Badlands (Colossus album)

Badlands
Studio album by Colossus
Released	September 16, 2014 (2014-09-16)
Genre	Christian metal, metalcore
Length	31:27
Label	Facedown
Producer	Josh Barber, Colossus
Colossus chronology
Time & Eternal (2013) Badlands (2014)

Badlands is the second studio album from Christian metalcore band Colossus, released by Facedown Records on September 16, 2014. As with their debut album, Time & Eternal , Colossus worked with Josh Barber on the production of this album.

Reception

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
Indie Vision Music	[1]
Jesus Freak Hideout	[2]

Signaling in a four star review by Jesus Freak Hideout, Mark Rice recognizes, "A powerful and quality album all around, and with definite areas of improvement over an already-strong debut, this four-man group from South Dakota is firmly establishing themselves as a force in Christian metalcore." ^[2] Brody B., indicating in a four star review from Indie Vision Music, realizing, "Colossus have improved in nearly every aspect since their Freshman release, 'Time & Eternal'." ^[1]

Track listing

No.	Title	Length
1.	"Badlands"	1:10
2.	"Demons'"	3:39
3.	"Slow Burn"	3:04
4.	"Outcast"	3:39
5.	"Worthless"	3:22
6.	"Shades of Gray"	2:44
7.	"Downcast Eyes"	4:01
8.	"Insomnia"	3:21
9.	"Recoil"	2:51
10.	"Nicotine"	3:36
Total length:		31:27

Personnel

Adapted from AllMusic. ^[3]

Colossus

• Alex Gutzmer – Vocals
• Jim Hughes – Engineer, Guitar, Backing Vocals
• Zach Moll – Artwork, Bass
• Israel Wipf – Drums

Additional musicians

• Jack Daniels (War of Ages, Hope for the Dying) – Guitar, Soloist
• Daniel McWhorter (Gideon) – Guest Vocals on track 4

Production

• Zach Alvey – Assistant Engineer
• Josh Barber – Engineer, Producer
• McKinney Botts – Assistant Engineer
• Cameron Brooks – Composer
• Brian Hood – Mastering, Mixing
• Dave Quiggle – Artwork
• Ben "Bob" Turkovic – Assistant Engineer

Charts

Chart (2014)	Peak position
US Christian Albums (Billboard) [4]	13
US Heatseekers Albums (Billboard) [5]	9
US Independent Albums (Billboard) [6]	39

References

1. Brody B. (October 3, 2014). "Colossus - Badlands". Indie Vision Music. Retrieved January 20, 2015.
2. Rice, Mark. "Colossus, "Badlands" Review". Jesus Freak Hideout. Retrieved January 20, 2015.
3. "Badlands credits". AllMusic . Retrieved August 16, 2015.
4. "Christian Albums" . Retrieved January 20, 2015.
5. "Heatseekers Albums" . Retrieved January 20, 2015.
6. "Independent Albums" . Retrieved January 20, 2015.