Brainwashed (While She Sleeps album)
2015 studio album by While She Sleeps
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Brainwashed is the second studio album by English metalcore band While She Sleeps. It was released on 23 March 2015 through Search and Destroy Records. The album was produced by Carl Bown.
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| Released | 23 March 2015 | |||
| Recorded | 2014 | |||
| Genre | Metalcore | |||
| Length | 45:53 | |||
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| Producer | Carl Bown | |||
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Release and promotion
Four tracks taken from the album were revealed prior to release, each with accompanying videos that were available to download instantly from iTunes. "New World Torture",[1] "Four Walls" (premiered exclusively on Gigwise),[2] "Trophies of Violence"[3] and "Our Legacy".[4] To support the album, the band embarked on a co-headline tour with Cancer Bats in April 2015, while also playing 2015's Warped Tour.
Critical reception
| Review scores | |
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| Source | Rating |
| Dead Press! |   [5] |
| Hit the Floor |  [6] |
| Kerrang! | [7] |
| Metal Hammer | [8] |
| Rock Sound | [9] |
The album received positive reviews from critics. Tony Bliss from Dead Press! rated the album positively calling it: "Brainwashed is a rallying call, harnessing the intense power of all their past personal pressure and recapturing that thrumming, era defining vitality which sees them remain scene kingpins. We can tell that While She Sleeps have come back from the very brink, and they sound all the more unified for it. A more than welcome return."[5]
Commercial performance
The album was included at number 27 on Rock Sound's top 50 releases of 2015 list.[10]
Track listing
| No. | Title | Length |
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| 1. | "The Divide" | 0:52 |
| 2. | "New World Torture" | 4:40 |
| 3. | "Brainwashed" | 3:28 |
| 4. | "Our Legacy" | 4:07 |
| 5. | "Four Walls" | 5:07 |
| 6. | "Torment" | 3:48 |
| 7. | "Kangaezu Ni" | 1:21 |
| 8. | "Life in Tension" | 3:41 |
| 9. | "Trophies of Violence" | 5:01 |
| 10. | "No Sides, No Enemies" | 5:05 |
| 11. | "Method in Madness" | 3:54 |
| 12. | "Modern Minds" | 4:49 |
| Total length: | 45:53 | |
| No. | Title | Length |
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| 1. | "The Divide" | 0:52 |
| 2. | "New World Torture" | 4:40 |
| 3. | "Your Evolution" (bonus track) | 4:44 |
| 4. | "Brainwashed" | 3:28 |
| 5. | "We Are Alive at Night" (bonus track) | 1:03 |
| 6. | "Our Legacy" | 4:07 |
| 7. | "Four Walls" | 5:07 |
| 8. | "Torment" | 3:48 |
| 9. | "Kangaezu Ni" | 1:21 |
| 10. | "Life in Tension" | 3:41 |
| 11. | "Trophies of Violence" | 5:01 |
| 12. | "No Sides, No Enemies" | 5:05 |
| 13. | "The Woods" (bonus track) | 2:29 |
| 14. | "Method in Madness" | 3:54 |
| 15. | "Modern Minds" | 4:49 |
| Total length: | 54:16 | |
Personnel
Credits adapted from Discogs.[12]
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Release history
| Country | Date | Label | Format |
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| United Kingdom | 23 March 2015 | Search and Destroy Records | CD |
| United States | 21 April 2015 | Razor & Tie |