Close to a World Below

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Close to a World Below
Immolation-closetoaworldbelow.jpg
Studio album by
Immolation
ReleasedNovember 7, 2000 (2000-11-07)
RecordedJune 2000
StudioMillbrook Sound Studios, Millbrook, NY
Genre Death metal
Length42:01
Label Metal Blade
Producer Paul Orofino, Immolation
Immolation chronology
Failures for Gods
(1999)		Close to a World Below
(2000)		 Unholy Cult
(2002)

Close to a World Below is the fourth album by Immolation. It was released on Metal Blade Records in 2000.

Immolation (band) American death metal band from New York

Immolation is an American death metal band from Yonkers, New York, United States.

Metal Blade Records American record label

Metal Blade Records is a heavy metal independent record label founded by Brian Slagel in 1982. The U.S. office for Metal Blade is located in Agoura Hills, California. It also has offices in Germany, Japan, Canada, and the UK. The label is distributed in the U.S. by RED Distribution, and in Canada by Sony Music Entertainment. It was distributed by Warner Bros. Records in the United States from 1988 to 1993.

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Reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar half.svg [1]
Metal Storm 9.7/10 [2]

Critical reception

Since its release, Close to a World Below has received universal acclaim. Todd Nief of AllMusic gave the Close to a World Below four and a half stars, calling the album a late-career classic. He stated that with Close to a World Below, Immolation released one of the most profound and creative death metal albums of the 2000s which gave a new voice to a genre deluged with cookie-cutter clones. [1] Metal Storm gave Close to a World Below a near-perfect 9.7 out of 10 praising Ross Dolan's vocals along with the overall brutality of the album. [2]

AllMusic Online music database

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Metal Storm (webzine) heavy metal website based in Estonia

Metal Storm is a webzine specializing in various forms of heavy metal music. It is based in Tallinn, Estonia but caters to an international audience, symbolically recognized by the acquisition of an EU domain in 2008. As of June 2013, the website hosts 7,812 band profiles, 7,800 reviews, 553 interviews and 16,753 news items.

Track listing

No.TitleLength
1."Higher Coward"4:59
2."Father, You're Not a Father"5:02
3."Furthest from the Truth"4:25
4."Fall from a High Place"4:37
5."Unpardonable Sin"4:33
6."Lost Passion"5:40
7."Put My Hand in the Fire"4:11
8."Close to a World Below"8:29
Total length:42:01

Personnel

Immolation

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References

  1. 1 2 Nief, Todd. Close to a World Below - Immolation at AllMusic
  2. 1 2 Herzebeth (February 13, 2005). "Immolation - Close to a World Below review". www.metalstorm.net. Metal Storm . Retrieved March 27, 2016.
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