Exhausting Fire

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Exhausting Fire
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Album cover artwork by Shaun Beaudry
Studio album by
ReleasedOctober 2, 2015
RecordedFebruary 2015 – March 2015
StudioThe Jam Room
Columbia, South Carolina
GenreSludge 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]
AllMusicStarStarStarStarFile:Star empty.svg[3]
Consequence of SoundB[4]
Exclaim!8[5]
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Metal Storm6.5[6]
Pitchfork7.4[7]
Punknews.orgStarStarStarHalf starFile:Star empty.svg[8]
Spin8[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

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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

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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

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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

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

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  11. ^ a b c Exhausting Fire – Kylesa Billboard. Retrieved October 17, 2015.
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