A Quiet Place to Die

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A Quiet Place to Die
A Quiet Place to Die Alpha Wolf.png
Studio album by
Released25 September 2020
Genre Metalcore, nu metal
Length36:15
Label Greyscale Records, SharpTone Records
Producer Lance Prenc
Alpha Wolf chronology
Mono
(2017)
A Quiet Place to Die
(2020)
Singles from A Quiet Place to Die
  1. "Akudama"
    Released: 2 June 2020
  2. "Creep"
    Released: 22 July 2020
  3. "Bleed 4 You"
    Released: August 12, 2020

A Quiet Place to Die is the second studio album by Australian metalcore band Alpha Wolf. It was released on 25 September 2020 through Greyscale Records and SharpTone Records. The first single "Akudama" was released on 2 June 2020, followed by another single "Creep" which was released on 22 July 2020, and "Bleed 4 You" on August 12, 2020. The album debuted at No. 6 on the ARIA Albums Chart in its first week of release. [1]

Contents

Critical reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Distorted Sound MagazineStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [2]
Kerrang! Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [3]
The New Fury10/10 [4]
Wall of Sound9/10 [5]

A Quiet Place to Die received generally positive reviews, with Kris Pugh of Distorted Sound Magazine giving it an 8 out of 10, saying the album "isn’t just a statement of the band’s true arrival, but is one of the great extreme/hardcore records of recent memory." [2]

Track listing

All tracks are written by Alpha Wolf

No.TitleLength
1."A Quiet Place to Die"2:27
2."Creep"2:57
3."Golden Fate; Isolate"3:19
4."Akudama"2:38
5."Acid Romance"3:17
6."Rot in Pieces"2:57
7."Bleed 4 You" (featuring Lizi Blanco)3:58
8."Ultra-Violet Violence"3:25
9."The Mind Bends to a Will of Its Own"3:03
10."Restricted (R18+)"3:17
11."Don't Ask..."5:01
Total length:36:15

Personnel

Alpha Wolf

Additional personnel

Production

Charts

Chart (2020)Peak
position
Australia (ARIA) [1] 6

Awards

YearNominee / workAwardResultRef.
2021 A Quiet Place to Die ARIA Award for Best Hard Rock or Heavy Metal Album Nominated [6]

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