Gospels for the Sick is the first album by Scum

SCUM (band)

Scum is a hardcore punk/black metal band formed in 2002 with members from Amen, Emperor, Zyklon and Turbonegro. All members are Norwegian except for American vocalist Casey Chaos...

. It was recorded at Crystal Canyon Studios in Oslo

Oslo

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 in one session in 2004 and released in Norway in fall 2005, in August in Europe and October in North America.

The album was nominated for the Alarm Awards (Norwegian music awards) in the metal category, but lost to Stonegard

Stonegard

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The artwork on the CD was done by Stephen O'Malley

Stephen O'Malley

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 and the band photos by Sebastian Ludvigsen. The music was created by Samoth

Samoth

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, Cosmocrator and Casey Chaos

Casey Chaos

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, while the lyrics were all written by Casey Chaos.

Track listing

1. "Protest Life" (5:16)
2. "Gospels for the Sick" (5:05)
3. "Throw Up on You" (3:15)
4. "Night of 1000 Deaths" (3:45)
5. "Truth Won't Be Sold" (3:37)
6. "Hate the Sane" (4:26)
7. "Deathpunkscumfuck" (2:07)
8. "Road to " (4:33)
9. "Backstabbers Go to Heaven" (4:12)
10. "The Perfect Mistake" (5:22)

The track "Bleeders", an album B-side

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, can be found on MySpace

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