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. It was released on August 31, 2010, through

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. ''Misled by Certainty'' sold 1300 copies in the United States in its first week, appearing at the #24 position on

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, and Dyscarnate. Four

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of the recording process for this album have been posted online. A video was released for "The Incorrigible Flame" in early August 2010. A video for "Ohrwurm" was released in September 2010.

Track listing

Personnel

* Lenzig Leal –

vocals Singing is the act of creating musical sounds with the voice. A person who sings is called a singer, artist or vocalist (in jazz and/or popular music). Singers perform music (arias, recitatives, songs, etc.) that can be sung with or withou ...

* John Merryman –

drums A drum kit (also called a drum set, trap set, or simply drums) is a collection of drums, cymbals, and other auxiliary percussion instruments set up to be played by one person. The player (drummer) typically holds a pair of matching drumsticks ...

* Steve Goldberg –

guitar The guitar is a fretted musical instrument that typically has six strings. It is usually held flat against the player's body and played by strumming or plucking the strings with the dominant hand, while simultaneously pressing selected string ...

* Nick Schendzielos –

bass guitar The bass guitar, electric bass or simply bass (), is the lowest-pitched member of the string family. It is a plucked string instrument similar in appearance and construction to an electric or an acoustic guitar, but with a longer neck and ...

, vocals * Brian Hopp – guitar

Additional musicians

* Alex Camargo – vocals ("Power and Force") * Blaine Cartwright – vocals ("P.G.A.D.") * Ross Dolan – vocals ("Abraxas of Filth") * Pat Hanson – keyboards ("Abraxas of Filth, "Repangaea", "Cordyceps Humanis") * Zac Jefferson – vocals ("Raped by an Orb") * Bruce Lamont –

saxophone The saxophone (often referred to colloquially as the sax) is a type of Single-reed instrument, single-reed woodwind instrument with a conical body, usually made of brass. As with all single-reed instruments, sound is produced when a reed (mouthpi ...

("Ohrwurm", "Repangaea"), vocals ("Repangaea") * Dave Otero – vocals ("Warbots A.M.") * Katherine Rosser – vocals ("Repangaea") * Travis Ryan – vocals ("When I Arrive") * Keith Sanchez – vocals ("P.G.A.D.") * Sherwood Webber – vocals ("Cordyceps Humanis")

Production

*Dave Otero – production *Jeff Dunne – editing *Orion Landau – album artwork

References

{{Authority control 2010 albums Cephalic Carnage albums Relapse Records albums