Self-Help (album)

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Self-Help
Spitfire - Self-Help Cover.png
Studio album by Spitfire
Released February 28, 2006
Genre Metalcore
Length32:31
Label Goodfellow Records
Producer Andreas Magnusson [1]
Spitfire chronology
The Slideshow WhiplashSelf-Help
(2006)
Cult Fiction
(2008)

Self-Help is the second album released by the metalcore band Spitfire. It was released on February 28, 2006, through Goodfellow Records. [2]

Metalcore is a fusion genre combining elements of extreme metal and hardcore punk. The word is a portmanteau of the two genres. Among other styles blending metal and hardcore, such as crust punk and grindcore, metalcore is noted for its use of breakdowns, which are slow, intense passages conducive to moshing. Pioneering metalcore bands—such as Integrity, Earth Crisis, Converge and All Out War all of which had formed by 1991—are described as leaning more toward hardcore, with their style sometimes being called metallic hardcore, whereas later bands—such as Killswitch Engage, All That Remains, Trivium, As I Lay Dying, Bullet for My Valentine, and Parkway Drive—are described as leaning more towards metal. Pantera and Sepultura have been particularly influential to the development of metalcore in the 2000s, which saw many bands in the genre achieve commercial success.

Contents

Track listing

  1. Meat Market - 3:12
  2. Go Ape - 2:31
  3. Life and Limb - 2:13
  4. Dear John - 2:56
  5. Leap of Faith - 2:59
  6. U.V. I.V. - 4:23
  7. The Great White Noise - 2:17
  8. Comfort (The Iceman Cometh) - 4:00
  9. The Suicide Cult is Dead - 2:30
  10. Kings of the Food Chain - 2:02
  11. Ohm Driver - 4:34

Personnel

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