Transhuman (album)
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| Studio album by Believer | ||||
| Released | April 11, 2011 | |||
| Recorded | August–December 2010 | |||
| Genre | Technical metal, progressive metal, progressive death metal | |||
| Label | Metal Blade | |||
| Producer | The Trauma Team | |||
| Believer chronology | ||||
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| Source | Rating |
| About.com |   [1] |
| Blistering |    [2] |
| Cross Rhythms |   [3] |
| Decibel | 2/10[4] |
| Lords of Metal | 92/100[5] |
| Metal.de | 9/10[6] |
| Metal Hammer Germany | 4/7[7] |
| The Phantom Tollbooth | [8] |
| Powermetal.de | 8.50/10[9] |
| SputnikMusic | [10] |
Transhuman is the fifth full-length album by the American technical thrash metal band Believer, released on April 11, 2011 on Metal Blade Records.
Overview
A concept album, the band stated that the lyrics deal with transhumanism, "The study of the ramifications, promises, and potential dangers of technologies that will enable us to overcome fundamental human limitations, and the related study of the ethical matters involved in developing and using such technologies." The band stated that the source of inspiration was Dr. Ginger Campbell’s Brain Science Podcast, which explores recent discoveries in neuroscience, as well as Dr. Thomas Metzinger’s scientific research and philosophical study of consciousness and the self.[10]
Musically, the band stated that they "focused more on the overall musicality which included more instrumental layers than we used before."[11] Sputnik Music noted that the band dropped most of the aggressive thrash metal elements in favor of more melodic, modern, mid-tempo and mechanical style.[10] About.com reviewer wrote that the album's genre is difficult to pigeon hole, featuring elements of industrial, psychedelic and soundtrack music among technical metal.[12]
Track listing
- Lie Awake - 5:03
- G.U.T. - 3:39
- Multiverse - 4:44
- End Of Infinity - 4:12
- Transfection - 3:55
- Clean Room - 4:50
- Currents - 2:50
- Traveler - 4:23
- Ego Machine - 4:29
- Being No One - 4:47
- Entanglement - 4:15
- Mindsteps - 6:52
Personnel and credits
- Believer
- Kurt Bachman - vocals, guitar
- Joey Daub - drums
- Jeff King - keyboards, programming
- Kevin Leaman - guitar
- Elton Nestler - bass guitar, programming
- Additional musicians
- Trav Turner - additional drums (on track 1)
- Jim Thomas - guitar technician, main personnel, setup
- Production
- Kevin "131" Gutierrez - additional production, mixing
- Joel DuBay - mixing assistant
- Maor Appelbaum - mastering engineer
- The Trauma Team - engineer
- Business team
- Donna Copeland Fuller - main personnel
- Ula Gehret - music business affairs
- Leif Jensen - music business affairs
- Kelli Malella - publicity
- Photography and art
- Tom Bejgrowicz - photography
- Kira Beth - model
- Tim Engle - photography
- Michael Rosner - design, layout, paintings
- Other
- Albert Einstein - quotation author
- Thomas Metzinger - quotation author
References
- ↑ About.com review
- ↑ Blistering review
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