Foundations of Burden explained

Foundations of Burden
Type:	Album
Artist:	Pallbearer
Cover:	Pallbearer_fobalbum.jpg
Released:	August 19, 2014
Recorded:	February−March 2014
Studio:	Type Foundry Studios, Portland, Oregon
Genre:	Doom metal
Length:	54:58
Label:	Profound Lore
Producer:	Billy Anderson
Prev Title:	Sorrow and Extinction
Prev Year:	2012
Next Title:	Heartless
Next Year:	2017

Foundations of Burden is the second full-length album by the American doom metal band Pallbearer. It was released on August 19, 2014 by Profound Lore Records.^[1] On June 24, 2014, the track "The Ghost I Used to Be" from the album was made available for streaming on NPR,^[2] and can be purchased as a digital download from the band's Bandcamp site.^[3]

Track listing

All songs written and composed by Pallbearer.

Personnel

• Brett Campbell - lead vocals, guitar, lyricist, composer
• Devin Holt - guitar, auxiliary vocals on songs 1 & 3
• Joseph D. Rowland - bass guitar, piano/Rhodes/analog synthesizer, auxiliary vocals on songs 1 & 4, lead vocals on song 5, lyricist, composer
• Mark Lierly - drums
• Billy Anderson - Engineer, Producer
• Rohan Sforcina - Studio Assistant
• Justin Weis - Mastering
• Chimere Noire - Layout
• Erin Pierce - Photography
• Diana Lee Zadlo - Band Photo

Charts

Chart (2014)	Peak position
US Billboard 200^[4]	90
US Billboard Hard Rock Albums^[5]	10
US Billboard Independent Albums^[6]	14

Notes and References

1. Web site: Foundations of Burden, by Pallbearer.
2. News: Viking's Choice: Pallbearer, 'The Ghost I Used to Be'. NPR. 24 June 2014. Gotrich. Lars.
3. Web site: The Ghost I Used to be, by Pallbearer.
4. Web site: Pallbearer - Billboard 200 chart . . March 21, 2015.
5. Web site: Pallbearer - Hard Rock Albums chart . . March 21, 2015.
6. Web site: Pallbearer - Independent Albums chart . . March 21, 2015.