Ghosts of the Social Dead

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Ghosts of the Social Dead
Superheist Ghosts of the Social Dead.jpg
Album cover
Studio album by
Released28 October 2016
Genre Nu metal
Label Dinner for Wolves
Producer Jay Baumgardner
Superheist chronology
New, Rare, Live
(2004)
Ghosts of the Social Dead
(2016)
Sidewinder
(2019)
Singles from Ghosts of the Social Dead
  1. "Hands Up High"
    Released: August 2016
  2. "Fearing Nothing"
    Released: October 2016
  3. "Wolves in Your Headspace"
    Released: November 2016

Ghosts of the Social Dead is the third album from Australian nu metal band Superheist, released on 28 October 2016. [1] The album was announced on 26 June 2016 via social media, and a music video was released for the track "Hands Up High" on the band's YouTube channel on 10 August 2016. The second single "Fearing Nothing" was released on 7 October. The third single Wolves in your Headspace and accompanying music video was released on 27 November.[ citation needed ]

Contents

Track listing

All music is composed by DW Norton and Ezekiel Ox

No.TitleLength
1."Wolves in Your Head Space"4:06
2."Back to Base"3:51
3."Fearing Nothing"3:53
4."Running Away"4:22
5."Flick the Switch"4:05
6."The Deepend"4:11
7."This Truth"4:01
8."Hang Your Head"3:29
9."Let's Get Out of Here"4:04
10."Sweat/Swing"3:09
11."Hands Up High (iTunes Deluxe Edition)"3:15
12."$Laves (iTunes Deluxe Edition)"3:28
13."Make Me Suffer (iTunes Deluxe Edition)"3:20
14."We Are Coming (iTunes Deluxe Edition)"3:38
15."Lights (iTunes Deluxe Edition)"4:10

Personnel

Background vocals on Fearing Nothing

Background vocals on This Truth

Gang vocals

Portuguese Whispers on Wolves

Production work

Charts

Chart performance for Ghosts of the Social Dead
Chart (2016)Peak
position
Australian Albums (ARIA) [2] 52

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References

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  2. "ARIA Chart Watch #393". auspOp. 5 November 2016. Archived from the original on 4 December 2020. Retrieved 5 November 2016.