Crucible (album)

Crucible
Studio album by Halford
Released	June 25, 2002
Genre	Heavy metal, groove metal
Length	56:33
Label	Metal-is Records, Metal God Records
Producer	Roy Z
Halford chronology
Live Insurrection (2001) Crucible (2002) Metal God Essentials, Vol. 1 (2006)
Alternative cover
2010 remixed and remastered edition cover

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[1]

Crucible is the second studio album by the heavy metal band Halford released in 2002. A remixed and remastered edition was released in 2010. In contrast with the retrospective approach of the previous Halford album, Resurrection , Crucible was an intentional effort to depart from the traditional metal themes. ^{[2] [3]} The album has been described as "harder, darker, and more moody than Resurrection". ^[3]

Track listing

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Park Manor" (instrumental)	Rob Halford, Roy Z, John Baxter	1:11
2.	"Crucible"	Halford, Roy Z	4:26
3.	"One Will"	Halford, Patrick Lachman, Roy Z, Mike Chlasciak, Bobby Jarzombek, Baxter	3:32
4.	"Betrayal"	Halford, Lachman, Riendeau	3:04
5.	"Handing Out Bullets"	Halford, Lachman, Jarzombek	3:16
6.	"Hearts of Darkness"	Halford, Roy Z, Baxter	3:48
7.	"Crystal"	Halford, Roy Z, Baxter	4:37
8.	"Heretic"	Halford, Chlasciak	3:49
9.	"Golgotha"	Halford, Lachman, Chlasciak, Baxter	4:20
10.	"Wrath of God"	Halford, Lachman, Chlasciak, Jarzombek	3:11
11.	"Weaving Sorrow"	Halford, Lachman, Baxter	3:28
12.	"Sun"	Halford, Roy Z, Baxter	3:48
13.	"Trail of Tears"	Halford, Lachman, Roy Z, Chlasciak, Riendeau, Jarzombek, Baxter	5:56

Limited edition bonus tracks

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
14.	"She"	Halford, Lachman, Chlasciak	4:01
15.	"Fugitive"	Halford, Lachman, Roy Z	4:01

Japanese edition bonus tracks

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
14.	"Rock the World Forever"	Halford, Lachman, Baxter	3:07
15.	"In the Morning"	Halford	2:25

2010 remixed and remastered edition

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Betrayal"	Halford, Lachman, Riendeau	3:04
2.	"One Will"	Halford, Roy Z, Baxter, Lachman, Chlasciak, Jarzombek	3:32
3.	"Hearts of Darkness"	Halford, Roy Z, Baxter	3:51
4.	"Golgotha"	Halford, Chlasciak, Baxter	4:23
5.	"Handing Out Bullets"	Halford, Chlasciak, Lachman, Jarzombek	3:15
6.	"Crystal"	Halford, Roy Z, Baxter	4:47
7.	"Fugitive"	Halford, Lachman, Roy Z, Baxter	4:01
8.	"Wrath of God"	Halford, Lachman, Chlasciak, Jarzombek	3:12
9.	"In the Morning"	Halford	2:21
10.	"Rock the World Forever"	Halford, Lachman, Baxter	3:11
11.	"Crucible"	Halford, Roy Z	4:38
12.	"Heretic"	Halford, Chlasciak	3:53
13.	"She"	Halford, Lachman	4:04
14.	"Weaving Sorrow"	Halford, Lachman	3:27
15.	"Sun"	Halford, Roy Z, Baxter	3:48
16.	"Trail of Tears"	Halford, Riendeau, Roy Z, Baxter, Chlasciak, Jarzombek, Lachman	4:27

Personnel

Halford Rob Halford – vocals Metal Mike Chlasciak – guitar Patrick Lachman – guitar Ray Riendeau – bass Bobby Jarzombek – drums Additional performer Roy Z – guitar

Production Produced by Roy Z, except "In the Morning", produced by Ritchie Podolor and Roy Z Executive producer/A&R – John Baxter Mixed by Bill Cooper, Roy Z, and Joe Floyd Mastered by George Marino 2010 Edition Mixed by Tue Madsen Mastered by Tom Baker Art design by Mark Sasso and t42design Booklet layout/additional art by Attila Juhasz Photography by John Eder

Charts

Chart (2002)	Peak position
Finnish Albums (Suomen virallinen lista) [4]	31
French Albums (SNEP) [5]	100
German Albums (Offizielle Top 100) [6]	33
Japanese Albums (Oricon) [7]	24
UK Independent Albums (OCC) [8]	41
UK Rock & Metal Albums (OCC) [9]	33
US Billboard 200 [10]	140
US Heatseekers Albums (Billboard) [11]	2

References

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