''Spiral Shadow'' is the fifth full-length album by American

sludge metal Sludge metal (also known as sludge or sludge doom) is an extreme subgenre of heavy metal music that originated through combining elements of doom metal and hardcore punk. It is typically harsh and abrasive, often featuring shouted vocals, heavi ...

band Kylesa, released by

Season of Mist Season of Mist is an independent record label and record distributor with subsidiaries in France and the United States. The record label was founded in 1996 by Michael S. Berberian in Marseille, France. From the start releasing black metal, pag ...

on October 25, 2010 in Europe and October 26, 2010 in the United States.

Reception

The album received positive reviews upon its release, and currently holds a metascore of 85 on Metacritic based on nine reviews, indicating "universal acclaim". It is also the highest rated metal album of the year according to the same site. Many critics praised the band's fusion of different genres, including

and

psychedelic rock Psychedelic rock is a rock music Music genre, genre that is inspired, influenced, or representative of psychedelia, psychedelic culture, which is centered on perception-altering hallucinogenic drugs. The music incorporated new electronic sound ...

Accolades

Track listing

Personnel

*Phillip Cope – guitar, vocals *Laura Pleasants – guitar, vocals *Carl McGinley – drums, percussion *Tyler Newberry – drums, percussion *Corey Barhorst – bass, keyboards

Charts

References

2010 albums Kylesa albums {{2010s-metal-album-stub