Dead Silence

by Billy Talent

Dead Silence cover art
  • Type: Album
  • Released: 7 September 2012
  • Label: Warner Music Canada
  • Country: Canada
  • Length: 54:00
  • Community rating: 3.21/5 from 1 rating

Artists on this release: Chris Lord-Alge, Greg Byrnes, Aaron Solowoniuk, Dustin Rabin, Jeff Beecher, Stacey Mitsopulos, Ted Jensen, Ben Kowalewicz, Pierre Tremblay, Craig Pattison, Ian D'Sa, Jon Gallant, Chris Taylor

Album Notes & Community Reviews

Marking a departure from their numerically titled previous releases, 'Dead Silence' presents a more mature, socially conscious iteration of Billy Talent's signature frenetic sound. The album tackles themes of modern anxiety and societal decay, backed by Ian D'Sa's intricate, riff-heavy guitar work and Benjamin Kowalewicz's distinct vocal delivery.

Genres

Descriptors: melodic, conscious

Tracklist

  1. Lonely Road to Absolution (1:15)
  2. Viking Death March (4:02)
  3. Surprise Surprise (3:08)
  4. Runnin' Across the Tracks (4:19)
  5. Love Was Still Around (3:46)
  6. Stand up and Run (3:20)
  7. Crooked Minds (5:04)
  8. Man Alive! (3:36)
  9. Hanging by a Thread (3:53)
  10. Cure for the Enemy (4:26)
  11. Don't Count on the Wicked (4:08)
  12. Show Me the Way (3:06)
  13. Swallowed up by the Ocean (5:02)
  14. Dead Silence (4:48)

Credits

  • Billy Talent - primary artist, written-by, lyrics by
  • Jon Gallant - bass, vocals
  • Jeff Beecher - Double Bass
  • Chris Taylor - legal
  • Ted Jensen - mastered by
  • Chris Lord-Alge - mixed by
  • Ken Taylor - artwork [package], design
  • Eric Ratz - engineer
  • Kenny Luong - engineer [digital engineering]
  • Andrew Schubert - engineer [mixing additional assistant]
  • Brad Townshend - engineer [mixing additional assistant]
  • Keith Armstrong - engineer [mixing assistant]
  • Nik Karpen - engineer [mixing assistant]
  • Brittany Huszczo - engineer [recording assistant]
  • Hiren Mistry - engineer [recording assistant]
  • Ken Eisennagel - engineer [recording assistant]
  • Kevin O'Leary - engineer [recording assistant]
  • Paul Dutil - engineer [recording assistant]
  • Stacey Mitsopulos - legal
  • Pierre Tremblay - management
  • Rana Rawdah - management [business]
  • Terry Canham - management [business]
  • Dustin Rabin - photography by
  • Chris Crippin - technician [drum]
  • Craig Pattison - technician [guitar/bass]
  • Greg Byrnes - technician [guitar/bass]

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