Sub-Basement

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Sub-Basement
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Studio album by
Released2001
RecordedPolar Bear Lair Studios
February–June 2001
Genre Doom metal, heavy metal
Length44:30
Label Black Widow
Producer Bobby Liebling
Joe Hasselvander
Chris Kozlowski
Pentagram chronology
First Daze Here (The Vintage Collection)
(2001)
Sub-Basement
(2001)
Turn to Stone
(2002)
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Sub-Basement is the fifth album by American doom metal band Pentagram. It was released in 2001 by Italian label Black Widow Records. Joe Hasselvander played all the instruments, while Bobby Liebling provided all lead and backing vocals. The spine reads "If Review Your Choices made you sick, Sub-Basement will take you to the tomb!!!" According to the documentary Last Days Here , the title referenced Liebling's life of living in his parents' sub-basement in Germantown, Maryland.

Track listing

(Songwriters listed in brackets.)

  1. "Bloodlust" (Liebling) – 2:30
  2. "Buzzsaw" (Liebling) – 2:29
  3. "Drive Me to the Grave" (Hasselvander/Liebling) – 4:30
  4. "Sub-Intro" (Hasselvander) – 4:00
  5. "Sub-Basement" (Hasselvander/Liebling) – 6:00
  6. "Go in Circles (Reachin' for an End)"(Hasselvander/Liebling/Palmer) – 5:16
  7. "Mad Dog" (Liebling) – 2:17
  8. "After the Last" (Hasselvander/Liebling) – 3:43
  9. "Tidal Wave" (Hasselvander/Liebling) – 4:40
  10. "Out of Luck" (Liebling) – 3:54
  11. "Target" (Liebling) – 5:10
  12. "Review Your Choices" (1999 unreleased outtake) – 3:31 *
  13. "Megalania" (1999 unreleased outtake) – 6:58 *

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