Unwelcome

Unwelcome
Studio album by Arsis
Released April 30, 2013
Recorded Audiohammer Studios
Genre Melodic death metal
Technical death metal
Length 36:37
Label Nuclear Blast
Producer Mark Lewis
Arsis chronology
Lepers Caress
(2012)
Unwelcome
(2013)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Metal Blast[1]
Metal Underground[2]

Unwelcome is the fifth studio album by the Death Metal band Arsis. It was released on April 30, 2013 through Nuclear Blast Records. This is the first full length album to feature Shawn Priest on drums and Brandon Ellis on guitar. This album was produced by Marc Lewis.

Track listing

No. Title Length
1. "Unwelcome"   3:41
2. "Carve My Cross"   4:14
3. "Handbook for the Recently Deceased"   3:48
4. "Choking on Sand"   3:18
5. "Let Me Be the One"   3:10
6. "Sunglasses at Night"   3:58
7. "Martyred or Mourning"   4:09
8. "No One Lies to the Dead"   3:05
9. "I Share in Shame"   3:36
10. "Scornstar"   3:38

Reception

Unwelcome was generally well-received by both critics and fans, being hailed as a return-to-form to their earlier materials compared to their 2010 release Starve for the Devil by focusing on aggression and technicality, but still remaining melodic and listenable. Criticism of the album usually focuses on general inaccessibility to those who are not fans of technical death metal, or the inclusion less-serious sounding parts of the album, for example the inclusion of the 80s hit "Sunglasses At Night" by Corey Hart. Andrew Uscategui of Sputnik Music writes: "Also as you’d expect from Arsis, there’s a decent amount of cheese on Unwelcome, if you didn’t already get that notion from the ridiculous song titles. ‘Sunglasses at Night’ isn’t necessarily their fault as it’s a Corey Hart cover (which is odd enough as it is), but the lyrics are so blatantly awful it’s almost impossible to ignore."[3] Despite this, he did give the album 3.5 out of 5 stars, saying that "Arsis deserves some credit for staying true to their technical melodeath roots after all this time. Even after compromising their sound in the past, Unwelcome shows the band doing what they do best and doesn’t completely rule out the idea of another A Celebration of Guilt or A Diamond for Disease sometime in the future."

Credits

Personnel

Production

References

  1. Melodic Death Metal (2013-04-28). "Arsis – Unwelcome". Metal Blast!. Retrieved 2013-12-16.
  2. "Arsis - "Unwelcome" CD Review - in Metal Reviews". Metal Underground.com. Retrieved 2013-12-16.
  3. "Arsis - Unwelcome (album review )". Sputnikmusic. Retrieved 2013-12-16.


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