In bocca al lupo

by Murder by Death

In bocca al lupo cover art
  • Type: Album
  • Released: 23 May 2006
  • Label: Tent Show
  • Country: United States
  • Length: 43:39
  • Community rating: 3.79/5 from 4 ratings

Artists on this release: Adam Turla, Alex Schrodt, Ronald Rolling, Sarah Balliet, Matt Armstrong, David A. Miller

Album Notes & Community Reviews

Translating literally to 'into the wolf's mouth', the third album from Murder by Death is a cinematic, darkly dramatic concept record based loosely on Dante's Inferno. The band heavily utilizes mournful cello arrangements and twangy, gothic country guitar lines to support Adam Turla's booming, whiskey-soaked baritone vocals.

Genres

Descriptors: Folk, bleak, ambitious, sprawling, direct, male-vocals, guitars, storytelling, atmospheric, theatrical

Tracklist

  1. Boy Decide (3:17)
  2. One More Notch (3:05)
  3. Dead Men and Sinners (1:54)
  4. Brother (3:50)
  5. Dynamite Mine (3:18)
  6. The Organ Grinder (2:41)
  7. Sometimes the Line Walks You (2:52)
  8. Raw Deal (4:04)
  9. The Big Sleep (4:26)
  10. Shiola (4:13)
  11. Steam Rising (4:08)
  12. The Devil Drives (5:44)

Credits

  • Ben Bussell - artwork [portrait lithographs]
  • Matt Armstrong - bass
  • Sarah Balliet - cello, keyboards [keys]
  • Mike Pappa - cover, artwork [cover art and rings of fire]
  • Alex Schrodt - drums, percussion
  • Adam Turla - guitar, vocals
  • Bill Adams - other [web]
  • Doug Hof - other [web]

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