Horizons is the second album by Australian metalcore

Metalcore

Metalcore is a subgenre of heavy metal combining various elements of extreme metal and hardcore punk. The name is a portmanteau of the names of the two genres. The term took on its current meaning in the mid-1990s, describing bands such as Earth Crisis, Deadguy and Integrity...

 band Parkway Drive, released on 6 October 2007 in Australia and 9 October 2007 internationally. Horizons was produced by Killswitch Engage

Killswitch Engage

Killswitch Engage is an American metalcore band from Westfield, Massachusetts, formed in 1999 after the disbandment of Overcast and Aftershock. Killswitch Engage's current lineup consists of vocalist Howard Jones, bassist Mike D'Antonio, guitarists Joel Stroetzel and Adam Dutkiewicz, and drummer...

 guitarist Adam Dutkiewicz

Adam Dutkiewicz

Adam Jonathan Dutkiewicz is an American musician, recording engineer and music producer, best known as a guitarist and backup vocalist from Massachusetts metalcore band Killswitch Engage.-Biography:...

 and recorded at Zing Studios in Massachusetts

Massachusetts

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The album debuted at #6 in the ARIA Albums Chart

ARIA Charts

The ARIA charts are the main Australian music sales charts, issued weekly by the Australian Recording Industry Association. The charts are a record of the highest selling singles and albums in various genres in Australia. ARIA commenced compiling its own charts in-house from the week ending 26 June...

 on 14 October 2007 and #27 in the Top Heatseekers chart. A video has been made for "Boneyards".

The track "Feed Them To The Pigs" is named after a line in the Guy Ritchie

Guy Ritchie

Guy Stuart Ritchie is an English screenwriter and film maker who directed Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels, Snatch, Revolver, RocknRolla and Sherlock Holmes.-Early life:...

 film Snatch

Snatch (film)

Snatch is a 2000 crime film written and directed by British filmmaker Guy Ritchie, featuring an ensemble cast. Set in the London criminal underworld, the film contains two intertwined plots: one dealing with the search for a stolen diamond, the other with a small-time boxing promoter named Turkish ...

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Track listing

Reception

• Allmusic [ link]
• AbsolutePunk (83%) link

Personnel

Parkway Drive

• Ben Gordon - drums
  Drum kit
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• Luke Kilpatrick - guitar
  Electric guitar
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• Jeff Ling - guitar
• Winston McCall - vocals
• Jia O'Connor - bass
  Bass guitar
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Additional musicians

• Adam Dutkiewicz - guitar solo on "Breaking Point"
• Pete Abordi - guest vocals on "Dead Man's Chest"

Production

• Adam Dutkiewicz - producer and mixer
• Tom Baker - mastering
• Jim 'Labs' Fogarty - assistant engineer
• Switzerland Design - art direction and design
• Gordon Ball - cover art and photography
• Ben Pobjoy - photography
• Glennie Whittall - illustrations

External links

• FasterLouder Horizons tour