Humanicide

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Humanicide
Death Angel - Humanicide.jpg
Studio album by
ReleasedMay 31, 2019
Genre Thrash metal
Length45:01
Label Nuclear Blast
Producer Jason Suecof
Death Angel chronology
The Evil Divide
(2016)
Humanicide
(2019)
Singles from Humanicide
  1. "Humanicide"
    Released: March 22, 2019 [1]
  2. "The Pack"
    Released: April 26, 2019 [2]

Humanicide is the ninth studio album by the American thrash metal band Death Angel, released on May 31, 2019. [1] Like their previous three studio albums, Humanicide was produced by Jason Suecof, while its release marks the first time the band had recorded more than three albums with the same lineup.

Contents

In November 2019, the title track was nominated for the Grammy Award for "Best Metal Performance", making it Death Angel's first ever Grammy nomination. [3]

In October 2020, Death Angel released an acoustic version of "Revelation Song" on their EP Under Pressure . [4]

Track listing

All lyrics are written by Mark Osegueda, except where noted; all music is composed by Rob Cavestany, except where noted.

No.TitleLyricsMusicLength
1."Humanicide"  5:42
2."Divine Defector"  3:24
3."Aggressor"Rob Cavestany 5:11
4."I Came for Blood"  3:12
5."Immortal Behated"  6:08
6."Alive and Screaming" Ted Aguilar3:36
7."The Pack"Cavestany 3:33
8."Ghost of Me"  4:34
9."Revelation Song"  5:33
10."Of Rats and Men"  4:08
Total length:45:01
Bonus track
No.TitleLength
11."The Day I Walked Away"3:29
Total length:48:30

Personnel

Death Angel

Production

Charts

Chart (2019)Peak
position
Austrian Albums (Ö3 Austria) [5] 46
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Flanders) [6] 92
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Wallonia) [7] 94
French Albums (SNEP) [8] 132
German Albums (Offizielle Top 100) [9] 19
Japanese Albums (Oricon) [10] 141
Scottish Albums (OCC) [11] 67
Spanish Albums (PROMUSICAE) [12] 87
Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade) [13] 21

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