''Black Umbrella'' is the fourth album by the

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band

Thought Industry Thought Industry, formerly known as Desacrator, was an American progressive metal band. It was founded in Kalamazoo, Michigan in 1989 by vocalist/bassist Brent Oberlin, drummer Dustin Donaldson (who formed I Am Spoonbender in 1997), guitarist C ...

, released in 1997.

Critical reception

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wrote that "a wide variety of sonic textures, complex rhythms, and an eclectic musical range, from heavy metal to alternative to jazz, support what is perhaps the band's strongest set of intricate, progressive melodies yet."

Track listing

*All words by Brent # My Famous Mistake (Oberlin) 2:50 # Blue (Oberlin) 2:30 # Tragic Juliet (Oberlin) 3:33 # World (Enzio) 3:53 # Bitter (Oberlin) 3:19 # Consistently Yours, Pluto (Oberlin) 3:16 # December 10 (Ledbetter, Oberlin) 3:52 # Edward Smith (Oberlin) 4:34 # Her Rusty Nail (Oberlin) 4:26 # Pink Dumbo (Oberlin) 3:10 # Swank (Oberlin) 3:14 # Earwig (Oberlin) 4:41 # 24 Hours Ago I Could Breathe/Dec. 11 (Enzio, Bryant) 9:20

Credits

*Paul Enzio -

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s *Jared Bryant -

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*Herb Ledbetter -

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*Brent Oberlin -

*Produced by Mike Roche and Thought Industry

References

Thought Industry albums 1997 albums {{1990s-metal-album-stub