''Anesthetic'' is the first solo album by American guitarist Mark Morton, released on March 1, 2019 via

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Background

The album features guest performances by

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, Josh Todd of

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, the late

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, Jake Oni of

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and

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. According to Morton, he had been writing new material for his solo record for "quite some time".

Sound and composition

Mark Morton outlined the difference between his solo album and his work with

Release

The first single, "The Truth Is Dead", was released on December 13, 2018, premiering on

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Liquid Metal. The song features Morton's Lamb of God bandmate Randy Blythe and

frontwoman

on vocals. The second single off the record, "Cross Off", which features Chester Bennington, debuted at number 18 on the US ''Billboard'' Hard Rock Digital Song Sales with 2,000 downloads and 209,000 streams in its first week. A music video for "Cross Off" was released on March 5, directed by Roboshobo. The music video for "Cross Off" features an empty microphone as a tribute to Bennington, who died in 2017.

Reception

''Wall of Sound'' gave the album a 7/10 and stated: "On the one hand he has nabbed some great artists to assist him get this album a release, however I think he has missed the mark on half the tracks by playing along with the

playbook too often."

Track listing

Personnel

* Mark Morton – guitars , bass , vocals Additional vocalists *

– vocals *

– vocals *Jake Oni – vocals *

– vocals , backing vocals *

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– vocals , backing vocals * Josh Todd – vocals *Naeemah Maddox – vocals *

– vocals *

– vocals Additional instrumentalists * Paolo Gregoletto – bass *

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– drums *

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– guitars *

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– bass *

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– drums *

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– bass *

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– drums *

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– drums *Yanni Papadopoulos – bass *

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– drums * Chris Brooks – keyboards Production *Josh Wilbur – producer,

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, mixing *Mark Morton – producer *Jake Oni –

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* Jay Robbins – engineering *Paul Suarez – engineering *Roy Mayorga – engineering *

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– mastering *Daniel Danger – artwork, art direction

Charts

References

External links

''Anesthetic''
on Mark Morton's official website {{DEFAULTSORT:Anesthetic 2019 albums Mark Morton (musician) albums Spinefarm Records albums