Symmetry In Black

by Crowbar

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Of course it's heavy and fat like all Crowbar albums. But it contains one of my favourit songs, its "walk with knowledge wisely" it has blown me away as I heard it live and its also good on album,

Tom Osman Crowbar can always be relied on for satisfying heaviness. I like how Kirk's lyrics have become motivational and more uplifting. The lyrics were great before, but this shift also works really well. Feels more like Rollins now. Favorite track: Walk With Knowledge Wisely.

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1.	Walk With Knowledge Wisely 05:21	buy track
2.	Symmetry In White 04:08	buy track
3.	The Taste of Dying 03:12	buy track
4.	Reflection of Deceit 05:00	buy track
5.	Ageless Decay 03:40	buy track
6.	Amaranthine 02:46	buy track
7.	The Foreboding 04:13	buy track
8.	Shaman of Belief 03:38	buy track
9.	Teach The Blind To See 03:41	buy track
10.	A Wealth of Empathy 04:08	buy track
11.	Symbolic Suicide 04:21	buy track
12.	The Piety of Self Loathing 03:56	buy track

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Symmetry in Black is the perfect album to arrive in the number ten slot of the Crowbar catalog, a penultimate achievement embodying the early sloth of doom touchstone Obedience Thru Suffering (1991), the moody dissonance of modern classic Odd Fellows Rest (1998) and the crisp thunder of the album’s eOne Metal predecessor, Sever the Wicked Hand (2011), with nuggets of Crowbar’s storied history sprinkled throughout.

The crushing signature sound of Crowbar is at its peak on Symmetry in Black, the band’s most diverse yet cohesive release. It was coproduced with fellow New Orleans resident Duane Simoneaux, who worked on Sever the Wicked Hand and mixed by Josh Wilbur, whose diverse credits include work with Lamb Of God, Gojira and Killer Be Killed.

“We needed to move our sound forward but at the same time, make sure everything stayed 100% true to who and what we are,” Windstein explains. “The album is heavy, dark and killer. There’s everything we are on here. It’s just Crowbar 2014. We’re really proud and excited. And where we stand with Crowbar right now, we can only go up.”

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released May 27, 2014

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Jun 9

Kulttempel

Oberhausen, Germany
Jun 12

Le Noumatrouff

Mulhouse, France
Jun 13

L'Empreinte

Savigny Le Temple, France
Jun 17

Arena Wien - Grosse Halle

Vienna, Austria
Jun 22

Autonomes Jugendzentrum Talschock

Chemnitz, Germany
Jun 25

SO36

Berlin, Germany
Jun 26

Café Central

Weinheim, Germany
Jun 27

L.A.

Cham, Germany

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