''Behind Silence and Solitude'' is the debut studio album by the American heavy metal band All That Remains, recorded in early 2000 and released on March 26, 2002. It is the only All That Remains album with guitarist Chris Bartlett and bass guitarist Dan Egan. A re-issued, remastered version of the album, with all new artwork, was released on October 9, 2007. The artwork was designed by

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bass guitarist

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. Being the band's first album, it is the only album not to include any singles or music videos.

Background

All That Remains was formed in 1998 by then

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vocalist

Phil Labonte Philip Steven Labonte (born April 15, 1975) is an American singer, best known as the lead singer of the metalcore band All That Remains. He is the former lead vocalist for Shadows Fall, was the touring vocalist for Killswitch Engage in early ...

as a side project. After Labonte was asked to leave that band, All That Remains became a full-time project."Phil Labonte of All That Remains Tells the Truth: 'Shadows Fall Asked Me to Leave'"
. Buzznet. Retrieved on May 3, 2019. Before recording ''Behind Silence and Solitude'', All That Remains recorded two demos, both released in 1999. The first demo features the songs "Follow", "From These Wounds" and "Shading" and was handed out at Milwaukee Metalfest 1999. The band's second demo, ''Demo 1999'', features the same songs but with "Erase" replacing "From These Wounds". The demo version of "Follow" also features an orchestral intro. ''Behind Silence and Solitude'' was recorded in early 2000, but was not released until two years later.

Track listing

Personnel

;All That Remains *

Philip Labonte Philip Steven Labonte (born April 15, 1975) is an American singer, best known as the lead singer of the metalcore band All That Remains. He is the former lead vocalist for Shadows Fall, was the touring vocalist for Killswitch Engage in early ...

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vocals Singing is the art of creating music with the voice. It is the oldest form of musical expression, and the human voice can be considered the first musical instrument. The definition of singing varies across sources. Some sources define sing ...

* Chris Bartlett –

guitar The guitar is a stringed musical instrument that is usually fretted (with Fretless guitar, some exceptions) and typically has six or Twelve-string guitar, twelve strings. It is usually held flat against the player's body and played by strumming ...

* Oli Herbert – guitar * Dan Egan –

bass guitar The bass guitar (), also known as the electric bass guitar, electric bass, or simply the bass, is the lowest-pitched member of the guitar family. It is similar in appearance and construction to an Electric guitar, electric but with a longer nec ...

* Michael Bartlett –

drums The drum is a member of the percussion instrument, percussion group of musical instruments. In the Hornbostel–Sachs classification system, it is a membranophones, membranophone. Drums consist of at least one Acoustic membrane, membrane, c ...

;Additional *

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– producer * All That Remains – producer *

– artwork, design, photography

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Behind Silence And Solitude 2002 debut albums All That Remains (band) albums Metal Blade Records albums Albums produced by Adam Dutkiewicz Prosthetic Records albums Razor & Tie albums Albums produced by Chris "Zeuss" Harris