A Search for Reason

A Search for Reason[1] is the second studio album by American band Kilgore. It was released on May 12, 1998 through independent record label Unsound Records. It is considered an impressive step forward for the alternative metal quartet. The album blends styles drawing from hardcore punk, metal and post-alternative industrial and grunge.

A Search for Reason
Studio album by
ReleasedMay 12, 1998
RecordedCastle Oaks, Calabasas, CA.
GenreAlternative metal, nu metal, groove metal, post-grunge
Length43:10
LabelUnsound Records
ProducerEd Stasium
Kilgore chronology
Blue Collar Solitude
(1995)
A Search for Reason
(1998)

Background

The album was the first and final album released under the name Kilgore. The previous release, Blue Collar Solitude, was released when the band was still called Kilgore Smudge. The album features some songwriting credits to guitarist Brian McKenzie, who had left the band before the release of A Search for Reason. The song "TK-421" is a reference to a Star Wars Stormtrooper.

Track listing

No.TitleMusicLength
1."Steamroller"Jay Berndt, Steve Johnson, Mike Pelletier, Bill Southerland2:11
2."Avowal"Jay Berndt, Steve Johnson, Mike Pelletier, Bill Southerland3:45
3."Introverted"Jay Berndt, Steve Johnson, Brian McKenzie, Mike Pelletier, Bill Southerland3:35
4."In Medias Res"Jay Berndt, Steve Johnson, Mike Pelletier, Bill Southerland3:51
5."Never Again"Jay Berndt, Steve Johnson, Mike Pelletier, Bill Southerland3:40
6."Lullaby for Your Casket"Jay Berndt, Steve Johnson, Brian McKenzie, Mike Pelletier, Bill Southerland3:18
7."Prayers for the Dying"Jay Berndt, Steve Johnson, Mike Pelletier, Bill Southerland3:13
8."Providence"Jay Berndt, Steve Johnson, Mike Pelletier, Bill Southerland4:32
9."Drop the Hammer"Jay Berndt, Steve Johnson, Brian McKenzie, Mike Pelletier, Bill Southerland2:14
10."TK 421" (featuring Burton C. Bell)Jay Berndt, Steve Johnson, Brian McKenzie, Mike Pelletier, Bill Southerland4:27
11."Double-Edged Sword"Jay Berndt, Steve Johnson, Mike Pelletier, Bill Southerland3:22
12."X"Jay Berndt, Steve Johnson, Mike Pelletier, Bill Southerland5:02 [2]
Total length:43:10

Personnel

References

  1. A Search for Reason, catalog number 15.644.72, barcode 743215644729
  2. "A Search for Reason". discogs.com.
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