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Dear Desolation

Dear Desolation is the fourth studio album by Australian deathcore band Thy Art Is Murder. The album was released on 18 August 2017 by Nuclear Blast.[3] The record is the band's last album with founding drummer Lee Stanton, as well as the first to feature Kevin Butler on bass.[4]

Dear Desolation
Studio album by
Thy Art Is Murder
Released18 August 2017 (2017-08-18)
Genre
Length38:17
LabelNuclear Blast
ProducerWill Putney
Thy Art Is Murder chronology
Holy War
(2015) 		Dear Desolation
(2017) 		Human Target
(2019)

Background

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Following the release of their third full-length album Holy War in 2015, vocalist CJ McMahon briefly left the band. In January 2017, the band announced McMahon's return and released the stand-alone single "No Absolution" (a B-side from the Holy War recording sessions) as part of the announcement.[5]

According to Eliran Kantor, the artist behind the album's cover, the image of the wolf feeding a baby lamb serves to convey the album's primary themes of greed, oppression, cynicism, preying on and misleading the weak, and the connection of fear & hope; the wolf feeding the baby lamb outwardly portrays kindness, while in reality, the wolf is helping the lamb to grow in order to prepare a bigger meal for herself.[6]

Critical reception

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Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Exclaim!9/10[7]
Metal Hammer     [8]
Metal Injection7/10[9]

The album received generally positive reviews from music critics. Exclaim! called it "the band's strongest album to date",[7] noting the band's stylistic shift from deathcore towards conventional death metal inspired by bands like Behemoth and Cannibal Corpse.[7] It has been described as continuing their prior deathcore sound by Metal Hammer.[8] Metal Hammer praised McMahon's vocal performance, and wrote that though the album is "short on the penetrative hooks that Holy War possessed in abundance, Into Chaos We Climb and The Final Curtain's seismic jolts and haunting leads leave an indelible mark for deathcore disciples to latch onto."[8]

Track listing

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No.TitleLength
1."Slaves Beyond Death"3:44
2."The Son of Misery"4:18
3."Puppet Master"3:15
4."Dear Desolation"3:21
5."Death Dealer"4:08
6."Man Is the Enemy"3:28
7."The Skin of the Serpent"3:58
8."Fire in the Sky"4:10
9."Into Chaos We Climb"4:05
10."The Final Curtain"3:50
Total length:38:17

Personnel

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Thy Art Is Murder

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  • Chris "CJ" McMahon – vocals
  • Andy Marsh – lead guitar
  • Sean Delander – rhythm guitar
  • Kevin Butler – bass guitar
  • Lee Stanton – drums

Production

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Charts

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Chart (2017) Peak
position
Australian Albums (ARIA)[10] 5
Austrian Albums (Ö3 Austria)[11] 28
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Flanders)[12] 97
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Wallonia)[13] 106
German Albums (Offizielle Top 100)[14] 29
New Zealand Heatseekers Albums (RMNZ)[15] 7
Scottish Albums (OCC)[16] 90
Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade)[17] 42
US Billboard 200[18] 95
US Top Hard Rock Albums (Billboard)[19] 3
US Top Rock Albums (Billboard)[20] 15

References

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  1. ^ Senior, Nicholas (15 August 2017). "Album Review: Thy Art Is Murder – Dear Desolation". Retrieved 8 August 2018.
  2. ^ Redmond, Josh. "REVIEWSREVIEW: Thy Art Is Murder – "Dear Desolation"". Archived from the original on 8 August 2018. Retrieved 8 August 2018.
  3. ^ "THY ART IS MURDER To Release 'Dear Desolation' Album". Blabbermouth.net. 19 May 2017. Retrieved 18 August 2017.
  4. ^ "Thy Art Is Murder - Dear Desolation - Encyclopaedia Metallum: The Metal Archives". Retrieved 15 August 2022.
  5. ^ "Vocalist CJ McMahon Returns To Thy Art Is Murder, Band Drop New Track". theMusic. Retrieved 19 August 2017.
  6. ^ Kantor, Eliran. "'Dear Desolation', 2017, commissioned by Thy Art Is Murder I noticed the metaphor of the wolf and the lamb appeared a few times in the lyrics, and I thought it grabbed the essence of the topics covered: greed, oppression, cynicism, preying on and misleading the weak, the connection of fear & hope. So I pictured a female wolf feeding a baby lamb while licking her lips. Revealing that she is not nurishing him, but preparing a bigger meal for herself. Released by Nuclear Blast". Facebook. Retrieved 2 October 2024.
  7. ^ a b c Smith-Engelhardt, Joe (16 August 2016). "Thy Art Is Murder Dear Desolation". Exclaim!. Retrieved 19 August 2017.
  8. ^ a b c Rees, Adam (15 August 2017). "Thy Art Is Murder - Dear Desolation album review". Metal Hammer. Retrieved 19 August 2017.
  9. ^ Pementel, Michael (16 August 2017). "Album Review: THY ART IS MURDER Dear Desolation". Metal Injection. Retrieved 19 August 2017.
  10. ^ "Australiancharts.com – Thy Art Is Murder – Dear Desolation". Hung Medien. Retrieved 26 August 2017.
  11. ^ "Austriancharts.at – Thy Art Is Murder – Dear Desolation" (in German). Hung Medien. Retrieved 31 August 2017.
  12. ^ "Ultratop.be – Thy Art Is Murder – Dear Desolation" (in Dutch). Hung Medien. Retrieved 26 August 2017.
  13. ^ "Ultratop.be – Thy Art Is Murder – Dear Desolation" (in French). Hung Medien. Retrieved 26 August 2017.
  14. ^ "Offiziellecharts.de – Thy Art Is Murder – Dear Desolation" (in German). GfK Entertainment Charts. Retrieved 25 August 2017.
  15. ^ "NZ Heatseekers Albums Chart". Recorded Music NZ. 28 August 2017. Retrieved 25 August 2017.
  16. ^ "Official Scottish Albums Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 26 August 2017.
  17. ^ "Swisscharts.com – Thy Art Is Murder – Dear Desolation". Hung Medien. Retrieved 30 August 2017.
  18. ^ "Thy Art Is Murder Chart History (Billboard 200)". Billboard. Retrieved 29 August 2017.
  19. ^ "Thy Art Is Murder Chart History (Top Hard Rock Albums)". Billboard. Retrieved 29 August 2017.
  20. ^ "Thy Art Is Murder Chart History (Top Rock Albums)". Billboard. Retrieved 29 August 2017.


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