The Hollowing (album)

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The Hollowing
Crisis The Hollowing.jpg
Studio album by
ReleasedSeptember 22, 1997 [1]
RecordedMay–June 1997
Studio
  • Excello (New York City)
  • Festival Recording (New Orleans)
Length55:23
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
SourceRating
AllMusic Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [2]
Chronicles of Chaos 6/10 [3]
Collector's Guide to Heavy Metal 6/10 [4]
The Grand Rapids Press Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar half.svg [5]
Kerrang! Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [6]
Rock Hard 7.5/10 [7]
Terrorizer Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar half.svg [8]

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

Contents

Track listing

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

No.TitleLength
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]

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. 1 2 Crisis (1997). The Hollowing (booklet). Metal Blade Records. 3984-14141-2.