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====== Frank’s Enemy ======

Grindcore / Hardcore / Death Metal \\
Miami, Florida, USA

Frank's Enemy started as a one-man project with [[Julio Rey]] recording some songs on his 4-track with his drum machine in 1990-1991 (as Julio's previous band, [[The Lead]], was in its final stages), and putting the results up for sale in newsletters. One thing led to another, and Julio met Marc Golob when looking for a bassist for another project called [[Global Warning]] in late 1991. Global Warning was destined for failure due to inability to make schedules mesh. Julio asked Marc a) would he be willing to play the material on the demos b) did he know a thrash drummer. The answers were a) Yes b) Yes, Alex A. So Frank's Enemy started, and had been going strong since 1992.

The ride ended in December 1997 as Julio and Alex played their last show with the band. Julio retired to start a family and Alex left to get married.

Marc intended to continue with the band, along with new drummer Ben Thacker (who filled in for Alex on the January 1997 tour). An attempt at a new lineup in early 1998, with Jed Brewer on keyboards and Sprite on guitar, failed to click after several rehearsals and one gig.

Since then, Frank's Enemy has reverted to a one-man Julio Rey project, with the 2002 release of the //Enraged// EP online.

[[Julio Rey]] also particpated or led other bands such as [[genesis_1-1_disciple|Genesis 1-1]], [[genesis_1-1_disciple|Disciple]], [[The Visitors]], [[King James and the Concordances]], [[C'est Posible]], and [[Loogie Soup]].

===== Discography =====

| 1992 | Final Absolution |
| 1992 | Atrocities | Not Silent |
| 1993 | [[https://christiantapeunderground.wordpress.com/2019/08/16/franks-enemy-qoheleth/|Qoheleth]] | Not Silent |
| 1994 | Frank's Enemy | Not Silent |
| 1995 | 3 Live Cuts + Interview | Not Silent |
| 1996 | Neoblasphemies | [[Cling Recordings]] |
| 1998 | Illumination | [[Cling Recordings]] |
| 2002 | Enraged | Not Silent |

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==== Final Absolution ====

1992 Independent

  - Destroy		
  - Under My Flag		
  - Things Don't Work Out		
  - Final Absolution		
  - Psychic Pain		
  - Friends in the Skies		
  - Acts of Love		
  - The Human Reich

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==== Atrocities ====

1992 Not Silent (NS2)

  - Cry for the Waste (3:13)
  - Me vs. God (1:16)
  - Broken Again (2:16)
  - Tonges (3:50)
  - Never Be the Same (4:39)
  - John the Baptist Revisited (1:58)
  - Moby-Dick #3 (1:42)
  - Enemies in the Faith (2:11)
  - This House (4:09)
  - I Love You (2:52)
  - Temptation Game (4:20)
  - Out to Pasture (2:45)
  - Dysfunctional (1:32)
  - Another Liberation (3:01)
  - Coda (2:57)
  - Epitaph (3:16)

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==== Qoheleth ====

1993 Not Silent (NS5)

[[Julio Rey]] – Guitar, Lead vocals\\
Marc Golob – Bass, vocals\\
Alex A – Drums

  - Link Line
  - Man, You Made a Lonely World
  - You are God
  - Reasons to Say No
  - Destroy
  - I Think
  - We're Recording Ourselves

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==== Frank's Enemy ====

1994 Not Silent (NS7)

[[Julio Rey]] - Vocals, guitars\\
Marc Golob - Bass, vocals\\
Alex A - Drums, vocals

  - Link Line (2:36)
  - Things Don't Work Out (6:09)
  - Destroy (4:54)
  - Acts of Love (6:52)
  - Judas (5:39)
  - Psychic Pain (5:58)
  - You Are God (3:38)
  - Man, You Made A Lonely World (7:48)
  - Reasons to Say No (14:39)

The cassette version contains a short version of "Reasons to Say No" (3:07), while adding a live cover of [[The Lead]]'s "Religion No Rite" (2:36).

"Epic arrangements, over-the-top stylistic juxtapositions, out-of-control blastbeats and slapping bass and 78 RPM guitar solos coupled with passionately pathologically reactionary lyrics."

A video was recorded for "Link Line."

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==== 3 Live Cuts + Interview ====

1995 Not Silent

  - Kill Satan Mosh ([[The Lead]] cover)
  - Question What Authority? ([[The Lead]] cover)
  - One Step Ahead
  - Interview

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==== Neoblasphemies ====

1996 [[Cling Recordings]] (D-001)

[[Julio Rey]] - Guitar, vocals\\
Marc Golob - Bass, vocals\\
Alex A - Drums

  - I Think (3:01)
  - Human Reich (4:39)
  - Imbecile Factory (2:07)
  - Cannibalized (2:00)
  - Uncalled For (3:04)
  - Torturer (2:09)
  - Inevitable (2:28)
  - Cauldron (2:56)
  - Hanging On A Tree (2:24)
  - In Answer (7:32)
  - Stephen Hawking Walked Away (4:33)

"The 1996 opus features nine blisteringly brief bursts that run together and run the gamut from grindcore to groovecore -- but without losing the songcraft in the process. 

They're bookended by a classically-flavored introduction (with female lead vocals by an actual singer) and an epic doom metal closer featuring synths segueing into a complete left-field turn into funk territory. 

The Christian's alienation from society is the common lyrical theme throughout, right up to the eschatological escape hatch at the very end."

"Stephen Hawking Walked Away" was originally recorded for a 7-inch release that did not happen.

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==== Illumination ====

1998 [[Cling Recordings]] (D-005)

[[Julio Rey]] - Guitar, vocals\\
Marc Golob - Bass, vocals\\
Alex A - Drums 

Gus Mayorga - Trumpet\\
Chris Dauphin - Synths\\
Sprite - Viola\\
Jason Mendelson - 6-string bass, upright bass 

  - Frankskanemy!/Codebasher (3:30)
  - Face to Face Again (3:00)
  - Dysfunctional (1:31)
  - Friends in the Skies (7:29)
  - John the Baptist Revisited (1:46)
  - My Night Alone (3:08)
  - Ashes (1:53)
  - Lamento (3:58)
  - Frank's Enemy Metro (7:52)
  - Straight Up Down (2:11)
  - Nothing Changed (1:59)
  - One for Them (2:45)
  - Antigod (2:32)
  - Another Liberation (3:22)
  - Serenity (2:36)

"This was Frank's Enemy's "White-Album-Sandinista" recording, with its eclecticism matched only by its lunacy and its steadfast DIY production ethos spearheaded by bassist/producer Marc Golob's love of the low frequencies and drum triggers. 

The grindcore quota is fulfilled as per usual, accompanied by an uptick in hardcore, rapcore and thrash moments. Top it all off with touches of ska, techno, piano balladry and acoustic jazz. With lyrics of loss, personal darkness and finally... a redemption."

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==== Enraged ====

2002 Not Silent

  - Enraged (2:55)
  - Tony Montana (3:27)
  - New York Hate of Mind (3:09)
  - Sick to Myself (1:24)
  - Coventry Carol (Lully Lullay) (hidden track) (5:10)
  - Judas
  - Psychic Pain
  - You Are God
  - Man, You Made a Lonely World
  - Reasons to Say No

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===== Links =====

  * [[http://www.franksenemy.com/|Frank's Enemy website]]
  * [[https://franksenemy.bandcamp.com|Remastered Frank's Enemy albums on BandCamp]]
  * [[https://www.facebook.com/franksenemy|Frank's Enemy on Facebook]]