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The 8th Plague (album)

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Length
  
37:26

Release date
  
8 August 2008

Label
  
Eyes Of Sound

Artist
  
Hybrid

Producer
  
Hybrid

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Released
  
August 8, 2008 (2008-08-08)

Recorded
  
Between June and July 2007 at Sadman Studio

Genres
  
Technical death metal, Avant-garde metal

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The 8th Plague is the debut full-length album of the Spanish extreme metal act Hybrid (after the release of their previous EP Beyond Undeniable Entropy) which features eight songs linked by an apocalyptic conceptual thread that represents human self-destruction told through the stages of an insect’s metamorphosis.

Contents

The album was recorded between June and July 2007 at Sadman Studio (One Last Word, Ictvs, Adrift) in Madrid by Carlos Santos and mastered by Alan Douches (Suffocation, Mastodon) at West West Side Music (New York). Artwork is courtesy of Seldon Hunt (Neurosis, Isis, Melvins).

The album was released on August 8, 2008 through London-based label Eyesofsound (Behold... The Arctopus, Dysrythmia, Yakuza).

Track listing

I. Ovum: Alienation
  1. "Hundred Years Ocean" – 4:46
  2. "Soul Prolapse" – 4:28
  3. "Sleep of the Defeated" – 3:57
II. Larva: Narcotization
  1. "Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder" – 4:14
  2. "Sun Burnt" – 2:41
III. Chrysallis: Transformation
  1. "Cocoon/Metamorphosis/Eclosion" – 3:48
IV. Imago: Obliteration
  1. "The Omega Swarm" – 3:54
  2. "Ashes of Babylon" – 9:38

Personnel

  • Albano Fortes – vocals
  • J. Oliver – guitar, backing vocals
  • Miguel – guitar, backing vocals
  • Kike – bass
  • Chus Maestro – drums, backing vocals
  • Songs

    1Hundred Years Ocean4:47
    2Soul Prolapse4:29
    3Sleep of the Defeated3:58

    References

    The 8th Plague (album) Wikipedia