| Dissimulation | ||||
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| Studio album by | ||||
| Released | April 26, 2011 | |||
| Genre | Christian metal | |||
| Length | 53:59 | |||
| Label | Facedown | |||
| Producer | Brian Hood | |||
| Hope for the Dying chronology | ||||
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Dissimulation is the debut studio album by Hope for the Dying. Facedown Records released the album on April 26, 2011.
| Review scores | |
|---|---|
| Source | Rating |
| Cross Rhythms |   [1] |
| HM Magazine |   [2] |
| Indie Vision Music |  [3] |
| Jesus Freak Hideout | [4] [5] |
Awarding the album four and a half stars from HM Magazine , Rob Shameless states, "It is clean. It is heavy. It is good metal." [2] Graeme Crawford, rating the album a nine out of ten at Cross Rhythms, describes, "Dark, brooding and highly intense, the second album from Jonesboro, Illinois' Hope For The Dying is a stunning work of progressive, technical metal. Elements of thrash, death, black and '80s heavy metal are combined with classical sections and a progressive mentality to deliver an intricate, thought provoking yet very heavy album." [1] Giving the album four and a half stars for Jesus Freak Hideout, Michael Weaver writes, "Dissimulation is one of the best metal albums to come around in a while." [4] Wayne Reimer, awarding the album four stars by Jesus Freak Hideout, says, "There's a whole lot happening in Dissimulation, but they pull off everything they attempt." [5]
All tracks are written by James Houseman on all tracks but No. 4 was co-written with Jack Daniels [6] .
| No. | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Exordium" | 2:29 |
| 2. | "Vacillation" | 4:09 |
| 3. | "Orison" | 3:29 |
| 4. | "Transcend" | 7:20 |
| 5. | "Imminent War" | 5:17 |
| 6. | "Perpetual Ruin" | 4:39 |
| 7. | "The Awakening" | 7:26 |
| 8. | "The Awakening: Dissimulation" | 4:43 |
| 9. | "The Awakening: The Veil Lifted" | 2:29 |
| 10. | "Vile Reflections" | 4:52 |
| 11. | "Derision" | 7:06 |
| Total length: | 53:59 [6] | |
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