Norma Jean Albums Ranked

Norma Jean (formerly known as Luti-Kriss) is an American metalcore band from Douglasville, Georgia, a suburb of Atlanta. Since their inception in 1997, numerous lineup changes have left the band with no original members. To date, Norma Jean has released eight studio albums and received a Grammy Award nomination in 2006 for Best Recording Package for their second album O’ God, the Aftermath. The band’s name is derived from the real name of actress Marilyn Monroe. Norma Jean formed in 1997 under the name Luti-Kriss with Josh Scogin on vocals, guitarists Scottie Henry and Chris Day, Josh Swofford on bass, Mick Bailey on turntables, and Daniel Davison on drums. The band recorded a split EP with Travail that was released in 1999 through Pluto Records. Luti-Kriss’s songs from the split would later be released on 5ep, which was released on July 25, 2000 through Pluto Records. The sound of theses EPs differed greatly from future releases, featuring an aggressive nu metal and rap metal style. Shortly after the release of 5ep, Swofford would leave the band and be replaced by Josh Doolittle. The band then would start working on the debut album Throwing Myself, with Bailey leaving during the album’s production. Here are all of Norma Jean albums ranked. Here are all of Norma Jean albums ranked.

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9. Throwing Myself 

“Pretty solid nu-metalcore album from the band that would inevitably be known as Norma Jean. The album doesn’t really do anything mindblowing, but there’s some decent enough stuff in here that the album’s worth checking out if you’re a fan of Adrenaline/Around The Fur-era Deftones or just curious as to where the guys that made Bless The Martyr & Kiss The Child began.”

8. All Hail 

“After four great albums in a row, I think this version of Norma Jean has finally done it. I think this is their best album. Yes, even better than Martyr. Blasphemy, I know right? Well, it’s hardly blasphemy if it’s true. This album absolutely slays. It’s heavy and deep and the songwriting is the best it’s ever been. One would think they could only go down from here but I for one think these guys will keep going up and up and up. They keep getting better with age!”

7. Bless The Martyr And Kiss The Child 

“Hard to find a debut metalcore album that stacks up to this one; It rages from beginning to end. It almost flattens at the interlude moments that riddled not only this album, but most metalcore releases in the early 2000’s. The interlude moments, however, are not that long and ultimately work to enforce the dark tones of the album. What a great start, and even crazier that they are still producing quality work to this day.”

6. O’ God, The Aftermath 

“Lineup changes could not stop NJ from coming out with an oppressively heavy and robustly solid sophomore album. Is it more of the same? Yes, but it’s still quality and a wee-bit tighter. It’s more mechanically precise though less magically wild and free than it’s older sibling (Bless the Marty), which can make it one note at times, but those moments are few and far between.”

5. The Anti Mother 

“I must say, Norma Jean has more than impressed me with this album. After the bland O God The Aftermath, and the slightly better Redeemer, I had almost given up on Norma Jean making another good album. But this may honestly be some of the band’s best material yet. The album starts out with “Vipers, Snakes, and Actors” which is a very fitting opener for the album as the song includes all the energy and intenseness that we’ve come to expect from the band. “Robots 3 Humans 0″ is a bit of a surprise as it’s probably one of the mellower songs, but still heavy in it’s own right.”

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4. Redeemer 

“Redeemer and O God, The Aftermath are like the twins standing down the hallway in The Shining, creepy and identical. But hey, I’m oddly not mad about it. They executed each song with brutal precision, drenching every note in honest angst and tension. Redeemer is a great example of the nothing new tag not having to be linked with the bad album tag. Tag your it!”

3. Polar Similar 

“Norma Jean has always been an above-average band, making extremely noisy yet well-crafted music. And the execution is always impeccable, and that is on full display on Polar Similar. Really, this is the band’s best record since the post Anti-Mother era, when the band’s sound was expanded to include more Maston-esque progressive metal elements.”

2. Meridional 

“The album starts out okay enough, which “Leaderless and Self-Enlisted” being a worthy opener. However the album doesn’t really hit its stride until, ironically, “A Media Friendly Turn for the Worse”, with the last five tracks being especially gripping.”

1. Wrongdoers 

“Another great one. Wow, these guys are on fire. Plenty of fierce and heavy tracks on this one with a sprinkling of nice melodies thrown it for good measure. Awesome album really, I don’t expect anything less from them these days because they keep proving their greatness over and over.”