Evergreen (After the Burial album)

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Evergreen
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Studio album by
ReleasedApril 19, 2019
Genre
Length39:58
Label Sumerian
Producer
After the Burial chronology
Dig Deep
(2016)
Evergreen
(2019)
Embrace the Infinity
(2023)
Singles from Evergreen
  1. "Behold the Crown"
    Released: February 26, 2019
  2. "Exit, Exist"
    Released: April 2, 2019

Evergreen is the sixth studio album by American progressive metal band After the Burial. The album was released on April 19, 2019, through Sumerian Records and is the band's first release with the bassist Adrian Oropeza. [1]

Contents

Release

The release of Evergreen was announced on February 26, 2019, when the cover art and track listing was unveiled. The first single "Behold the Crown" was released that same day. [2] [3] "Exit, Exist" was the second song released off Evergreen, it premiered on April 2, 2019. [4]

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Distorted Sound9/10 [5]
Exclaim! 6/10 [6]
Ghost Cult7/10 [7]
Rock 'N' Load9/10 [8]
The Sound Board7/10 [9]

Track listing

All tracks are written by After the Burial

No.TitleLength
1."Behold the Crown"4:34
2."Exit, Exist"3:55
3."11/26"5:08
4."In Flux"6:05
5."Respire"4:39
6."Quicksand"4:14
7."The Great Repeat"3:34
8."To Challenge Existence"3:34
9."A Pulse Exchanged"4:19
Total length:39:58

Personnel

Credits retrieved from AllMusic. [10]

After the Burial

Additional personnel

Charts

Chart (2019)Peak
position
Australian Digital Albums (ARIA) [11] 37
US Billboard 200 [12] 183

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