The Height of Callousness

The Height of Callousness
Studio album by Spineshank
Released	October 10, 2000
Recorded	Mushroom Studios; Vancouver, B.C., Canada
Genre	Industrial metal, nu metal, groove metal, digital hardcore
Length	37:10
Label	Roadrunner
Producer	GGGarth Mike Sarkisyan Tommy Decker
Spineshank chronology
Strictly Diesel (1998) The Height of Callousness (2000) Self-Destructive Pattern (2003)

The Height of Callousness is the second album by the American industrial metal band Spineshank. It was released on October 10, 2000 by Roadrunner Records. The title is taken from a phrase in A Clockwork Orange.

Reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	[1]

Allmusic gave the album 2.5 stars out of 5 but praised the band's energy, saying that "The Height of Callousness is a super-charged silver bullet of 11 aggressive tracks that will get your blood flowing as if you're engaged in a stock car race gone haywire." CMJ described the album as, "Machine-charged cybercore with computerized samples aligning the band with the likes of Fear Factory and Rammstein.",^[2][3] the album sold over 150.000 units.

Track listing

1. "Asthmatic" (Tommy Decker, Mike Sarkisyan) – 3:30
2. "The Height of Callousness" (Decker, Sarkisyan) – 3:02
3. "Synthetic" (Decker, Sarkisyan) – 3:09
4. "New Disease" (Decker, Sarkisyan) – 3:14
5. "(Can't Be) Fixed" (Decker, Sarkisyan) – 3:12
6. "Cyanide 2600" (Jonny Santos, Robert Garcia, Decker, Sarkisyan)– 3:10
7. "Play God" (Garcia, Santos, Sarkisyan) – 4:02
8. "Malnutrition" (Decker, Sarkisyan) – 3:30
9. "Seamless" (Santos) – 3:44
10. "Negative Space" (Santos, Sarkisyan) – 2:39
11. "Transparent" (Santos, Sarkisyan) – 3:53

Digipak bonus tracks

1. "Perfect Ending" – 3:48
2. "Full Circle" – 3:26
3. "The Height of Callousness" (Force Fed Integrity mix) – 3:20
4. "Asthmatic" (Punctured Lung mix) – 4:29

Note: On the American version of the digipak release, track 15 was changed from "The Height of Callousness" (Fist Fuck Integrity mix) to "Asthmatic" (Punctured Lung mix).

Personnel

Musicians

• Jonny Santos – vocals
• Mike Sarkisyan – guitar, co-producer
• Robert Garcia – bass, backing vocals
• Tommy Decker – drums, co-producer

Credits

• GGGarth – Producer
• Ted Jensen – Mastering
• Andre "The German" Wahl – Engineering
• Scott Ternan – Assistant engineer
• Frank Gryner – Mixing, Additional recording, Additional programming
• Scott Humphrey – Mixing, Additional recording, Additional programming
• Dan Burns – Assistant mixer
• Ben "Hairy Toes" Kaplan – Digital editing
• Alex "The Condor" Aligizakis – Assistant digital editor

Chart positions

Album

Year	Chart	Position
2000	Heatseekers	13
	Billboard 200	183
	Top Independent Albums	23
2001	UK Albums Chart	104

Single(s)

Year	Single	Chart	Position
2001	"New Disease"	Hot Mainstream Rock Tracks	33
		UK Singles Chart	84

References

1. "The Height of Callousness - Spineshank". Allmusic.
2. 9/11/00, p.34
3. http://www.cduniverse.com/productinfo.asp?pid=1019452