| An Excellent Servant But a Terrible Master | ||||
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| Released | September 2, 2011 | |||
| Recorded | January 2011 | |||
| Studio | Bad Lab Studios, Tabernacle, NJ | |||
| Genre | Technical death metal, mathcore | |||
| Length | 45:00 | |||
| Label | Selfmadegod | |||
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An Excellent Servant But a Terrible Master is the debut studio album of Pyrrhon, released on September 2, 2011 by Selfmadegod. [1]
All lyrics are written by Doug Moore; all music is composed by Pyrrhon
| No. | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | "New Parasite" | 7:34 |
| 2. | "Glossolalian" | 3:13 |
| 3. | "Idiot Circles" | 4:40 |
| 4. | "Correcting a Mistake" | 3:21 |
| 5. | "Gamma Knife" | 4:55 |
| 6. | "The Architect Confesses (Spittlestrand Hair)" | 4:49 |
| 7. | "Flesh Isolation Chamber" | 8:24 |
| 8. | "A Terrible Master" | 8:04 |
Adapted from the An Excellent Servant But a Terrible Master liner notes. [2]
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| Region | Date | Label | Format | Catalog |
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| United States | 2011 | Selfmadegod | CD | SMG 079 |
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