''Portraits'' is the second studio album by

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band

For Today For Today was an American Christian metalcore band from Sioux City, Iowa, formed in 2005. They released two EPs, ''Your Moment, Your Life, Your Time'' and ''Prevailer'', and six full-length albums: '' Ekklesia'' in, 2008, ''Portraits'' in 2009, ...

, released on June 9, 2009. The album charted on three of '' Billboard''s charts; No. 14 on

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, No. 15 on Christian Albums, and No. 40 on Top Independent Albums.

Track listing

Personnel

For Today * Mattie Montgomery – lead vocals * Ryan Leitru - lead guitar, clean vocals (on tracks 8 and 10) * Mike Reynolds - rhythm guitar * Brandon Leitru - bass guitar * David Morrison - drums, percussion Production * Produced, Engineered, Mixed, and

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by Jamie King *Artwork by

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*Guest vocals on "Immanuel (The Redeemer)" by

Joe Musten Joe Musten is an American musician who started his musical career in 1999. He formed Beloved, Advent, Your Son Is Dead, and Torn. In 2008, he joined the band The Almost after former drummer Kenny Bozich quit the band. Joe was featured in the De ...

from Advent *Additional guitar on "Benedictus (Song Of Zechariah)" by

Dustie Waring Between the Buried and Me, often abbreviated as BTBAM, is an American progressive metal band from Raleigh, North Carolina. Formed in 2000, the band consists of Tommy Giles Rogers Jr. (lead vocals, keyboards), Paul Waggoner (lead guitar, backing ...

from

Between The Buried And Me Between the Buried and Me, often abbreviated as BTBAM, is an American progressive metal band from Raleigh, North Carolina. Formed in 2000, the band consists of Tommy Giles Rogers Jr. (lead vocals, keyboards), Paul Waggoner (lead guitar, backing ...

References

2009 albums For Today albums Facedown Records albums Albums produced by Jamie King (record producer) {{2000s-metalcore-album-stub