Smiles Upon the Stroke That Murders Me

by Barrit

Smiles Upon the Stroke That Murders Me cover art
  • Type: Album
  • Released: 1998-01-01
  • Label: Hydra Head
  • Country: United States
  • Length: 40:27
  • Community rating: 3.41/5 from 2 ratings

Album Notes & Community Reviews

Barrit's 'Smiles Upon the Stroke That Murders Me' is New England melodic metalcore that sets emotive singing against chugging, dissonant guitars. It captures the late 1990s moment when hardcore and metal were fusing in the American Northeast.

Genres

Descriptors: dissonant, melodic, complex, uncommon-time-signatures, atmospheric

Tracklist

  1. A Planet Wide. (3:19)
  2. The Funeral. (7:27)
  3. Transient. (3:57)
  4. Theory II. (4:16)
  5. Mouthman. (1:46)
  6. Chemical Hero. (2:25)
  7. Engine. (2:09)
  8. Barouke. (0:52)
  9. Smiles Upon The Stroke That Murders Me. (2:16)
  10. ...And Then There Were None. (4:31)
  11. Crossgates To Disenchantment. (7:29)

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