Backstabber Etiquette is the sixth album by Canadian

Canada

Canada is a North American country consisting of ten provinces and three territories. Located in the northern part of the continent, it extends from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west, and northward into the Arctic Ocean...

 grindcore

Grindcore

Grindcore is an extreme genre of music that started in the early- to mid-1980s. It draws inspiration from some of the most abrasive music genres – including death metal, industrial music, noise and the more extreme varieties of hardcore punk....

 band Fuck the Facts

Fuck the Facts

Fuck the Facts is a Canadian grindcore band from Ottawa, Ontario, formed in 1998. They began in the late nineties as a solo recording project constructed by musician Topon Das. After many early recordings, including split tapes with groups from around the world, Fuck the Facts began developing a...

. The band recorded

Sound recording and reproduction

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 the album in 2002 at their own studio. The album was mastered

Audio mastering

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 by David Cain at Shark Fin Mastering in Ottawa

Ottawa

Ottawa is the capital of Canada, the second largest city in the Province of Ontario, and the fourth largest city in the country. The city is located on the south bank of the Ottawa River in the eastern portion of Southern Ontario...

. This release marks the first full length album with vocalist Mel Mongeon.

The album was initially stated for a June 1 release, however, the pressing plant lost the first batch of CDs. The CD became available on June 5 at the band's CD release concert in Kingston

Kingston, Ontario

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, Ontario

Ontario

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.

There were two pressings of Backstabber Etiquette. The first was 1000 copies, and the second was another 1000 copies in July 2004.

Track listing

1. "Second Hand Skin" - 3:22
2. "Ballet Addict" - 1:55
3. "A Few Words for the End" - 4:05
4. "N.S.S.T.S." - 1:36
5. "Si-Z'H" - 1:03
6. "Lying Through Your Teeth" - 3:43
7. "Living a Lie" - 1:36
8. "Greed Whore" - 2:16
9. "Smokin' a Fatty" - 3:53
10. "The Burning Side" - 4:05
11. "23-17-41" - 3:56

Personnel

• Topon Das – guitar
  Electric guitar
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• Matt Connell – drums
  Drum kit
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• Mel Mongeon – vocals, artwork, design
• Tim Audette – bass
  Bass guitar
  The bass guitar is a stringed instrument played primarily with the fingers or thumb , or by using a pick....
  
  
• Fuck the Facts
  Fuck the Facts
  Fuck the Facts is a Canadian grindcore band from Ottawa, Ontario, formed in 1998. They began in the late nineties as a solo recording project constructed by musician Topon Das. After many early recordings, including split tapes with groups from around the world, Fuck the Facts began developing a...
  
   – composition, recording
• David Cain – mastering
  Audio mastering
  Mastering, a form of audio post-production, is the process of preparing and transferring recorded audio from a source containing the final mix to a data storage device ; the source from which all copies will be produced...
  
  
• Liba Suda – artwork, design
• Michal Majewski – photography

Recording

The drum tracks were recorded in the first week of January 2002. While the drums were being mixed, the first guitar tracks were recorded in March.