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Black Mountain: Destroyer

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On May 24, 2019, “Dine Alone” label released “Destroyer”, the fifth Black Mountain studio album. It was recorded in 2019, and was produced by John Congleton and Stephen McBean.

Personnel:

  • Rachel Fannan – vocals
  • Brooke Worrel – vocal
  • Stephen McBean – vocals, electric guitar, bass, organ, percussion, electronic drums, e-bow, engineer
  • Jeremy Schmidt – synthesizer, mellotron, vocoder, keyboards arrangements, recording, artwork
  • Arjan Miranda – acoustic guitar, bass, e-bow
  • Brad Truax – bass
  • Steve Fishman – bass
  • Andy Anderson – bass
  • Adam Bulgasem – drums
  • Kliph Scurlock – drums
  • Kid Millions – drums
  • John Congleton – mixing
  • Greg Calbi – mastering

Track listing:

All tracks by Stephen McBean, except where noted.

  1. Future Shades
  2. Home Arising – Jeremy Schmidt
  3. Closer to the Edge – Jeremy Schmidt
  4. High Rise
  5. Pretty Little Lazies
  6. Boogie Lover
  7. Licensed to Drive – Jeremy Schmidt
  8. FD’ 72

Thirty Seconds To Mars: This Is War

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On December 8, 2009, “Virgin” label released “This Is War”, the third Thirty Seconds to Mars studio album. It was recorded in 2009, at “The International Centre for the Advancement of the Arts and Sciences of Sound” in Los Angeles, and was produced by Flood, Steve Lillywhite, Jared Leto, Shannon Leto and Tomo Miličević. The album was certified 2 x Platinum in Belgium by “BEA”, Platinum in Germany by “BVMI”, Platinum in Poland by “ZPAV”, 2 x Platinum in Portugal by “AFP”, and Platinum in UK by “BPI”.

Personnel:

  • Jared Leto – vocals, guitars, bass guitar, keyboards, synths
  • Tomo Miličević – guitars, bass guitar, keyboards, synths, violin, programming, percussion
  • Shannon Leto – drums, percussion, guitar
  • Ryan Williams, Brian Virtue – engineer, mixing
  • Tom Biller, Rob Kirwan, Dana Nielsen, Matt Radosevich, Jamie Schefman, Sonny Diperri, Joe Wohlmut – additional engineering
  • Andre Doucette – pre-production engineering
  • Cenzo Townshend, Mike Shipley – mixing
  • Brian Wholgemuth, Neil Comber – mixing assistant
  • Stephen Marcussen – mastering
  • Varnish Studio Inc, Jared Leto – art direction
  • Mark Thecobrasnake – photography

Track listing:

All tracks by Jared Leto, except where noted.

  1. Escape
  2. Night of the Hunter
  3. Kings and Queens
  4. This is War
  5. 100 Suns
  6. Hurricane
  7. Closer to the Edge
  8. Vox Populi
  9. Search and Destroy
  10. Alibi
  11. Stranger in a Strange Land
  12. L490 – Shannon Leto