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Prisoners (album)
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| name | Prisoners |
| type | studio |
| artist | the Agonist |
| cover | TheAgonist Prisoners.png |
| released | |
| length | 58:37 |
| label | Century Media Records |
| prev_title | Lullabies for the Dormant Mind |
| prev_year | 2009 |
| next_title | Eye of Providence |
| next_year | 2015 |
| misc | {{Singles |
| name | Prisoners |
| type | studio |
| single1 | Ideomotor |
| single1date | May 8, 2012 |
| single2 | Panophobia |
| single2date | October 24, 2012 |
- Melodic death metal
- metalcore
- progressive metal
- The Agonist
- Christian Donaldson
Prisoners is the third studio album by Canadian metal band the Agonist. It was released on June 4 in Europe and June 5, 2012, in North America via Century Media records and was produced by the band's longtime producer Christian Donaldson. "Ideomotor" has been confirmed as the first single. The album sold 1,400 copies in the United States in the first week of its release and debuted at No. 19 on the Top New Artist Albums (Heatseekers) chart. This is the last album with original singer Alissa White-Gluz before she joined Arch Enemy in 2014.
Style
About.com's Dan Marsicano described the album as a "focused blend of strait-laced metalcore and technical craftsmanship that borders on the progressive front", and Sputnikmusic wrote that the album is "oozing with inspiration from a plethora of genres, such as melodeath, thrash and progressive metal."
Critical reception
In a review for AllMusic, critic reviewer Eduardo Rivadavia explained: "Although its explosively schizophrenic amalgam of disparate sounds, moods, and intensities might initially suggest otherwise, the Agonist's third album, Prisoners, is in fact an apt summation of that which came before it; a mature, calculated freakout representing the latest sprint in the Canadian band's aggressive evolutionary curve, well beyond the modest metalcore roots. At About.com, Dan Marsicano wrote: "Prisoners is a much tamer album than Lullabies for the Dormant Mind, with less additional instrumentation, but is just a smidgen better due to the combined effort of each member."
Track listing
Personnel
The Agonist
- Alissa White-Gluz – lead vocals, lyrics
- Danny Marino – lead guitar, acoustic guitar in "Dead Ocean"
- Pascal "Paco" Jobin – rhythm guitar, acoustic guitar in "Dead Ocean"
- Chris Kells – bass, backing vocals
- Simon McKay – drums, percussion
Production
- Christian Donaldson – producer
- Tue Madsen – mixing
Charts
| Chart (2012) | Peak |
|---|---|
| position | |
| Heatseekers Albums | 19 |
| Japanese Albums Chart | 89 |
References
References
- (August 15, 2011). "THE AGONIST To Release 'The Escape' EP – Aug. 25, 2011". blabbermouth.net.
- (June 13, 2012). "THE AGONIST: Prisoners First-Week Sales Revealed".
- Marsicano, Dan. "The Agonist Prisoners Review".
- Rivadavia, Eduardo. "Prisoners The Agonist Songs, Reviews, Credits, Awards Allmusic".
- Tokgozoglu, Noyan. (July 5, 2012). "The Agonist Prisoners Heavy Blog is Heavy".
- Jacquibim. (June 16, 2012). "The Agonist Prisoners album review".
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- [http://www.oricon.co.jp/prof/artist/433346/ranking/cd_album/ The Agonistのアルバム売上ランキング. ORICON STYLE]
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