Demon Hero and Other Extraordinary Phantasmagoric Anomalies & Fables

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Demon Hero and Other Extraordinary Phantasmagoric Anomalies & Fables
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Studio album by
ReleasedSeptember 28, 2018 (2018-09-28)
StudioOverit Studios
(Albany, NY)
Genre Industrial rock
Length42:29
Label Magnetic Eye
Producer Brian McGarvey
The Clay People chronology
Waking the Dead
(2007)
Demon Hero and Other Extraordinary Phantasmagoric Anomalies & Fables
(2018)

Demon Hero and Other Extraordinary Phantasmagoric Anomalies & Fables is the fifth studio album by The Clay People, released on September 28, 2018 by Magnetic Eye Records. [1] [2] It contains reworked re-recordings of the previously released songs "Palegod" from The Iron Icon and "Strange Day" from Stone-Ten Stitches . [3]

Contents

Reception

ReGen gave the album a positive review, calling it a "celebration of the band's past" and "a solidified merging of alt. metal and coldwave along with more refined songwriting that is sure to please longtime fans as well as attract some new crowds." [3]

Track listing

All tracks are written by Dan Dinsmore, Brian McGarvey and Daniel Neet.

Side one
No.TitleLength
1."Utopian Lie"4:10
2."Bloodletter"3:23
3."Now"3:18
4."My Own Worst Enemy"3:36
5."GenRx"3:48
6."Illuminatus"3:51
Side two
No.TitleLength
1."Hex Machine"3:40
2."Strange Day"4:12
3."Palegod"3:41
4."Colossus"3:50
5."Firestarter"5:01

Personnel

Adapted from the Demon Hero and Other Extraordinary Phantasmagoric Anomalies & Fables liner notes. [4]

Clay People

Production and design

Release history

RegionDateLabelFormatCatalog
United States2018Magnetic Eye DL, LP MER063

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References

  1. "Clay People: Demon Hero and Other Extraordinary Phantasmagoric Anomalies and Fables > Overview". Allmusic. Retrieved July 29, 2020.
  2. Yücel, Ilker (December 25, 2017). "The Clay People InterView: Conquering the Colossus". ReGen. Retrieved July 29, 2020.
  3. 1 2 Yücel, Ilker (November 26, 2018). "Clay People: Demon Hero and Other Extraordinary Phantasmagoric Anomalies and Fables". ReGen. Retrieved July 29, 2020.
  4. Demon Hero and Other Extraordinary Phantasmagoric Anomalies & Fables (booklet). The Clay People. Albany, New York: Magnetic Eye Records. 2018.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)