Dystopia is the second studio album by Canadian death metal

Death metal

Death metal is an extreme subgenre of heavy metal. It typically employs heavily distorted guitars, tremolo picking, deep growling vocals, blast beat drumming, minor keys or atonality, and complex song structures with multiple tempo changes....

 band Beneath the Massacre

Beneath the Massacre

Beneath the Massacre is a Canadian death metal band from Montreal, Quebec, Canada. Their debut album, Evidence of Inequity, was released in 2005, under Galy Records. In early 2006, the band signed with Prosthetic Records and has since released their first full-length album, Mechanics of...

. It was released on October 28, 2008 through Prosthetic Records

Prosthetic Records

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The song "Never More" is a re-recorded version of the track of the same name found on their first EP, Evidence of Inequity

Evidence of Inequity

Evidence of Inequity is an EP by Canadian technical death metal band Beneath the Massacre. It was released on May 31, 2005 through Galy Records. This EP was recorded and mixed at Victor Studio by Yannick St-Amand and mastered by Alan Douches at West West Side Studio in 2005...

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Track listing

1. "Condemned" – 4:20
2. "Reign of Terror" – 3:33
3. "Our Common Grave" – 3:43
4. "Harvest of Hate" – 3:15
5. "The Wasteland" – 3:38
6. "Bitter" – 2:46
7. "No Future" – 0:52
8. "Lithium Overdose" – 3:42
9. "Tharsis" - 3:47
10. "Never More" – 3:43
11. "Procreating the Infection" – 2:45

Musical and lyrical themes

Promotion

On July 3, 2008 a message was posted on Beneath the Massacre's official website about the first in a series of in-studio videos featuring footage from Northern Studio.

On August 14, 2008 a message was posted in Beneath the Massacre's official website regarding the second video for the making of Dystopia, featuring bass and guitar recording sessions, and also a link to Prostheric Records pre-order the album, currently available on CD

Compact Disc

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 and vinyl

LP album

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Personnel

• Elliot Desgagnés − vocals
  Singing
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• Christopher Bradley − guitar
  Electric guitar
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• Dennis Bradley − bass
  Bass guitar
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• Justin Rousselle − drums
  Drum kit
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• Yannick St-Amand – producer
  Record producer
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• Felix Rancourt – artwork
  Cover art
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• Alan Douches – master
  Audio mastering
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• Jason Suecof – mixer
  Audio mixing (recorded music)
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