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band

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. The album was released September 3, 2010, in Europe (but not including the United Kingdom), on September 6 in the United Kingdom, and on September 14 in the United States. Its second track "Claws in So Deep" features an acoustic part performed by

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. This is Death Angel's first album with bassist Damien Sisson and drummer Will Carroll (replacing original members Dennis Pepa and Andy Galeon respectively), and their first collaboration with

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, who has since produced the band's subsequent albums. The album sold 2,700 copies in its first week in the U.S.

Track listing

Personnel

;Death Angel *Mark Osegueda − lead vocals *Rob Cavestany − lead guitar, lead vocals on "Volcanic", co-lead vocals on "Claws in So Deep", backing vocals, co-producer *Ted Aguilar − rhythm guitar, harmony guitar on "Claws in So Deep" *Damien Sisson − bass *Will Carroll − drums ;Additional musicians *

− guitar solos on "Truce", producer, engineer, mixing *

− acoustic guitar outro on "Claws in So Deep" ;Production *Mark Lewis − engineer *Ronn Miller, Rubin Salas − assistant engineers *

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− mastering at

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, New York

Charts

References

{{Authority control 2010 albums Death Angel albums Nuclear Blast albums Albums produced by Jason Suecof