Exhausting Fire
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ReleasedOctober 2, 2015
RecordedFebruary 2015 – March 2015
StudioThe Jam Room
Columbia, South Carolina
Columbia, South Carolina
| Exhausting Fire | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
 Album cover artwork by Shaun Beaudry | ||||
| Studio album by | ||||
| Released | October 2, 2015 | |||
| Recorded | February 2015 – March 2015 | |||
| Studio | The Jam Room Columbia, South Carolina | |||
| Genre | Sludge metal, heavy metal | |||
| Length | 45:02 | |||
| Label | Season of Mist | |||
| Producer | Philip Cope | |||
| Kylesa chronology | ||||
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| Aggregate scores | |
|---|---|
| Source | Rating |
| Metacritic | 82/100[1] |
| Review scores | |
| Source | Rating |
| About.com |   [2] |
| AllMusic |  [3] |
| Consequence of Sound | B[4] |
| Exclaim! | 8[5] |
| Magnet | [1] |
| Metal Storm | 6.5[6] |
| Pitchfork | 7.4[7] |
| Punknews.org | [8] |
| Spin | 8[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.
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. | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 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
