Supremacy (Hatebreed album)

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Supremacy
Supremacyalbumart.jpg
Studio album by
ReleasedAugust 29, 2006
Genre Metalcore [1]
Length36:23
Label Roadrunner
Producer Zeuss
Hatebreed chronology
The Rise of Brutality
(2003)
Supremacy
(2006)
For the Lions
(2009)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar half.svgStar empty.svg [2]
Blabbermouth.net 7.5/10 [3]
Collector's Guide to Heavy Metal 5/10 [4]
IGN 6.2/10 [5]
MusicOMH Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [6]

Supremacy is the fourth studio album by American metalcore band Hatebreed. It is their first and only release with Roadrunner Records. The album was released on August 29, 2006. The track, "To the Threshold", earlier appeared on the album, MTV2 Headbangers Ball: The Revenge , released in April 2006.

Contents

Frontman Jamey Jasta contends that the main theme of Supremacy is overcoming "feelings of depression, guilt, sadness, anxiety, alienation. I wanted to show that there is hope, and you have to start with yourself. You can't help other people if you can't help yourself." [7]

Track listing

No.TitleLength
1."Defeatist"3:19
2."Horrors of Self"2:29
3."Mind Over All"1:59
4."To the Threshold"2:49
5."Give Wings to My Triumph"3:05
6."Destroy Everything"3:29
7."Divine Judgment"2:28
8."Immortal Enemies"2:29
9."The Most Truth"2:44
10."Never Let It Die"3:39
11."Spitting Venom"2:49
12."As Diehard as They Come"2:17
13."Supremacy of Self"2:48
iTunes edition bonus track
No.TitleLength
14."New Hate Rising"2:36
Japanese edition bonus track
No.TitleLength
14."Pollution of the Soul"2:56
UK edition bonus track
No.TitleLength
14."Severed"2:43

Credits

Musicians

Production

Charts

Chart (2006)Peak
position
The Billboard 200 31
UK Rock & Metal Albums (OCC) [8] 9

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