Exhausting Fire

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Exhausting Fire
Album cover artwork by Shaun Beaudry
October 2, 2015
February 2015 – March 2015
The Jam Room Columbia, South Carolina
Sludge metal, heavy metal
45:02
Season of Mist
Philip Cope
Ultraviolet(2013)

Exhausting Fire(2015) | Ultraviolet(2013) | Exhausting Fire(2015) | | | Ultraviolet(2013) | Exhausting Fire(2015) | | |

Aggregate scores
Metacritic	82/100
About.com
AllMusic
Consequence of Sound	B
Exclaim!	8
Magnet
Metal Storm	6.5
Pitchfork	7.4
Punknews.org
Spin	8

Exhausting Fire is the seventh full-length studio album by American sludge metal band Kylesa. It is the group's fourth album to be released through Season of Mist.

The aggregate review site Metacritic assigned an average score of 82 out of 100 to the album based on 6 reviews, indicating "universal acclaim".

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Exhausting Fire album personnel adapted from the CD liner notes.

Kylesa

• Laura Pleasants – vocals, guitar
• Philip Cope – vocals, guitar, bass, keyboards
• Carl McGinley – drums

Guest musicians

• Jay Matheson – bass on "Moving Day", "Night Drive", "Growing Roots", "Out of My Mind", Shaping the Southern Sky", "Blood Moon" and "Lost and Confused"
• Andrew J. Ripley – oboe on "Blood Moon"

Production

• Philip Cope – producer, head engineer
• Zac Thomas – head engineer
• Steve Slavish – assistant engineer
• Jay Matheson – assistant engineer
• Carl McGinley – assistant engineer
• FatRat Da Czar – assistant engineer
• Dave Harris – mastering at Studio B, Columbia, South Carolina

Album artwork

• Shaun Beaudry – album art
• Laura Pleasants – art direction and additional graphics
• Edley O'Dowd – Kylesa "K" logo

Chart	Peakposition
Billboard Top Independent Albums	48
Billboard Top Hard Rock Albums	22
Billboard Top Heatseeker Albums	7

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• Official website
• Official Facebook page