"Awake" is the first single released by American heavy metal band Mutiny Within from their self titled debut album. It was digitally released on November 16, 2009, and was offered as a free download on November 2 for only 24 hours at

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official website to promote their new album. A demo version of the song was included on the

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"Annual Assault", released by Roadrunner in 2009, which included songs from other Roadrunner's heavy metal bands, like Trivium, Slipknot and Machine Head.

Music video

A music video was released for "Awake" on January 7, 2010. The clip, which was directed by Patrick Kendall (known by his work with

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, Incubus and Sugarcult), features the band playing the song at an old factory outside their hometown.

Personnel

;Mutiny Within * Chris Clancy – vocals * Daniel Bage –

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* Brandon Jacobs –

, guitar solo * Andrew Jacobs – bass guitar * Drew Stavola –

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, keyboard solo * Bill Fore –

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;Production *

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* Matt LaPlant – engineering, digital editing * Jason Suecof – additional production, digital editing, additional engineering * Mark Lewis – additional engineering, additional digital editing * Michael Leslie – additional engineering, additional digital editing * Chris Clancy – additional digital editing, art direction * Martyn "Ginge" Ford – mixer * Jeff Rose – mixer * Ted Jensen – mastering * Viktor Koen – art direction, design, illustration * Bill Fore – art direction * Pieter M. Van Hattem – photography * Madelyn Scarpulla – art supervision * Gail Marowitz – creative direction

References

External links

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