I Name You Destroyer

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I Name You Destroyer
I Name You Destroyer.jpg
Studio album by
Released2002
Recorded1999–2000
Genre Sludge metal, doom metal, indie rock
Length49:01
Label Velocette Records
Jucifer chronology
Calling All Cars on the Vegas Strip
(1998)
I Name You Destroyer
(2002)
If Thine Enemy Hunger
(2006)


I Name you Destroyer is the second studio album by the duo, Jucifer released in 2002 through Velocette Records.

Contents

Critical reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
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Robert Doerschuk for AllMusic described the album as the band "unleashing a mountain of passionate sound with strong punk references as well as several intriguing departures from the style." [1] Patrick Shabe for PopMatters called the album "indie rock for true rockers who love their giant riffs and power chords." [2]

Track listing

All tracks are written by Jucifer

No.TitleLength
1."Little Fever"3:31
2."Amplifier"3:19
3."Pinned in glass"2:15
4."Queen B"2:50
5."When She Goes Out"2:36
6."Torch"2:07
7."Memphis"3:46
8."Fight Song"4:31
9."Dissolver"3:59
10."Vulture Song"2:21
11."Firefly"1:54
12."Lazing"5:29
13."Surface Tension"2:40
14."Undertow"6:35
15."Sea Blind"2:42

Personnel

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References

  1. 1 2 Doerschuk, Robert. "Jucifer - I Name You Destroyer". AllMusic .
  2. Schabe, Patrick (18 September 2002). "Jucifer: I Name You Destroyer". PopMatters .