''Witness'' is the second studio album by American
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
Blessthefall. It was released on October 6, 2009, through
Fearless Records. It is the band's first album with
Beau Bokan on lead vocals and final album with original guitarist Mike Frisby. The album was co-produced with
There for Tomorrow drummer, Christopher Kamrada. This album includes a
post-metal entrance, "2.0", and some songs without any
screams or
death growl
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s.
The song "God Wears Gucci" was released in MySpace and the
iTunes Store on Tuesday, August 10, 2009, and is the third song released off the album, along with "To Hell & Back" and "We'll Sleep When We're Dead", although these were demonstrations to the album versions. On September 9 the band uploaded a new track to Myspace: "What's Left of Me". The entire album was streaming on their MySpace page until October 6, 2009. The album was released for sale in the US on October 6, 2009, with a European release date of the October 26 scheduled, ahead of their first ever European headline tour in support of the album. Witness sold 11,000 copies in its first week, debuting at No. 56 on
''Billboard'' 200 and No. 6 on the
Top Independent Albums
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chart.
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The song "Hey Baby, Here's That Song You Wanted" has been released as downloadable content for ]Rock Band
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on the Xbox 360
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.
The song "To Hell & Back" was included on the soundtrack to Ubisoft's ''Splinter Cell: Conviction''. The song and the game trailer was released around the start of April 2010.
The songs "God Wears Gucci" and "To Hell & Back" are downloadable tracks in the iOS game '' Tap Tap Revenge 4''.
Track listing
Personnel
Blessthefall
* Beau Bokan – clean vocals, keyboards
* Eric Lambert – lead guitar, backing vocals
* Mike Frisby – rhythm guitar
* Jared Warth – bass, keyboards, unclean vocals
* Matt Traynor – drums, percussion
Production
* Michael "Elvis" Baskette – mixing, production
* Dave Holdredge – engineer, mixing
* Jef Moll – digital editing
Charts
References
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2009 albums
Blessthefall albums
Albums produced by Michael Baskette
Fearless Records albums