''Life Reaper'' is the third studio album by the American

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. It was released on July 15, 2014, by Sumerian Records. It was produced by band and

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band members Ricky Armellino, Grant McFarland, Carson Slovak.

Background and production

The album is the third from the group, who began making music in 2009. I, the Breather produced the album alongside

bandmates Ricky Armellino, Grant McFarland, Carson Slovak.

Music style

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elements thrown in."

Critical reception

''Life Reaper'' was welcomed with two positive reviews. In a four star review from ''

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'', Jeff Perlah averring, "''Life'' is good when I The Breather get down to business." Amy Sciarretto claims the project features some "metallic vigor... with real, flesh and blood passion", bequeathing the album a seven out of ten on behalf of ''

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''. In a seven out of ten review by ''

'', Lais Martins Waring describing, "Their songs are heavy, and the combination of riffs and catchy choruses is a winning one."

Track listing

Personnel

The credit have been adapted from AllMusic. *I, the Breather **Shawn Spann – vocals **Chase Kozlowski – lead guitar **Kyle Bowman – lead guitar **Conor Hesse – bass guitar **Aaron Ovecka –

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*Producer(s) ** Ricky Armellino **I, the Breather ** Grant McFarland ** Carson Slovak *Other musicians **Ricky Armellino – featured artist *Technical **Grant McFarland – engineer **Carson Slovak – engineer *Miscellaneous **Daniel McBride – artwork, layout **Orie McGinness – photography **T.D. Wehle – band photo

Chart performance

References

{{Authority control 2014 albums I, the Breather albums Sumerian Records albums