Backdraft (album)

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Backdraft
Backdraft by Fallstar.jpg
Studio album by
ReleasedApril 16, 2013 (2013-04-16)
Genre
Length37:10
Label Facedown
Producer Kris Crummett
Fallstar chronology
Reconciler. Refiner. Igniter.
(2011)
Backdraft
(2013)
Future Golden Age
(2015)

Backdraft is the second studio album from Fallstar, released by Facedown Records on April 16, 2013. Fallstar worked with Kris Crummett in the production of this album.

Contents

Critical reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
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Exclaim! 4/10 [2]
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Awarding the album four stars from HM Magazine , Sarah Brehm states, "Fallstar’s Backdraft is metalcore at its heart, but still seamlessly pulls from a myriad of genres—melodic hardcore, punk, rap-rock, electronic—to create an album that’s hard not to like." [3] Mark Sherwood, rating the album a seven out of ten for Cross Rhythms, writes, "overall a strongish album." [1] Giving the album four and a half stars at Jesus Freak Hideout, Michael Weaver says, "Fallstar has produced a solid product in Backdraft." [5] Timothy Estabrooks, awarding the album four stars for Jesus Freak Hideout, states, "Backdraft is a phenomenal release from a band that really deserves a lot of recognition right now." [6] Lee Brown, giving the album four stars at Indie Vision Music, writes, "With Backdraft, they have grown musically, vocally, and as song writers." [4] Rating the album a four out of ten from Exclaim! , says, the band "stray from having any significant singles or memorable solos rise to the forefront, although the album as a whole stands against the grain within their particular genre." [2]

Track listing

No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Malbec Blood"Fallstar, Bryan Ratzlaff1:01
2."Shallow Believer" (featuring Matty Mullins of Memphis May Fire)Jason Brown, Fallstar, Chris Ratzlaff3:07
3."El Rey"Fallstar, C. Ratzlaff3:51
4."Drags, Drugs and Bones"Fallstar, C. Ratzlaff3:49
5."Yours until the End"Fallstar, C. Ratzlaff3:52
6."The Valley"Fallstar, C. Ratzlaff4:30
7."Alexandria 363" (featuring Living Witness)Fallstar, C. Ratzlaff3:04
8."It's in Our Blood"Fallstar, C. Ratzlaff3:57
9."Eclipse"Fallstar, C. Ratzlaff0:56
10."The New World"Brown, Fallstar, C. Ratzlaff4:25
11."Set My Face like Flint"Fallstar, B. Ratzlaff4:38
Total length:37:10

Credits

Fallstar
Production

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