Love and Other Disasters (album)

Love and Other Disasters is the third album by Swedish heavy metal band Sonic Syndicate. It was released on 19 September 2008 and on 14 October in North America. In addition to the standard-edition album, a digipack version of the album was made available featuring two bonus tracks and a DVD. Since released in the United States, the album has sold around 800 copies in its first week to land on the Billboard Heatseekers chart at 85. Love and Other Disasters is the last album by the band to feature former singer Roland Johansson, and producer Jonas Kjellgren (although Kjellgren still did some work with the band besides production on their latest release). It is also the only album by the band to feature the same line-up as the preceding one.

Love and Other Disasters
Studio album by
Sonic Syndicate
Released19 September 2008
RecordedMarch – April 2008 at Black Lounge Studios in Avesta, Sweden
GenreMelodic death metal, alternative metal
Length40:18
LabelNuclear Blast
ProducerJonas Kjellgren
Sonic Syndicate chronology
Only Inhuman
(2007)		 Love and Other Disasters
(2008)		 We Rule the Night
(2010)
Alternative covers
Japanese cover.
Alternative cover
The Rebellion Pack cover.
Singles from Love and Other Disasters
  1. "Jack of Diamonds"
    Released: 2008
  2. "My Escape"
    Released: 2008
  3. "Power Shift"
    Released: 2009
  4. "Contradiction"
    Released: 2009
  5. "Burn This City"
    Released: 2009
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
IGN[1]
ChartAttack[2]
Lords of Metal[3]

On 27 June the lead single of the album called "Jack of Diamonds" was released to radio, the same day it was performed live for the first time on the Metaltown Festival in 2008. It has since spawned three other singles: "My Escape", "Power Shift", and "Contradiction". A 14th track entitled "Freeman" was also made but didn't make it to the album.

Track listing

All lyrics written by Richard Sjunnesson, except where noted
All music written by Roger Sjunnesson, except where noted

No.TitleMusicLength
1."Encaged" 4:26
2."Hellgate: Worcester"
3:23
3."Jack of Diamonds" 3:41
4."My Escape"
4:10
5."Fallout"
3:51
6."Power Shift"
3:32
7."Contradiction"
3:32
8."Damage Control" 3:49
9."Red Eyed Friend"[lower-alpha 1]4:43
10."Affliction" 5:11

Bonus tracks
Limited/Japanese Edition/The Rebellion Pack
No.TitleMusicLength
11."Ruin"
3:42
12."Dead Planet"[lower-alpha 1]4:21
13."Mission: Undertaker (Japanese and Amazon edition only)" 5:03
The Rebellion Pack (CD2)
No.TitleLyricsMusicLength
1."Burn This City"Nathan James Biggs [lower-alpha 2]
3:29
2."Rebellion In Nightmareland"[lower-alpha 2][lower-alpha 1]4:13
3."Burn This City (Radio Edit)"Nathan James Biggs [lower-alpha 2]
3:32
B-Side
No.TitleLyricsMusicLength
1."Freeman"Richard SjunnessonRoger Sjunnesson3:57
  1. Credited to Sonic Syndicate
  2. Credited to Nathan James Biggs & Richard Sjunnesson

Bonus DVD
  • "Studio Report" (Making of "Love and Other Disasters")
  • "Jack of Diamonds" (Official video)
  • "My Escape" (Official video)
  • "Denied" (Official video)
  • "Enclave" (Official video)
  • "Psychic Suicide" (live in Cologne)
  • "Blue Eyed Fiend" (live in Cologne)
  • Shopping in Paris

The Rebellion Pack

The special edition of the album was reissued on November 6, 2009 together with the band's 2009 Rebellion EP, featuring two brand-new songs as well as the debut record with their new singer Nathan Biggs, replacing Roland Johansson.

Demo titles
  • "Bullet my asshole" (now known as "Encaged")
  • "Finnish" (now known as "Jack of Diamonds")
  • "Kjellgren" ("Stewart" in English, now known as "Power Shift")
  • "Breaking Benjamin's Leg" (now known as "Contradiction")
  • "Export" (now known as "Damage Control")
  • "Blame Canada" (now known as "Affliction")
  • "Bandit" (now known as "Mission: Undertaker")
  • "Panic" (now known as "Freeman")

Chart positions
Country Position
Sweden 15[4]
Germany 36[5]
Austria 45[6]
Switzerland 65[7]
United States 85 (Billboard Heatseekers)[8]

Personnel
Sonic Syndicate
  • Roland Johansson – vocals, additional guitars & solo on "Red Eyed Friend"
  • Richard Sjunnesson – harsh vocals
  • Roger Sjunnesson – guitars, keyboards
  • Robin Sjunnesson – guitars
  • Karin Axelsson – bass guitars
  • John Bengtsson – drums, percussion
Additional musicians
  • Nick Red – keyboards on "My Escape," "Fallout" and "Contradiction"


Production
  • Jonas Kjellgren – producer/engineer
  • Roberto Laghi – mixer
  • Achim Köhler – masterer
  • Torsten Bürgin – artwork
  • Sabine Hauptmann – artwork
  • Micke Johansson – photography
  • Patric Ullaeus – director ("Jack of Diamonds" and "My Escape")
  • Marius Böttcher – director ("Power Shift" and "Contradiction")

References
  1. "IGN review". Archived from the original on 2008-09-25. Retrieved 2008-10-13.
  2. ChartAttack review Archived 2009-02-21 at the Wayback Machine
  3. Lords of Metal review
  4. Steffen Hung. "Sonic Syndicate - Love And Other Disasters". swedishcharts.com. Retrieved 2012-02-29.
  6. Steffen Hung. "Sonic Syndicate - Love And Other Disasters". austriancharts.at. Retrieved 2012-02-29.
  7. Steffen Hung (2010-07-22). "Sonic Syndicate - Love And Other Disasters". hitparade.ch. Retrieved 2012-02-29.
  8. "BLABBERMOUTH.NET - SONIC SYNDICATE: 'Love And Other Disasters' First-Week Sales Revealed". Roadrunnerrecords.com. Archived from the original on 2009-02-21. Retrieved 2012-02-29.
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