Si Vis Pacem, Para Bellum | ||||
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Released | 28 August 2020 | |||
Recorded | December 2019 – January 2020 | |||
Studio | Blackbird Studio, Nashville, Tennessee, U.S. | |||
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Length | 51:34 | |||
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Producer | Shaun Morgan | |||
Seether chronology | ||||
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Singles from Si Vis Pacem, Para Bellum | ||||
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Si Vis Pacem, Para Bellum (Latin pronunciation: [siː wiːs ˈpaːkẽː ˈpara ˈbɛllũː]; English: "If You Want Peace, Prepare for War"[5]) is the eighth studio album by South African rock band Seether. It was released on 28 August 2020 through Fantasy Records and was produced by lead vocalist Shaun Morgan. The album's first single, "Dangerous", was released ahead of the album in June 2020, as well as "Bruised and Bloodied" in July and "Beg" in August.[6] A deluxe edition was released on 1 July 2022.[7]
In June 2019, John Humphrey revealed that recording had commenced for their upcoming eighth studio album, with frontman Shaun Morgan creating demos and sharing them with band members.[8] On 24 June 2020, the band announced the album itself set for release on 28 August 2020 through Fantasy Records. They also released the first single of the album, "Dangerous".[9] Translating to "If You Want Peace, Prepare for War", the album features 13 new tracks, and was produced by Morgan himself in Nashville, Tennessee from December 2019 to January 2020. On 17 July, the band released the second single, "Bruised and Bloodied".[10] On 14 August, two weeks before the album release, the band released a third song "Beg".[11]
Morgan explained that the album's sound was influenced by late 1990s alternative rock, specifically A Perfect Circle and Deftones, which he had been listening to heavily in recent years.[3] The album combines the guitar riffs commonly found in 1990s rock with the atmospheric sounds found in A Perfect Circle's music.[3] Morgan also aimed to move away from the standard "verse-pre-chorus-chorus" song structure commonly found in mainstream music.[3]
All tracks are written by Shaun Morgan[12]
No. | Title | Length |
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1. | "Dead and Done" | 3:27 |
2. | "Bruised and Bloodied" | 3:37 |
3. | "Wasteland" | 3:59 |
4. | "Dangerous" | 3:49 |
5. | "Liar" | 4:18 |
6. | "Can't Go Wrong" | 3:47 |
7. | "Buried in the Sand" | 4:17 |
8. | "Let It Go" | 4:08 |
9. | "Failure" | 3:51 |
10. | "Beg" | 3:40 |
11. | "Drift Away" | 4:52 |
12. | "Pride Before the Fall" | 4:12 |
13. | "Written in Stone" | 3:37 |
Total length: | 51:34 |
No. | Title | Length |
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14. | "Let You Down" (live) | 4:24 |
15. | "Remedy" (live) | 7:35 |
Total length: | 63:33 |
No. | Title | Length |
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14. | "What Would You Do?" | 4:49 |
15. | "Will It Ever End?" | 4:09 |
16. | "Feast or Famine" | 4:33 |
17. | "Wasteland" (alternate version) | 4:20 |
18. | "Leech" | 3:50 |
19. | "Deliver Me" | 3:47 |
20. | "On My Way" | 4:08 |
21. | "Leave Me Be" | 3:34 |
22. | "Crossed the Line" | 4:00 |
Total length: | 88:44 |
Notes
Credits adapted from AllMusic and the album's liner notes.[13][12]
Seether
Additional personnel
Chart (2020) | Peak position |
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Australian Albums (ARIA)[15] | 21 |
Austrian Albums (Ö3 Austria)[16] | 27 |
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Wallonia)[17] | 113 |
French Albums (SNEP)[18] | 152 |
German Albums (Offizielle Top 100)[19] | 37 |
Scottish Albums (OCC)[20] | 30 |
Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade)[21] | 15 |
US Billboard 200[22] | 37 |