Time Tears Down

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Time Tears Down
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Studio album by
Released2 August 2013
Genre Melodic death metal
Length44:36
Label Good Damn Records

Time Tears Down is the first full-length studio album by the German melodic death metal band Parasite Inc. It was released on 2 August 2013 via Good Damn Records (now Rebel Tune Records).

Contents

Background

Time Tears Down was recorded in the band's own recording-studio. Sound engineering and mixing was done by the band itself. The album was mastered by Jens Bogren in the Fascination Street Studios. The band re-recorded all eight songs from their 2010 demo album for this album with the exception of the intro and an interlude. The bonus song "Deadlife" was released on physical copies only and is the oldest song written by the band, although never released before.

Reception

The album received positive reviews and high ratings by leading German metal magazines. [1] [2] [3] It reached number 26 in the official German rock-metal charts and stayed several weeks in the top 30. [4] The music video for the song "The Pulse of the Dead" on YouTube was also successful. [5]

Track listing

No.TitleLength
1."Fire the Machines"1:06
2."Back for War"2:27
3."Time Tears Down"4:17
4."Chaos Inside"3:44
5."Function or Perish"4:39
6."Armageddon in 16 to 9"4:15
7."The Pulse of the Dead"4:12
8."The Scapegoat"3:43
9."In the Dark"3:52
10."Unmeant Outcasts"3:45
11."Hatefilled"2:15
12."The End of Illusions"6:06
13."Deadlife" (physical edition bonus track)3:28

Personnel

Parasite Inc.

Production

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References

  1. "Review Metal Hammer Germany". Metal Hammer. 4 September 2013. Retrieved 2 May 2014.
  2. "Review Legacy Magazine". Legacy Magazine. Archived from the original on 21 October 2013. Retrieved 2 May 2014.
  3. "Review Metal.de". Metal.de. Retrieved 2 May 2014.
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  5. "Pulse Of The Dead music video". Parasite Inc. Retrieved 2 May 2014.