The Butcher's Ballroom

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The Butcher's Ballroom
The Butcher's Ballroom cover.jpg
Studio album by
ReleasedAugust 17, 2006
Genre
Length51:07
Diablo Swing Orchestra chronology
Borderline Hymns
(2003)
The Butcher's Ballroom
(2006)
Sing Along Songs for the Damned & Delirious
(2009)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Metal Storm (9.2/10) [1]

The Butcher's Ballroom is the debut studio album by Swedish avant-garde metal band Diablo Swing Orchestra, released in 2006. It features all four songs from their EP and disc debut Borderline Hymns , along with 9 new songs, for a total of 13 tracks divided into two acts. It is the band's first release with singer AnnLouice Lögdlund.

Contents

It received the Biggest Surprise award at the 2006 Metal Storm Awards.

Track listing

All tracks are written by Daniel Håkansson, except where noted

Act I
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Balrog Boogie" 3:52
2."Heroines" 5:21
3."Poetic Pitbull Revolutions" 4:52
4."Ragdoll Physics" 3:52
5."D'Angelo" 1:53
6."Velvet Embracer"Håkansson, Pontus Mantefors4:04
Act II
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
7."Gunpowder Chant" 1:50
8."Infralove" 4:53
9."Wedding March for a Bullet" 3:13
10."Qualms of Conscience"P.G. Juliusson1:15
11."Zodiac Virtues"Music: Håkansson, lyrics: Anders Johansson4:46
12."Porcelain Judas"Håkansson, Mantefors4:08
13."Pink Noise Waltz" 6:05
Total length:51:07

Pre-gap

There is a pre-gap track on the album as track -1, lasting for 1:03.

Band members

Additional musicians

Production

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References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Diablo Swing Orchestra - The Butcher's Ballroom review. Metal Storm (December 12, 2006). Retrieved March 12, 2009.