Red Album (Baroness album)
Encyclopedia
Red Album is the first LP
released by the progressive metal
band Baroness
. Red Album was named Album of the Year by heavy metal
magazine Revolver
. The music video for "Wanderlust" debuted on December 8, 2007 on Headbanger's Ball.
LP album
The LP, or long-playing microgroove record, is a format for phonograph records, an analog sound storage medium. Introduced by Columbia Records in 1948, it was soon adopted as a new standard by the entire record industry...
released by the progressive metal
Progressive metal
Progressive metal is a subgenre of heavy metal originating in the United Kingdom and North America in the late 1980s...
band Baroness
Baroness (band)
Baroness is a band from Savannah, Georgia whose members grew up together in Lexington, Virginia.-Formative years:Baroness formed in mid-2003, founded by former members of the punk/metal band Johnny Welfare and the Paychecks...
. Red Album was named Album of the Year by heavy 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...
magazine Revolver
Revolver (magazine)
Revolver is a bi-monthly rock and heavy metal magazine published by Future US. Before covering heavy metal, rock & hard rock solely, it was a more mainstream oriented magazine. The magazine is structured in a manner similar to publications such as Spin while covering many avenues within the heavy...
. The music video for "Wanderlust" debuted on December 8, 2007 on Headbanger's Ball.
Track listing
All songs written by Baroness with lyrics by John Baizley.- "Rays on Pinion" - 7:35
- "The Birthing" - 5:03
- "Isak" - 4:22
- "Wailing Wintry Wind" - 5:44
- "Cockroach en Fleur" - 1:50
- "Wanderlust" - 4:29
- "Aleph" - 4:21
- "Teeth of a Cogwheel" - 2:16
- "O'Appalachia" - 2:36
- "Grad" - 5:54
- "Untitled" - 12:11
- "Untitled" starts with 11:01 of silence. Only the last 1:10 make up the actual song.
Personnel
- John Dyer BaizleyJohn Dyer BaizleyJohn Baizley is a painter and musician based in Savannah, Georgia. He is notable for his album cover art and t-shirts for artists including Kylesa, Pig Destroyer, Darkest Hour, Daughters, Skeletonwitch, Torche, Cursed, Black Tusk, Kvelertak, Vitamin X, Flight of the Conchords, The Red Chord,...
– vocals, guitar and artwork - Allen Blickle – drums
- Brian Blickle – guitar
- Summer Welch – bass