Rise to Ruin

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Rise to Ruin
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Studio album by
Released3 August 2007 (2007-08-03)
RecordedExcess Studios, Rotterdam, March 2007
Vocals recorded at Antfarm, Aarhus, April 2007 by Tue Madsen
Genre Death metal
Length48:41
Label Nuclear Blast
Producer Gorefest
Gorefest chronology
La Muerte
(2005)
Rise to Ruin
(2007)
Professional ratings
Review scores
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Rise to Ruin is the seventh and final studio album by Dutch death metal band Gorefest. It was released in 2007 through Nuclear Blast. The album was released on 25 September 2007 in the US. [2]

Contents

Track listing

  1. "Revolt" – 5:27
  2. "Rise to Ruin" – 4:48
  3. "The War on Stupidity" – 4:14
  4. "A Question of Terror" – 5:35
  5. "Babylon's Whores" – 9:09
  6. "Speak When Spoken To" – 4:19
  7. "A Grim Charade" – 5:08
  8. "Murder Brigade" – 4:15
  9. "The End of It All" – 5:46

Bonus tracks digipak edition

  1. "Surrealism" – 04:29
  2. "Dehumanization" – 03:32

Band members

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References

  1. AllMusic review
  2. "Gorefest - Rise to Ruin". Encyclopaedia Metallum . Retrieved 26 May 2010.