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. The album was recorded and mixed at Godcity Studio from August 29 to September 21, 2007, in

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. It was mastered at New Alliance East by Nick Zampiello. The album was released on February 19, 2008, by Relapse Records on CD and on March 25 by Lovepump United on vinyl. There are two different vinyl releases from Lovepump United: standard and limited. The standard has two black vinyl discs with the second being single-sided. On the unused side is an etching similar to the album artwork. The limited edition is the same except the first disc is colored with a transparent splatter design, and is limited to 400 copies. This is the last Genghis Tron album with vocalist Mookie Singerman. This would be the band's last studio album until the release of '' Dream Weapon'' in 2021.

Track listing

Personnel

Genghis Tron

*Mookie Singerman – keyboard, vocals *Michael Sochynsky – drum programming, keyboard *Hamilton Jordan – drum programming, guitar

Additional musicians

Greg Puciato Gregory John Puciato (born March 27, 1980) is an American musician best known as the former lead vocalist and lyricist of the metalcore band the Dillinger Escape Plan. He is also the lead singer of the Black Queen and Killer Be Killed, in which ...

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) – guest vocals on "The Feast" *Kurt Ballou – toy drums on "Endless Teeth"

Production

*Produced by Kurt Ballou and Genghis Tron *Engineered and mixed by Kurt Ballou *Mastered by Nick Zampiello

References

External links

Genghis Tron official websiteGenghis Tron official MySpace pageLovepump United record labelRelapse Records
{{Authority control 2008 albums Genghis Tron albums Albums produced by Kurt Ballou