Confederacy of Ruined Lives
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Confederacy of Ruined Lives is sludge metal
band Eyehategod
's fourth album
, released on September 19, 2000. As of 2011, it is their latest studio album. The track "Jack Ass in the Will of God" is a reworking of the title track to Southern Discomfort.
All songs written by Bower/LaCaze/Patton/Nick/Williams. All lyrics © 1999 Michael D. Williams.
Sludge metal
Sludge metal is a subgenre of heavy metal that melds elements of doom metal and hardcore punk, and sometimes incorporates influences from southern rock, stoner rock and grunge. Sludge metal is typically abrasive; often featuring shouted vocals, heavily distorted instruments and sharply contrasting...
band Eyehategod
Eyehategod
Eyehategod is an American sludge metal band from New Orleans who formed in 1988. They have become one of the most well known bands to emerge from the NOLA metal scene...
's fourth album
Album
An album is a collection of recordings, released as a single package on gramophone record, cassette, compact disc, or via digital distribution. The word derives from the Latin word for list .Vinyl LP records have two sides, each comprising one half of the album...
, released on September 19, 2000. As of 2011, it is their latest studio album. The track "Jack Ass in the Will of God" is a reworking of the title track to Southern Discomfort.
Track listing
- "Revelation/Revolution" – 4:18
- "Blood Money" – 4:11
- "Jack Ass in the Will of God" – 2:47
- "Self Medication Blues" – 4:46
- "The Concussion Machine Process" – 2:20
- "Inferior and Full of Anxiety" – 3:19
- ".001%" – 6:23
- "99 Miles of Bad Road" – 3:48
- "Last Year (She Wanted a Doll House)" – 4:53
- "Corruption Scheme" – 3:43
All songs written by Bower/LaCaze/Patton/Nick/Williams. All lyrics © 1999 Michael D. Williams.
Credits
- Jimmy BowerJimmy BowerJimmy Bower is an American sludge/heavy metal guitarist and drummer who has played with six bands, most notably Eyehategod, Crowbar, Down, and Superjoint Ritual....
– GuitarElectric guitarAn electric guitar is a guitar that uses the principle of direct electromagnetic induction to convert vibrations of its metal strings into electric audio signals. The signal generated by an electric guitar is too weak to drive a loudspeaker, so it is amplified before sending it to a loudspeaker...
("Paranoid Disorientation And Off-balance Motor Disturbance") - Mike WilliamsMike Williams (singer)Mike IX Williams is the singer for Eyehategod and former associate editor for Metal Maniacs. He has also worked on other projects.-Eyehategod:Mike was invited to join Eyehategod by Jimmy Bower in 1988...
– Vocalist ("Agitated Depression And Idiopathic Psycho-Dissociative Phobia") - Joe LaCaze – DrumsDrum kitA drum kit is a collection of drums, cymbals and often other percussion instruments, such as cowbells, wood blocks, triangles, chimes, or tambourines, arranged for convenient playing by a single person ....
("Perceptual Distortion And Anxious Neurotic Expansiveness") - Danny Nick – BassBass guitarThe bass guitar is a stringed instrument played primarily with the fingers or thumb , or by using a pick....
("Hostile Belligerence And Itropunitive Projection") - Brian Patton – Guitar ("Catatonic Thought Impairment And Pathogenic Retardation")
- Tom Bejgrowicz – Artwork
- Dave Fortman – Recording, Mixing, Producer