Birth of Violence

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Birth of Violence
Birthofviolencecw.jpg
Physical cover. Digital editions exclude Wolfe's name.
Studio album by
Chelsea Wolfe
ReleasedSeptember 13, 2019 [1]
Genre Folk
Length43:46
Label Sargent House [2]
Chelsea Wolfe chronology
Hiss Spun
(2017)		Birth of Violence
(2019)		 Bloodmoon I
(2021)
Singles from Birth of Violence
  1. "The Mother Road"
    Released: June 18, 2019 [3]
  2. "American Darkness"
    Released: July 17, 2019 [4]
  3. "Deranged For Rock and Roll"
    Released: September 5, 2019 [5]
  4. "Highway"
    Released: March 4, 2020 [6]
Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
AnyDecentMusic? 7.8/10 [7]
Metacritic 81/100 [8]
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [9]
The A.V. Club B- [10]
Austin Chronicle Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar half.svgStar empty.svg [11]
Consequence of Sound B+ [12]
Exclaim! 8/10 [13]
Paste 9/10 [14]
Sputnikmusic4.1/5 [15]
Under the Radar 7.5/10 [16]

Birth of Violence is the sixth studio album by American singer-songwriter Chelsea Wolfe. Announced on June 18, 2019, [17] the first single, "The Mother Road", was released the same day. [18] The second single, "American Darkness", was released on July 17. [19]

Contents

The album was written and recorded in seclusion at her home in Northern California, with Wolfe describing it as having more of a "folk leaning sound" in an effort to return to her folk roots. It was released by Sargent House on September 13, 2019. [20] [21]

Accolades

PublicationAccoladeRankRef.
Gigwise Top 51 Albums of 201922 [22]
Kerrang! Top 50 Albums of 201921 [23]
Revolver Top 25 Albums of 201913 [24]

Track listing

All tracks are written by Chelsea Wolfe [25] [26]

No.TitleLength
1."The Mother Road"4:20
2."American Darkness"4:48
3."Birth of Violence"4:20
4."Deranged for Rock & Roll"3:31
5."Be All Things"4:20
6."Erde"3:31
7."When Anger Turns to Honey"3:09
8."Dirt Universe"4:36
9."Little Grave"3:22
10."Preface to a Dream Play"3:52
11."Highway"2:50
12."The Storm"1:07
Total length:43:46
Japan bonus track [27] [28]
No.TitleLength
12."Night of the Vampire (Roky Erickson cover)"2:50
Total length:46:45

Personnel

Credits adapted from Discogs. [29]

Charts

Chart (2019)Peak
position
Australian Digital Albums (ARIA) [30] 18
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Wallonia) [31] 162
German Albums (Offizielle Top 100) [32] 84
Scottish Albums (OCC) [33] 77
Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade) [34] 60
US Folk Albums (Billboard) [35] 10
US Independent Albums (Billboard) [36] 5

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