''Lifesblood for the Downtrodden'' is the eighth studio album by American

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band Crowbar, released on February 8, 2005 through

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. Its working title in 2004 had been ''You Don't Need an Enemy to Have a War''. It is dedicated to the memory of guitarist

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, who died after the band had recorded the album. The song "Coming Down" appeared on ''Fear Candy 13'', a compilation CD issued by British extreme metal magazine ''

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''.

Track listing

Music videos

* "Dead Sun" (filmed in Miami, Florida, around August 2004 and directed by John-Martin Vogel and Robert Lisman) * "Slave No More" (filmed in Miami, Florida, on June 21, 2005 and directed by John-Martin Vogel)

Personnel

;Crowbar *

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– vocals (tracks 1–11), rhythm guitar (tracks 1–10) *

Steve Gibb Stephen Thadeus Crompton Gibb (born 1 December 1973) is a British-American guitarist. He has been a member of numerous hard rock and metal bands including 58, Black Label Society, Crowbar, Kingdom of Sorrow, The Underbellys, SkilletHead, an ...

– lead guitar, rhythm guitar (track 11) *

Rex Brown Rex Robert Brown (born July 27, 1964) is an American musician. He is best known as the bassist for heavy metal band Pantera, from 1982 to their disbandment in 2003. As of their reunion in 2022, he is the band's only constant member. Brown i ...

– bass, acoustic guitar, keyboards *

Craig Nunenmacher Craig Nunenmacher is an American musician, best known as the former drummer for heavy metal bands Black Label Society and Crowbar. He joined BLS in July 2000 while playing for Crowbar, who were touring with BLS at the time. The original BLS drumme ...

– drums ;Additional musicians * Sid Montz – piano on "Lifesblood" ;Production * Rex Brown – producer * Warren Riker – producer, engineering, mixing * Scott "Ish" Campbell – engineering, mixing (track 11) * Brett "Cosmo" Thorngren – mastering

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Lifesblood for the Downtrodden 2005 albums Crowbar (American band) albums