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'', by Shai Hulud's guitarist, Matt Fox:

"It's faster, slower, more
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, more progressive, and less progressive than anything we've ever done. It's like that movie ' Deep Blue Sea'. The tagline on the DVD box is 'Bigger. Faster. Smarter. Meaner.' That's how this record is. Is it the best thing we've ever done? I don't know. We'll leave that to those who listen."

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'' on May 22, 2008.

Track listing

Credits

*Matt Mazzali -

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 ...

* Matt Fox -

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 ...

, producer *Matthew Fletcher -

bass guitar The bass guitar, electric bass or simply bass (), is the lowest-pitched member of the string family. It is a plucked string instrument similar in appearance and construction to an electric or an acoustic guitar, but with a longer neck and ...

* Andrew Gormley -

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 ...

*Greg Thomas - engineer, producer *

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- artwork *Recorded at Silver Bullet Studios in Burlington, CT *Mixed by Eric Rachel at Trax East

Release history

References

2008 albums Shai Hulud albums Metal Blade Records albums {{2000s-punk-rock-album-stub