''Mechanics of Dysfunction'' is the debut studio album by Canadian

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band

Beneath the Massacre Beneath the Massacre is a Canadian technical death metal band from Montreal, Quebec. Their debut EP '' Evidence of Inequity'', was released in 2005, under Galy Records. In early 2006, the band signed with Prosthetic Records and released their f ...

. It was released on February 20, 2007 through

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. It was produced by

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guitarist Yannick St-Ammand.

Track listing

Personnel

;Beneath the Massacre * Dennis Bradley −

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* Justin Rousselle −

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 ...

* Christopher Bradley −

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 ...

* Elliot Desgagnés −

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 ...

;Productions * Yannick St-Ammand − producing and

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* Alan Douches −

audio mastering Mastering is a form of audio post production which is the process of preparing and transferring recorded audio from a source containing the final mix to a data storage device called a master recording, the source from which all copies will ...

* Pierre Rémillard −

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References

2007 debut albums Beneath the Massacre albums Prosthetic Records albums {{2000s-death-metal-album-stub