This Present Wasteland
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This Present Wasteland is the ninth and final studio album by heavy metal
band Metal Church
. The album was released September 26, 2008 in Europe. This is the only Metal Church album to feature guitarist Rick Van Zandt.
This Present Wasteland sold about 920 copies in the U.S. in the week following its release.
Heavy metal music
Heavy metal is a genre of rock music that developed in the late 1960s and early 1970s, largely in the Midlands of the United Kingdom and the United States...
band Metal Church
Metal Church
Metal Church was an American heavy metal band. They originally formed in Seattle, Washington as Shrapnel in 1980. Their first album was released in 1984, and the band's most recent work, This Present Wasteland, was released in 2008....
. The album was released September 26, 2008 in Europe. This is the only Metal Church album to feature guitarist Rick Van Zandt.
This Present Wasteland sold about 920 copies in the U.S. in the week following its release.
Reception
Allmusic reviewer Alex Henderson stated that while the album was not "essential", it was "a solid and well-executed effort" by the band. Henderson singled out "Breathe Again", "Monster", "A War Never Won" and "Company of Sorrow" in particular as standout tracks on the album.Track listing
- All tracks written by Ronny MunroeRonny MunroeRonny Munroe is an American heavy metal singer, most noted as the lead vocalist of the heavy metal band Metal Church until the band broke up on July 7, 2009. He joined in 2004, replacing David Wayne and Mike Howe. He also had brief stints as the vocalist for Brutal Godz and Lillian Axe. He was...
& Kurdt VanderhoofKurdt VanderhoofKurdt Vanderhoof, born in 1961, is an American guitarist, best known as the lead guitarist and founding member of the American heavy metal band Metal Church. He formed the band in 1980 after the alias given to his San Francisco apartment. Vanderhoof moved back to his hometown, Aberdeen, Washington....
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Personnel
- Ronny MunroeRonny MunroeRonny Munroe is an American heavy metal singer, most noted as the lead vocalist of the heavy metal band Metal Church until the band broke up on July 7, 2009. He joined in 2004, replacing David Wayne and Mike Howe. He also had brief stints as the vocalist for Brutal Godz and Lillian Axe. He was...
- lead vocals - Kurdt VanderhoofKurdt VanderhoofKurdt Vanderhoof, born in 1961, is an American guitarist, best known as the lead guitarist and founding member of the American heavy metal band Metal Church. He formed the band in 1980 after the alias given to his San Francisco apartment. Vanderhoof moved back to his hometown, Aberdeen, Washington....
- guitarElectric guitarAn electric guitar is a guitar that uses the principle of direct electromagnetic induction to convert vibrations of its metal strings into electric audio signals. The signal generated by an electric guitar is too weak to drive a loudspeaker, so it is amplified before sending it to a loudspeaker... - Rick Van Zandt - guitarGuitarThe guitar is a plucked string instrument, usually played with fingers or a pick. The guitar consists of a body with a rigid neck to which the strings, generally six in number, are attached. Guitars are traditionally constructed of various woods and strung with animal gut or, more recently, with...
- Steve Unger - bass guitarBass guitarThe bass guitar is a stringed instrument played primarily with the fingers or thumb , or by using a pick....
- Jeff PlateJeff PlateJeff Plate is a professional drummer and percussionist. He currently plays with the progressive rock group Trans-Siberian Orchestra and with thrash metal band Metal Church until their 2009 disbanding, although he is most remembered for his drumming for the band, Savatage on their albums since...
- drumsDrum kitA drum kit is a collection of drums, cymbals and often other percussion instruments, such as cowbells, wood blocks, triangles, chimes, or tambourines, arranged for convenient playing by a single person ....