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.
| Exhausting Fire | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
 Album cover artwork by Shaun Beaudry | ||||
| Studio album by | ||||
| Released | October 2, 2015 | |||
| Recorded | February 2015 – March 2015 | |||
| Studio | The Jam Room Columbia, South Carolina | |||
| Genre | Sludge metal, heavy metal | |||
| Length | 45:02 | |||
| Label | Season of Mist | |||
| Producer | Philip Cope | |||
| Kylesa chronology | ||||
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| Aggregate scores | |
|---|---|
| Source | Rating |
| Metacritic | 82/100[1] |
| Review scores | |
| Source | Rating |
| About.com |   [2] |
| AllMusic |  [3] |
| Consequence of Sound | B[4] |
| Exclaim! | 8[5] |
| Magnet |    [1] |
| Metal Storm | 6.5[6] |
| Pitchfork | 7.4[7] |
| Punknews.org | [8] |
| Spin | 8[9] |
Reception
editThe aggregate review site Metacritic assigned an average score of 82 out of 100 to the album based on 6 reviews, indicating "universal acclaim".[1]
Track listing
edit| No. | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Crusher" | 4:55 |
| 2. | "Inward Debate" | 2:35 |
| 3. | "Moving Day" | 2:46 |
| 4. | "Lost and Confused" | 3:18 |
| 5. | "Shaping the Southern Sky" | 5:48 |
| 6. | "Falling" | 4:17 |
| 7. | "Night Drive" | 4:35 |
| 8. | "Blood Moon" | 4:37 |
| 9. | "Growing Roots" | 4:05 |
| 10. | "Out of My Mind" | 3:26 |
| 11. | "Paranoid" (Black Sabbath cover; bonus track) | 4:40 |
| Total length: | 45:02 | |
Personnel
editExhausting Fire album personnel adapted from the CD liner notes.[10]
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
Charts
edit| Chart | Peak position |
|---|---|
| Billboard Top Independent Albums[11] | 48 |
| Billboard Top Hard Rock Albums[11] | 22 |
| Billboard Top Heatseeker Albums[11] | 7 |
References
edit- ^ a b c "Critic Reviews for Exhausting Fire – Metacritic". Metacritic. Retrieved October 17, 2015.
- ^ Tom Campagna (October 2, 2015). "Kylesa – Exhausting Fire Review". About.com. Archived from the original on March 5, 2016. Retrieved October 17, 2015.
- ^ Thom Jurek (October 2, 2015). "Kylesa – Exhausting Fire". AllMusic. Retrieved October 17, 2015.
- ^ Jon Hadusek (September 28, 2015). "Album Review: Kylesa – Exhausting Fire". Consequence of Sound. Retrieved October 17, 2015.
- ^ Addison Herron-Wheeler (September 30, 2015). "Kylesa Exhausting Fire". Exclaim!. Retrieved October 17, 2015.
- ^ BitterCOld (September 14, 2015). "Kylesa – Exhausting Fire review". Metal Storm. Retrieved October 17, 2015.
- ^ Brandon Stosuy (October 2, 2015). "Kylesa: Exhausting Fire; Album Reviews". Pitchfork Media. Retrieved October 17, 2015.
- ^ Keenan (October 6, 2015). "Kylesa – Exhausting Fire". Punknews.org. Retrieved October 17, 2015.
- ^ Kim Kelly (September 30, 2015). "Review: Kylesa Perfect Their Psychedelic Space-Metal on 'Exhausting Fire'". Spin. Retrieved October 17, 2015.
- ^ Exhausting Fire (CD liner). Kylesa. Seasons of Mist. 2015.
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