Atonement (Immolation album)

Atonement is the tenth studio album by American death metal band Immolation. It was released on February 24, 2017, through Nuclear Blast Records.[1]

Atonement
Studio album by Immolation
Released	February 24, 2017 (2017-02-24)
Recorded	Millbrook Sound Studios, Millbrook, New York
Genre	Death metal
Length	48:48
Label	Nuclear Blast
Immolation chronology
Kingdom of Conspiracy (2013) Atonement (2017)

Reception

Professional ratings

Aggregate scores
Source	Rating
Metacritic	82/100[2]
Review scores
Source	Rating
Brave Words & Bloody Knuckles	9.5/10[3]
Consequence of Sound	B[4]
Exclaim!	9/10[5]
Metal Forces	9/10[6]
MetalSucks	[7]
Pitchfork Media	7.7/10[8]
Sputnikmusic	3.7/5[9]
Terrorizer	9/10[10]

Atonement received universal acclaim from critics. At Metacritic (a review aggregator site which assigns a normalized rating out of 100 from music critics), based on 5 critics, the album has received a score of 82/100, which indicates "Universal acclaim".[2] Serena Cherry of Terrorizer called Atonement "one of the greatest albums of their career", being "packed with exactly the kind of mind-bogglingly intricate guitar work, meticulous song writing and guttural satanic growls that we have come to expect."[10] Exclaim! ranked the album at number 8 on their list of Top 10 Metal and Hardcore Albums of 2017.[11]

Track listing

No.	Title	Length
1.	"The Distorting Light"	3:14
2.	"When the Jackals Come"	3:54
3.	"Fostering the Divide"	3:27
4.	"Rise the Heretics"	3:41
5.	"Thrown to the Fire"	4:04
6.	"Destructive Currents"	4:26
7.	"Lower"	4:01
8.	"Atonement"	4:32
9.	"Above All"	4:55
10.	"The Power of Gods"	3:58
11.	"Epiphany"	4:22
12.	"Immolation" (Re-recorded from Dawn of Possession)	4:13

Personnel

Immolation

• Ross Dolan – bass, vocals
• Robert Vigna – lead guitar
• Alex Bouks – rhythm guitar
• Steve Shalaty – drums

Technical personnel

• Zack Ohren – mixing, mastering
• Pär Olofsson – cover art
• Paul Orofino – production
• Zbigniew Bielak – additional artwork
• Rob Kimura – layout

References

1. "Immolation: Kingdom Of Conspiracy Artwork, Track Listing Revealed". Nuclearblast.de. 24 February 2017. Retrieved 12 August 2017.
2. "Atonement by Immolation". Metacritic. Retrieved August 13, 2017.
3. Deaville, Jason (February 24, 2017). "Immolation - Atonement". bravewords.com. Retrieved August 13, 2017.
4. Kliebhan, TJ (February 22, 2017). "Immolation - Atonement". consequenceofsound.net. Retrieved August 13, 2017.
5. Falzon, Denise (February 22, 2017). "Immolation Atonement". Exclaim!. Retrieved August 13, 2017.
6. Arnold, Neil. "Immolation - Atonement". Metal Forces. Retrieved August 13, 2017.
7. "Album Review: Immolation's Atonement Rips". MetalSucks. February 8, 2017. Retrieved August 12, 2017.
8. Reyes-Kulkarni, Saby (March 8, 2017). "Immolation: Atonement Album Review". Retrieved August 13, 2017.
9. Jacquibim (February 22, 2017). "Review: Immolation – Atonement". Sputnikmusic. Retrieved May 23, 2018.
10. Cherry, Serena (March 2017). "Immolation: 'Atonement'". Terrorizer. United Kingdom: Dark Arts (279): 64. ISSN 1350-6978.
11. Exclaim! Staff (December 1, 2017). "Immolation Atonement". Exclaim!. Retrieved January 5, 2018.