The Evil Divide

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The Evil Divide
Death Angel - The Evil Divide.jpg
Studio album by
ReleasedMay 27, 2016
Recorded2015–2016
Studio AudioHammer Studios in Sanford, Florida
Genre Thrash metal [1]
Length45:13
Label Nuclear Blast
Producer Jason Suecof
Death Angel chronology
The Dream Calls for Blood
(2013)
The Evil Divide
(2016)
Humanicide
(2019)

The Evil Divide is the eighth studio album by the American thrash metal band Death Angel, released on May 27, 2016. [2] This album marked the first time since Act III (1990) that Death Angel had not made any personnel changes in three consecutive studio albums, and their third collaboration with longtime producer Jason Suecof.

Contents

Reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
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The Evil Divide has received positive reviews. Kevin Stewart-Panko of Metal Injection gave the album a rating of seven-and-a-half stars out of ten and calls it "a seriously angry sounding metal album. It gravitates from fast, blood-boiling thrash to mid-paced thrash, a swing that may not seem so wild on paper, but within the context of the ten songs here, presents noticeable worlds of divergence between song sequences and movements." [1]

Track listing

All lyrics are written by Mark Osegueda, except where noted; all music is composed by Rob Cavestany.

No.TitleLyricsLength
1."The Moth"Rob Cavestany4:38
2."Cause for Alarm" 3:22
3."Lost" 4:57
4."Father of Lies" 5:05
5."Hell to Pay" 3:12
6."It Can't Be This" 4:16
7."Hatred United / United Hate" (featuring Andreas Kisser) 5:17
8."Breakaway" 4:01
9."The Electric Cell" 4:38
10."Let the Pieces Fall" 5:47
Total length:45:13
Limited digipak edition bonus track
No.TitleLyricsMusicLength
11."Wasteland" (The Mission cover) Wayne Hussey The Mission5:18
Total length:50:31

Personnel

Death Angel

Production

Charts

Chart (2016)Peak
position
Australian Albums (ARIA) [3] 80
Austrian Albums (Ö3 Austria) [4] 64
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Flanders) [5] 192
French Albums (SNEP) [6] 110
German Albums (Offizielle Top 100) [7] 37
Hungarian Albums (MAHASZ) [8] 37
Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade) [9] 40
US Billboard 200 [10] 98

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