''Being and Nothing'' is the fourth studio album by British
extreme metal
Extreme metal is a loosely defined umbrella term for a number of related heavy metal music subgenres that have developed since the early 1980s. It has been defined as a "cluster of metal subgenres characterized by sonic, verbal, and visual tra ...
band
Extreme Noise Terror
Extreme Noise Terror (often abbreviated to ENT) are a British extreme metal band formed in Ipswich, England in 1985 and one of the earliest and most influential crust bands. Noted for one of the earliest uses of dual vocalists in hardcore,Bon ...
. It was released in 2001 by
Candlelight Records
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. 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
death metal
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rather than their traditional
crust punk
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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 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 Suites t ...
- Guitar
;Production
* Mark Harwood - Producer, Engineering
* Dean Jones - Producer, Mixing
* Zac O'Neil - Producer, Mixing
References
*
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2001 albums
Extreme Noise Terror albums
Deathgrind albums
Candlelight Records albums