Lights and Perfections

Lights and Perfections
Studio album by The Burial
Released March 27, 2012 (2012-03-27)
Genre Christian metal, metalcore, progressive metal
Length 40:30
Label Facedown
Producer Josh Schroeder
The Burial chronology
The Winepress
(2010)		 Lights and Perfections
(2012)		 In the Taking of Flesh
(2013)

Lights and Perfections is the second studio album from The Burial. Facedown Records released the album on March 27, 2012. The Burial worked with Josh Schroeder, in the production of this album.

Critical reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Cross Rhythms[1]
HM Magazine[2]
Indie Vision Music[3]
Jesus Freak Hideout[4]
The New Review[5]

Awarding the album four stars from HM, Charlie Steffens states, "Crushing. Edifying. A great album."[2] Christian Cunningham, rating the album an eight out of ten for Cross Rhythms, says, "'Lights And Perfections' is a powerful record indeed."[1] Giving the album four and a half stars at Jesus Freak Hideout, Scott Fryberger writes, "The Burial's latest album is an excellent display of hardcore done right."[4] Brody Barbour, indicating in a four star review by Indie Vision Music, describes, "While Lights and Perfections is not a perfect record it is a thoroughly enjoyable progressive metal record that is easier to listen to than most other counterparts."[3] Awarding the album three and a half stars at The New Review, Jonathan Anderson says, "I fear the replayability of Lights and Perfections is in jeopardy."[5]

Track listing

No. Title Length
1. "Lights"   4:21
2. "Apathy and Petition"   3:51
3. "Pearls: The Frailty of Matter"   3:37
4. "Salt and Wrath"   5:16
5. "Seed"   4:56
6. "Wisdom: The Gateway of Liberty"   4:56
7. "Sight and Sensation"   4:14
8. "Shackles and Embers"   4:10
9. "Perfections"   5:09
Total length:
 40:30

References

  1. 1 2 Cunningham, Christian. "Review: Lights And Perfections - The Burial". Cross Rhythms. Retrieved June 5, 2014.
  2. 1 2 Steffens, Charlie. "The Burial - Lights and Perfections". HM Magazine. p. 46. Retrieved June 5, 2015.
  3. 1 2 Barbour, Brody. "The Burial - Lights and Perfections". Indie Vision Music. Retrieved June 5, 2015.
  4. 1 2 Fryberger, Scott. "The Burial, "Lights and Perfections" Review". Jesus Freak Hideout. Retrieved June 5, 2015.
  5. 1 2 Anderson, Jonathan. "The Burial – Lights and Perfections". The New Review. Archived from the original on October 24, 2012. Retrieved June 15, 2015.
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