The Serpent Servant

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The Serpent Servant
Serpentservant.jpg
Studio album by
ReleasedMarch 31, 2009
Recorded2008–2009
StudioLambesis Studios
Genre Deathcore [1]
Length35:07
Label Facedown
Producer
Impending Doom chronology
Nailed. Dead. Risen.
(2007)
The Serpent Servant
(2009)
There Will Be Violence
(2010)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Indie Vision Music5/5 [2]
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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.

Contents

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.

Track listing

No.TitleLength
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
Production

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