Sunrise on Slaughter Beach | ||||
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Released | September 16, 2022 | |||
Recorded | 2021 | |||
Studio | The Magpie Cage Recording Studio, Baltimore, Maryland | |||
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Length | 33:10 | |||
Label | Weathermaker | |||
Producer | Tom Dalgety | |||
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Singles from Sunrise on Slaughter Beach | ||||
Sunrise on Slaughter Beach is the thirteenth studio album by American rock band Clutch. It was released on September 16, 2022, through the band's own label Weathermaker Music.[4][5] It is Clutch's first studio album since Book of Bad Decisions in 2018. The album was originally intended as a positive counterpoint to the social volatility and divisiveness caused by the COVID-19 pandemic, but the lyrics eventually touched on a more diverse range of social topics.[6][7]
Aggregate scores | |
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Source | Rating |
Metacritic | 81/100[8] |
Review scores | |
Source | Rating |
AllMusic | [9] |
Blabbermouth.net | 8/10[6] |
Classic Rock | [10] |
Distorted Sound | 8/10[11] |
Kerrang! | [12] |
Metal Hammer | [13] |
Metal Injection | 9/10[14] |
MetalSucks | [15] |
Rock 'N' Load | 8/10[16] |
Sputnikmusic | 3.8/5[17] |
The album has an average score of 81 out of 100 on Metacritic based on 6 professional reviews, indicating "universal acclaim".[8] According to Blabbermouth.net, the album fits within Clutch's long-term development, "never taking any drastic left turns, though progression and noticeable change has been evident over time."[6] MetalSucks largely agreed, stating that "Sunrise on Slaughter Beach is your typical Clutch record," but "there’s always a little more going on under the hood of any Clutch offering."[15] Kerrang! offered a positive review, stating that "13 albums in, Clutch are still uniquely brilliant, master craftsmen of a form at once ingeniously simple and amazingly clever."[12] Metal Injection called the album "grand without pomposity, experimental without an inch of fat and underwritten with grooves so thick you could build a bridge out of them."[14] According to Metal Planet Music, "Clutch have delivered a monster album here. It’s dirty, sludgy, heavy as hell and trippy when it needs to be."[18] Rock 'N' Load wrote in their review, "Sunrise on Slaughter Beach is a grand entrance into newfound Clutch territory not seen before. Whilst still harnessing their iconic sound, the band have managed to widen their range and prove themselves once more pioneers; unafraid of throwing out a curveball."[16]
All lyrics are written by Neil Fallon; all music is composed by Clutch
No. | Title | Length |
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1. | "Red Alert (Boss Metal Zone)" | 2:45 |
2. | "Slaughter Beach" | 3:41 |
3. | "Mountain of Bone" | 4:23 |
4. | "Nosferatu Madre" | 3:27 |
5. | "Mercy Brown" | 5:15 |
6. | "We Strive for Excellence" | 2:55 |
7. | "Skeletons on Mars" | 4:10 |
8. | "Three Golden Horns" | 3:26 |
9. | "Jackhammer Our Names" | 3:08 |
Total length: | 33:10 |
No. | Title | Length |
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10. | "Boogeyman Blues" | 2:55 |
11. | "Arts and Crafts" | 3:33 |
12. | "Railroad Daisies" | 4:16 |
Total length: | 43:54 |
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Chart (2022) | Peak position |
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Australian Digital Albums (ARIA)[19] | 7 |
Australian Hitseekers Albums (ARIA)[19] | 12 |
German Albums (Offizielle Top 100)[20] | 54 |
Scottish Albums (OCC)[21] | 99 |
Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade)[22] | 59 |
UK Independent Albums (OCC)[23] | 23 |
UK Rock & Metal Albums (OCC)[24] | 4 |
US Billboard 200[25] | 89 |
US Independent Albums (Billboard)[26] | 12 |
US Top Hard Rock Albums (Billboard)[27] | 3 |
US Top Rock Albums (Billboard)[28] | 16 |
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