metalcore
Metalcore is a broadly defined fusion genre combining elements of extreme metal and hardcore punk, originating in the 1990s United States and becoming popular in the 2000s. Metalcore typically has aggressive verses and melodic choruses, combined ...
band
Betraying the Martyrs
Betraying the Martyrs were a French metalcore band formed in Paris in 2008. The band's final lineup consisted of vocalist Rui Martins, guitarists Steeves Hostin and Baptiste Vigier, bassist Valentin Hauser, drummer Boris le Gal, and keyboardist ...
. The album was released on 15 July 2014 through
Sumerian Records
Sumerian Records is an American record label based in Los Angeles, Washington D.C., and London. The label was founded in 2006 by Ash Avildsen. It is the band's only album to feature drummer Mark Mironov.
Background
The first song to be released from the album was "Where the World Ends", released on 28 May 2014. The song was first performed live on 25 May in
Lyon, France
Lyon (Franco-Provençal: ''Liyon'') is a city in France. It is located at the confluence of the rivers Rhône and Saône, to the northwest of the French Alps, southeast of Paris, north of Marseille, southwest of Geneva, Switzerland, north ...
. On 17 June, a lyric video for the second single, "Jigsaw", was released.
"
Let It Go
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" is a cover of the song from the 2013 film, '' Frozen''. The cover was critically acclaimed, with
AllMusic
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contributor Gregory Heaney stating that the cover conveys the same emotion as the original (sung by
Idina Menzel
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) while radically altering the delivery, adding that it "feels like a testament to both the versatility of metal and the universality of show tunes." Heavy metal website
MetalSucks
MetalSucks is an American heavy metal music
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labelled the cover as "truly exceptional" in an otherwise negative review of the album. However, ''Under the Gun'' named the cover as their "least metal moment of the week" on 14 July. The cover became one of the band's most popular songs and has accumulated 8.5 million views on
YouTube
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, as of April 2022.
The song "Legends Never Die" is a tribute dedicated to late
Suicide Silence
Suicide Silence is an American deathcore band from Riverside, California, Riverside, California. The band was established in 2002, and has released seven studio albums, three EPs, and nineteen music videos. They were awarded the ''Revolver (ma ...
vocalist
Mitch Lucker
Mitchell Adam Lucker (October 20, 1984 – November 1, 2012) was an American musician best known as the lead vocalist for the deathcore band Suicide Silence.
Career
Lucker first started performing music in 2000 with the band Breakaway, which wo ...
, who agreed to appear on one of the album's tracks on 31 October but died a day later in an accident.
Track listing
All songs written and composed by
Betraying the Martyrs
Betraying the Martyrs were a French metalcore band formed in Paris in 2008. The band's final lineup consisted of vocalist Rui Martins, guitarists Steeves Hostin and Baptiste Vigier, bassist Valentin Hauser, drummer Boris le Gal, and keyboardist ...
, except "
Let It Go
"Let It Go" is a song from Disney's 2013 computer-animated feature film '' Frozen'', whose music and lyrics were composed by husband-and-wife songwriting team Robert Lopez and Kristen Anderson-Lopez. The song was performed in its original show ...
", which was originally written by
Robert Lopez
Robert “Bobby” Lopez (born February 23, 1975) is an American songwriter for musicals and playwright, best known for co-creating '' The Book of Mormon'' and '' Avenue Q'', and for co-writing the songs featured in the Disney animated films '' ...
and
Kristen Anderson-Lopez
Kristen Anderson-Lopez (born March 21, 1972) is an American songwriter. She is known for co-writing the songs for the 2013 animated musical film '' Frozen'' and its 2019 sequel '' Frozen II'' with her husband Robert Lopez. The couple won the Aca ...
.
Personnel
;Betraying the Martyrs
*Aaron Matts –
lead vocals
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*Lucas D'Angelo –
lead guitar
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,
backing vocals
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, production, engineering
*Baptiste Vigier –
rhythm guitar
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*Valentin Hauser –
bass
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*Mark Mironov –
drums
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piano
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,
synthesizers
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, clean vocals
;Additional musicians
*Gus Farias of
Volumes
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– guest vocals on track 6
;Additional personnel
*
Betraying the Martyrs
Betraying the Martyrs were a French metalcore band formed in Paris in 2008. The band's final lineup consisted of vocalist Rui Martins, guitarists Steeves Hostin and Baptiste Vigier, bassist Valentin Hauser, drummer Boris le Gal, and keyboardist ...
and Nick Walters – vocal production
*Allan Hessler – vocal engineering, vocal production
*Theophile Denis – drum engineering
*Nicolas Delestrade – mastering, mixing
*George Vallee – publicity
*Daniel McBride – artwork, layout
*Ann Buster – band photo