Booze, Broads and Beelzebub
Encyclopedia
Booze, Broads and Beelzebub is the second studio album
by Norwegian
heavy metal
band Chrome Division
. It was released on July 18, 2008 through Nuclear Blast
. The band announced that they had finished recording the album on January 15, 2008 on their MySpace
blog
, and announced the title and the planned release date on May 14, 2008, which was picked up on by heavy metal news sources. The album took seven days to record at Studio Fredmann in Gothenburg
, starting on January 7, 2008. Before either of the blog announcements, bassist Björn Luna said in an interview that Chrome Division's next album would be released on Nuclear Blast
, explaining that the band have a three album contract with the label, and Blabbermouth.net
confirmed that the album would be released on Nuclear Blast.
Studio album
A studio album is an album made up of tracks recorded in the controlled environment of a recording studio. A studio album contains newly written and recorded or previously unreleased or remixed material, distinguishing itself from a compilation or reissue album of previously recorded material, or...
by Norwegian
Norway
Norway , officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a Nordic unitary constitutional monarchy whose territory comprises the western portion of the Scandinavian Peninsula, Jan Mayen, and the Arctic archipelago of Svalbard and Bouvet Island. Norway has a total area of and a population of about 4.9 million...
heavy metal
Heavy metal music
Heavy metal is a genre of rock music that developed in the late 1960s and early 1970s, largely in the Midlands of the United Kingdom and the United States...
band Chrome Division
Chrome Division
Chrome Division is a heavy metal band from Norway formed in 2004 by Shagrath, the lead vocalist of symphonic black metal band Dimmu Borgir, and Lex Icon, founder of The Kovenant...
. It was released on July 18, 2008 through Nuclear Blast
Nuclear Blast
Nuclear Blast is an independent record label and mail order record distributor with subsidiaries in Germany, the United States and Brazil. The record label was founded in 1987 by Markus Staiger in Germany. Originally releasing hardcore punk records, the label moved on to releasing albums by melodic...
. The band announced that they had finished recording the album on January 15, 2008 on their MySpace
MySpace
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blog
Blog
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, and announced the title and the planned release date on May 14, 2008, which was picked up on by heavy metal news sources. The album took seven days to record at Studio Fredmann in Gothenburg
Gothenburg
Gothenburg is the second-largest city in Sweden and the fifth-largest in the Nordic countries. Situated on the west coast of Sweden, the city proper has a population of 519,399, with 549,839 in the urban area and total of 937,015 inhabitants in the metropolitan area...
, starting on January 7, 2008. Before either of the blog announcements, bassist Björn Luna said in an interview that Chrome Division's next album would be released on Nuclear Blast
Nuclear Blast
Nuclear Blast is an independent record label and mail order record distributor with subsidiaries in Germany, the United States and Brazil. The record label was founded in 1987 by Markus Staiger in Germany. Originally releasing hardcore punk records, the label moved on to releasing albums by melodic...
, explaining that the band have a three album contract with the label, and Blabbermouth.net
Blabbermouth.net
Blabbermouth.net is a website dedicated to heavy metal and hard rock news, as well as album and music DVD reviews. Blabbermouth.net was founded and is run by Borivoj Krgin. The first version of the website was officially launched in March 2001...
confirmed that the album would be released on Nuclear Blast.
Track listing
- All Songs Written By Chrome Division, except where noted.
- "The Second Coming" – 1:02
- "Booze, Broads and Beelzebub" – 4:20
- "Wine of Sin" – 4:10
- "Raven Black Cadillac" – 4:22
- "Life of a Fighter" – 4:38
- "The Devil Walks Proud" – 3:50
- "Hate This Town" – 3:55
- "The Boys from the East" – 4:47
- "Doomsday Rider" – 3:46
- "Lets Hear It" – 4:55
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cover) – 3:10 (ZZ Top) - "Bad Broad (Good Girl Gone Bad)" – 4:12
- "Raise Your Flag" – 3:00
Personnel
- ShagrathShagrathShagrath is a Norwegian musician best known as the vocalist of Dimmu Borgir.-Biography:Stian Thoresen was born on November 18, 1976 in Jessheim, outside of Oslo, Norway....
: Guitars - Eddie Guz: Vocals
- Ricky Black: Guitars
- Luna: Bass
- Tony White: Drums
Production
- Arranged & Produced By Chrome Division
- Recorded & Engineered By Fredrik NordströmFredrik NordströmBjörn Tom Fredrik Nordström, born on 5 January 1967, is a Swedish record producer and guitar player for the heavy metal band Dream Evil. Nordström is one of the leading melodic death metal producers in Sweden, and he has worked with some of the genre's top acts, including At the Gates, Arch Enemy,...
; assistant engineers: Henrik Udd & Ricky Black - Mixed By Shagrath, Fredrik Nordstrom & Henrik Udd
- Mastered By Peter in de Betou