The Serpent Servant

The Serpent Servant
Studio album by Impending Doom
Released	March 31, 2009
Recorded	2008–2009
Studio	Lambesis Studios
Genre	Deathcore [1]
Length	35:07
Label	Facedown
Producer	Tim Lambesis Daniel Castleman
Impending Doom chronology
Nailed. Dead. Risen. (2007) The Serpent Servant (2009) There Will Be Violence (2010)

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
Indie Vision Music	5/5 [2]
Jesus Freak Hideout	[3]

The Serpent Servant is the second studio album by American Christian deathcore band Impending Doom. They worked with the metalcore band As I Lay Dying vocalist Tim Lambesis and his production partner Daniel Castleman to record the album. The album was released in the US on March 31, 2009, from Facedown Records and on March 30, 2009, through Siege of Amida Records.

The album reached No. 144 on the Billboard 200 and No. 3 on the Heatseekers Albums chart. It sold 4,300 copies in its first week of release. ^[4] It is the last album by the band to feature lead guitarist Manny Contreras before he rejoined the band in 2012, the first to feature rhythm guitarist Cory Johnson (ex-Sleeping Giant), and the only album to feature drummer Chad Blackwell.

In 2021, Joe Smith-Engelhardt of Alternative Press included the album in his list of "30 deathcore albums from the 2000s that define the genre". ^[5]

Track listing

No.	Title	Length
1.	"When Waters Run Deep"	1:01
2.	"The Serpent Servant"	3:26
3.	"Anything Goes"	4:42
4.	"Storming the Gates of Hell"	3:43
5.	"Welcome to Forever"	3:46
6.	"More Than Conquerors"	4:27
7.	"Revival: America"	2:35
8.	"In the House of Mourning"	2:38
9.	"When I Speak"	3:52
10.	"City of Refuge"	2:42
11.	"Beginnings"	2:55
Total length:		35:07

Personnel

Impending Doom

• Brook Reeves – vocals
• Manny Contreras – lead guitar
• Cory Johnson – rhythm guitar
• David Sittig – bass
• Chad Blackwell – drums

Production

• Tim Lambesis – production
• Daniel Castleman – production, engineering
• Kelly "Carnage" Cairns – engineering
• Zeuss – engineering, mixing, mastering
• Shawn Carrano – management
• Colin Marks – artwork

References

1. Smith-Engelhardt, Joe (January 8, 2021). "30 deathcore albums from the 2000s that define the genre". Alternative Press . Retrieved December 29, 2023.
2. David M. (April 8, 2009). "Album Review: Impending Doom - the Serpent Servant". Indie Vision Music. Retrieved December 29, 2023.
3. Estabrooks, Timothy (April 8, 2009). "Impending Doom, "The Serpent Servant" Review". Jesus Freak Hideout. Retrieved December 29, 2023.
4. "Untombed Webzine – Untombed Zine – Christian Metal". Archived from the original on December 9, 2011. Retrieved October 14, 2009.
5. Smith-Engelhardt, Joe. "30 deathcore albums from the 2000s that define the genre". Alternative Press Magazine. Retrieved December 22, 2025.