Curious Volume

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Curious Volume
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Studio album by
ReleasedAugust 21, 2015
RecordedJanuary 2015
StudioMagpie Studio / Lakeside / Evolution Productions Studio
Genre Doom metal, heavy metal
Length41:58
Label Peaceville Records
Producer Mattias Nilsson
Pentagram chronology
Last Rites
(2011)
Curious Volume
(2015)

Curious Volume is the eighth studio album by American doom metal band Pentagram. [1] It was their first studio album to be released on Peaceville Records since 1994's Be Forewarned , and the first album to feature Pete Campbell on drums.

Contents

Track listing

  1. Lay Down and Die – 2:55
  2. The Tempter Push – 4:09
  3. Dead Bury Dead – 4:38
  4. Earth Flight – 2:57
  5. Walk Alone – 3:21
  6. Curious Volume – 4:21
  7. Misunderstood – 3:21
  8. Close the Casket – 4:13
  9. Sufferin' – 3:21
  10. Devil's Playground – 4:38
  11. Because I Made It – 4:24

Lineup

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References

  1. "Pentagram - Curious Volume". Peaceville. Retrieved August 30, 2015.