''The Design'' is the first studio album by the
mathcore
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metalcore
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band
Into the Moat. It was released in March 8, 2005 by
Metal Blade Records
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Track listing
#"Century II" - 1:54
#"Empty Shell" - 3:40
#"Dead Before I Stray" - 2:41
#"Guardian" - 3:01
#"The Inexorable" - 3:12
#"Fortitudine" - 2:49
#"Beyond Treachery" - 5:04
#"None Shall Pass" - 3:09
#"Prologue..." - 7:24
Personnel
* Matt Gossman - drums
* Earl Ruwell – vocals
* Kit Wray – guitar
* Robert Shaffer - guitar
* Joshua Thiel - bass guitar
* Kevin Lovelost - album layout
*
Erik Rutan
Erik Rutan (born June 10, 1971) is an American heavy metal musician and producer from New Jersey. He is the guitarist and lead vocalist of death metal band Hate Eternal and lead guitarist for Cannibal Corpse, who he fully joined in 2021 after ...
– producer, engineer, mixing
* Shawn Ohtani – engineer
* Alan Douches - master
References
2005 debut albums
Into the Moat albums
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