The Great and Secret Show (album)
The Great and Secret Show is the debut album from the British metal band Devilment, released in 2014 on the Nuclear Blast label.
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| Released | 31 October 2014 | |||
| Genre | Extreme metal, gothic metal, melodic death metal, groove metal | |||
| Length | 70:30 | |||
| Label | Nuclear Blast | |||
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| Singles from Hammer of the Witches | ||||
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Development
In September 2013 the band entered Grindstone Studios in Suffolk with producer Scott Atkins, who had previously worked with bands including Cradle of Filth, Behemoth, Amon Amarth, Sylosis and Gama Bomb.
Track listing
The album contains 13 tracks, closing with an orchestral rendition of "Even Your Blood Group Rejects Me" by soundtrack maestro Spencer Creaghan. Another track is a cover of Midnight Oil's classic "Beds Are Burning", with guest vocals by band member Dani Filth's long-term friend Bam Margera of MTV's Jackass and Viva La Bam fame. Margera became involved after Dani attended Bam's wedding in Iceland and sang a live duet with him on an Anathema cover. This was after appearing on his TV show in which he helped destroy Bam's uncle's living room with a JCB digger.
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Additional | Length |
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| 1. | "Summer Arteries" | Colin Parks | 6:14 | |
| 2. | "Even Your Blood Group Rejects Me" | Daniel J Finch | 5:24 | |
| 3. | "Girl From Mystery Island" | Finch | 5:50 | |
| 4. | "The Stake in My Heart" | Finch/Parks | 4:42 | |
| 5. | "Living in the Fungus" | Finch | 5:44 | |
| 6. | "Mother Kali" | Finch | 3:44 | |
| 7. | "Staring at the Werewolf Corps" | Finch | 6:45 | |
| 8. | "Sanity Hits a (Perfect) Zero" | Parks | 6:09 | |
| 9. | "Laudanum Skull" | Finch | 5:16 | |
| 10. | "The Great and Secret Show" | Finch/Parks/Nick Johnson/Lauren Francis | 5:33 | |
| 11. | "Beds Are Burning" (Midnight Oil cover) | Rob Hirst/Jim Moginie/Peter Garrett | Feat. Bam Margera | 4:30 |
| 12. | "Psycho Babble" | Finch | 5:20 | |
| 13. | "Even Your Blood Group Rejects Me -Motion Picture Soundtrack-" | Finch | 5:26 | |
| Total length: | 70:30 | |||
Personnel
Band members
- Dani Filth – vocals
- Colin Parks – lead guitar
- Daniel J Finch – guitar & Keyboards
- Nick Johnson – bass
- Aaron Boast – drums
- Lauren Francis – keyboards, vocals
Additional personnel
- Bam Margera – additional vocals on "Beds Are Burning"