Ultraviolet (Misery Signals album)

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Ultraviolet
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Studio album by
ReleasedAugust 7, 2020 (2020-08-07)
Recorded2018-2019
Genre Metalcore [1] [2] [3]
Length34:05
Label Basick
Producer
Misery Signals chronology
Absent Light
(2013)
Ultraviolet
(2020)
Singles from Ultraviolet
  1. "The Tempest"
    Released: May 15, 2020 [4]
  2. "River King"
    Released: June 19, 2020 [5]
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Exclaim! Positive [6]
Louder Sound Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar half.svgStar empty.svg [7]
New Noise Magazine Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar half.svg [8]
Riff Magazine7/10 [9]
Rock Sins7.75/10 [10]

Ultraviolet is the fifth and final studio album by American-Canadian metalcore band Misery Signals and was released on August 7, 2020. [11] The album marks the first from the band since 2013's Absent Light , as well as their first album with Stu Ross on guitar since 2008's Controller and Jesse Zaraska on vocals since 2004's Of Malice and the Magnum Heart , after vocalist Karl Schubach parted ways with the group. [12]

Contents

The album was produced by the band's former rhythm guitarist, Greg Thomas, along with being engineered by Tim Creviston, Devin Townsend and Matt Byles. [13]

Track listing

All tracks are written by Misery Signals

No.TitleLength
1."The Tempest"3:44
2."Sunlifter"4:00
3."River King"5:01
4."Through Vales of Blue Fire"2:05
5."Old Ghosts"3:38
6."The Fall"4:42
7."Redemption Key"2:33
8."Cascade Locks"3:50
9."Some Dreams"4:32

Personnel

Misery Signals

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