Blessed & Cursed
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{{Use dmy dates|date=December 2023}}
{{Use British English|date=June 2013}}
{{Infobox album
| name = Blessed & Cursed
| type = studio
| artist = Devil Sold His Soul
| cover = DSHS-B&C-cover.jpg
| alt =
| released = {{Start date|df=y|2010|7|12}}
| recorded = Bandit Studios, Tetbury
| venue =
| studio =
| genre = Post-hardcore, post-metal
| length = 63:24
| label = Century Media
| producer = Jonny Renshaw, Devil Sold His Soul
| prev_title = A Fragile Hope
| prev_year = 2007
| next_title = Empire of Light
| next_year = 2012
}}
{{Music ratings
|rev1 = Alter The Press!
|rev2 = DEAD PRESS!
|rev2score = {{Rating|10|10}}{{cite web |url=http://www.deadpress.co.uk/1376/album-devil-sold-his-soul-blessed-cursed |title=ALBUM REVIEW: Devil Sold His Soul – Blessed & Cursed |author=Zach Redrup |work=DEAD PRESS! |date=22 July 2011 |accessdate=15 May 2014}}
|rev3 = Rock Sound
|rev3score = (9/10){{Cite web |url=http://www.rocksound.tv/reviews/article/devil-sold-his-soul-blessed-and-cursed |title=Devil Sold His Soul – Blessed & Cursed |author=Pete Withers |work=Rock Sound |date=10 July 2011 |accessdate=1 February 2011 |archive-date=15 September 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120915022030/http://www.rocksound.tv/reviews/article/devil-sold-his-soul-blessed-and-cursed |url-status=dead }}
}}
Blessed & Cursed is the second full-length album by Devil Sold His Soul, released by Century Media on 12 July 2010. On its first week of release, the album sold over 700 copies. It was the last studio album to feature Iain Trotter on bass, following his departure from the band in January 2011.
Track listing
{{track listing
| headline =
| all_music = Devil Sold His Soul
| title1 = Tides
| length1 = 3:40
| title2 = Drowning/Sinking
| length2 = 7:46
| title3 = Callous Heart
| length3 = 6:21
| title4 = An Ocean of Lights
| length4 = 5:48
| title5 = Frozen
| length5 = 7:50
| title6 = The Disappointment
| note6 = featuring Andrew Neufeld of Comeback Kid
| length6 = 6:48
| title7 = Crane Lake
| length7 = 6:53
| title8 = A Foreboding Sky
| length8 = 8:38
| title9 = The Weight of Faith
| note9 = featuring Perry Bryan of Rinoa
| length9 = 4:14
| title10 = Truth Has Come
| length10 = 6:05
| total_length = 1:03:24
}}
{{Track listing
| headline = Bonus Tracks
| title11 = The Emptiness
| length11 = 5:16
| title12 = Death Surrounds You
| length12 = 5:47
| title13 = Fade to the Grave
| length13 = 5:31
| title14 = Let The Rain In
| length14 = 4:45
| total_length = 1:25:03
}}
Personnel
;Devil Sold His Soul{{cite AV media notes |title=Blessed & Cursed |others=Devil Sold His Soul |year=2010 |page=8 |type=CD booklet |publisher=Century Media |location=Hawthorne, California}}
- Ed Gibbs – vocals
- Ian Trotter – bass guitar
- Paul Kitney – samples
- Leks Wood – drums
- Jonny Renshaw – guitar
- Rick Chapple – guitar, piano, organ
- Guest vocals on "The Disappointment" – Andrew Neufeld of Comeback Kid and Sights & Sounds
- Guest vocals on "The Weight of Faith" – Perry Bryan of Rinoa
- Group vocals on "Drowning / Sinking" – Perry Bryan, Jozef Norocky, James May, Matthew Holden and David Gumbleton of Rinoa, Leo Dorsz, Tommy Renshaw and Devil Sold His Soul
- Group vocals on "Truth Has Come" – Devil Sold His Soul
- Produced by Jonny Renshaw and Devil Sold His Soul
- Recorded and Engineered by Jonny Renshaw
- Strings and Brass written and arranged by Devil Sold His Soul
- Strings and Brass programmed by Tommy Renshaw
- Mixing – Steve Evetts
- Mastering – Alan Douches
- Artwork, layout – Jon Barmby
References
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