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Track listing

1. "Bleed On"
2. "FEFU"
3. "Salt Lake City"
4. "Dominator"
5. "Demented"
6. "Blast"
7. "Like You Want"
8. "Relentless"
9. "Massacre"
10. "Runaway No. 2"
11. "Go!"
12. "Another Classic"
13. "Christ On A Mic"
14. "Downey Junior"
15. "The Dwarves Must Die"

Personnel

• Guitar: He Who Cannot Be Named
• Engineer: Bradley Cook
• Engineer: Trevor Whatever
• Bass: Tony Lombardo
• Vocals: Blag Dahlia
• Bass/Vocals: Rex Everything
• Engineer: Eric Valentine