Phenomena (Within the Ruins album)

Phenomena
Studio album by Within the Ruins
Released	July 22, 2014 (2014-07-22)
Genre	Metalcore deathcore [1] progressive metal mathcore [2]
Length	47:16
Label	eOne Music Good Fight Music
Producer	Joe Cocchi Josh Wickman Jason Suecof
Within the Ruins chronology
Elite (2013) Phenomena (2014) Halfway Human (2017)

Phenomena is the fourth studio album by American metalcore band Within the Ruins. It was released on July 22, 2014. ^[3] The track list for the album was revealed on June 10, 2014, along with the release of the first single "Gods Amongst Men". ^[4] The album sold 4,067 copies in the United States in its first week and debuted at No. 72 on the Billboard 200. ^{[5] [6]}

Composition

This is the first album where guitarist Joe Cocchi uses a 7-string guitar, using bass guitar strings to adopt an unconventionally low tuning and vastly increase the low range of the instrument. ^[7]

In a 2014 interview with Loudwire , Joe Cocchi noted that parts of the instrumental "Enigma" reference themes from Super Mario Bros. and also Inspector Gadget . ^[8]

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
HeavyBlogIsHeavy	4/5 [9]
Metal Injection	7/10 [1]
Sputnikmusic	3.5/5 [10]

Track listing

No.	Title	Length
1.	"Gods Amongst Men"	5:05
2.	"The Other"	3:33
3.	"Calling Card"	4:41
4.	"Hegira"	4:03
5.	"Ronin"	4:10
6.	"Enigma" (instrumental)	5:01
7.	"Clockwork"	4:01
8.	"Eternal Shore"	3:23
9.	"Dark Monarch"	4:08
10.	"Sentinel"	3:44
11.	"Ataxia III" (instrumental)	5:27
Total length:		47:16

Personnel

Within the Ruins

• Tim Goergen – vocals
• Joe Cocchi – guitars, production, engineering
• Andrew Tate – bass
• Kevin McGuill – drums

Additional personnel

• Josh Wickman – production, engineering, mixing, mastering, vocal engineering, vocal production
• Jason Suecof – production, mixing ^[11]
• Cameron Gray – illustrations, artwork
• Sean Marlowe – art direction, design
• Jeremy Saffer – photography

Charts

Chart (2014)	Peak position
US Billboard 200 [12]	72
US Independent Albums (Billboard) [13]	15
US Top Hard Rock Albums (Billboard) [14]	11
US Top Rock Albums (Billboard) [15]	25

References

1. Driedger, Nate (July 16, 2014). "Album Review: Within the Ruins – Phenomena". metalinjection.net. Metal Injection. Retrieved February 13, 2017.
2. "Album Review: Within the Ruins – Phenomena II". moshville.co.uk. Retrieved August 23, 2024.
3. "New Within the Ruins Track is Sumeriancore as Fuqq". MetalSucks. June 10, 2014. Retrieved January 6, 2019.
4. "Within the Ruins Show Us That They Are 'Gods Amongst Men' And Reveal Phenomena Tracklist – Heavy Blog is Heavy". Heavyblogisheavy.com. June 10, 2014. Retrieved February 13, 2017.
5. "Metal By Numbers 7/30: Overkill's 'Armory' army out in forceMetal Insider". July 30, 2014. Retrieved January 6, 2019.
6. "Top 200 Albums – Billboard 200 chart". Billboard. Retrieved January 6, 2019.
7. "Super-Low Seven-String Tuning: C, F, C, F, A#, D, G — Why? Why the Hell Not? - guitarworld.com". Guitar World. September 1, 2014. Retrieved February 13, 2017.
8. "five-questions-joe-cocchi-within-the-ruins -loudwire.com". loudwire. September 12, 2014. Retrieved July 24, 2017.
9. written by Ryan Castrati on (July 22, 2014). "Within the Ruins – Phenomena – Heavy Blog Is Heavy". Heavyblogisheavy.com. Retrieved March 9, 2017.
10. "Within the Ruins – Phenomena (album review )". Sputnikmusic. Retrieved March 9, 2017.
11. "WITHIN THE RUINS Begins Recording New Album - blabbermouth.net". blabbermouth.net. January 30, 2014. Retrieved February 13, 2017.
12. "Within the Ruins Chart History (Billboard 200)". Billboard.
13. "Within the Ruins Chart History (Independent Albums)". Billboard.
14. "Within the Ruins Chart History (Top Hard Rock Albums)". Billboard.
15. "Within the Ruins Chart History (Top Rock Albums)". Billboard.