''Goliath'' is the debut album by the American heavy metal band

Butcher Babies Butcher Babies is an American groove metal band from Los Angeles, consisting of frontwomen Heidi Shepherd and Carla Harvey, guitarist Henry Flury (Amen), bassist Ricky Bonazza, and drummer Chase Brickenden. Their debut album, ''Goliath'', was re ...

, released on July 9, 2013 in the U.S., and July 22 in Europe. The album was produced by Josh Wilbur.

Reception and sales

The single "I Smell A Massacre" reached No. 8 on the Liquid Metal Devil's Dozen countdown and "Magnolia Blvd." is played on Octane. 'GOLIATH' landed the Butcher Babies at the top spot on the Billboard New Artist/Heatseakers chart at No. 3; while also entering the Billboard Top 200 album chart at No. 112 with first-week sales selling about 3,300 copies.

Recording, release and promotion

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have stated in an interview that "Working with Josh Wilbur was an incredible experience because he helped us explore ourselves as musicians and further develop the unique sound that is the BUTCHER BABIES," said the band of their recording experience. "Being a debut album, this has been in the works since we were young, and we are so proud to have created a collaboration of all our personal influences into one complete sound." Carla stated on behalf of their first full-length being released on a major label, "We needed a label to take us to that next level. We're very proud of what we did on our own, but it was time to give the reins to someone else. We're very hands on. We run everything, but we need that machine behind us as well."

Singles

On June 6, the band released the first single off their debut album "I Smell A Massacre". 1On June 20, the band streamed two other songs titled "The Deathsurround" & "Magnolia Blvd.". 2 On June 6, a lyric video for the song ''I Smell a Massacre was released.

Track listing

Personnel

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Carla Harvey Carla Harvey (born October 4, 1976) is an American singer, songwriter, musician, author, artist, actress, and former nude model. She is best known as co-vocalist of the American heavy metal band Butcher Babies. She landed her first job in Holly ...

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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 ...

*Heidi Shepherd – vocals *Henry Flury –

guitar The guitar is a fretted musical instrument that typically has six strings. It is usually held flat against the player's body and played by strumming or plucking the strings with the dominant hand, while simultaneously pressing selected stri ...

s *Jason Klein –

bass Bass or Basses may refer to: Fish * Bass (fish), various saltwater and freshwater species Music * Bass (sound), describing low-frequency sound or one of several instruments in the bass range: ** Bass (instrument), including: ** Acoustic bass gui ...

*Chris Warner –

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 *Josh Wilbur –

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Album charts

References

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