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The Skull - For Those Which Are Asleep Mp3

Skull Tee Pee Records Doom Metal Psychedelic Rock 2014

Performer: The Skull
Album: For Those Which Are Asleep
Label: Tee Pee Records
Catalog #: TPE-170-2
MP3: 2256 mb | FLAC: 2249 mb
Released: 04 Nov 2014
Country: US
Style: Doom Metal, Psychedelic Rock
Rating: 4.8/5
Votes: 364
Category: Rock

The Skull - For Those Which Are Asleep Mp3

Tracklist

1	Sick Of It All Lyrics By – E. WagnerMusic By – J. Olson	5:10
2	A New Generation Lyrics By – E. WagnerMusic By – L. Keller, R. Holzner	4:11
3	The Touch Of Reality Lyrics By – E. WagnerMusic By – M.Goldsborough	4:22
4	Till The Sun Turns Black Lyrics By – E. WagnerMusic By – R. Holzner	4:11
5	Trapped Inside My Mind Lyrics By – E. WagnerMusic By – L. Keller	4:20
6	Sometime Yesterday Mourning Lyrics By – E. WagnerMusic By – L. Keller, R. Holzner	4:28
7	The Door Lyrics By – E. WagnerMusic By – J. Olson	5:39
8	The Last Judgment Soloist – Michael Carpenter Written-By [Uncredited] – Trouble	5:01
9	For Those Which Are Asleep Lyrics By – E. WagnerMusic By – L. Keller, M.Goldsborough	7:14
10	Send Judas Down Lyrics By – E. WagnerMusic By – J. Olson, M. Goldsborough	4:49
11	Bonus Tracks

Versions

Category	Artist	Title (Format)	Label	Category	Country	Year
TPE-170-1	The Skull	For Those Which Are Asleep ‎(LP, Album, Ltd, Cle)	Tee Pee Records	TPE-170-1	US	2014
TPE-170-1	The Skull	For Those Which Are Asleep ‎(LP, Album, Ltd, Gol)	Tee Pee Records	TPE-170-1	UK	2014

Credits

Artwork [Additional], Layout [Additional] – Al Oaks
Bass – Ron Holzner
Cover, Layout – Chuck Robinson
Drums, Keyboards [Keys] – Jeff "Oly" Olson
Engineer [Additional] – Lothar (tracks: 9, 10), Quentin (tracks: 9, 10), Rohan Sforcina (tracks: 9, 10)
Guitar – Lothar Keller, Matt Goldsborough
Mastered By – John Scrip
Photography By – Ty Klingsick
Producer – The Skull
Recorded By – Billy Anderson (tracks: 9, 10)
Recorded By [Additional Recordings] – Doug Agee (tracks: 1 to 8)
Recorded By, Mixed By – Quentin Poynter (tracks: 1 to 8)
Vocals – Eric Wagner

Notes

Packaged in a digipak with a foldout poster/lyric sheet and hype sticker.

Recorded and mixed in Chicago, IL. Additional recordings in Geneva, IL.

Tracks 9 & 10 were originally released as a CD single and do not appear on the vinyl version of this release.

Barcodes

Barcode: 7 07239 01702 0
Matrix / Runout: Z130440 6H TPE TP0170-2 TEXT 01
Mastering SID Code: ifpi L909
Mould SID Code: IFPI M161

Companies

Copyright (c) – Tee Pee Records
Phonographic Copyright (p) – Tee Pee Records
Manufactured By – The Orchard
Distributed By – The Orchard
Recorded At – Gunpoint Recording Studios
Recorded At – QMP Audio
Recorded At – Alpha Sound Services
Mixed At – Gunpoint Recording Studios
Mixed At – QMP Audio
Mastered At – Massive Mastering

Video

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Trouble 2, sort of

Original Trouble singer Eric Wagner released two new studio albums in 2014: FOR THOSE WHICH ARE ASLEEP with The Skull and the self-titled Blackfinger album, each of which were debut releases. Both bands are a doomish mix of Trouble, Ozzie-era Sabbath, Pentagram, The Doors, Pink Floyd and The Beatles, but The Skull are heavier whereas Blackfinger are mellower (in a haunting way) and arguably more experimental.

Yet they’re both basically alternative Trouble bands with enough to distinguish them from Eric’s former group. For one thing, neither are as rockin’ as Trouble. That said, the opening song on FOR THOSE WHICH ARE ASLEEP, “Trapped Inside,” is definitely reminiscent of Trouble, particularly when it picks-up after the opening dirge-like part.

This particular album was created/recorded by three former Trouble members – Eric, bassist Ron Holzner and drummer Jeff "Oly" Olson – as well as Lothar Keller (Sacred Dawn) and Matt Goldsborough (Pentagram). I’m not going to compare it to the contemporaneous Wagner-less Trouble album THE DISTORTION FIELD (2013) because they’re both equally good in different ways. Like I said, Trouble is more rockin’ whereas this album is more subdued and melancholy, BLACKFINGER even more so.

The best song is easily the moving title track which is the longest cut clocking-in at over 7 minutes. Honestly, it stands with the best metal songs ever, like Trouble’s recent “Your Reflection.” Of course they’re two totally different kind of songs. “The Door” is another top track with its haunting, moody approach, as if The Doors were to put out a modern song.

FOR THOSE WHICH ARE ASLEEP is somehow refreshing. It harkens back to those previously mentioned old bands, but it also has a timeless quality. The fact that the lyrics emphasize love amidst the most common struggles of life makes the album even more refreshing. The Skull are a doom band, yes, but certainly not in the hopeless, nihilistic sense of, say, My Dying Bride.

GRADE: B+/A-

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