''Being and Nothing'' is the fourth studio album by British

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band

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. It was released in 2001 by

Candlelight Records Candlelight Records is a British record label based in London, founded by former Extreme Noise Terror bass guitarist Lee Barrett in 1993. The record label originally specialized in black metal, but quickly expanded to various other forms of hea ...

. It is the first and last to feature Adam Catchpole as a vocalist after Phil Vane left the band. The sound in this album leans more towards to

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rather than their traditional

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roots.

Track listing

*All Songs Written By Adam Catchpole, Dean Jones & Zac O'Neil, except where noted.

Personnel

;Extreme Noise Terror * Adam Catchpole - vocals * Dean Jones - vocals * Ali Firouzbakht - guitar * Manny Cooke - bass * Zac O'Neil - drums ;Session musicians *

Gian Pyres Gian Pyres (born Gianpiero Giuseppe Piras, 20 October 1973) is an English guitarist, best known for his work with extreme metal band Cradle of Filth for which he recorded guitars for ''Cruelty and the Beast'' (1998), ''Midian'' (2000), ''Bitter ...

- guitar ;Production * Mark Harwood - producer, engineering * Dean Jones - producer, mixing * Zac O'Neil - producer, mixing

References

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Being And Nothing 2001 albums Extreme Noise Terror albums Deathgrind albums Candlelight Records albums