An Epiphanic Vomiting of Blood

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An Epiphanic Vomiting of Blood
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Studio album by
Gnaw Their Tongues
ReleasedDecember 15, 2007 (2007-12-15)
Recorded2006 (2006) – 2007 (2007)
StudioDe Bejaarde, Drachten, NL
Genre Drone metal, dark ambient, industrial black metal, art metal [1]
Length38:01
Label Burning World
Crucial Blast (re-issue)
Gnaw Their Tongues chronology
Bubonic Burial Rites
(2007)		An Epiphanic Vomiting of Blood
(2007)		 Devotion
(2008)
Maurice de Jong chronology
Bubonic Burial Rites
(2007)		An Epiphanic Vomiting of Blood
(2007)		 Devotion
(2008)

An Epiphanic Vomiting of Blood is the third full-length studio album by Gnaw Their Tongues, released on December 15, 2007 by Burning World and Señor Hernandez Records. [2] [3] It was re-issued in 2008 by Crucial Blast and became Gnaw Their Tongues' first album to be released on compact disc in the United States. This allowed for wider distribution and marked the first time the project garnered critical interest, with comparisons being favorably drawn to the music of Napalm Death and Carcass.

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Recording and release

The music for An Epiphanic Vomiting of Blood was recorded at composer Maurice de Jong's personal studio in Drachten, named De Bejaarde. De Jong was approached by Burning World Records, who offered to press his music to vinyl for a limited run of five hundred copies. The US-based label Crucial Blast adopted the album in early 2008, offering the music a wider distribution. [3]

Critical reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
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Exclaim! Favorable [5]

An Epiphanic Vomiting of Blood garnered favorable reviews from music critics, primarily for its ability to conjure a bleak and oppressive atmosphere. Music journalist Ned Raggett gave the album three and a half out of five stars saying, "often, things seem to be fully careening out of control -- no bad thing, but it makes songs hard to hum -- but then there'll be some sort of Wagnerian surge, as on "Sawn Asunder and Left for the Beasts" or "And There Will Be More of Your Children Dead Tomorrow" that turns it all into a massive tension release." [4] Albert Pollard of Aural Innovations lauded Gnaw Their Tongues' sound, saying "their music is bore of the Devil, it is dark and droning orchestral doom, horrific and bloody, it rolls like a horror film and sounds like one." [6] Max Deneau of Exclaim! noted the number of diverse instruments employed in the compositions and compared the music to that of the Italian progressive rock band Goblin. [5]

Track listing

All music is composed by Maurice de Jong.

Side one
No.TitleLength
1."My Body Is Not a Vessel, Nor a Temple. It's a Repulsive Pile of Sickness"7:30
2."Teeth That Leer Like Open Graves"6:54
3."Sawn Asunder and Left for the Beasts"5:40
Side two
No.TitleLength
1."An Epiphanic Vomiting of Blood"6:19
2."The Sewer Rats of Calcutta"4:10
3."And There Will Be More of Your Children Dead Tomorrow"7:28
CD edition bonus track
No.TitleLength
7."The Urge to Participate in Butchery"8:29

Personnel

Adapted from the An Epiphanic Vomiting of Blood liner notes. [7]

Release history

RegionDateLabelFormatCatalog
Netherlands2007Burning World/Señor Hernandez LP BWR001
United States2008Crucial Blast CD CBR 69

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References

  1. ↑ "The Top 10 Arty Metal Bands". LA Weekly. 11 April 2017.
  2. ↑ de Jong, Maurice (2011). "Releases: 2008". devotionalhymns.com. Retrieved December 19, 2015.
  3. 1 2 Heylen, Erik (August 2008). "Gnaw Their Tongues - I Love Vinyl". Lords of Metal. Retrieved December 19, 2015.
  4. 1 2 Raggett, Ned. "Gnaw Their Tongues: An Epiphanic Vomiting of Blood > Review". Allmusic. Retrieved December 19, 2015.
  5. 1 2 Deneau, Max (May 20, 2008). "Gnaw Their Tongues: An Epiphanic Vomiting of Blood". Exclaim! . Retrieved December 19, 2015.
  6. ↑ Pollard, Albert (September 2008). "Gnaw Their Tongues - "An Epiphanic Vomiting Of Blood"". Aural Innovations. Retrieved December 19, 2015.
  7. ↑ An Epiphanic Vomiting of Blood (sleeve). Gnaw Their Tongues. Nijmegen, Netherlands: Burning World Records. 2007.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)
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