Nothing Violates This Nature

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Nothing Violates This Nature
Nothing Violates This Nature album cover.jpg
Studio album by
Released28 June 2013 [1]
Recorded2013
Studio Godcity Studios
Genre
Length33:01
Label Southern Lord [1]
Producer Kurt Ballou [1]
All Pigs Must Die chronology
God Is War
(2011)
Nothing Violates This Nature
(2013)
Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
Metacritic 82/100 [2]
Review scores
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Nothing Violates This Nature is the second album by American metalcore supergroup All Pigs Must Die. The album was released on 28 June 2013 through Southern Lord Recordings, produced by Kurt Ballou and recorded at Godcity Studios in 2013.

Contents

Track listing

No.TitleLength
1."Chaos Arise"2:47
2."Silencer"1:55
3."Primitive Fear"4:21
4."Bloodlines"3:34
5."Of Suffering"5:30
6."Holy Plague"3:26
7."Aqim Siege"1:06
8."Sacred Nothing"1:59
9."Faith Eater"3:37
10."Articles of Human Weakness"4:47
Total length:32:55

Personnel

All Pigs Must Die
Additional personnel

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References

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