Darkness in the Light

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Darkness in the Light
Unearth DITL.jpg
Studio album by
ReleasedJuly 5, 2011 (2011-07-05)
Genre Metalcore
Length38:48
Label Metal Blade
Producer Adam Dutkiewicz
Unearth chronology
The March
(2008)
Darkness in the Light
(2011)
Watchers of Rule
(2014)
Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
Metacritic 75/100 [1]
Review scores
SourceRating
About.com Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar half.svgStar empty.svg [2]
Alternative Press Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [3]
Blabbermouth.net 6/10 [4]
PopMatters 8/10 [5]
Rock Sound 7/10 [6]

Darkness in the Light is the fifth studio album by American metalcore band Unearth. The album was released on July 5, 2011, in Europe through Metal Blade Records. [7] The album features Justin Foley of Killswitch Engage on drums, on all tracks.

Contents

Album information

Darkness in the Light was recorded at Zing Studios in Westfield, Massachusetts with producer Adam Dutkiewicz. The effort was mixed by Mark Lewis from Audiohammer Studios in Sanford, Florida.

Track listing

All lyrics are written by Trevor Phipps except where noted; all music is composed by Unearth.

No.TitleLyricsLength
1."Watch It Burn" 4:06
2."Ruination of the Lost" 3:35
3."Shadows in the Light" 3:45
4."Eyes of Black" 3:53
5."Last Wish" 3:06
6."Arise the War Cry" 3:55
7."Equinox" 2:58
8."Coming of the Dark" 3:07
9."The Fallen" 3:35
10."Overcome"Phipps, Ken Susi3:11
11."Disillusion" 3:37
Total length:38:48

Credits

Production and performance credits are adapted from the album liner notes.

Personnel

Unearth
Session musicians
Additional musicians
Production

Studios

Charts

Chart (2011)Peak
position
German Albums (Offizielle Top 100) [8] 99
Japanese Albums (Oricon) [9] 218
US Billboard 200 [10] 72
US Independent Albums (Billboard) [11] 14
US Top Hard Rock Albums (Billboard) [12] 7
US Top Rock Albums (Billboard) [13] 21
US Top Tastemaker Albums (Billboard) [14] 19

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