''Chelsea Grin'' is the debut EP by American

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band

Chelsea Grin Chelsea Grin is an American deathcore band from Salt Lake City, Utah. Formed in 2007, the group have released two EPs and five full-length albums. Since 2018, no original members remain in the band. Chelsea Grin was originally founded under ...

. It was originally released as downloadable content through

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and later into

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format. It assisted in popularizing the band and is their only release through Statik Factory Records before switching to

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the following year of its release. The songs "Cheyne Stokes" and "Recreant" were re-recorded for their debut full-length album, which was released in 2010. This is their only recording as 5 piece lineup before they switched to their signature 6 piece lineup by adding a third guitarist, which would last until 2018. In January 2015, the EP was reissued as a signed digipak and was made available on their online store. The release was limited to only 1,000 copies.

Track listing

Personnel

;Chelsea Grin *Alex Koehler -

vocals Singing is the act of creating musical sounds with the voice. A person who sings is called a singer, artist or vocalist (in jazz and/or popular music). Singers perform music (arias, recitatives, songs, etc.) that can be sung with or without ...

*Chris Kilbourn -

rhythm guitar In music performances, rhythm guitar is a technique and role that performs a combination of two functions: to provide all or part of the rhythmic pulse in conjunction with other instruments from the rhythm section (e.g., drum kit, bass guitar ...

*Mike Stafford -

lead guitar Lead guitar (also known as solo guitar) is a musical part for a guitar in which the guitarist plays melody lines, instrumental fill passages, guitar solos, and occasionally, some riffs and chords within a song structure. The lead is the featur ...

*Austin Marticorena -

bass guitar The bass guitar, electric bass or simply bass (), is the lowest-pitched member of the string family. It is a plucked string instrument similar in appearance and construction to an electric or an acoustic guitar, but with a longer neck and ...

*Andrew Carlston -

drums A drum kit (also called a drum set, trap set, or simply drums) is a collection of drums, cymbals, and other Percussion instrument, auxiliary percussion instruments set up to be played by one person. The player (drummer) typically holds a pair o ...

;Production *Produced by Stephan Hawkes *Recorded, Mixed & mastered by Matt Winegar *Art by Dennis Sibeijn

References

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