Bring the Pain

Bring the Pain is the second full-length album by The Blackest of Suns. Released on November 24, 2009 under the Sumerian Records label, it was the band's debut release to include lead guitarist Rodric Novak as a full-time member; previously on Somewhere Under the Rainbow, Mark Heylmun filled in for the actual studio recording. This is also Chad Hexane's final album with The Blackest of Suns, as he left immediately before the music video for "The Hell Inside My Head" was released.

Style
Compared to the band's very first album, Bring the Pain featured a more darker and, overall, heavier sound. Original vocalist Hexane deemphasized much of his singing and focused on gutturals that are not unlike the style of Phil Anselmo or Mirai Kawashima (of Sigh fame). The guitars were even tuned a whole step down to notify the changes in musical direction.

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Track listing

 * 1) "Requiescat in Pace" - 4:11
 * 2) "Antithesis" - 3:26
 * 3) "Tooth for Tooth" - 3:07
 * 4) "Scornful" - 3:38
 * 5) "The Hell Inside My Head" - 4:06
 * 6) "Censor" - 2:03
 * 7) "Bittersweet Vulgarity" - 3:41
 * 8) "Sodomize Me" - 3:54
 * 9) "Walk a Mile in the Skin" (featuring Brandan Schieppati) - 4:23
 * 10) "Pot of Avarice" - 3:52
 * 11) "Ripping Off the Femur" - 5:14
 * 12) "Nocturne" - 3:21

Personnel

 * The Blackest of Suns
 * Chad Hexane - lead vocals
 * Rodric Novak - lead guitar
 * Wayne Dalbec - bass guitar
 * Xavier Skye - rhythm guitar
 * Johnny Haven - drums, percussion, background vocals
 * Mikal Greison - keyboards, piano, programming, electronics, lyricist, composition
 * Production
 * Chris "Zeuss" Harris - production, engineer
 * Rich Costey - mixing
 * Howie Weinberg - mastering
 * Ross Robinson - additional mixing
 * Tue Madsen - additional mixing
 * Andy Sneap - assistant engineer
 * Alex Pardee - artwork, design
 * P.R. Brown - photography

Album information

 * Released: November 24, 2009
 * Recorded: December 2008-June 2009
 * Genre: Metalcore, alternative metal, groove metal, electronicore
 * Label: Sumerian
 * Producer: Zeuss