Our Gangs Dark Oath is the debut studio album released by post-hardcore band Aiden on June 1, 2004. Originally, the album was only available in North America, but it was recently re-released in Europe and again by Victory Records.

"Our Gang's Dark Oath" is also the name of the second chapter of "The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn" by Mark Twain.^[1]

Our Gangs Dark Oath is a post-hardcore album with elements of punk rock and sometimes screamo.^[2] The album's style is similar to the band AFI, with lyrics being about singer Wil Francis' history of drug abuse and struggles from being on his own by his mid-teen years and leaving jail (Francis was in his early 20s when Our Gangs Dark Oath was recorded).^[2] Francis got kicked out of school in 8th grade and never went to high school.^[3] Francis said during Aiden's early years, he was angry at the world but later stopped caring about it.^[4]

The beginning of "World by Storm" contains a sound clip from the courtroom scene of Boondock Saints.

Also, this song contains two segments of silence along with two hidden tracks. "World by Storm" ends at 3:50 followed by silence until 8:00. Then an untitled hidden track begins, a track which contains nothing but a piano. The "Piano Track" plays in regular time until 10:30, at which point the song fades out for just a second and exactly the same song begins playing in reverse. This plays until 13:00.

At this point, the song ends and another segment of silence begins. This silence ends at 15:10 and another untitled hidden track begins: this one containing acoustic guitar and the lead singer's voice. This track leads to the end of the song and album. The breakdown of "World by Storm" is as follows:

• Boondock Saints – 0:00 – 0:10
• World by Storm – 0:10 – 3:50
• silence – 3:50 – 8:00
• Piano track (hidden track, forward) – 8:00 – 10:30
• Piano track (hidden track, reversed) – 10:30 – 13:00
• silence – 13:00 – 15:10
• Silent, Perfect, Deadly (hidden track) – 15:10 – 18:00

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Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[2]
Kerrang!	[citation needed]
Rock Sound	[citation needed]

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AllMusic gave the album a neutral review, writing, "Aiden offer up a competent, if not slightly generic, dose of post-hardcore with a dark punk edge" and noting that "the group sounds more like the younger cousins of My Chemical Romance or AFI who just happened to be weaned in a screamo scene."^[2]

Aiden

• William Francis – lead vocals, piano, programming, keyboard
• Angel Ibarra – lead guitar
• Jake Wambold – rhythm guitar, backing vocals
• Nick Wiggins – bass, backing vocals
• Jake Davison – drums, percussion

Production

• Steve Carter – producer, engineer, mastering, mixing
• Aaron Edge – artwork, construction
• Jeff Hayes – cover photo