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City of Vultures Studio album by Rise to Remain Released 5 September 2011 Recorded July 2010 - November 2010 Genre Metalcore, heavy metal Length 45:21 Label EMI Producer Colin Richardson, Carl Bown Rise to Remain chronology Bridges Will Burn (EP)
(2010)City of Vultures
(2011)City of Vultures is the debut album by the British metal band Rise to Remain. It was released on the 5th September 2011 through EMI Records[1] and in the United States on the 24th January through Century Media Records. It debuted at #83 on the UK Album Charts and at #3 UK Rock Chart as well as #10 on the International Top 12 Charts in India.
Contents
Recording
"City of Vultures" was recorded over the course of four months, beginning in July 2010 at Chapel Studios in Lincolnshire, UK, and concluding in November 2010 Treehouse Studios in Chesterfield, UK. Colin Richardson, in his first production effort since Bullet For My Valentine's 2008 album "Scream Aim Fire", produced the album along with co-producer Carl Bown. It is the band's first release with EMI, whom they signed with in March 2011 after the subsequent completion of the album in November of the previous year. It features two songs from their EP, "Bridges Will Burn": Nothing Left and Bridges Will Burn. In July 2011, Kerrang! magazine hosted a complete album playback for 5 competition winners, prior to the album's release in September. From 15:00 (UTC +1) on August 29, Rise to Remain made the entire album available for streaming for 24 hours, one week before the album's release.
Critical Reception
The album has received very strong acclaim within music publications. Kerrang! Magazine awarded the album 4/5, Metal Hammer 8/10, Q Magazine 8/10, Big Cheese 4/5, Rocksound 8/10, Powerplay 8/10 and Front Magazine gave the album a full 5/5. Tracks such as "Power Through Fear" and "Nothing Left" have received rotation on BBC Radio 1 and XFM, courtesy of Fearne Cotton, Daniel P Carter and Zane Lowe, who have all highly praised the songs and the album itself. The more ambiguous reviews came in from publications such as The Guardian, which gave the album 3/5.
Professional ratings Review scores Source Rating Big Cheese 
Front Kerrang! Metal Hammer 
Powerplay Q Rock Sound Thrash Hits 
[2]BBC (favourable) [3] Track listing
All music by Rise to Remain, all lyrics by Austin Dickinson.
No. Title Length 1. "Intro" 0:51 2. "The Serpent" 3:36 3. "This Day Is Mine" 3:19 4. "City of Vultures" 5:00 5. "Talking in Whispers" 4:07 6. "God Can Bleed" 3:46 7. "Power Through Fear" 3:51 8. "Nothing Left" 3:05 9. "We Will Last Forever" 4:14 10. "Illusions" 4:07 11. "Roads" 4:19 12. "Bridges Will Burn" 5:08 Total length:45:21 Personnel
- Rise to Remain
- Austin Dickinson - lead vocals
- Pat Lundy - drums
- Ben Tovey - lead guitar
- Will Homer - rhythm guitar
- Joe Copcutt - bass guitar
- Production
- Colin Richardson - production, mix
- Carl Bown - co-production, engineering, mix
- Ted Jensen - mastering
References
Categories:- 2011 albums
- EMI Records albums
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