''Sunrise on Slaughter Beach'' is the thirteenth studio album by American rock band

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. It was released on September 16, 2022, through the band's own label Weathermaker Music. It is Clutch's first studio album since ''

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'' in 2018. The album was originally intended as a positive counterpoint to the social volatility and divisiveness caused by the

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, but the lyrics eventually touched on a more diverse range of social topics.

Reception

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, which assigns a normalised rating out of 100 to reviews from professional publications, the album has an average score of 80 based on 9 reviews, indicating "generally favorable reviews". According to ''Blabbermouth'', the album fits within Clutch's long-term development, "never taking any drastic left turns, though progression and noticeable change has been evident over time." ''

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'' largely agreed, stating that "''Sunrise on Slaughter Beach'' is your typical Clutch record," but "there’s always a little more going on under the hood of any Clutch offering." ''

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'' offered a positive review, stating that "13 albums in, Clutch are still uniquely brilliant, master craftsmen of a form at once ingeniously simple and amazingly clever." ''Metal Injection'' called the album "grand without pomposity, experimental without an inch of fat and underwritten with grooves so thick you could build a bridge out of them." According to ''Metal Planet Music'', "Clutch have delivered a monster album here. It’s dirty, sludgy, heavy as hell and trippy when it needs to be." According to ''Rock n' Load'', "‘''Sunrise on Slaughter Beach''’ is a grand entrance into newfound Clutch territory not seen before. Whilst still harnessing their iconic sound, the band have managed to widen their range and prove themselves once more pioneers; unafraid of throwing out a curveball"

Track listing

Personnel

Clutch *

Neil Fallon Neil Fallon (born October 25, 1971) is an American musician, best known as the lead singer and occasional rhythm guitarist and keyboardist for the rock band Clutch. He is also the lead singer for The Company Band and Dunsmuir, and joined The Bak ...

– vocals, rhythm guitar *

Tim Sult Richard Timothy Sult is an American musician best known as the guitarist for rock band Clutch. He is also the guitarist for an instrumental side project, The Bakerton Group, and an occasional member of the reggae rock / stoner rock Stoner ...

– lead guitar * Dan Maines – bass *

Jean-Paul Gaster Jean-Paul Gaster (born June 19, 1971) is the drummer for American rock band Clutch. Style and influences Jean-Paul Gaster learned to play drums by playing along to 1960s and 1970s heavy rock bands like Jimi Hendrix, Cream, ZZ Top and Black ...

– drums,

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Additional personnel * J. Robbins – theremin * Deborah Bond – backing vocals *

Frenchie Davis Franchell "Frenchie" Davis (born May 7, 1979) is an American Broadway performer and a soul, dance/electronica, and pop singer. She came to public attention in 2003 as a contestant on the singing competition show ''American Idol''. Davis began per ...

– backing vocals Production *

Tom Dalgety Tom Dalgety is an English record producer and audio engineer. He is most noted for his work with Pixies, Ghost, and Royal Blood. He was nominated for Grammy Awards in 2019 for his production work on the Ghost album ''Prequelle'' (Best Rock Album ...

– production, mixing

Charts

References

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