''This Is My Blood'' is the second studio album by the

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Soul Embraced Soul Embraced is a Christian melodic death metal band from Little Rock, Arkansas, Little Rock, Arkansas, United States. It was originally a side project for Rocky Gray and David Sroczynski. History Originally a side project of drummer David Sroc ...

Critical reception

Awarding the album three stars at

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, Tom Semioli writes, "In a genre that thrives on formula and repetition, Soul Embraced adds a welcome blast of soul on This Is My Blood." Marc Lungley, giving the album an eight out of ten from

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, states, "This has stamina to be a regular on the shelf of any metal fan." Writing for ''The Phanton Tollbooth'', Duncann Tripp says, "Good listening all around."

Track listing

Credits

Soul Embraced *

Rocky Gray William Rocky Gray (born July 2, 1974) is a drummer and guitarist who has been part of the Arkansas metal scene since the early 1990s. He is best known as a former drummer of the rock band Evanescence from 2003-2007. He is the lead guitarist ...

- Guitar, Bass, Backing Vocals, Mixing *

Lance Garvin Lance Garvin is an American musician and, along with Bruce Fitzhugh, DJ Johnson and Jason Truby, a founding member of the Christian metal band Living Sacrifice. Garvin is mostly known for using a Ride Cymbal in modern metal without making it ...

- Drums * Chad Moore - Lead Vocals Additional Musicians *

Arthur Green Arthur Green ( he, אברהם יצחק גרין, born March 21, 1941) is an American scholar of Jewish mysticism and Neo-Hasidic theologian. He was a founding dean of the non-denominational rabbinical program at Hebrew College in Boston, where he ...

- Bass *

John LeCompt John Charles LeCompt (born March 10, 1973) is an American guitarist who has been part of the Little Rock metal music since the mid-1990s. He played rhythm guitar for the rock band Evanescence from 2003 to 2007. One of LeCompt's main collaborato ...

- Guitar Production * Ray Brooks - Mixing, Engineer *

Brandon Ebel Brandon Ebel is the founder, president and CEO of Tooth & Nail Records. He founded the label in 1993 in California, United States. The label has since grown to include sub-labels BEC Recordings, Solid State Records and Uprok Records. Ebel has c ...

- Executive Producer * Johnathan Parker - Engineer *

Brian Gardner Brian Knapp Gardner, also known as Brian "Big Bass" Gardner, is an American mastering engineer. He has worked on a number of recordings since the mid-1960s, including classic rock, funk, disco, alternative rock, R&B, hip hop, pop punk and dance- ...

- Mastering * Roy Culver - A&R Art * Don Clark - Layout, Design * Travis Smith - Artwork * Reagan Karras - Photography

References

{{Authority control Soul Embraced albums Solid State Records albums 2002 albums Albums with cover art by Travis Smith (artist)