Lifesblood for the Downtrodden

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Lifesblood for the Downtrodden
Studio album by
ReleasedFebruary 8, 2005
Recorded2004
StudioNoizelab (New Orleans)
Piety Studios (New Orleans)
Middle Ear Studios (Miami) (track 11)
GenreSludge metal
Length49:59
LabelCandlelight
ProducerWarren Riker, Rex Brown
Crowbar chronology
Sonic Excess in Its Purest Form
(2001)
Lifesblood for the Downtrodden
(2005)
Sever the Wicked Hand
(2011)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[1]
Blabbermouth.net[2]
BW&BK[3]
Sputnikmusic[4]
Sea of Tranquility[5]

Lifesblood for the Downtrodden is the eighth studio album by American sludge metal band Crowbar, released on February 8, 2005 through Candlelight Records. Its working title in 2004 had been You Don't Need an Enemy to Have a War. It is dedicated to the memory of guitarist Dimebag Darrell, who died after the band had recorded the album. The song "Coming Down" appeared on Fear Candy 13, a compilation CD issued by British extreme metal magazine Terrorizer.

Track listing[edit]

No.TitleLength
1."New Dawn"3:59
2."Slave No More"4:28
3."Angel's Wings"2:54
4."Coming Down"5:19
5."Fall Back to Zero"6:26
6."Underworld"2:59
7."Dead Sun"3:39
8."Holding Something"4:08
9."Moon"3:48
10."The Violent Reaction"4:58
11."Lifesblood"7:16
Total length:49:59

Music videos[edit]

  • "Dead Sun" (filmed in Miami, Florida, around August 2004 and directed by John-Martin Vogel and Robert Lisman)
  • "Slave No More" (filmed in Miami, Florida, on June 21, 2005 and directed by John-Martin Vogel)

Personnel[edit]

Crowbar
Additional musicians
  • Sid Montz – piano on "Lifesblood"
Production
  • Rex Brown – producer
  • Warren Riker – producer, engineering, mixing
  • Scott "Ish" Campbell – engineering, mixing (track 11)
  • Brett "Cosmo" Thorngren – mastering

References[edit]

  1. ^ Loftus, Johnny. "Crowbar - Life's Blood for the Downtrotten". AllMusic.
  2. ^ "Reviews - Lifesblood For The Downtrotten". Blabbermouth.
  3. ^ Lawson, Dom (February 1, 2005). "CROWBAR - Lifesblood for the Downtrodden". Brave Words & Bloody Knuckles. Retrieved November 18, 2022.
  4. ^ Davis, Robert (April 15, 2013). "Crowbar - Life's Blood For The Downtrodden (album review)". Sputnikmusic. Retrieved November 18, 2022.
  5. ^ Pardo, Pete (August 7, 2005). "Review: "Crowbar: Lifesblood for the Downtrotten"". Sea of Tranquility. Retrieved November 18, 2022.