Heathen (Thou album)

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Heathen
Studio album by
Thou
ReleasedMarch 25, 2014 (2014-03-25)
Genre
Length74:21
LabelGilead Media
ProducerJames Whitten
Thou chronology
The Archer & The Owle EP
(2011) 		Heathen
(2014) 		Released from Love EP
(2014)

Heathen is the fourth studio album by American metal band Thou. It was released on March 25, 2014 through Gilead Media.[1]

Critical reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Pitchfork
8.4/10[4]

The album generally received rave reviews from music critics.

Pitchfork's Kim Kelly described the album as "a portrait of a band that is in complete harmony with itself, if not the world it inhabits."[4] Michael Nelson of Stereogum regarded the record as "a dark, bombastic, hugely ambitious album of great sorrow, but perhaps even greater beauty,"[5] while Spin magazine described it as "the culmination of all that perspiration, almost cinematic in the scope of the suffering and seething anger it portrays."[6] The Quietus' Robin Smith thought the record as "doom metal siren song – its beauty is incidental to a forever kind of pain."[7]

Accolades

Publication Country Accolade Rank
Decibel[8] US Top 40 Albums of 2014 6
NPR[9] US 10 Favorite Metal Albums Of 2014 –
Pitchfork[10]
 US The Best Metal Albums of 2014 1
Spin[6] US The 20 Best Metal Albums of 2014 6
Stereogum[5] US The 50 Best Metal Albums Of 2014 9
Treblezine[11] US Top 10 Metal Albums of 2014 8

Track listing

No.TitleLength
1."Free Will"14:35
2."Dawn"1:18
3."Feral Faun"9:26
4."Into the Marshland"6:58
5."Clarity"0:45
6."At the Foot of Mt. Driskill"11:19
7."In Defiance of the Sages"5:32
8."Take off Your Skin and Dance in Your Bones"2:12
9."Immorality Dictates"10:30
10."Ode to Physical Pain"11:46

Personnel

Thou
  • Bryan Funck – vocals
  • Andy Gibbs – guitar
  • Matthew Thudium – guitar
  • Mitch Wells – bass guitar
  • Josh Nee – drums
Guest contributions
  • Emily McWilliams – vocals
  • Derek Zimmer – vocals
Technical personnel
  • James Whitten – mixing, recording, production
  • Adam Tucker – mastering
  • Mike Jones – layout

References

  1. ^ Nelson, Michael (March 17, 2014). "Stream Thou Heathen". Stereogum. Retrieved January 19, 2016.
  2. ^
    Allmusic
    . Retrieved January 19, 2016.
  3. ^
    CraveOnline. Archived from the original
    on January 25, 2016. Retrieved January 19, 2016.
  4. ^
    Pitchfork
    . Retrieved January 19, 2016.
  5. ^ a b Nelson, Michael (December 3, 2014). "The 50 Best Metal Albums Of 2014". Stereogum. Retrieved January 19, 2016.
  6. ^ a b K.K. (December 8, 2014). "The 20 Best Metal Albums of 2014: Thou, Heathen (Gilead Media)". Spin. Retrieved January 19, 2016.
  7. ^ Smith, Robin (April 3, 2014). "Thou - Heathen". The Quietus. Retrieved January 19, 2016.
  8. ^ "Decibel's Top 40 Albums of 2014". BrooklynVegan. November 26, 2014. Retrieved January 19, 2016.
  9. ^ Gotrich, Lars (January 9, 2015). "10 Favorite Metal Albums Of 2014". NPR. Retrieved January 19, 2016.
  10. Pitchfork
    . Retrieved January 19, 2016.
  11. ^ Brown, Connor (December 4, 2014). "Top 10 Metal Albums of 2014". Treblezine. Retrieved January 19, 2016.

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