The Hollowing (album)

The Hollowing
Studio album by Crisis
Released	September 22, 1997 [1]
Recorded	May–June 1997
Studio	Excello (New York City) Festival Recording (New Orleans)
Length	55:23
Label	Metal Blade
Producer	Steve McAllister Keith Falgout Crisis
Crisis chronology
Deathshead Extermination (1996) The Hollowing (1997) Like Sheep Led to Slaughter (2004)

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[2]
Chronicles of Chaos	6/10 [3]
Collector's Guide to Heavy Metal	6/10 [4]
The Grand Rapids Press	[5]
Kerrang!	[6]
Rock Hard	7.5/10 [7]
Terrorizer	[8]

The Hollowing is the third studio album by American heavy metal band Crisis, released on September 22, 1997, by Metal Blade Records.

Track listing

All lyrics are written by Karyn Crisis; all music is composed by Afzaal Nasiruddeen and Gia Chuan Wang. ^[9]

No.	Title	Length
1.	"Mechanical Man"	3:15
2.	"In the Shadow of the Sun"	6:57
3.	"Fire of Sorrow"	6:31
4.	"Vision and the Verity"	4:32
5.	"Kingdom's End"	4:51
6.	"After the Flood"	2:48
7.	"Sleeping the Wicked"	3:14
8.	"Surviving the Siren"	6:44
9.	"Take the Low Road"	2:35
10.	"Discipline of Degradation"	5:10
11.	"Come to Light"	8:42
Total length:		55:23

Personnel

Adapted from liner notes. ^[9]

Crisis Karyn Crisis - vocals Afzaal Nasiruddeen - guitar Gia Chuan Wang - bass Additional personnel Fred Waring III - drums (1, 2, 4, 11) Roy Mayorga - drums (3, 8) Jason Bittner - drums (6, 7, 10) Chris Hamilton - drums (5, 6, 9) Norman Westberg - vomit guitar (1, 3, 11) Sammy "Pierre" Duet - backing vocals (8, 10)

Production Steve McAllister - production, recording, mixing (1–5, 7–11) Keith Falgout - co-production, recording, mixing (6) Artwork Karyn Crisis - cover art models, photography, CD tray, band photo Gabe Mera - layout and design Richard Hobbs - group photo Steve Golembowski - live photos

References

1. Anon. (September 20, 1997). "New Albums" (PDF). Music Week . UBM plc. p. 46. Retrieved October 26, 2024– via worldradiohistory.com.
2. Schulte, Tom (n.d.), The Hollowing - Crisis | Album | AllMusic , retrieved November 1, 2024
3. Bromley, Adrian (September 14, 1997). "CoC : Crisis - The Hollowing : Review". Chronicles of Chaos . Retrieved November 1, 2024.
4. Popoff, Martin (2007). The Collector's Guide to Heavy Metal: Volume 3: The Nineties. Burlington, Ontario, Canada: Collector's Guide Publishing. p. 92. ISBN   978-1-894959-62-9.
5. Serba, John (October 22, 1997). "'How Do I Live' is Only Bright Spot in 'Light Up My Life'" . The Grand Rapids Press . p. C7 – via newspapers.com.
6. Alexander, Phil (September 20, 1997). "Allbums". Kerrang! . No. 666. EMAP. p. 45.
7. "The Hollowing" . Rock Hard (Vol 125) (in German). September 23, 1997. Retrieved November 1, 2024.
8. Rutherford, Jerry (October 1997). "Reviews". Terrorizer . No. 47. Scantec Publishing Ltd. p. 55. ISSN   1350-6978.
9. Crisis (1997). The Hollowing (booklet). Metal Blade Records. 3984-14141-2.