The Hero Cycle
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The Hero Cycle is the debut release of American metalcore
band Light This City
. This was the band's, and label's first album release. The Hero Cycle is being re-issued through Prosthetic Records. The original date was set to be released August 18, 2009 but was later pushed back to January 19, 2010.
Metalcore
Metalcore is a subgenre of heavy metal combining various elements of extreme metal and hardcore punk. The name is a portmanteau of the names of the two genres. The term took on its current meaning in the mid-1990s, describing bands such as Earth Crisis, Deadguy and Integrity...
band Light This City
Light This City
Light This City was an American melodic death metal band from the Bay Area of San Francisco that was active between 2002 and 2008.-History:They released one independent album and three albums with Prosthetic Records before disbanding in 2008...
. This was the band's, and label's first album release. The Hero Cycle is being re-issued through Prosthetic Records. The original date was set to be released August 18, 2009 but was later pushed back to January 19, 2010.
Track listing
- "Apostate" – 4:30
- "Picture Start" – 2:29
- "Give Up" – 3:24
- "Parisian Sun" – 2:03
- "Cold" – 3:30 (At the GatesAt the GatesAt the Gates is an extreme metal band from Gothenburg, Sweden, and a major progenitor of the Gothenburg death-metal sound. Their early albums lean towards a death metal sound, but later albums sound more like melodic death metal.Initially active from 1990 to 1996, the band reformed in 2007 for a...
cover) - "Laid to Rest" – 3:20
- "Sierra" – 3:28
- "No Solace In Sleep" - 3:49
- "The Weight of Glory" - 2:51
- "Next to Godliness" - 3:49
- Lyrics written by Laura Nichol, music written by Ben Murray.
Band line-up
- Laura Nichol - VocalsDeath growlA death growl, also known as death metal vocals, guttural vocals, death grunts, and harsh vocals among other names, is a vocalisation style usually employed by vocalists of the death metal and black metal music genre, but also used in a variety of heavy metal and hardcore punk subgenres.Death...
- Steven Shirley - 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...
- Mike Dias - BassBass guitarThe bass guitar is a stringed instrument played primarily with the fingers or thumb , or by using a pick....
- Ben Murray - Drums
Additional credits
- Additional vocals on "The Weight of Glory" by Phil Benson
- Additional guitar on "Cold" by Jeff Allen