''Death of the Format'' is the seventh studio album by
SMP, released on June 11, 2013 by
WTII Records
WTII Records is an independent record label created in 2001 by former Wax Trax! Records employee Bart Pfanenstiel, and David Schock.
History
WTII established
The concept behind WTII started in 1999 while Bart Pfanenstiel was employed at Wa ...
.
Reception
DJ Arcanus of ''Lollipop Magazine'' gave ''Death of the Format'' a mixed review, saying "SMP (Sounds of Mass Production) delivers on the promise of "Metal Madness" with these five minutes of hard driving beats that layer metal aggression (and a delightfully wanky guitar solo) over a dance/industrial skeleton, along the lines of
Pain
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or
Rammstein
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Track listing
Personnel
Adapted from the ''Death of the Format'' liner notes.
SMP
*
Jason Bazinet – lead vocals, drums,
programming, production
*
Michael Ostrander – programming, production,
mixing
Additional performers
* Chris Demarcus –
drum programming
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, guitar, production,
mixing
* Dan Miura – guitar
* Jason Porter – vocals
(8)
* Benn Tranq – vocals
(4)
* Kerry Vink – vocals
*
Galen Waling
Galen Waling (born 1986) is an American–Canadian dual citizen rock and metal drummer. He is the drummer for Left Spine Down and Stiff Valentine, and he has worked with SMP, 16volt
16volt is an American industrial rock band featuring E ...
– drums
Production and design
*
Wade Alin –
mastering
* Bethany Antikajian – photography
* Garrick Antikajian –
cover art
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, design
* Mike Krutz –
illustrations
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Release history
References
External links
''Death of the Format''at
Discogs
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(list of releases)
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2013 albums
SMP (band) albums
WTII Records albums