Poison of Ages
Encyclopedia
Poison of Ages is an album by New Zealand
metal
band 8 Foot Sativa
. It is the first 8 Foot Sativa record to feature vocalist Ben Read, and the last to feature 8 Foot Sativa original, Brent Fox. The album was due to be released on 8 May , 2006 but its release was delayed (See "Controversy" below). It was recorded at Studio Underground in Sweden
. It has been self released by the band and is distributed by Universal Music in New Zealand. The official release date was May 21 2007.
A two minute demo of 'For the Birds' can be found on their website 8footsativa.com. The band premiered 'For the Birds' in August 2006 at The Rack and Ruin bar in Napier. They also premiered 'Thumbs, Eye Sockets, Love' not long afterwards. The band played at least three of the songs live before they released Poison of Ages.
8 Foot Sativa's drummer at the time, Corey Friedlander, was planned to play the drums for this album but he injured himself prior to recording. Steven Westerberg from Carnal Forge
ended up doing the drumming on this album. Petri Kuusisto, also from Carnal Forge, performed the guitar solos on the songs Crosses For Eyes and For The Birds.
Ben stated later in the thread that the album hadn't been mastered because they hadn't paid the person who recorded it because someone breached their contract.
New Zealand
New Zealand is an island country in the south-western Pacific Ocean comprising two main landmasses and numerous smaller islands. The country is situated some east of Australia across the Tasman Sea, and roughly south of the Pacific island nations of New Caledonia, Fiji, and Tonga...
metal
Heavy metal music
Heavy metal is a genre of rock music that developed in the late 1960s and early 1970s, largely in the Midlands of the United Kingdom and the United States...
band 8 Foot Sativa
8 Foot Sativa
8 Foot Sativa is a New Zealand-based metal band formed in 1998. Their most famous single is their self titled song, "8 Foot Sativa", which was number one on M2's top 12 list for 12 weeks, and stayed on the chart for seven months...
. It is the first 8 Foot Sativa record to feature vocalist Ben Read, and the last to feature 8 Foot Sativa original, Brent Fox. The album was due to be released on 8 May , 2006 but its release was delayed (See "Controversy" below). It was recorded at Studio Underground in Sweden
Sweden
Sweden , officially the Kingdom of Sweden , is a Nordic country on the Scandinavian Peninsula in Northern Europe. Sweden borders with Norway and Finland and is connected to Denmark by a bridge-tunnel across the Öresund....
. It has been self released by the band and is distributed by Universal Music in New Zealand. The official release date was May 21 2007.
A two minute demo of 'For the Birds' can be found on their website 8footsativa.com. The band premiered 'For the Birds' in August 2006 at The Rack and Ruin bar in Napier. They also premiered 'Thumbs, Eye Sockets, Love' not long afterwards. The band played at least three of the songs live before they released Poison of Ages.
Track listing
- Emancipate – 3:26
- Thumbs, Eye-Sockets, Love – 4:36
- We, the Termites – 3:20
- Exeunt – 4:43
- Crosses For Eyes – 4:48
- Pirates & Capitalists – 6:06
- The Great Western Cliff-Hanger – 4:55
- For the Birds – 4:29
- Napalm Existence – 5:13
Credits
- Ben Read - Vocals
- Gary Smith - GuitarGuitarThe guitar is a plucked string instrument, usually played with fingers or a pick. The guitar consists of a body with a rigid neck to which the strings, generally six in number, are attached. Guitars are traditionally constructed of various woods and strung with animal gut or, more recently, with...
- William Cleverdon - GuitarGuitarThe guitar is a plucked string instrument, usually played with fingers or a pick. The guitar consists of a body with a rigid neck to which the strings, generally six in number, are attached. Guitars are traditionally constructed of various woods and strung with animal gut or, more recently, with...
- Brent Fox - BassBass guitarThe bass guitar is a stringed instrument played primarily with the fingers or thumb , or by using a pick....
- Steven Westerberg - 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 ....
8 Foot Sativa's drummer at the time, Corey Friedlander, was planned to play the drums for this album but he injured himself prior to recording. Steven Westerberg from Carnal Forge
Carnal Forge
Carnal Forge are a Swedish band, best classified as thrash metal with some melodic death metal influences. The songs tend to be very fast and violent. Their name originates from a song on Carcass's album Heartwork.- Biography :...
ended up doing the drumming on this album. Petri Kuusisto, also from Carnal Forge, performed the guitar solos on the songs Crosses For Eyes and For The Birds.
Controversy
On the Official Forums Ben Read, the lead vocalist, stated that due to a breached contract Poison of Ages would not be able to be released until the band put together NZD $20,000. He however promised that the album would be released at some stage.Ben stated later in the thread that the album hadn't been mastered because they hadn't paid the person who recorded it because someone breached their contract.