Xenosapien

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Xenosapien
Cephalic Carnage Xenosapien.jpg
Cover art by Orion Landau
Studio album by
Cephalic Carnage
ReleasedMay 28, 2007 (2007-05-28)
RecordedDecember 2006 – February 2007
Genre Deathgrind
Length48:54
Label Relapse
Producer Dave Otero
Cephalic Carnage chronology
Anomalies
(2005)		Xenosapien
(2007)		 Misled by Certainty
(2010)
Alternative cover
Cephalic Carnage Xenosapien alternate.jpg
LP cover
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar half.svgStar empty.svg [1]
Blabbermouth Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [2]
Exclaim! favourable [3]
Exclaim! mixed [4]
Metal Hammer Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg[ citation needed ]
PopMatters Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [5]
Stylus Magazine B+ [6]

Xenosapien is the fifth full-length album by Cephalic Carnage. It was released on May 28, 2007, on Relapse Records. [7] "Endless Cycle of Violence" is the first single, and is available on the band's MySpace page. The album has received strong reviews, and peaked at #13 on the Billboard Heatseekers chart. Xenosapien was recorded from December 2006 to February 2007. [1]

Contents

The album was released on CD and 12" vinyl format. The vinyl edition was limited to 1000 copies.

Track listing

No.TitleLength
1."Endless Cycle of Violence"4:15
2."Divination & Volition"4:20
3."Molting"2:51
4."Touched by an Angel"2:55
5."Vaporized"1:45
6."Heptarchy (In the UK)"3:22
7."G.lobal O.verhaul D.evice"5:50
8."Let Them Hate so Long as They Fear"1:10
9."The Omega Point"2:22
10."Megacosm of the Aquaphobics"4:03
11."Ov Vicissitude" (ends at 4:15 followed by 5 minutes of silence)9:15
12."Graul" (hidden track)6:45

Personnel

Cephalic Carnage

Additional musicians

Production

References

  1. 1 2 Prato, Greg. "Xenosapien". allmusic.com. Retrieved August 17, 2013.
  2. ↑ Alisoglu, Scott (May 31, 2007). "Cephalic Carnage Xenosapien review". blabbermouth.net. Retrieved August 17, 2013.
  3. ↑ General review
  4. ↑ General review
  5. 1 2 3 "Xenosapien review". PopMatters. August 23, 2007. Retrieved August 17, 2013.
  6. ↑ "Cephalic Carnage - Xenosapien - Review - Stylus Magazine". Archived from the original on January 19, 2009. Retrieved June 7, 2009.
  7. 1 2 "Cephalic Carnage: New Album Title Announced". blabbermouth.net. March 21, 2007. Retrieved August 17, 2013.
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