The Life I Remember

The Life I Remember
Studio album by Once Human
Released September 4, 2015 (2015-09-04)
Recorded 2015
Genre Melodic death metal
Length 40:48
Label earMUSIC
Producer Logan Mader

The Life I Remember is the debut studio album from American heavy metal band Once Human. The work was released on 4 September 2015 through earMUSIC.[1][2]

Background

In 2014,[3] after taking more than ten years off from performing live music, music producer and former Soulfly/Machine Head guitarist Logan Mader founded the band now known as Once Human.[2]

On 26 May 2015,[4] the ensemble published a lyric video of "The Life I Remember", the title track for the album.[5] An equivalent video of "Terminal" was unleashed on 10 July 2015.[6] Four weeks later, the group released "You Cunt", the first video from the ensemble portraying them playing alongside a theatrical plot.[7][8][9]

Touring

The band plans to tour Europe in November and December 2015 with American industrial metal band Fear Factory.[10]

Critical reception

ArtistDirect indicated that title track "The Life I Remember" is "full of the crunch and grit that metal fans have come to love and expect from [Mader], who pounded out riffs in some essential, '90s-era metal bands".[11]

Blabbermouth.net portrays Hart's singing as a "throat-scarring level of vocal brutality that completely contradicts her soft appearance".[2]

According to Jeremy Borjon of Revolver Magazine the band demonstrates "an impeccably produced, ruthless and mature sound in the vein of Arch Enemy and DevilDriver" with Hart bringing "the metal with clear and compelling screaming fleshed out by a groovy and thunderous rhythm section".[12][13][14][15]

Track listing

No. Title Length
1. "Trail of Tears"   1:20
2. "Ground Zero"   5:12
3. "You Cunt"   3:04
4. "Pick Your Poison"   3:46
5. "Terminal"   3:11
6. "Demoneyes"   4:16
7. "Devil Can Have You"   3:27
8. "Time of the Disease"   4:31
9. "I Am War"   1:51
10. "The Life I Remember"   3:43
11. "Siren"   1:37
12. "Growing Colder"   4:50
Total length:
 40:48

Personnel

Musicians

  • Lauren Hart - Composer, Guitar, Piano, Vocals
  • Ralph Alexander - Drums
  • Logan Mader - Composer, Engineer, Guitar, Producer
  • Damien Rainaud - Bass, Composer, Engineer

Additional personnel

  • Seth Siro Anton - Artwork
  • Maor Appelbaum - Remastering
  • Josh Franks - Assistant Engineer
  • Tina Guo - Cello
  • Bill Hudson - Guitar
  • Nathan Mader - Photography
  • Gerard Marino - Sound Design
  • Alexander Mertsch - Layout

Videos

References

  1. ↑ Mike Gitter (2013-01-07). "Where Are They Now? Logan Mader of Machine Head, Soulfly". Noisecreep.com. Retrieved 2015-10-04.
  2. 1 2 3 "Former Machine Head/Soulfly Guitarist Logan Mader Returns With Once Human". Blabbermouth.net. 2015-05-26. Retrieved 2015-10-04.
  3. ↑ "Once Human - Album Interview with Logan Mader & Lauren Hart". YouTube. Retrieved 2015-10-04.
  4. ↑ "ONCE HUMAN - "The Life I Remember" Official Lyric Video". YouTube. 2015-05-26. Retrieved 2015-10-04.
  5. 1 2 Chad Childers. "Once Human, 'The Life I Remember' Introduction [Exclusive]". Loudwire.com. Retrieved 2015-10-04.
  6. 1 2 "Former Machine Head/Soulfly Guitarist Logan Mader's Once Human: 'Terminal' Lyric Video". Blabbermouth.net. 2015-07-09. Retrieved 2015-10-04.
  7. 1 2 Published on Aug 7, 2015 (2015-08-07). "Once Human "You Cu*t" Official Music Video from the album "The Life I Remember"". YouTube. Retrieved 2015-10-04.
  8. ↑ "Once Human - nowy projekt byłego gitarzysty Machine Head i Soulfly". Gitaromaniak.pl. 2015-08-05. Retrieved 2015-10-04.
  9. ↑ "Review | ONCE HUMAN - The Life I Remember". Powermetal.De. Retrieved 2015-10-04.
  10. ↑ "Once Human - Mobile Uploads". Facebook. Retrieved 2015-10-04.
  11. ↑ "New Song: Once Human "The Life I Remember"". ARTISTdirect. Retrieved 31 October 2015.
  12. ↑ "Review: Once Human – The Life I Remember - Hard Rock & Heavy Metal News | Music Videos |Golden Gods Awards". revolvermag.com. Retrieved 2015-10-04.
  13. ↑ "Review - ONCE HUMAN - The Life I Remember - POWERMETAL.de". powermetal.de. Retrieved 31 October 2015.
  14. ↑ "Once Human: The Life I Remember". TeamRock. Retrieved 31 October 2015.
  15. ↑ "Once Human :: The Life I Remember". Metal Hammer. Retrieved 31 October 2015.

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