Lazarus Bird is the fifth and final full-length album by Swedish progressive metal band Burst, released on September 16, 2008 by Relapse Records. It features lengthier songs than the albums before it, averaging 7.5 minutes per song. It also exhibits a more experimental nature than any of Burst's previous records.
| Lazarus Bird | ||||
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| Studio album by | ||||
| Released | September 16, 2008 | |||
| Recorded | May 2008 | |||
| Studio | Studio Bohus Sound, Gothenburg, Sweden | |||
| Genre | Progressive metal, post-metal, metalcore, sludge metal | |||
| Length | 59:54 | |||
| Label | Relapse Records | |||
| Producer | Burst, Fredrik Reinedahl | |||
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| Review scores | |
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| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic | (positive)[1] |
| Sputnik Music |   [2] |
Recording was completed in Studio Bohussound in Kungalv, Sweden, in May 2008.[3] The album's core concept was described by the band as "homogenic" and "thematic".[3]
Track listing
edit| No. | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | "I Hold Vertigo" | 7:16 |
| 2. | "I Exterminate the I" | 6:58 |
| 3. | "We Are Dust" | 7:13 |
| 4. | "Momentum" | 4:34 |
| 5. | "Cripple God" | 6:42 |
| 6. | "Nineteenhundred" | 7:55 |
| 7. | "(We Watched) The Silver Rain" | 9:52 |
| 8. | "City Cloaked" | 9:23 |
Personnel
edit- Burst
- Patrik Hultin – drums
- Linus Jägerskog – vocals
- Jesper Liveröd – bass
- Robert Reinholdz – guitar and vocals
- Jonas Rydberg – guitar
- Additional personnel
- Ulf Eriksson – saxophone (track 6)
- Jonas Rydberg – engineering
- Robert Reinholdz – engineering
- Dragan Tasmankovic – mastering
- Fredrik Reinedahl – production, engineering
- Oskar Karlsson – additional vocal production
- Emma Svensson – photography
- Orion Landau – design, artwork
References
edit- ^ Sullivan, Patrick. "Lazarus Bird - Burst". AllMusic. Retrieved 2 January 2014.
- ^ "Burst - Lazarus-Bird". Sputnik Music. Retrieved 1 January 2014.
- ^ a b "BURST Completes Work On 'Lazarus Bird'". Blabbermouth.net. 22 May 2008. Retrieved 2 January 2014.
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