Bringer of Plagues is the second album by Divine Heresy

Divine Heresy

Divine Heresy is an American metal band formed by founder of Fear Factory, guitarist Dino Cazares and Devolved, drummer John Sankey. Although the band's origins trace back to 2002, Divine Heresy was officially formed in 2006...

, released in the United States

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 on July 28, 2009. It's their first album to feature new vocalist Travis Neal and the only one to feature bassist Joe Payne.

On 3 June 2009, two new songs from the album titled "Undivine Prophecies" and "Facebreaker" were posted on the band's MySpace page.

It sold around 3,000 copies in the United States in its first week of release to debut at position No. 148 on the Billboard 200

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 chart.

Track listing

1. "Facebreaker" - 3:42
2. "The Battle of J. Casey" - 3:42
3. "Undivine Prophecies (Intro)" - 1:07
4. "Bringer of Plagues" - 3:40
5. "Redefine" - 3:46
6. "Anarchaos" - 4:40
7. "Monolithic Doomsday Devices" - 5:24
8. "Letter to Mother" - 3:36
9. "Enemy Kill" - 3:11
10. "Darkness Embedded" - 4:34
11. "The End Begins" - 4:58
12. "Forever the Failure" - 3:39 (UK and Japanese Bonus Track)

The iTunes version of the album comes with the bonus track "Facebreaker" (Instrumental)

Credits

• Travis Neal – vocals
  Singing
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• Dino Cazares
  Dino Cazares
  Dino Cazares, born in El Centro, California, is a Mexican-American musician and the guitarist for Los Angeles-based industrial metal group Fear Factory. He also plays in the metal bands Divine Heresy and Asesino.-Biography:...
  
   – guitar
  Electric guitar
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• Joe Payne
  Joe Payne
  Joseph "Joe" Payne was born in Tampa, Florida in 1984. He is a heavy metal bassist and guitarist. Until 2011, Joe Payne played bass in the metal band Divine Heresy with Fear Factory guitarist Dino Cazares, vocalist Travis Neal and ex-Vital Remains and Hate Eternal drummer Tim Yeung.Joe Payne joined...
  
   – bass guitar
  Bass guitar
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• Tim Yeung
  Tim Yeung
  Tim Yeung is a prominent extreme metal drummer. He was born on November 27, 1978 in Rochester, New York and currently resides in Los Angeles, California. Tim started playing drums when he was 11 years old.-Biography:...
  
   – drums
  Drum kit
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• Engineered, Produced and Mixed by Logan Mader and Lucas Banker for Dirty Icon Productions
• Co-Produced by Dino Cazares
• Mastered by Dirty Icon Productions
• Recorded, Mixed and Mastered at Edge Of The Earth Studios, Hollywood, CA
• Drums recorded at: Mid City Sound
• Pre-Production: Jeramiah Curo at DeadSpace Studios, Barona, CA
• Orchestral Arrangements on "The End Begins" by Jonathon Merkel
• Drums Arrangements by John Sankey
• Keyboards on "Undivine Prophecies" and "The End Begins" by Jonathon Merkel
• Additional Keyboards on "Darkness Embedded" by Rhys Fulber
  Rhys Fulber
  Nowell Rhys Fulber is a Canadian electronic musician and producer. He was a member of Front Line Assembly and Delerium along with Bill Leeb, and now records on his own under the name Conjure One.- Biography :...
  
  
• Guitar Tech: Alex Lagos
• A&R by Scott Koenig (Divine Heresy) and Ray Harkins (Century Media)
• Photography by Glen LaFerman