''Ignite My Insanity'' is the second studio album by American hard rock band

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. The album is the band's first release in five years, since the band's 2012 debut album, ''

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''. It is a

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, featuring 21 tracks, and was released on July 21, 2017.

Writing and recording

According to Connolly, drums and main guitars recorded at Architekt Music in

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, with Mike Ferretti. The band spent about 10 days in the studio tracking all the main parts, then moved to Connolly's home studio 1119 in Orlando, Florida to track vocals, solos and overdubs. Also they tracked all bass while out on tour with

Sevendust Sevendust is an American rock band from Atlanta, Georgia, formed in 1994 by bassist Vince Hornsby, drummer Morgan Rose and rhythm guitarist John Connolly. After their first demo, lead vocalist Lajon Witherspoon and lead guitarist Clint Lo ...

in Canada and the Midwest. ''Ignite My Insanity'' is a

featuring 21 songs. The album features two songs co-written with guitarist

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, and one song co-written by drummer

Morgan Rose Morgan Jay Rose (born December 13, 1968) is an American drummer and a founding member of Atlanta-based rock band Sevendust. He is also responsible for much of the background vocals. He has also played drums for Call Me No One and Methods of May ...

Release and promotion

The album was officially announced in May 2017, with a prospective release window of July, later narrowed down to July 21, 2017. The first single from the album, "Reload", was released on June 11, 2017. A

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was released on the same day, primarily focused on the band performing in front of a white and red backdrop. A second single, "Ignite", was released on July 16, 2017, alongside its own respective music video, featuring the band performing interspersed with clips of Connolly attempting to reach out to a woman.

Track listing

Personnel

Band * John Connolly – lead vocals, guitar, co-producer *

Eric Friedman Eric Charles "Erock" Friedman (born June 28, 1984) is an American musician, best known as the current guitarist for Tremonti and former touring guitarist and backing vocalist for Creed. He played with the band on their 2009 United States reu ...

– guitar, backing vocals *

Vinnie Hornsby Vince Hornsby (born October 22, 1967) is the bassist and one of the founding members of American rock band Sevendust. Music career Sevendust Before the formation of Sevendust, Hornsby was in the band Snake Nation along with Morgan Rose, also o ...

– bass guitar * Scott Phillips – drums Production and design *Mike Ferretti – recording engineer, mixing, editing, co-producer *Shane Stanton – assistant engineer *Andy VanDette – mastering *Jean Michel – design *William Burkle – photography *Paul Mashburn – photography

Charts

References

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