| Broken Valley | |||||
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| Studio album by Life of Agony | |||||
| Released | May 30, 2005 (Europe) June 14, 2005 (USA) October 17, 2005 (UK) |
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| Genre | Rock | ||||
| Length | 43:41 | ||||
| Label | Epic Records | ||||
| Producer | Greg Fidelman | ||||
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Broken Valley is the fourth album released by Life of Agony. A studio album is an original collection of new tracks by a recording artist Life of Agony or LoA is a Alternative metal band from Brooklyn, New York. Events 1416 - The Council of Constance, called by the Emperor Sigismund a supporter of Antipope John XXIII burns Jerome of Prague following Year 2005 ( MMV) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link displays full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Events 1276 - While taking exile in Fuzhou in southern China, away from the advancing Mongol invaders, the remnants of the Year 2005 ( MMV) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link displays full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Events 539 BC - King Cyrus The Great of Persia marches into the city of Babylon, releasing the Jews from almost Year 2005 ( MMV) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link displays full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. A music genre is a categorical and typological construct that identifies musical sounds as belonging to a particular category and type of music that can be distinguished from other Rock music is a genre of Popular music often though not necessarily employing Electric guitar, Bass guitar, and Drums. In the Music industry, a record label can be a Brand and a Trademark associated with the Marketing of music recordings and Music Epic Records is an American Record label. It is owned and operated by Sony Music Entertainment. In the Music industry, a record producer or music producer has many roles among them controlling the recording sessions coaching and guiding the musicians organizing Life of Agony or LoA is a Alternative metal band from Brooklyn, New York. Gigantour is a 2005 live recording of the tour of the same name, featuring Megadeth, Dream Theater, Anthrax, Fear Life of Agony or LoA is a Alternative metal band from Brooklyn, New York. It was released in 2005 through Epic Records (see 2005 in music). Epic Records is an American Record label. It is owned and operated by Sony Music Entertainment. Events January 1 - In most of Europe copyright expired on a number of classic pop and rock-and-roll songs recorded in 1954 and earlier including
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In November 2005, it was revealed that Sony was distributing albums with Extended Copy Protection, a controversial feature that automatically installed rootkit software on any Microsoft Windows machine upon insertion of the disc. is a multinational conglomerate corporation headquartered in Minato Tokyo, Japan, and one of the world's largest Media conglomerates with XCP redirects here For other uses see XCP (disambiguation. Extended Copy Protection (XCP is a software package A rootkit is a computer virus which consists of a program (or combination of several programs designed to take fundamental control (in Unix terms "root" Microsoft Windows is a series of Software Operating systems and Graphical user interfaces produced by Microsoft. In addition to preventing the CDs contents from being copied, it was also revealed that the software reported the users' listening habits back to Sony and also exposed the computer to malicious attacks that exploited insecure features of the rootkit software. Though Sony refused to release a list of the affected CDs, the Electronic Frontier Foundation identified Broken Valley as one of the discs with the invasive software. The Electronic Frontier Foundation ( EFF) is an international non-profit advocacy and legal organization based in the United States with the stated purpose of being dedicated
It should be noted that this may only apply to the US release of the album. Whether European copies are affected is still to be determined.
Several versions of the album were accompanied by a DVD, in which the band discussed their break-up and why they got back together. Many internet fans have claimed that the DVD has an 'easter egg' of some behind the scenes footage and a video clip to the single 'Love To Let You Down', but how to obtain the egg hasn't been confirmed.