The Art of Dying (Death Angel album)

The Art of Dying
Studio album by Death Angel
Released May 4, 2004
Genre Thrash metal
Length 55:09
Label Nuclear Blast
Producer Brian Joseph Dobbs
Death Angel chronology

Fall from Grace
(1990)		 The Art of Dying
(2004)		 Archives and Artifacts
(2005)
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Allmusic [1]

The Art of Dying is the fourth studio album by the band Death Angel, released in 2004. It was the band's first album with original material in 14 years since 1990's Act III. The album reached #50 on the Billboard Top Independent Albums chart in 2004.[2]

Death Angel guitarist Rob Cavestany once explained the origin of the album title as follows: "That was actually an idea that (drummer Andy) Galeon brought in. He had seen an interview with Bruce Lee around that time, and he was speaking about this philosophy that he had gotten from the Tibetan Book of the Dead (a.k.a. the Bardo Thodol). He was describing the passage about the path you choose in your life, and the way that you live your life as the art of dying. Whereas if you are living in a morbid kind of way as though you’re just on your way to your death slowly but surely, every day that you walk the earth, well, becomes the art of dying. Sometimes it’s just the way that you treat your life that determines your destiny."[3] The Art of Dying sold around 2,100 copies in its first week in the U.S.[4]

Track listing

  1. Thrown to the Wolves (Cavestany) - 6:55
  2. 5 Steps of Freedom (Cavestany, Galeon, Pepa) - 4:47
  3. Thicker Than Blood (Cavestany, Osegueda) - 3:44
  4. The Devil Incarnate (Cavestany, Pepa) - 6:07
  5. Famine (Cavestany, Galeon, Pepa) - 4:31
  6. Prophecy (Cavestany, Galeon) - 5:11
  7. No (Cavestany, Osegueda) - 3:25
  8. Spirit (Galeon) - 6:24
  9. Land of Blood (Cavestany, Galeon, Pepa) - 3:39
  10. Never Me (Cavestany, Osegueda) - 5:17
  11. Word to the Wise (Cavestany) - 4:56

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References

  1. ↑ Rivadavia, Eduardo. "Review: The Art of Dying". Allmusic. Retrieved 8 September 2009.
  2. ↑ "The Art of Dying - Chart & Awards". Allmusic. Retrieved 8 September 2009.
  3. ↑ Donnelly, Justin. "Death Angel Feature Interview". Blistering. pp. 1 of 2. Retrieved 8 September 2009.
  4. ↑ "DEATH ANGEL To Perform Two Completely Different Sets On Japanese Dates". Blabbermouth. 7 March 2013. Retrieved 18 November 2013.