Phenomena (Within the Ruins album) explained
| Phenomena |
| Type: | studio |
| Artist: | Within the Ruins |
| Cover: | Album_artwork_for_Within_the_Ruins'_2014_album_"Phenomena".png |
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| Prev Title: | Elite |
| Prev Year: | 2013 |
| Next Title: | Halfway Human |
| Next Year: | 2017 |
Phenomena is the fourth studio album by American metalcore band Within the Ruins. It was released on July 22, 2014.[1] The track list for the album was revealed on June 10, 2014, along with the release of the first single "Gods Amongst Men".[2] The album sold 4,067 copies in the United States in its first week and debuted at No. 72 on the Billboard 200.[3] [4]
Composition
This is the first album where guitarist Joe Cocchi uses a 7-string guitar, using bass guitar strings to adopt an unconventionally low tuning and vastly increase the low range of the instrument.[5]
In a 2014 interview with Loudwire, Joe Cocchi noted that parts of the instrumental "Enigma" reference themes from Super Mario Bros. and also Inspector Gadget.[6]
Personnel
- Within the Ruins
- Tim Goergen – vocals
- Joe Cocchi – guitars, production, engineering
- Andrew Tate – bass
- Kevin McGuill – drums
- Additional personnel
- Josh Wickman – production, engineering, mixing, mastering, vocal engineering, vocal production
- Jason Suecof – production, mixing[7]
- Cameron Gray – illustrations, artwork
- Sean Marlowe – art direction, design
- Jeremy Saffer – photography
Notes and References
- Web site: New Within the Ruins Track is Sumeriancore as Fuqq. June 10, 2014. MetalSucks. January 6, 2019.
- Web site: Within the Ruins Show Us That They Are 'Gods Amongst Men' And Reveal Phenomena Tracklist – Heavy Blog is Heavy. Heavyblogisheavy.com. June 10, 2014 . February 13, 2017.
- Web site: Metal By Numbers 7/30: Overkill's 'Armory' army out in forceMetal Insider. July 30, 2014. January 6, 2019.
- Top 200 Albums – Billboard 200 chart. Billboard. January 6, 2019.
- Web site: Super-Low Seven-String Tuning: C, F, C, F, A#, D, G — Why? Why the Hell Not? - guitarworld.com. Guitar World. September 1, 2014. February 13, 2017.
- Web site: five-questions-joe-cocchi-within-the-ruins -loudwire.com. loudwire. September 12, 2014. July 24, 2017.
- Web site: WITHIN THE RUINS Begins Recording New Album - blabbermouth.net. blabbermouth.net. January 30, 2014. February 13, 2017.
