punk attitude, try this one. P.s. An album like this, if released by a major label could sell thousands of copies...

CUSTOMER ; J. Aguilà (ES)

Coming from DTM Productions TBOEF is a unique project which successfully blends industrial metal with ambient
touches (plus other styles) over an explicit political background. It is music with political content, but it goes beyond
all those politized punk bands, The Bombs is more complex than that.
It could be descrived as the soundtrack for the apocalyptic times we are living in as it touches different issues, from
western/eastern fanatism to the extremelly surveyed societies of nowadays, all those problems are dealt with lots of melody
and aggression forming a perfect cautivating duality that goes along with the sound quality, because the production in this
album is also top-notch. Some of the best tracks are 'Beware the bombs of enduring freedom','Identity theft','Television'
and 'End times', but the album holds more surprises within.
This album is a rarity, you won't find music with this quality and creativity nowadays.

CUSTOMER ; K. Thoresen (NO)

Hailz, and all that bullshit!

The bombs of enduring freedom did nothing short of present me with THE album of the year 2007. Cold critics of modern society combined with exceptional crosses of industrialized sampling and metal. a masterpiece and nothing less.. cheers from Knut from norway!