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Light Of Death is the 15 song sophomore album from Umbra Vitae. Recorded by Kurt Ballou and Zach Weeks at God City Studios and mastered by Brad Boatright at Audiosiege. InchLeave Of AbsenceInch emerges with a spine-chilling violin swell before erupting into duel guitar driven madness courtesy of Sean Martin (Twitching Tongues, ex-Hatebreed) and Mike McKenzie (The Red Chord). Umbra Vitae stay redlined with InchBelief Is ObsoleteInch and InchClear CutterInch, showcasing the electrifying rhythm section of Jon Rice (Uncle Acid, Tsjuder) and Greg Weeks (The Red Chord). Hook-laden InchAnti-Spirit MachineInch then takes center stage as a war cry for the downtrodden. From here Umbra Vitae continue to smash and thrash everything in sight. The discordant InchReality In RetrogradeInch races with a grinding blur into the lumbering InchPast TenseInch and darkly seductive InchVelvet BlackInch. Two songs that are metallic heaviness incarnate. InchTwenty-Twenty VisionInch, InchAlgorithm Of FearInch, and InchEmpty VesselInch then pick up the intensity, propelled by the poignant lyrical themes and inhuman vocal deliveries of Jacob Bannon (Converge). Lastly, the trinity of slow-crawl InchCause & EffectInch, ultra-violent InchDeep EndInch, and whirlwind InchNature vs. NurtureInch continue to bludgeon, ushering in the interlinked InchFatal FlawInch and InchLight Of DeathInch as the vicious finale to this modern metal masterpiece. Album Tracks 1. Leave of Absence 2. Belief Is Obsolete 3. Clear Cutter 4. Anti-Spirit Machine 5. Reality in Retrograde 6. Past Tense 7. Velvet Black 8. Twenty-Twenty Vision 9. Algorithm of Fear 10. Empty Vessel 11. Cause & Effect 12. Deep End 13. Nature Vs. Nurture 14. Fatal Flaw 15. Light of Death
