Self Harvest

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Self Harvest
Self Harvest by Ark of the Covenant.png
Studio album by
ReleasedApril 30, 2013 (2013-04-30)
Genre Christian metal, metalcore
Length30:03
Label Facedown
Producer Greg Thomas
Ark of the Covenant chronology
Separation
(2011)
Self Harvest
(2013)

Self Harvest is the first studio album from Ark of the Covenant. Facedown Records released the album on April 30, 2013. Ark of the Covenant worked with Greg Thomas, in the production of this album. [1]

Contents

Critical reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
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Indie Vision MusicStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [4]
Mind Equals Blown4.0/10 [5]

Awarding the album four stars from HM Magazine , Jef Cunningham states, "Big thumbs up on this one". [3] Oscar Hyde, rating the album six out of ten for Cross Rhythms, writes, "It's just a shame that such powerful diatribes didn't have a more imaginative musical framework." [2] Lee Brown, giving the album four stars at Indie Vision Music, says, "Self Harvest is musically layered and vocally powerful." [4] Tyler Sharp, signaling in a four out of ten review by Mind Equals Blown, describes, "it’s somewhat dumbfounding to see something so generic to come out of their camp." [5]

Track listing

All tracks are written by Ark of the Covenant [6] .

No.TitleLength
1."Abandoned"3:39
2."Fire"0:49
3."Parasite"3:37
4."Transgressors"2:40
5."Blind Man"3:15
6."Sentient"2:58
7."Fury"0:57
8."Withered"2:53
9."Fakes"3:02
10."Self Harvest"4:13
11."Famine"2:00
Total length:30:03

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References

  1. AllMusic Credits
  2. 1 2 Hyde, Oscar. "Review: Self Harvest - Ark Of The Covenant". Cross Rhythms . Retrieved June 11, 2015.
  3. 1 2 Cunningham, Jef (August 2013). "Ark of the Covenant - Self Harvest". HM Magazine (May 2013): 43. Retrieved June 11, 2015.
  4. 1 2 Brown, Lee (29 April 2013). "Review : Ark of the Covenant – Self Harvest". Indie Vision Music. Retrieved June 11, 2015.
  5. 1 2 Sharp, Tyler. "Ark of the Covenant: Self Harvest". Mind Equals Blown. Retrieved June 11, 2015.
  6. AllMusic Tracks