With its sophomore full-length Desperation, ALLEGIANCE has tossed much of its youthful idealism aside and embraced a stripped down, bare bones, all-out attack on the listener instead. The album embodies the weight of frustration that comes from giving everything you've got, only to be left with an unsatisfying vacuous feeling of what to do next. ALLEGIANCE has felt that weight, and after carrying it around for years, has emerged a leaner, meaner beast. Recorded with Roger Tschann at Grizzly Studios (LOOK BACK AND LAUGH, LIGHTS OUT, NEVER HEALED), this album is simply dirtier, grittier, and nastier. On top of speedy, distorted guitars and raw, aggressive drum tones, the raspy vocals spit with spite at the realization that we're actually never going to find our niche. In a scene where some say "It's just for fun, it's just for today," ALLEGIANCE's Desperationhas the courage to ask, "If it's just words, then why do I stay?" For fans of MADBALL, CRO-MAGS, NO WARNING, FLOORPUNCH & GUNS UP!

1. Another Wave
2. Taking It Back
3. The Desperation
4. Out Of My Blood
5. Burn
6. If Its Just Words
7. Everything
8. Just Martyr Me
9. Note To Myself
10. Summer Relief
11. So This Is It

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