Muerte (album)

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Muerte
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Studio album by
ReleasedMarch 23, 2018
Genre
Length47:10
Label Minus Head
Producer Will Haven
Will Haven chronology
Voir Dire
(2011)
Muerte
(2018)
VII
(2023)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Distorted Sound8/10 [1]
Hardbeat7/10 [2]
Metal Hammer Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [3]
Metal Injection9/10 [4]
Sputnikmusic3/5 [5]

Muerte (Spanish word for "Death") is the sixth studio album by hardcore punk/heavy metal band Will Haven. It was released in 2018 on Minus Head Records. It is the first album in which keyboardist Adrien Contreras plays bass guitar. The album was well received by critics. Vocalist Grady Avenell has talked about Muerte being the final album by the band, [6] though that has been confirmed false with the release of the band's seventh album VII in 2023.

Contents

Track listing

No.TitleLength
1."Hewed with the Brand"3:26
2."Winds of Change"4:22
3."Kinney"3:33
4."The Son"3:38
5."43"4:26
6."No Escape"5:00
7."Unit K"3:49
8."Ladwig No. 949"4:06
9."Bootstraps"3:24
10."Now in the Ashes"5:21
11."El Sol"6:05
Total length:47:10

Personnel

Will Haven
Guests

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