''Downthesun'' is the only studio album by American heavy metal band

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, released on 1 October 2002 by Roadrunner Records.

Recording

The album was recorded in a span of six weeks in late 2001 at The Warehouse Studio, Vancouver. Garth "GGGarth" Richardson served as the producer, and

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as executive producer. While planned to release in early 2002, problems with several labels resulted in the album ultimately being released in October.

Reception

Unearth praised the album, considering its sound to be a fusion of nu metal and sludge metal, comparing its sound to that of Slipknot and

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. A mixed-to-negative review came from antiMusic, who accused the album of being unoriginal and comparing the vocal performances to other musicians associated with nu metal such as

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and

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. The album is often compared to Slipknot's 2001 album ''Iowa''.

Track listing

Personnel

Downthesun

* Nathan Church – keyboards, samples, vocals * Anthony "Satone" Stevens – vocals * Aaron Peltz – vocals * Bruce Swink – guitar * Lance "Kuk" Collier – bass * Danny Spain – drums

Other duties

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– production *

– executive production, art direction, photography, design * Michael "Elvis" Baskette – mixing * Dean Maher – engineering * Ben Kaplan – digital editing * Chris Vaughan-Jones – production coordinator * Stephen Marcussen – mastering * Stefan Seksis – photography

Charts

References

{{Authority control Heavy metal albums by American artists 2002 albums Roadrunner Records albums