Lifesblood for the Downtrodden

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 Dimebag Darrell, who died after the band had recorded the album. "Coming Down" appeared on Fear Candy 13, a compilation CD issued by the British extreme metal magazine Terrorizer.

Lifesblood for the Downtrodden
Studio album by
ReleasedFebruary 8, 2005
Recorded2004
StudioNoizelab, New Orleans
Piety Studios, New Orleans
Middle Ear Studios, Miami Beach (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
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Track listing

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

  • "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

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

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