Polarity (Decrepit Birth album)
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Polarity is the third studio album by the American death metal
band, Decrepit Birth
.
A music video for the song The Resonance was filmed, and is the band's first music video. It was directed by Ann Christin "Anki" Rihm. The artwork for Polarity was made by Dan Seagrave
, whom also has made the artwork for the band's first two studio albums.
Death metal
Death metal is an extreme subgenre of heavy metal. It typically employs heavily distorted guitars, tremolo picking, deep growling vocals, blast beat drumming, minor keys or atonality, and complex song structures with multiple tempo changes....
band, Decrepit Birth
Decrepit Birth
Decrepit Birth is a death metal band from Santa Cruz, California, USA, signed to Nuclear Blast. They have released three studio albums through Unique Leader Records and a demo independently...
.
A music video for the song The Resonance was filmed, and is the band's first music video. It was directed by Ann Christin "Anki" Rihm. The artwork for Polarity was made by Dan Seagrave
Dan Seagrave
Daniel Seagrave is a British artist, who created many record covers for death metal bands especially in the early 1990s. He currently lives in Toronto, Canada. He grew up in Ravenshead, near Nottingham....
, whom also has made the artwork for the band's first two studio albums.
Track listing
- "(A Departure of the Sun) Ignite the Tesla Coil" – 6:33
- "Metatron" – 4:13
- "The Resonance" – 3:42
- "Polarity" – 4:26
- "Solar Impulse" – 2:52
- "Mirroring Dimensions" – 3:36
- "A Brief Odyssey in Time" – 1:01
- "The Quickening of Time" – 2:42
- "Sea of Memories" – 2:25
- "Symbiosis" – 4:23
- "Darkness Embrace" – 2:25
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Cover) (Digipak Bonus Track) – 4:27
Personnel
- Bill Robinson - vocals
- Matt Sotelo - guitar
- Joel Horner - bass
- KC Howard - drums
- Dan Eggers - Guitar solos on "The Quickening of Time", "Symbiosis", and "Polarity"
- Lee Smith - Drums on "See Through Dreams", and "Darkness Embrace"
- Ty Oliver - Guitar solo on "Solar Impulse"
Production
- Drum tracking by Zack Ohren at Shark Bite Studios
- All guitar, bass, vocals, and keys tracked at Legion Recording Studio
- Mixing by Zack Ohren and Matt Sotelo at Castle Ultimate Studios
- Mastering by Jamal Ruhe at West West Side Studios