''Global Flatline'' is the seventh album by

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band

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. It was released on January 20, 2012, in Europe, through

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. The album was recorded at Hansen Studios in

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with producer Jacob Hansen, and is the first to feature ex-

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members Ken Bedene on drums and Mike Wilson on guitar, as well as bassist J.B. Van Der Wal. The songs "Coronary Reconstruction", "From a Tepid Whiff" and "Grime" all previously appeared on the band's 2010 EP ''

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''. The first single, "Global Flatline", was released digitally on October 25, 2011.

Track listing

Personnel

Aborted

*Sven "Svencho" de Caluwé –

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*Eran Segal –

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*Mike Wilson – guitar *Ken Bedene –

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*J.B. Van Der Wal – bass

Guest musicians

*Jason Netherton ( Misery Index) – vocals (track 12) *Keijo Niinimaa (

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) – vocals (track 11) *Trevor Strnad ( The Black Dahlia Murder) – vocals (track 7) *Julien Truchan (

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) – vocals (tracks 3 and 14)

Production

*Jacob Hansen – producer,

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, mixing, mastering *Alex Karlinsky – sound design *Justin Osbourn – artwork

References

{{Authority control 2012 albums Aborted (band) albums Century Media Records albums Albums produced by Jacob Hansen