Phantom Anthem

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Phantom Anthem
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Studio album by
ReleasedOctober 6, 2017 (2017-10-06)
Genre
Length53:47
Label Fearless
Producer
  • Carson Slovak
  • Grant McFarland [1]
August Burns Red chronology
Found in Far Away Places
(2015)
Phantom Anthem
(2017)
Guardians
(2020)
Singles from Phanton Anthem
  1. "Invisible Enemy"
    Released: July 26, 2017 [2]
  2. "The Frost"
    Released: September 14, 2017
  3. "Dangerous"
    Released: October 30, 2018

Phantom Anthem is the eighth studio album by American metalcore band August Burns Red. It was released on October 6, 2017, through Fearless Records and was produced by Carson Slovak and Grant McFarland. [3] The album peaked at No. 19 on the Billboard 200, selling 19,000 equivalent album units (17,000 in traditional sales) in its first week. [4]

Contents

Reception

Critical reception

Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
Metacritic 82/100 [5]
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [6]
Alternative Press Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [7]

Metacritic, with four ratings from selected critics, assigns a score of 82 out of 100, giving the album universal acclaim. James Christopher Monger, from AllMusic, gives the album 4/5 stars, and stated that Phantom Anthem delivers "a balanced, brutal, and almost relentlessly efficient 11-track set that deftly utilizes every inch of sonic space to its advantage". [8] NewNoiseMagazine offers some additional positive feedback, praised the newest album, stating "It's true, classic metalcore, with sometimes lightning fast feeling guitar work underlying harsh vocals. There are not really any clean vocals on this release, but that's not a drawback...it doesn't push the genre – other bands can do that – instead, it just perfects it." [9]

Accolades

August Burns Red received a Grammy nomination for their song "Invisible Enemy" under the "Best Metal Performance" category. [10]

Track listing

No.TitleLength
1."King of Sorrow"4:05
2."Hero of the Half Truth"5:03
3."The Frost"4:46
4."Lifeline"5:34
5."Invisible Enemy"4:37
6."Quake"4:08
7."Coordinates"5:11
8."Generations"6:00
9."Float"4:15
10."Dangerous"4:23
11."Carbon Copy"5:39
Total length:53:47

Personnel

August Burns Red

Additional musicians

Additional personnel

Charts

Chart (2017)Peak
position
Australian Albums (ARIA) [11] 46
Austrian Albums (Ö3 Austria) [12] 40
Canadian Albums (Billboard) [13] 57
German Albums (Offizielle Top 100) [14] 58
New Zealand Heatseeker Albums (RMNZ) [15] 10
Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade) [16] 56
US Billboard 200 [17] 19
US Christian Albums (Billboard) [18] 1
US Digital Albums (Billboard) [19] 5
US Top Rock Albums (Billboard) [20] 4

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