The Human Romance

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Track Listing

  • “Terra Nocturnus” – 1:16
  • “The World Engulfed in Flames” – 3:52
  • “Savor the Kill” – 3:48
  • “Man & Swine” – 3:44
  • “Love as a Weapon” – 4:00
  • “Your Everyday Disaster” – 2:48
  • “Violent by Nature” – 2:21
  • “Purgatory” – 3:48
  • “Severed into Separates” – 3:29
  • “Wound” – 3:45
  • “Terra Solaris” – 8:41
  • “Beyond the Life You Know” – 4:12

  • European Bonus Track

  • “Hierarchy of Heathens” – 4:52

 

The Human Romance is Darkest Hour’s seventh studio and was released on February 22, 2011 in North America through E1 Music and March 7 in Europe through Century Media Records. Recorded in Ashville and Winston Salem, NC in September over a 5 week period The Human Romance was produced and recorded by Peter Wichers (Soilwork) and was mixed by Paul Leavitt and Brian McTernan. A return to thier more melodic side The Human Romance ushers in yet another new chapter for darkest hour combining the fury and power of the past with the persision, musicality, and the sonic nature of the future. The cover art features the famouse “embracing skeleton’s” photo and was liscnesed from the French free press to Darkest Hour. Amidst a turbulent economy and record industry The Human Romance broke the US Billboard top 200 again and world touring on the Human romance comenced. With worldwide attention Darkest Hour released a sting of video’s for songs on the record including: “Savor the Kill, Love As A Weapon, and Your Everyday Disaster.”


Personnel

The Human Romance album personnel as adapted from Allmusic.

Darkest Hour

  • Paul Burnette – bass guitar
  • Michael “Lonestar” Carrigan – guitar
  • John Henry – vocals
  • Mike Schleibaum – guitar
  • Ryan Parrish - drums

Recording and Production

  • Ryan Smith – mastering
  • Paul Leavitt – mixing
  • Mike McAree – engineer
  • Brian McTernan – mixing
  • Mike Schleibaum – engineer
  • Peter Wichers – producer

Additional Musicians

  • Tosin Abasi (Animals as Leaders) – guitar solo on Terra Solaris
  • Chris Carmichael – strings
  • Kristen Randall (ex-Winds of Plague) – piano

Artwork

  • Paul Grosso – creative director
  • Andrew Kelley – art direction, design
  • Tom Medvedich – photography

 

References

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