The Beauty of Destruction

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The Beauty of Destruction
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Studio album by
ReleasedApril 25, 2014
Recorded2012–2013
Genre Metalcore
Length47:07
Label Nuclear Blast
Producer Logan Mader
Devil You Know chronology
The Beauty of Destruction
(2014)
They Bleed Red
(2015)
Singles from The Beauty of Destruction
  1. "Seven Years Alone"
    Released: March 5, 2014
  2. "It's Over"
    Released: October 31, 2015
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The Beauty of Destruction is the debut studio album by American metalcore band Devil You Know, later known as Light the Torch. It was released on April 25, 2014, in Europe and on April 29 in North America, the UK, and France through Nuclear Blast. It was produced by Logan Mader and mixed by Zeuss. The music video was released by Nuclear Blast Records and featured members Ryan Wombacher on bass and Roy Lev-Ari on guitar. Artwork for the album was created by noted painter and illustrator Travis Smith.

Contents

Track listing

All lyrics are written by Howard Jones; all music is composed by Francesco Artusato and John Sankey.

No.TitleLength
1."A New Beginning"4:08
2."My Own"3:43
3."Embracing the Torture"3:26
4."For the Dead and Broken"3:26
5."Seven Years Alone"3:43
6."It's Over"3:53
7."A Mind Insane"4:13
8."Crawl from the Dark"4:16
9."The Killer"3:40
10."I Am the Nothing"4:12
11."Shut It Down"3:51
12."As Bright as the Darkness"4:30
Total length:47:07
Vinyl LP bonus tracks
No.TitleLength
13."Sacrifice"4:00
Total length:51:07

Personnel

Devil You Know
Production

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