Lights and Perfections

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Lights and Perfections
Lights and Perfections by The Burial.jpg
Studio album by
ReleasedMarch 27, 2012 (2012-03-27)
Genre Christian metal, metalcore, technical deathcore, progressive metal
Length40:30
Label Facedown
Producer Josh Schroeder
The Burial chronology
The Winepress
(2010)
Lights and Perfections
(2012)
In the Taking of Flesh
(2013)

Lights and Perfections is the second studio album from The Burial. Facedown Records released the album on March 27, 2012. The Burial worked with Josh Schroeder, in the production of this album.

Contents

Critical reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
HM Magazine Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [1]
Indie Vision MusicStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [2]
Jesus Freak HideoutStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar half.svg [3]
Me Gusta ReviewsStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [4]
The New ReviewStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar half.svgStar empty.svg [5]

Awarding the album four stars from HM , Charlie Steffens states, "Crushing. Edifying. A great album." [1] Giving the album four and a half stars at Jesus Freak Hideout, Scott Fryberger writes, "The Burial's latest album is an excellent display of hardcore done right." [3] Brody Barbour, indicating in a four star review by Indie Vision Music, describes, "While Lights and Perfections is not a perfect record it is a thoroughly enjoyable progressive metal record that is easier to listen to than most other counterparts." [2] Awarding the album three and a half stars at The New Review, Jonathan Anderson says, "I fear the replayability of Lights and Perfections is in jeopardy." [5]

Track listing

No.TitleLength
1."Lights"4:21
2."Apathy and Petition"3:51
3."Pearls: The Frailty of Matter"3:37
4."Salt and Wrath"5:16
5."Seed"4:56
6."Wisdom: The Gateway of Liberty"4:56
7."Sight and Sensation"4:14
8."Shackles and Embers"4:10
9."Perfections"5:09
Total length:40:30

Personnel

The Burial
Production

References

  1. 1 2 Steffens, Charlie. "The Burial - Lights and Perfections". HM Magazine . p. 46. Retrieved June 5, 2015.
  2. 1 2 Barbour, Brody. "The Burial - Lights and Perfections". Indie Vision Music. Retrieved June 5, 2015.
  3. 1 2 Fryberger, Scott. "The Burial, "Lights and Perfections" Review". Jesus Freak Hideout. Retrieved June 5, 2015.
  4. Pongrac, Steven. "The Burial - Lights and Perfections (2012)". Me Gusta Reviews. Retrieved November 28, 2021.
  5. 1 2 Anderson, Jonathan. "The Burial – Lights and Perfections". The New Review. Archived from the original on October 24, 2012. Retrieved June 15, 2015.