Haymaker (album)

Haymaker is the third full-length release by American band Throwdown. The album involves guest vocals from Scott Vogel from Terror and Chad Gilbert from New Found Glory.[2]

Haymaker
Studio album by Throwdown
Released	July 1, 2003
Genre	Metalcore, hardcore punk
Length	57:55
Label	Trustkill
Producer	Dave Peters, Dom Macaluso, Greg Koller
Throwdown chronology
You Don't Have to Be Blood to Be Family (2001) Haymaker (2003) Vendetta (2005)

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[1]

Track listing

All lyrics are written by Dave Peters, Keith Barney, Tommy Love, Dom Macaluso, Jarrod Alexander; all music is composed by Dave Peters, Keith Barney, Tommy Love, Dom Macaluso, Jarrod Alexander.

No.	Title	Length
1.	"Intro (Never Back Down)"	2:20
2.	"Walk Away"	3:01
3.	"Nothing Left" (feat. Scott Vogel of Terror and Buried Alive)	3:02
4.	"You Can't Kill Integrity"	3:51
5.	"Forever"	3:38
6.	"Hopeless"	2:53
7.	"Declare Your War"	2:27
8.	"False Idols"	2:59
9.	"Slip"	3:03
10.	"Hate for the Weak"	2:48
11.	"The Only Thing" (feat. Chad Gilbert of New Found Glory and Shai Hulud)	2:00
12.	"Step It Up"	2:39
13.	"Face the Mirror"	3:30
14.	"Raise Your Fist" (The song "Raise Your Fist" ends at minute 3:20. It is followed by 12:30 of silence [3:20 – 15:50]. After the silence begins a hidden dialogue.)	19:38
Total length:		45:02

Personnel

Throwdown

• Dave Peters – vocals, assistant producer
• Keith Barney – guitar
• Tommy Love – guitar
• Dom Macaluso – bass, assistant producer
• Jarrod Alexander – drums

Guest artists and collaborations

• Chad Gilbert – guest vocals (New Found Glory and Shai Hulud)
• Scott Vogel – guest vocals (Terror and Buried Alive)
• Scott Bradford – legal advisor
• Kirk Catlin – lyric adaptations
• Three Daves and a Kirk (Three channels of Dave Peters and one of Kirk Catlin) – backing vocals

Image and layout

• Jeff Gros – photography
• Dave McDermott – booking (New Zealand For Dynamo Productions)
• Graham Nixon – booking (Australia For Resist Booking)
• Matt Pike – booking (U.S. For The Kenmore Agency)

Production

• Gene Grimaldi – mastering
• Greg Koller – producer, engineer
• Dave Peters – producer (assistant producer)
• Dom Macaluso – producer (assistant producer)

Vinyl

Haymaker was pressed on vinyl in 2003 by Trustkill Records and re-pressed in 2008 as a double LP with Vendetta.

Copies (2003)	Color
850 copies	Blood Red & White
550 copies	Blood Red
350 copies	Camo
250 copies	Clear Black
Copies (2008)	Color
600 copies	Blue & Orange
332 copies	Brown & Red
4 copies	Test Press

References

1. "Haymaker - Throwdown". AllMusic.
2. Jasamine White-Gluz (11 July 2007). "Haymaker review by Exclaim!". Exclaim!. Retrieved 7 March 2019.