Exhausting Fire

Exhausting Fire
Album cover artwork by Shaun Beaudry
Studio album by
Kylesa
ReleasedOctober 2, 2015
RecordedFebruary 2015 – March 2015
StudiosThe Jam Room
Columbia, South Carolina
GenresSludge metal, heavy metal
Length45:02
LabelSeason of Mist
ProducerPhilip Cope
Kylesa chronology
Ultraviolet
(2013) 		Exhausting Fire
(2015)
Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
Metacritic82/100[1]
Review scores
SourceRating
About.comStarStarStarStarHalf star[2]
AllMusicStarStarStarStar[3]
Consequence of SoundB[4]
Exclaim!8/10[5]
MagnetStarStarStarStarStarStarStarStarHalf star[1]
Metal Storm6.5/10[6]
Pitchfork7.4/10[7]
Punknews.orgStarStarStarHalf star[8]
Spin8/10[9]

Exhausting Fire is the seventh full-length studio album by American sludge metal band Kylesa. It is the group's fourth album to be released through Season of Mist.

Reception

The aggregate review site Metacritic assigned an average score of 82 out of 100 to the album based on 6 reviews, indicating "universal acclaim".[1]

Track listing

No.TitleLength
1."Crusher"4:55
2."Inward Debate"2:35
3."Moving Day"2:46
4."Lost and Confused"3:18
5."Shaping the Southern Sky"5:48
6."Falling"4:17
7."Night Drive"4:35
8."Blood Moon"4:37
9."Growing Roots"4:05
10."Out of My Mind"3:26
11."Paranoid" (Black Sabbath cover; bonus track)4:40
Total length:45:02

Personnel

Exhausting Fire album personnel adapted from the CD liner notes.[10]

Kylesa

  • Laura Pleasants – vocals, guitar
  • Philip Cope – vocals, guitar, bass, keyboards
  • Carl McGinley – drums

Guest musicians

  • Jay Matheson – bass on "Moving Day", "Night Drive", "Growing Roots", "Out of My Mind", Shaping the Southern Sky", "Blood Moon" and "Lost and Confused"
  • Andrew J. Ripley – oboe on "Blood Moon"

Production

  • Philip Cope – producer, head engineer
  • Zac Thomas – head engineer
  • Steve Slavish – assistant engineer
  • Jay Matheson – assistant engineer
  • Carl McGinley – assistant engineer
  • FatRat Da Czar – assistant engineer
  • Dave Harris – mastering at Studio B, Columbia, South Carolina

Album artwork

  • Shaun Beaudry – album art
  • Laura Pleasants – art direction and additional graphics
  • Edley O'Dowd – Kylesa "K" logo

Charts

Chart Peak
position
Billboard Top Independent Albums[11] 48
Billboard Top Hard Rock Albums[11] 22
Billboard Top Heatseeker Albums[11] 7

References

  1. ^ a b c "Critic Reviews for Exhausting Fire – Metacritic". Metacritic. Retrieved October 17, 2015.
  2. ^ Tom Campagna (October 2, 2015). "Kylesa – Exhausting Fire Review". About.com. Archived from the original on March 5, 2016. Retrieved October 17, 2015.
  3. ^ Thom Jurek (October 2, 2015). "Kylesa – Exhausting Fire". AllMusic. Retrieved October 17, 2015.
  4. ^ Jon Hadusek (September 28, 2015). "Album Review: Kylesa – Exhausting Fire". Consequence of Sound. Retrieved October 17, 2015.
  5. ^ Addison Herron-Wheeler (September 30, 2015). "Kylesa Exhausting Fire". Exclaim!. Retrieved October 17, 2015.
  6. ^ BitterCOld (September 14, 2015). "Kylesa – Exhausting Fire review". Metal Storm. Retrieved October 17, 2015.
  7. ^ Brandon Stosuy (October 2, 2015). "Kylesa: Exhausting Fire; Album Reviews". Pitchfork Media. Retrieved October 17, 2015.
  8. ^ Keenan (October 6, 2015). "Kylesa – Exhausting Fire". Punknews.org. Retrieved October 17, 2015.
  9. ^ Kim Kelly (September 30, 2015). "Review: Kylesa Perfect Their Psychedelic Space-Metal on 'Exhausting Fire'". Spin. Retrieved October 17, 2015.
  10. ^ Exhausting Fire (CD liner). Kylesa. Seasons of Mist. 2015.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)
  11. ^ a b c Exhausting Fire – Kylesa Billboard. Retrieved October 17, 2015.

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