Methods to End It All explained
| Methods to End It All |
| Type: | studio |
| Artist: | Creation's Tears |
| Cover: | CT Methods cover for web.jpg |
| Released: | 4 October 2010 |
| Genre: | Gothic metal, alternative metal |
| Length: | 36:40 |
| Label: | Cure for Poison Records |
| Producer: | Jens Bogren & David Castillo |
Methods to End It All is the debut album by heavy metal band Creation's Tears who are based in Northern Ireland, with some members based in England. Methods to End It All has been referred to by journalist Malcolm Dome and producer Jens Bogren as belonging to the Gothic metal genre while others have drawn comparisons to Lacuna Coil, Within Temptation, Opeth, Paradise Lost, My Dying Bride and Anathema.
The band's personnel, fronted by singer/guitarist Brian Eddie Reynolds includes former members of established Heavy metal acts; Lee Morris ex Paradise Lost and guest female vocalist Sarah Jezebel Deva ex Cradle Of Filth. Methods to End It All would be the first Heavy Metal Music album to feature Lee Morris since his departure from Paradise Lost in 2004.
In a completely unexpected twist and just days before recording sessions for Methods to End It All commenced, bassist Ian Coulter announced he would be leaving Creation's Tears to concentrate on his new marriage. Coulter did however play bass on the band's Methods to End It All album.
Recording sessions for Methods to End It All commenced in January 2010. Creation's Tears employed three producers for different attributes of the recording. Ex Kill II This member Mark Mynett recorded the drums with Lee Morris in Huddersfield. Producers, Jens Bogren (Opeth, Katatonia, Soilwork, Amon Amarth) and David Castillo (Inme, Eluveitie, Katatonia) recorded all guitars at the famous Fascination Street Studio in Örebro with vocals and bass recorded at Ghost Ward Studios Stockholm where Katatonia recorded Night Is the New Day.
The debut Creation's Tears album Methods to End It All had initially been touted for a Spring 2010 release but following the band's vocalist Brian Eddie Reynolds contracting serious food poisoning during the recording sessions in Stockholm, the release was subsequently postponed. Reynolds would finish a small vocal section at his home studio in Ballymena.
Sarah Jezebel Deva ex Cradle Of Filth made a guest appearance on Methods to End It All track Creation's Tears.
Methods to End It All was eventually released on 4 October 2010 via Cure For Poison Records and distributed through Code 7 / Plastic Head distribution in UK & Republic of Ireland
Credits
Personnel
- Brian Eddie Reynolds – vocals, guitars
- Ian Coulter – bass
- Lee Morris – session drums
- Sarah Jezebel Deva – guest vocals on "Creation's Tears"
Liner notes
- Produced by David Castillo with additional production by Jens Bogren & Brian EDDIE Reynolds.
- Mixed & Mastered by Jens Bogren at Fascination Street Studios, Örebro, Sweden, May–July 2010.
- Pre-production by Mark Mynett, Brian EDDIE Reynolds & Ian Coulter.
- Drums recorded & engineered by Mark Mynett at Blue Rooms, Hudders?field, England 15th – 17 January 2010.
- All guitars & (Vocals: Creation's Tears, Odyssey, No Saviour Here, I'm Falling) engineered & produced by David Castillo at Fascination Street Studios, Örebro, Sweden 21 Jan – 2 February 2010.
- Sarah Jezebel Deva's vocals recorded & engineered by Daniel Abela, Escape Route Studios, Essex, England 9 February 2010.
- Vocals (Another Collision, I Fail, Parody Paradigm, The Last Tear Is Cried For Romance, Untimely Reminder) & all bass engineered & produced by David Castillo at Ghost Ward Studio, Stockholm, Sweden 24th – 29 March 2010.
- Additional vocals on "Untimely Reminder" recorded & produced by Brian EDDIE Reynolds at Cure For Poison Studio, County Antrim, Northern Ireland.
- Front cover photo by Abigael Dani
- Additional cover photography by Brian EDDIE Reynolds.
- Album cover layout & design by Jonny Crozet & Laura Yabsley.
- All songs written & arranged by Brian EDDIE Reynolds.
- All lyrics written by Brian EDDIE Reynolds.
References
- https://web.archive.org/web/20170409134937/http://www.creationstears.com/biography – Creation's Tears Biography
- Big Cheese Magazine Issue 127 / October 2010 page 25 Retrieved 11 November 2010
- Rock Sound Magazine Issue 141 / November 2010 Retrieved 11 November 2010
- Kerrang! Magazine Issue 1334 / 16 October 2010 page 5 Retrieved 31 October 2010
- Kerrang! Magazine Issue 1336 / 30 October 2010 page 13 Retrieved 31 October 2010
- Terrorizer Magazine Issue 203 / Nov 2010 page 94 Retrieved 11 November 2010
- Metal Hammer Magazine UK Issue Nov 2010 page 127 Retrieved 11 November 2010
- https://web.archive.org/web/20100902185724/http://www.roadrunnerrecords.com/blabbermouth.net/news.aspx?mode=Article&newsitemID=145212 – Blabbermouth.net CREATION'S TEARS Debut To See Light Of Day In October – 27 August 2010
- https://web.archive.org/web/20101205044803/http://www.roadrunnerrecords.com/blabbermouth.net/news.aspx?mode=Article&newsitemID=146633 – Blabbermouth.net SARAH JEZEBEL DEVA To Guest On CREATION'S TEARS Album – 24 September 2010
- https://archive.today/20130201131831/http://www.roadrunnerrecords.com/blabbermouth.net/news.aspx?mode=Article&newsitemID=147967 – Blabbermouth.net CREATION'S TEARS: Behind-The-Scenes Footage From The Studio – 19 October 2010
- http://www.bravewords.com/news/148847 – Bravewords.com CREATION'S TEARS – Making Of Video Footage For Methods To End It All Album Available
- https://archive.today/20130104123250/http://www.roadrunnerrecords.com/blabbermouth.net/news.aspx?mode=Article&newsitemID=133685 – Blabbermouth feature
- https://archive.today/20130104130242/http://www.roadrunnerrecords.com/blabbermouth.net/news.aspx?mode=Article&newsitemID=137956 – Creation's Tears frontman food poisoning
- https://web.archive.org/web/20110101183513/http://www.metalireland.com/2010/11/07/creations-tears-methods-to-end-it-all/ - Review of Methods To End It All by Ciaran Tracey (aka Earl Gray) on Metalireland
- https://web.archive.org/web/20101116123855/http://www.classicrockmagazine.com/news/classic-rocks-new-releases-round-up-20/ - Review of Methods To End It All by Malcolm Dome Retrieved 13 November 2010
- Rock Sound Magazine Issue 143 / January 2011 Retrieved 25 December 2010 Review of Methods To End It All by Giles Moorhouse
- http://www.metalstorm.net/pub/review.php?review_id=8673 Review of Methods To End It All by Metalstorm.net
- Powerplay Rock & Metal Magazine Issue 128 page 28 / February 2011 Retrieved 28 January 2011 BEG, BORROW OR STEAL...this month's hottest new releases at a glance!
- Powerplay Rock & Metal Magazine Issue 128 page 43 / February 2011 Retrieved 28 January 2011 Review of Methods To End It All by Ross Barker
- KERRANG! Magazine Issue 1350 page 51 / 12 February 2011 Retrieved 2 October 2011 Review of Methods To End It All by Steve Beebee
- Metal Hammer (UK) Magazine March 2011 Issue page 81 Retrieved 2 October 2011 Review of Methods To End It All by Natasha Scharf
- Terrorizer (UK) Magazine March 2011 Issue 207 (Dominion Mag issue 9 page 18) Review of Methods To End It All by Joy Lasher
- Legacy(Germany) Magazine Issue 71 page 45 Retrieved 3 July 2011 Retrieved 3 July 2011 Review of Methods To End It All by Dirk Zimmermann
- http://www.seaoftranquility.org/reviews.php?op=showcontent&id=10456/ - Review of Methods To End It All by Brian Block on seaoftranquility.org
