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"Atonement" is the tenth studio album by the American death metal band Immolation, released on February 24, 2017, via Nuclear Blast Records. The record demonstrates the band's established style of New York death metal, featuring complex, dissonant guitar work, intricate drum patterns, and dark, anti-religious lyrical themes. It was produced by longtime collaborator Paul Orofino at Millbrook Sound Studios in New York. The album continues the band's three-decade legacy of technical, atmospheric extreme metal.
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Which Immolation lineup recorded Atonement?
The album features Ross Dolan on bass and vocals, Robert Vigna and Alex Bouks on guitars, and Steve Shalaty on drums. That lineup preserved Immolation's distinctive contrast between Dolan's deep vocals and Vigna's dissonant guitar language.
Where was Immolation's Atonement recorded?
The band recorded it at Millbrook Sound Studios with longtime producer Paul Orofino. Zack Ohren handled the mix and mastering, and Nuclear Blast released the album in 2017.
Which Atonement songs best show Immolation's dissonant style?
The Distorting Light, Destructive Currents, and Fostering the Divide combine crooked guitar lines with alternating slow and fast passages. The title track pushes the same language into a particularly dark, deliberate arrangement.
Why does the deluxe edition of Atonement include a song called Immolation?
Immolation is a newly recorded version of a song from the band's 1991 debut, Dawn of Possession. Its inclusion connects the 2017 lineup and production style with the group's earliest New York death metal material.
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