Silencing Machine
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::data[format=table title="Infobox album"]
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| name | Silencing Machine |
| type | studio |
| artist | Nachtmystium |
| cover | Nachtmystium Silencing Machine.jpg |
| released | |
| recorded | 2012 |
| studio | Engine Studios, Chicago |
| genre | Black metal |
| length | |
| label | Century Media |
| prev_title | Addicts: Black Meddle, Part II |
| prev_year | 2010 |
| next_title | The World We Left Behind |
| next_year | 2014 |
| :: |
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Silencing Machine is the sixth full-length album by black metal band Nachtmystium. It was released via Century Media Records in the United States on July 30, 2012.
Limited edition includes an additional bonus track "Ashes to Ashes". This track is a rerecorded version of the same track on the Nachtmystium's 2004 album Demise.
Track listing
| total_length = 59:38 | title1 = Dawn Over the Ruins of Jerusalem | length1 = 4:28 | title2 = Silencing Machine | length2 = 6:26 | title3 = And I Control You | length3 = 6:14 | title4 = The Lepers of Destitution | length4 = 8:29 | title5 = Borrowed Hope and Broken Dreams | length5 = 5:09 | title6 = I Wait in Hell | length6 = 5:45 | title7 = Decimation, Annihilation | length7 = 4:54 | title8 = Reduced to Ashes | length8 = 5:07 | title9 = Give Me the Grave | length9 = 5:29 | title10 = These Rooms in Which We Weep | length10 = 7:37 | headline = Limited edition bonus track | total_length = 67:54 | title11 = Ashes to Ashes | length11 = 8:16
LP release
| headline = Side A | title1 = Dawn Over the Ruins of Jerusalem | length1 = 4:28 | title2 = Silencing Machine | length2 = 6:25 | title3 = And I Control You | length3 = 6:14 | headline = Side B | title1 = The Lepers of Destitution | length1 = 8:29 | title2 = Borrowed Hope and Broken Dreams | length2 = 5:09 | title3 = I Wait in Hell | length3 = 5:45 | headline = Side C | title1 = Decimation, Annihilation | length1 = 4:54 | title2 = Reduced to Ashes | length2 = 5:08 | headline = Side D | title1 = Give Me the Grave | length1 = 5:29 | title2 = These Rooms in Which We Weep | length2 = 7:38
Personnel
;Nachtmystium
- Blake Judd – vocals, guitar, synthesizer
- Andrew "Aamonael" Markuszewski – vocals, guitar
- Will Lindsay – bass
- Charlie Fell – drum, percussion
- Sanford Parker – keyboard, synthesizer
;Additional musicians
- Matthias Vogels – guitar, synthesizer
- Bruce Lamont, Chris Black, Matt McGoat – additional vocals
;Technical personnel
- Rebecca Clegg – artwork
- Collin Jordan – mastering
- Sanford Parker – mixing and engineering
- Nachtmystium (Sanford Parker) – production
- Christophe Szpajdel — logo
References
References
- Schalek, Dave. "Nachtmysitum – Silencing Machine Review". [[About.com]].
- Rivadavia, Eduardo. "Silencing Machine – Nachtmystium".
- Bowling, Matthew. "Nachtmystium – Silencing Machine (Century Media Records)".
- Hadusek, Jon. (August 9, 2012). "Album Review: Nachtmystium – Silencing Machine".
- Juliff, Kevin. (July 22, 2012). "Nachtmystium – Silencing Machine". thenewreview.net.
- Stosuy, Brandon. (August 2, 2012). "Nachtmystium: Silencing Machine". [[Pitchfork Media.
- Brown, Dean. (August 10, 2012). "Nachtmystium: Silencing Machine".
- Menn, Ricarda. (July 24, 2012). "CD Review: Nachtmystium – Silencing Machine". reflectionsofdarkness.com.
- R. Weingarten, Christopher. (July 31, 2012). "Nachtmystium, ‘Silencing Machine’".
- "Century Media Records – Nachtmystium – Silencing Machine". [[Century Media Records]].
- "Nachtmystium – Silencing Machine (ltd. ed. digi – import)".
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