Trample The Weak, Hurdle The Dead
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''Trample the Weak, Hurdle the Dead'' is the fourth studio album by American
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. It is the only album to feature vocalist Jason Keyser, as well as the band's only album without vocalist Sherwood Webber IV. The album art features first person point view of Noah Carpenter wearing a
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pointing a rifle at them, perhaps even stabbing the onlooker with an attached bayonet.


Track listing


Notes

The first track, "Overlord," starts with a sample from Caesar's climactic speech from ''
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''. The sample at the start of the next track, "A Unilateral Disgust," is from
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. The sample at the start of "Trample the Weak, Hurdle the Dead" is from Patton. The fifth sample is at the end of track seven, "Execution of Reason," which is from
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- The Touch of Satan episode. The tour in support of the album included headlining the final
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, Australia.


Line up

*Jason Keyser – vocals *Joe Keyser – bass *Noah Carpenter – guitar *Bob Beaulac – drums


References

2006 albums Skinless albums {{2000s-death-metal-album-stub