Severance is the debut album by Australia

Australia

Australia , officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the Southern Hemisphere comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. It is the world's sixth-largest country by total area...

n melodic death metal

Death metal

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 band Daysend

Daysend

Daysend was a metalcore/melodic death metal band from Sydney, Australia, assembled in 2002. Their debut album, Severance, was released the following year.-History:...

. It was released by Chatterbox Records

Chatterbox Records

Chatterbox Records was an independent record label based in Sydney, Australia, founded in 1997 by musician Nik Tropiano and Sebastian Chase of Phantom Records. The label boasts an eclectic mixture of artists across various genres. Its first release was a vinyl EP from Sydney electro-goth band Cult 45...

 in Australia on 3 November 2003 and in the US by Metal Blade

Metal Blade Records

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 and Europe

Europe

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 by Locomotive Records in November 2004. The song "Beggars With Knives" was included on the Faultline Records

Faultline Records

Faultline Entertainment Group also known as Faultline Records is an independent record label based in Melbourne, Australia. It was founded in 1998 by ARIA Nominated metal producer dw Norton and begun as a development label...

 compilation album Metal for the Brain

Metal for the Brain

Metal for the Brain was Australia's largest heavy metal music festival. The event was held in Canberra annually, usually towards the end of the year, and featured Australian bands almost exclusively...

 2005 in 2005. Severance took ten days to record and was produced by DW Norton and Nik Tropiano.

Track listing

1. "Born is the Enemy" − 5:21
2. "Ignorance of Bliss" − 4:29
3. "Blood of Angels" − 3:54
4. "Countdown" − 5:20
5. "Prism of You" − 3:40
6. "End of Days" − 4:09
7. "Severance Day" − 3:41
8. "Sellout" − 4:33
9. "September" − 4:09
10. "Beggars With Knives" − 3:04
11. "Sibling" − 7:00

Personnel

• Simon Calabrese - Vocals
• Meredith Webster - Bass
  Bass guitar
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• Aaron Bilbija - Guitar
  Electric guitar
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• Wayne Morris - Drums
  Drum kit
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• Michael Kordek - Guitar