The Adversary (Thy Art Is Murder album)

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The Adversary
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Studio album by
Released16 July 2010 (2010-07-16)
Recorded2010
Genre
Length37:28
Label Skull and Bones
Producer Toby Learmont
Thy Art Is Murder chronology
Infinite Death
(2008)
The Adversary
(2010)
Hate
(2012)

The Adversary is the debut studio album by Australian deathcore band Thy Art Is Murder. The album was released on 16 July 2010 through Skull and Bone Records. It is the first release to feature vocalist Chris "CJ" McMahon and last release to feature guitarist Gary Markowski and bassist Mick Low. Guitarist Sean Delander replaced Mick Low on bass and Andy Marsh and Tom Brown joined as the new guitarists on the album Hate . [1] [2] [3] [4]

Contents

Track listing

No.TitleLength
1."Unholy Sermons"0:50
2."Soldiers of Immortality"3:26
3."Laceration Penetration"4:25
4."Furnace of Hate"3:22
5."Flesh Oracle"3:21
6."The Adversary"4:06
7."Decrepit Purification"3:51
8."The False Prophet"3:30
9."Engineering the Antichrist"3:32
10."Requiem"2:20
11."Coward's Throne"4:45
Total length:37:28

Personnel

Thy Art Is Murder
Technical staff and artwork

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