℗ 2017 Pure Noise Records
| Released | February 10, 2017 |
| Duration | 36m 43s |
| Record Label | Pure Noise Records |
| Genre | Rock |
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1.1
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Fuck the Rules EXPLICIT
First Blood |
1:19 | |||
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1.2
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These Are the Rules
First Blood |
2:43 | |||
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1.3
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Rules Meant to Be Broken
First Blood |
2:26 | |||
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1.4
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Rules of Life
First Blood |
2:48 | |||
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1.5
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Rules of Conviction
First Blood |
3:42 | |||
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1.6
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Rules of Engagement
First Blood |
2:07 | |||
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1.7
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Rules of Justice
First Blood |
4:19 | |||
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1.8
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Rules of Survival
First Blood |
1:10 | |||
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1.9
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Rules of Freedom
First Blood |
3:28 | |||
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1.10
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Rules of Sacrifice
First Blood |
2:21 | |||
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1.11
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Rules of Government
First Blood |
5:53 | |||
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1.12
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Rules of Crisis
First Blood |
4:27 |
San Francisco hardcore band First Blood comes out swinging on its first album in seven years. Produced by metal mastermind Will Putney (For Today, Body Count), Rules features 12 tracks of the group's heaviest, yet most inward-looking material to date. First Blood's rebellious sentiment is most obvious throughout the torrential song Rules of Life, which pushes back against society’s norms and pumps a fist in the air for individuality and freedom of thought.
"Rules are everywhere. Explicit rules. Unwritten rules. Unspoken rules. The rule of law. Some rules we accept. Others we hate or choose to ignore. Frequently, those who set the rules are found guilty of breaking those rules. Many have become victims of the rules they live by, either by conquest or consent. I hope that, after listening to this album and reading the lyrics, we can revisit and remind ourselves of the very essence of the underground music scene: living our own lives by our own rules."
- Carl Schwartz, lead vocalist
44.1 kHz / 24-bit PCM – Pure Noise Records Studio Masters
| Track title | Peak (dB FS) | RMS (dB FS) | LUFS (integrated) | DR | |
Album average Range of values | -0.10 -0.10 to -0.10 | -7.12 -8.01 to -6.67 | -4.19 -4.60 to -3.70 | 3 3 to 3 | |
| 1 | Fuck the Rules | -0.10 | -7.41 | -4.6 | 3 |
| 2 | These Are the Rules | -0.10 | -6.88 | -4.1 | 3 |
| 3 | Rules Meant to Be Broken | -0.10 | -6.67 | -4.1 | 3 |
| 4 | Rules of Life | -0.10 | -6.83 | -4.2 | 3 |
| 5 | Rules of Conviction | -0.10 | -7.01 | -4.3 | 3 |
| 6 | Rules of Engagement | -0.10 | -6.74 | -4.0 | 3 |
| 7 | Rules of Justice | -0.10 | -8.01 | -3.7 | 3 |
| 8 | Rules of Survival | -0.10 | -6.95 | -4.1 | 3 |
| 9 | Rules of Freedom | -0.10 | -6.74 | -3.9 | 3 |
| 10 | Rules of Sacrifice | -0.10 | -7.36 | -4.2 | 3 |
| 11 | Rules of Government | -0.10 | -7.31 | -4.6 | 3 |
| 12 | Rules of Crisis | -0.10 | -7.46 | -4.5 | 3 |