Ox (album)

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OX
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Studio album by
ReleasedJune 9, 2009
RecordedEarly 2009 at Blacklodge Studios
Genre Metalcore, mathcore
Length35:46
Label Relapse
Producer Ed Rose
Coalesce chronology
0:12 Revolution in Just Listening
(1999)
OX
(2009)
OXEP
(2009)
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OX is the fourth and final studio album by American metalcore band Coalesce, released on June 9, 2009 through Relapse Records. It is the band's only studio album released since 1999's 0:12 Revolution in Just Listening . [1] [2] OX became Coalesce's first charting release, peaking at number 28 on the US Top Heatseekers chart. [3]

Coalesce was a metalcore band formed in Kansas City, Missouri, in 1994. They are considered pioneers of mathcore and were known for its aggressive style of music and reckless live shows. The band broke up in 2010 and has performed two reunion shows since then.

Relapse Records record label in Upper Darby, Pennsylvania, United States

Relapse Records is an American independent record label based in Upper Darby, Pennsylvania. It was founded by Matthew F. Jacobson in 1990. The label features a large number of grindcore, death metal, and sludge metal artists.

<i>0:12 Revolution in Just Listening</i> 1999 studio album by Coalesce

0:12 Revolution in Just Listening is the third studio album to be released by Missouri band Coalesce, which was released on November 16, 1999 through Relapse Records. The album was recorded and released posthumously, as the group broke up prior after touring troubles and made the album as they were obliged to do so by contract. Hydra Head Records issued the vinyl edition of the album, and in 2008 Relapse released a remastered version of the album under the title 012:2. The album was included in Decibel Magazines "Hall of Fame" in 2008.

Contents

Track listing

All songs written by Coalesce.

No.TitleLength
1."The Plot Against My Love"2:59
2."The Comedian in Question"1:40
3."Wild Ox Moan"3:30
4."Designed to Break a Man"2:35
5."Where Satires Sour"0:49
6."The Villain We Won't Deny"2:11
7."The Purveyor of Novelty and Nonsense"3:29
8."In My Wake, For My Own"3:21
9."New Voids in One's Resolve"2:31
10."We Have Lost Our Will"1:23
11."Questions to Root Out Fools"2:47
12."By What We Refuse"3:35
13."Dead Is Dead"2:06
14."There Is a Word Hidden in the Ground"2:50

Personnel

Ed Rose is an American sound engineer and record producer. He has worked extensively with groups in the modern emo and pop punk scenes. He also co-owns Black Lodge Recording with Rob Pope and his brother Ryan Pope, members of the emo band The Get Up Kids.

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