Plague of Conscience

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Plague of Conscience
Savage Messiah - Plague of Conscience - album cover.jpg
Studio album by
Released23 February 2012
RecordedGrindstone Studios, Suffolk, England
Genre Thrash metal, heavy metal
Length53:16
56:46 (iTunes)
Label Earache Records
Producer Scott Atkins
Savage Messiah chronology
Insurrection Rising
(2009)
Plague of Conscience
(2012)
The Fateful Dark
(2014)

Plague of Conscience is the second studio album from British Heavy metal band Savage Messiah, and their first release through Earache Records. [1] [2]

Contents

Production

The music and lyrics for the album were written by Dave Silver, and pre-production took place at Station Studios in London, England between August 2010 and June 2011. [3]

The band recorded the album at Grindstone Studios in Suffolk, England between July and September 2011, once again working with producer Scott Atkins, [3] who had worked with the band mixing and engineering their previous album, Insurrection Rising. [4]

Release

The album was released on 23 February 2012 by Earache Records and made available in standard CD format, [5] a limited run of 1,000 vinyl (400 on Black vinyl, 300 on Fear Red vinyl, 200 Radioactive Green vinyl, 100 Plague Pink vinyl) [6] and for free download via Earache Records website. [7] An official video for "All Seeing I" was released in December 2012. [8]

Track listing

No.TitleLength
1."Plague of Conscience"5:31
2."Six Feet Under the Gun"5:01
3."Carnival of Souls"6:01
4."In Thought Alone"4:36
5."All Seeing I"5:09
6."Beyond a Shadow of a Doubt"4:09
7."Architects of Fear"5:13
8."The Accuser"4:04
9."Shadowbound"4:50
10."The Mask of Anarchy"8:38
iTunes bonus track
No.TitleLength
11."Form Follows Function"3:30

Personnel

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