''The Best of Eighteen Visions'' is the third full-length album by

metalcore Metalcore (also known as metallic hardcore) is a fusion music genre that combines elements of extreme metal and hardcore punk. As with other styles blending metal and hardcore, such as crust punk and grindcore, metalcore is noted for its use of ...

band

Eighteen Visions Eighteen Visions is an American metalcore band from Orange County, California, formed in October 1995. The band broke up in April 2007, less than a year after their major label debut was released through Epic and Trustkill Records. After ove ...

. Despite its title, it is not a compilation of previously-released material; all of the material was newly recorded especially for this release. Its title hints to the fact that for this release, the band chose the ''best'' material from their prior out-of-print releases and re-recorded these songs to create a new album. It also includes the newly-written song "Motionless and White". Two songs were re-recorded from their debut EP ''Lifeless'': "Slipping Through the Hands of God" and "Life's Blood". Five songs were re-recorded from their first full-length album ''

Yesterday Is Time Killed ''Yesterday Is Time Killed'' is the debut studio album by Eighteen Visions. It was released in early 1999 through Cedargate Records. Five songs were later re-recorded for the band's third album, ''The Best of Eighteen Visions''. The last untitled ...

'': "The Psychotic Thought", "An Old Wyoming Song", "Raping, Laughing, Tasting, Temptation", "Five 'O Six A.M. Three/Fifteen" and "Dead Rose". And all three songs from their second EP '' No Time for Love'' were re-recorded: "Russian Roulette with a Trigger Happy Manic Depressive", "Isola in the Rain" and "Diana Gone Wrong". The material was recorded between February and March 2001 with producer Jeff Forest at Doubletime Studios in Santee, California. ''The Best of Eighteen Visions'' was released on compact disc and compact cassette on June 12, 2001 through American record label

Trustkill Records Trustkill Records was an American independent record label that started as a hardcore punk fanzine in April 1993. It started releasing hardcore, metal and rock records and merchandise in 1994. In 2010, the president of Trustkill, Josh Grabelle ...

and on 12" vinyl through Belgian record label Sobermind Records. American metalcore band

Motionless in White Motionless in White is an American metalcore band from Scranton, Pennsylvania. Formed in 2004, the band consists of lead vocalist Chris "Motionless" Cerulli, guitarists Ryan Sitkowski and Ricky "Horror" Olson, drummer Vinny Mauro and bassist Ju ...

derived their name from the song "Motionless and White".

Track listing

Personnel

* James Hart – lead vocals *

Brandan Schieppati Brandan Schieppati (born August 3, 1980) is an American musician. He is the singer of metalcore band Bleeding Through and a former guitarist/songwriter of the fellow Orange County metalcore band Eighteen Visions, for which he played from 1997 ...

– guitar, backing vocals *Keith Barney – guitar, artwork, layout * Mick Morris – bass *

Ken Floyd Ken Floyd is an American musician mostly known from his time in the hardcore band Eighteen Visions which he founded in 1995 as the drummer, and became second guitarist in 2004. He is currently the tour manager for EDM artist Zedd. He has also ...

– drums

References

Eighteen Visions albums Trustkill Records albums {{2000s-metalcore-album-stub