'' The Life I Remember ''is the debut studio album by American heavy metal band

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. It was released on September 4, 2015, through

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Background

In 2014, after taking more than ten years off from performing live music, music producer and former

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guitarist

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founded the band now known as Once Human. On May 26, 2015, the ensemble published a

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of "The Life I Remember", the title track for the album. An equivalent video of "Terminal" was unleashed on July 10, 2015. Four weeks later, the group released "You Cunt", the first video from the ensemble portraying them playing alongside a theatrical plot.

Touring

The band toured Europe in November and December 2015 with American

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Critical reception

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indicated that title track "The Life I Remember" is "full of the crunch and grit that metal fans have come to love and expect from

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who pounded out riffs in some essential, '90s-era metal bands".

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portrays Hart's singing as a "throat-scarring level of vocal brutality that completely contradicts her soft appearance". According to Jeremy Borjon of ''

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'' magazine the band demonstrates "an impeccably produced, ruthless and mature sound in the vein of

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and

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" with Hart bringing "the metal with clear and compelling screaming fleshed out by a groovy and thunderous rhythm section".

Track listing

Personnel

;Musicians * Lauren Hart – vocals, rhythm guitar, piano, composition *

– lead guitar, composition, engineering, production * Damien Rainaud – bass, composition, engineering * Ralph Alexander – drums ;Additional personnel * Seth Siro Anton – artwork * Maor Appelbaum – remastering * Josh Franks – assistant engineering *

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– cello * Bill Hudson – additional guitars * Nathan Mader – photography * Gerard Marino – sound design * Alexander Mertsch – layout

Videos

* "The Life I Remember" (2015) * "Terminal" (2015) * "You Cunt" (2015)

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Life I Remember, The 2015 debut albums Once Human albums Edel AG albums