Intoxicate O.S.

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Intoxicate O.S.
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Studio album by Shade Empire
Released May 24, 2006
Recorded January–March 2006
Genre Melodic black metal, symphonic black metal
Length41:38
Label Dynamic Arts Records
Producer S. Jämsén
Shade Empire chronology
Sinthetic
(2004) Sinthetic2004		Intoxicate O.S.
(2006)		 Zero Nexus
(2008) Zero Nexus2008

Intoxicate O.S. is the second full-length album by the Finnish dark metal band Shade Empire. The album was recorded at Studio Perkele in Finland.

Album collection of recorded music, words, sounds

An album is a collection of audio recordings issued as a collection on compact disc (CD), vinyl, audio tape, or another medium. Albums of recorded music were developed in the early 20th century as individual 78-rpm records collected in a bound book resembling a photograph album; this format evolved after 1948 into single vinyl LP records played at ​33 1⁄3 rpm. Vinyl LPs are still issued, though album sales in the 21st-century have mostly focused on CD and MP3 formats. The audio cassette was a format used alongside vinyl from the 1970s into the first decade of the 2000s.

Shade Empire Finnish metal band

Shade Empire is a Finnish symphonic black metal band, formed in 1999 in the city of Kuopio.

Contents

Intoxicate O.S. is the first Shade Empire album to include a video, "Chemical God." The video caused some controversy due to the fact it contained "flashing images", reason for which it was banned from MTV. [1]

MTV American pay television channel

MTV is an American pay television channel owned by Viacom Media Networks and headquartered in New York City. The channel was launched on August 1, 1981, and originally aired music videos as guided by television personalities known as "video jockeys" (VJs). At first, MTV's main target demographic was young adults, but today it is primarily teenagers, particularly high school and college students.

Regardless of this, the album turned out to be decently successful commercially, since it reached number 25 in weekly Finnish album sales, as stated at FinnishCharts. [2]

Track listing

  1. "Slitwrist Ecstasy" – 3:26. Song had been released on a two-track single 14 days prior to the release of Intoxicate O.S.
  2. "Bloodstar" – 4:58
  3. "Chemical God" – 5:13
  4. "Rat in a Maze" – 4:05
  5. "Soulslayers" – 6:01
  6. "Silver Fix" – 4:05
  7. "Embrace the Gods of Suffering" – 4:17
  8. "Ravine" – 2:50
  9. "Hatefeast" – 5:05

Credits

Juha Harju Finnish singer

Juha Harju is a Finnish heavy metal musician. He was the vocalist of the Finnish dark metal/black metal band Shade Empire and dark-metal band Chaosweaver. He also plays bass in black metal bands Ajattara and Deathchain. He has named Ozzy Osbourne and Chuck Schuldiner as his favourite musicians.

Finnvox Studios is a recording studio located in Pitäjänmäki, Helsinki, Finland. It was founded by Erkki Ertesuo, Kurt Juuranto and Lejos Inc. in 1965 and is the longest running studio recording facility in Finland. The original multi-track recording equipment and continuous technical updates of the studio machines and acoustics soon made Finnvox the most sought after studio in the country. Finnish artists which recorded at Finnvox in the 1970s include Rauli Somerjoki, M. A. Numminen and their bands, Wigwam, Agit-prop and many others. Up until the 1990s, Finnvox also operated a vinyl record mastering and pressing facility, which was later converted in new studio rooms and in a mixing and recording room for film and TV productions. Currently, Finnvox occupy 2000 square feet and has nine studio rooms, five of which are used for recording and mixing, three for mastering and editing and one for film and TV productions. Finnvox Studios maintained for five decades their importance in the country, remaining the first choice in Finland for all the local record producers and companies.


Video "Chemical God" directed by Ari Reinikainen Lights engineered by Jussi Kotka
Artwork & layout Jarno Lahti Band Photos by Maria K.

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References

  1. ↑ "Comment / News at Shade Empire official site".
  2. ↑ "Rank / Album Ranks for Intoxicate O.S."


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