| Artist | Suicidal Tendencies |
|---|---|
| Cover | Freedumb.jpg |
| Released | May 18, 1999 |
| Recorded | 1998–1999 |
| Studio | Ocean Studios, Titan Studios, Skip Saylor Studios |
| Genre | Skate punk, thrash metal, crossover thrash |
| Length | 40:00 |
| Label | Suicidal Records, SideOneDummy |
| Producer | Paul Northfield & Suicidal Tendencies |
| Prev year | 1998 |
| Next year | 2000 |
Freedumb is the ninth studio album by American crossover band Suicidal Tendencies.[1][2] It was released in 1999 on Suicidal Records.[3]
The tracks are rawer than the funk-influenced thrash metal direction they were taking before the hiatus. The album's cover art is a reference to the photo Raising the Flag on Iwo Jima taken during World War II.
Reception
CMJ New Music Report wrote that the songs "display thousand-mile-an-hour, classic hardcore guitar assaults."[4] In 2005, Freedumb was ranked number 489 in Rock Hard magazine's book of The 500 Greatest Rock & Metal Albums of All Time.[5]
Credits
- Mike Muir – vocals
- Dean Pleasants – lead guitar
- Mike Clark – rhythm guitar
- Brooks Wackerman – drums
- Josh Paul – bass (credited as "additional musician")
Tracks 1, 2, 5–10, 12, 13
- Recorded at Ocean Studios and Skip Saylor Studios
- Produced by Paul Northfield and Suicidal Tendencies
- Engineered and mixed by Paul Northfield
Tracks 3, 4, 11, 14
- Recorded at Titan Studios, except track 11 guitars at Skip Saylor
- Produced by Suicidal Tendencies
- Engineered by Michael Vail Blum
- Mixed by Paul Northfield at Skip Saylor Studios
- Mastered by Brian Gardner at Bernie Grundman Mastering Studios
References
- ^ "Suicidal Tendencies | Biography & History". AllMusic
- ^ Sharpe-Young, Garry (January 29, 2007). "Metal: The Definitive Guide : Heavy, NWOBH, Progressive, Thrash, Death, Black, Gothic, Doom, Nu". Jawbone Press. – via Google Books.
- ^ "Suicidal Tendencies". Trouser Press. Retrieved January 29, 2021.
- ^ "Loud Rock". CMJ New Music Report. CMJ Network, Inc. August 2, 1999. – via Google Books.
- ^ Best of Rock & Metal - Die 500 stärksten Scheiben aller Zeiten (in German). Rock Hard. 2005. p. 12. ISBN 3-89880-517-4.