Apparition (EP)
Apparition is the second EP by the progressive metal band, The Contortionist. It was self-released by the band on September 24, 2009. The release shows the band's first move towards a more technical death metal sound while their debut EP, Shapeshifter, showed a more traditional deathcore sound. It is also the band's only release with Dave Hoffman on vocals, with Jonathan Carpenter joining afterwards to fill in the spot. Not long after the release of this EP, the band was signed to Good Fight and released their debut album, Exoplanet in the following year. The EP's artwork is a Hubble Space Telescope mosaic image assembled from 24 individual Wide Field and Planetary Camera 2 exposures taken in October 1999, January 2000, and December 2000 of the Crab Nebula. [1]
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| Released | September 24, 2009 | |||
| Recorded | 2009 | |||
| Studio | Voltaic Recording Studio, Indianapolis, IN | |||
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| Length | 34:12 | |||
| Label | Independent | |||
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Most of the tracks were remastered and got new lyrics in the album Exoplanet: “Infection" was changed into “Expire", “Realms" became “Advent", “Eyes: Closed" became “Flourish", the end of "Predator" became "Axiom", and of course, “Oscillator" had its redux with the same title.
There was also a Demo of “Predator" called “Predator Posing As A House Pet", which was released in the MySpace account of the band during the release of the Shapeshifter EP, but wasn't released as an album track of it.
Track listing
| No. | Title | Length |
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| 1. | "Infection" | 4:13 |
| 2. | "Realms" | 3:13 |
| 3. | "Eyes: Closed" | 8:02 |
| 4. | "Eyes: Open" | 0:49 |
| 5. | "Oscillator" | 5:06 |
| 6. | "Apparition (Instrumental)" | 1:03 |
| 7. | "Predator (The song "Predator" ends at 5:26. An untitled hidden track starts at minute 10:06)" | 11:46 |
| Total length: | 34:12 | |
Personnel
- Dave Hoffman - vocals, keyboards
- Cameron Maynard - guitar
- Robby Baca - guitar, keyboards, programming
- Chris Tilly - bass guitar
- Joey Baca - drums, percussion
- Production
- Produced by The Contortionist and Jordan King
- Engineered & mixed by Jordan King
- Mastered by Jordan King of Voltaic Recording Indianapolis, IN