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Exhausting Fire

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Exhausting Fire
Album cover artwork by Shaun Beaudry
Studio album by
ReleasedOctober 2, 2015
RecordedFebruary 2015 – March 2015
StudioThe Jam Room
Columbia, South Carolina
GenreSludge metal, heavy metal
Length45:02
LabelSeason of Mist
ProducerPhilip Cope
Kylesa chronology
Ultraviolet
(2013)
Exhausting Fire
(2015)
Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
Metacritic82/100[1]
Review scores
SourceRating
About.com[2]
AllMusic[3]
Consequence of SoundB[4]
Exclaim!8[5]
Magnet[1]
Metal Storm6.5[6]
Pitchfork7.4[7]
Punknews.org[8]
Spin8[9]

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

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The aggregate review site Metacritic assigned an average score of 82 out of 100 to the album based on 6 reviews, indicating "universal acclaim".[1]

Track listing

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No.TitleLength
1."Crusher"4:55
2."Inward Debate"2:35
3."Moving Day"2:46
4."Lost and Confused"3:18
5."Shaping the Southern Sky"5:48
6."Falling"4:17
7."Night Drive"4:35
8."Blood Moon"4:37
9."Growing Roots"4:05
10."Out of My Mind"3:26
11."Paranoid" (Black Sabbath cover; bonus track)4:40
Total length:45:02

Personnel

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Exhausting Fire album personnel adapted from the CD liner notes.[10]

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

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Chart Peak
position
Billboard Top Independent Albums[11] 48
Billboard Top Hard Rock Albums[11] 22
Billboard Top Heatseeker Albums[11] 7

References

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  1. ^ a b c "Critic Reviews for Exhausting Fire – Metacritic". Metacritic. Retrieved October 17, 2015.
  2. ^ Tom Campagna (October 2, 2015). "Kylesa – Exhausting Fire Review". About.com. Archived from the original on March 5, 2016. Retrieved October 17, 2015.
  3. ^ Thom Jurek (October 2, 2015). "Kylesa – Exhausting Fire". AllMusic. Retrieved October 17, 2015.
  4. ^ Jon Hadusek (September 28, 2015). "Album Review: Kylesa – Exhausting Fire". Consequence of Sound. Retrieved October 17, 2015.
  5. ^ Addison Herron-Wheeler (September 30, 2015). "Kylesa Exhausting Fire". Exclaim!. Retrieved October 17, 2015.
  6. ^ BitterCOld (September 14, 2015). "Kylesa – Exhausting Fire review". Metal Storm. Retrieved October 17, 2015.
  7. ^ Brandon Stosuy (October 2, 2015). "Kylesa: Exhausting Fire; Album Reviews". Pitchfork Media. Retrieved October 17, 2015.
  8. ^ Keenan (October 6, 2015). "Kylesa – Exhausting Fire". Punknews.org. Retrieved October 17, 2015.
  9. ^ Kim Kelly (September 30, 2015). "Review: Kylesa Perfect Their Psychedelic Space-Metal on 'Exhausting Fire'". Spin. Retrieved October 17, 2015.
  10. ^ Exhausting Fire (CD liner). Kylesa. Seasons of Mist. 2015.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)
  11. ^ a b c Exhausting Fire – Kylesa Billboard. Retrieved October 17, 2015.
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