''Polarity'' is the third studio album by the American
death metal
Death metal is an extreme subgenre of heavy metal music. It typically employs heavily distorted and low-tuned guitars, played with techniques such as palm muting and tremolo picking; deep growling vocals; aggressive, powerful drumming, feat ...
band
Decrepit Birth
Decrepit Birth is an American death metal band from Santa Cruz, California. They have released two studio albums through Unique Leader Records and two through Nuclear Blast, and a demo independently. All of their studio albums feature artwork ...
.
A music video for the song "The Resonance" was filmed, and is the band's first music video. It was directed by Ann Christin "Anki" Rihm. The artwork for ''Polarity'' was made by
Dan Seagrave
Daniel Seagrave (born 1970) is a British artist, who created many record covers for death metal bands especially in the early 1990s. He lives in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. He grew up in Ravenshead, near Nottingham.
Seagrave's works are typically ...
, who also has made the artwork for the band's first two studio albums.
Track listing
# "(A Departure of the Sun) Ignite the Tesla Coil" – 6:33
# "Metatron" – 4:13
# "The Resonance" – 3:42
# "Polarity" – 4:26
# "Solar Impulse" – 2:52
# "Mirroring Dimensions" – 3:36
# "A Brief Odyssey in Time" – 1:01
# "The Quickening of Time" – 2:42
# "Sea of Memories" – 2:25
# "Symbiosis" – 4:23
# "Darkness Embrace" – 2:25
Credits
Personnel
* Bill Robinson - vocals
* Matt Sotelo - guitar
* Joel Horner - bass
* KC Howard - drums
* Dan Eggers - guitar solos on "The Quickening of Time", "Symbiosis", and "Polarity"
* Lee Smith - drums on "Sea of memories", and "Darkness Embrace"
* Ty Oliver - guitar solo on "Solar Impulse"
Production
*Drum tracking by Zack Ohren at Shark Bite Studios
*All guitar, bass, vocals, and keys tracked at Legion Recording Studio
*Mixing by Zack Ohren and Matt Sotelo at Castle Ultimate Studios
*Mastering by Jamal Ruhe at West West Side Studios
References
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2010 albums
Nuclear Blast albums
Decrepit Birth albums
Albums with cover art by Dan Seagrave