Ascension is the third studio album by the English post-metal

Post-metal

Post-metal is a music genre, a mixture between the genres of post-rock and heavy metal.Hydra Head Records owner and Isis frontman Aaron Turner originally termed the genre "thinking man's metal", demonstrating that his band was trying to move away from common metal conventions...

 band Jesu

Jesu (band)

Jesu is a post-metal band formed in 2003 by Justin Broadrick following the breakup of Godflesh. Jesu was the name of the last song on the final Godflesh release, Hymns, and Broadrick decided to adopt it as the name of this project....

. The album was released on May 10, 2011 through Caldo Verde Records

Caldo Verde Records

Caldo Verde Records is a San Francisco-based indie rock and folk record label founded by Red House Painters and Sun Kil Moon frontman Mark Kozelek in 2005. The label primarily features releases by Kozelek and Sun Kil Moon, but has also released albums by Jesu, Corrina Repp, Retribution Gospel...

. Ascension is the first studio album released by Jesu in four years since 2007's Conqueror. On June 8, 2011, Daymare Recordings released the album in Japan with a bonus disc contain four additional tracks unavailable on the previous release.

Track listing

1. "Fools" – 8:12
2. "Birth Day" – 5:09
3. "Sedatives" – 5:10
4. "Broken Home" – 8:52
5. "Brave New World" – 4:13
6. "Black Lies" – 5:27
7. "Small Wonder" – 7:31
8. "December" – 7:51
9. "King of Kings" – 6:24
10. "Ascension" – 2:45

Daymare release bonus disc

1. "Fools" (Alternate version)
2. "Birth Day" (Alternate version)
3. "King of Kings" (Alternate version)
4. "King of Pride"