Imprint (Vision of Disorder album)

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Imprint
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Studio album by
Vision of Disorder
ReleasedJuly 28, 1998 (1998-07-28)
RecordedApril 1–19, 1998
Studio
Genre
Length43:33
Label Roadrunner
Producer Dave Sardy
Vision of Disorder chronology
Vision of Disorder
(1996)		Imprint
(1998)		 For the Bleeders
(1999)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar half.svg [2]
Collector's Guide to Heavy Metal 7/10 [3]
Kerrang! Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [4]
Metal Hammer 7/10 (1998) [5]
9/10 (2000) [6]
Metal Storm 9.0/10 [7]
Modern Drummer Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [8]
Rock Hard 7/10 [9]
Terrorizer Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svg [10]

Imprint is the second studio album by American metal band Vision of Disorder, released on July 28, 1998, through Roadrunner Records. It was recorded between April 1 and April 19, 1998, with producer Dave Sardy. [11] [12] [13] The album's title is a reference to a permanently scarring knife incident that happened to vocalist Tim Williams. The album's artwork is a hospital photo of William's injury, manipulated on the computer by guitarist Mike Kennedy. [14]

Contents

Imprint received positive reviews from critics [15] and was a moderate commercial success, peaking at number 10 on the Billboard Heatseekers Albums Chart and number 197 on the UK Albums Chart. Despite this, Roadrunner would pull Vision of Disorder's touring support three months after the album's release, prompting the band to sever their ties with the label. [16] Imprint has since been hailed as an influential record in the metalcore genre. [17] [18] [19] In 2000, Terrorizer listed the album as one of the "100 Most Important Albums of the Nineties", calling it "the record Pantera should have made to push themselves even further beyond Far Beyond Driven ". [20]

Track listing

Standard release

No.TitleLength
1."What You Are"3:35
2."Twelve Steps to Nothing"3:42
3."Landslide"3:29
4."By the River" (featuring Phil Anselmo)3:36
5."Imprint"3:45
6."Colorblind"6:09
7."Rebirth of Tragedy"3:58
8."Locust of the Dead Earth"3:28
9."Up in You"3:24
10."Clone"4:10
11."Jada Bloom"4:19
Total length:43:33

Japanese edition

No.TitleLength
12."Soul Craft" (Bad Brains cover)2:32
Total length:46:05

Credits

Production

Charts

Chart (1998)Peak
Position
US Heatseekers Albums ( Billboard) [21] 10
UK Albums Chart (OCC) [22] 197

Release history

Release history for Imprint
RegionLabelFormatDateRef.
United StatesRoadrunner Records
July 28, 1998 [23]
Canada
Europe
  • CD
  • cassette
  • LP
August 3, 1998 [14]
VariousMusic on VinylLPMay 11, 2018 [23]

References

  1. ↑ Simon, Leslie (2009). Wish you were here : an essential guide to your favorite music scenes--from Punk to Indie and everything in between. Internet Archive. New York: Harper. pp. 141–142. ISBN   978-0-06-157371-2.
  2. 1 2 Prato, Greg, "Vision of Disorder - Imprint Album Reviews, Songs & More", AllMusic , retrieved May 19, 2023
  3. ↑ Popoff, Martin (2007). The Collector's Guide to Heavy Metal: Volume 3: The Nineties. Burlington, Ontario, Canada: Collector's Guide Publishing. p. 490. ISBN   978-1-894959-62-9.
  4. ↑ Arnopp, Jason (August 1, 1998). "Albums". Kerrang! . No. 710. UK: EMAP. pp. 44–45. ISSN   0262-6624.
  5. ↑ Bent, Grahame (August 1998). "Under the Hammer". Metal Hammer . UK: Future plc. ISSN   0955-1190. Archived from the original on October 10, 1999. Retrieved May 19, 2023– via vod.com.
  6. ↑ Sadler, Darren (June 2000). "Under the Hammer". Metal Hammer . No. 79. UK: Future plc. p. 75.
  7. ↑ deadone (September 2, 2015). "Vision Of Disorder - Imprint review". Metal Storm . Retrieved May 19, 2023.
  8. ↑ Peiken, Matt (January 1999). "Critique". Modern Drummer . No. 230. p. 133 – via Internet Archive.
  9. ↑ Jaedike, Jan (July 28, 1998). "Imprint". Rock Hard (Vol. 135) (in German). Retrieved May 19, 2023.
  10. ↑ Terry, Nick (August 1998). "Reviews". Terrorizer . No. 57. Scantec Publishing Ltd. p. 55.
  11. ↑ "Vision Of Disorder - Imprint". Discogs. Retrieved May 22, 2020.
  12. ↑ Tsarfin, Zena (August 1998). "Vision of Disorder: Leaving Their Mark". Terrorizer . No. 57. Scantec Publishing Ltd. pp. 38–39.
  13. ↑ Hinkson, Rick (November 1, 1998). "Vision of Disorder". Hip Online. Archived from the original on August 5, 2003. Retrieved May 31, 2024.
  14. 1 2 Kaye, Don (August 1, 1998). "Chaos AD!". Kerrang! . No. 710. UK: EMAP. pp. 40–41. ISSN   0262-6624.
  15. ↑ "Sepultura, Vision of Disorder Prove Metal Still Shines". MTV. Archived from the original on May 19, 2023. Retrieved May 19, 2023.
  16. ↑ Downs, Alicia. "From Bliss to Rough Edge: An Interview with Vision of Disorder's Mike Kennedy and Tim Williams". Roughedge.com. Retrieved April 14, 2013.
  17. ↑ Smith, Zach (September 13, 2012). "Decibrity Playlist: Vision Of Disorder". Decibel . Retrieved May 19, 2023.
  18. ↑ Barnard, Laurent (March 5, 2015). "This Is Hardcore: Vision Of Disorder – Imprint". Metal Hammer (loudersound). Retrieved May 19, 2023.
  19. ↑ Misery Signals (July 22, 2020). "The Top 10 best proto-metalcore records". Metal Hammer (loudersound). Retrieved May 19, 2023.
  20. ↑ Terry, Nick (February 2000). "The 100 Most Important Albums of the Nineties". Terrorizer . No. 75. Scantec Publishing Ltd. pp. 52–53. ISSN   1350-6978.
  21. ↑ Anon. (August 1, 1998). "Billboard's Heatseekers Albums Chart". Billboard . Vol. 110, no. 31. Nielsen Business Media, Inc. p. 17. ISSN   0006-2510.
  22. ↑ "Chart Log UK: V - Vybe". www.zobbel.de. Retrieved December 17, 2022.
  23. 1 2 "Just Out". CMJ New Music Monthly (60). CMJ Network, Inc.: 70 August 1998. ISSN   1074-6978.


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