In the Arms of Devastation
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In the Arms of Devastation is the eighth studio album
by the Canadian
death metal
band Kataklysm
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Studio album
A studio album is an album made up of tracks recorded in the controlled environment of a recording studio. A studio album contains newly written and recorded or previously unreleased or remixed material, distinguishing itself from a compilation or reissue album of previously recorded material, or...
by the Canadian
Canada
Canada is a North American country consisting of ten provinces and three territories. Located in the northern part of the continent, it extends from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west, and northward into the Arctic Ocean...
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 Kataklysm
Kataklysm
Kataklysm is a Canadian death metal band. They call their musical style "northern hyperblast" after an advertisement in M.E.A.T. magazine describing another band, Fear Factory, as "hyperblast". The term refers to the extremely fast blast beats that Kataklysm's drummer, Max Duhamel, fuses into the...
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Track listing
- "Like Angels Weeping (The Dark)" – 4:27
- "Let Them Burn" – 3:19
- "Crippled & Broken" – 4:32
- "To Reign Again" – 4:25
- "It Turns to Rust" – 4:04
- "Open Scars" – 4:06
- "Temptation's Nest" – 3:46
- "In Words of Desperation" – 5:10
- "The Road to Devastation" – 7:14
Personnel
- Maurizio Iacono – vocals
- Jean-Francois DagenaisJean-Francois DagenaisJean-François Dagenais is the guitarist for the Canadian death metal band, Kataklysm. He is also a music producer.- Kataklysm member :As opposed to many of the original members Jean-François has been with Kataklysm since the beginning...
– guitar, producer - Stéphane Barbe – bass guitar
- Max Duhamel – drums
Other credits
- Morgan LanderMorgan LanderMorgan Lee Lander is the lead singer and guitarist for the Canadian alternative metal group Kittie. Her sister, Mercedes Lander, plays drums for Kittie. She is known for her use of metal growls as a vocalist, though she also sings with a clean voice as well...
– guest vocals on It Turns to Rust - Tim RothTim Roth (musician)Tim Roth is the guitarist, backing vocalist and only remaining founding member of Canadian melodic death metal and progressive metal band, Into Eternity. Roth is very much the mastermind of Into Eternity, plays the majority of their guitar solos and also was originally the lead vocalist...
– guest appearance on The Road to Devastation - Rob Doherty – guest appearance on The Road to Devastation