''Extinction(s)'' is the seventh studio album by American

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band Unearth, released on November 23, 2018 via

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. This is their first album to feature bassist Chris O'Toole and the last to feature guitarist Ken Susi.

Background and recording

Initial information about the follow-up to '' Watchers of Rule'' surfaced in early 2018 when Daniel "DL" Laskiewicz, ex-guitarist of The Acacia Strain, revealed that he had been helping out with the new Unearth album by bouncing riff ideas with Unearth guitarists Buz McGrath and Ken Susi. And then in a February 2018 interview, McGrath stated that the band "got probably twenty songs written" for the new album. On March 16, 2018, the band officially signed worldwide deal with

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and revealed that recording of the new album would be started soon, scheduled for a tentative late summer or early fall 2018 release. On March 26, 2018, the band entered Graphic Nature Studio with Will Putney to begin recording their new album. Drums were recorded by

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, guitarist of

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. Bass guitar, guitar solo and vocals were tracked at the Brick HitHouse, and strings and piano were done by

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Release

On July 2, 2018, the band announced that the new album will be entitled ''Extinction(s)'', and released "Incinerate", the first single of ''Extinction(s)''. On September 18, 2018, the band revealed the release date, tracklist and artwork for ''Extinction(s)'', which would be released on November 23, 2018 through Century Media. A lyric video of the second single "Survivalist" was available for streaming on September 28, 2018. A music video of the song "One with the Sun" was released on November 15, 2018. The band commented on ''Extinction(s)'': The band also elaborated on the song "Incinerate":

Track listing

Personnel

Unearth * Trevor Phipps – lead vocals * Buz McGrath – guitar * Ken Susi – Guitar, backing vocals * Chris O'Toole – bass, backing vocals * Nick Pierce – drums Additional musician *

– string arrangements,

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* Sunny Phipps – additional vocals Production * Will Putney –

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, mixing, mastering *

– engineering * Daniel Castleman – engineering * Shane Frisby – engineering * Forefathers – layout * Dan Bradley – photography

References

2018 albums Albums produced by Will Putney Unearth albums Century Media Records albums {{2010s-metal-album-stub