Exhausting Fire Explained

Exhausting Fire
Type:	studio
Artist:	Kylesa
Cover:	Exhausting Fire.jpg
Caption:	Album cover artwork by Shaun Beaudry
Released:	October 2, 2015
Recorded:	February 2015 – March 2015
Studio:	The Jam Room Columbia, South Carolina
Genre:	Sludge metal, heavy metal
Length:	45:02
Label:	Season of Mist
Producer:	Philip Cope
Prev Title:	Ultraviolet
Prev Year:	2013

Exhausting Fire is the seventh full-length studio album by American sludge metal band Kylesa. It is the group's fourth album to be released through Season of Mist.

Reception

The aggregate review site Metacritic assigned an average score of 82 out of 100 to the album based on 6 reviews, indicating "universal acclaim".

Personnel

Exhausting Fire album personnel adapted from the CD liner notes.^[1]

Kylesa

• Laura Pleasants – vocals, guitar
• Philip Cope – vocals, guitar, bass, keyboards
• Carl McGinley – drums

Guest musicians

• Jay Matheson – bass on "Moving Day", "Night Drive", "Growing Roots", "Out of My Mind", Shaping the Southern Sky", "Blood Moon" and "Lost and Confused"
• Andrew J. Ripley – oboe on "Blood Moon"

Production

• Philip Cope – producer, head engineer
• Zac Thomas – head engineer
• Steve Slavish – assistant engineer
• Jay Matheson – assistant engineer
• Carl McGinley – assistant engineer
• FatRat Da Czar – assistant engineer
• Dave Harris – mastering at Studio B, Columbia, South Carolina

Album artwork

• Shaun Beaudry – album art
• Laura Pleasants – art direction and additional graphics
• Edley O'Dowd – Kylesa "K" logo

Charts

Chart	Peak position
Billboard Top Independent Albums^[2]	48
Billboard Top Hard Rock Albums	22
Billboard Top Heatseeker Albums	7

External links

• Official website
• Official Facebook page

Notes and References

1. Exhausting Fire . Kylesa . 2015. CD liner . Seasons of Mist.
2. Exhausting Fire – Kylesa