Dead Man's Path

{{Infobox album

| name = Dead Man's Path

| type = studio

| artist = Malevolent Creation

| cover = Dead Man's Path.jpg

| alt =

| released = {{Start date|2015|10|2}}

| recorded =

| venue =

| studio = Recording Studio, Ft. Lauderdale, Florida {{small|(guitars and bass)}}
Recording Studio, Mahopac, New York {{small|(drums)}}
Shredly Studios, North Tonawanda, New York {{small|(vocals)}}

| genre = Death metal

| length = {{Duration|m=44|s=34}}

| label = Century Media

| producer = Dan Swanö

| prev_title = Invidious Dominion

| prev_year = 2010

| next_title = The 13th Beast

| next_year = 2019

}}

{{Album ratings

|rev1 = About.com

|rev1score = {{Rating|4|5}}{{cite web |url=http://heavymetal.about.com/od/suffocation/fr/Suffocation-Pinnacle-Of-Bedlam-Review.htm |title=Malevolent Creation - Dead Man's Path |publisher=About.com |last=Schalek |first=Dave |date=September 29, 2015 |accessdate=July 12, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160816033129/http://heavymetal.about.com/od/suffocation/fr/Suffocation-Pinnacle-Of-Bedlam-Review.htm |archive-date=August 16, 2016 |url-status=dead }}

| rev2 = Rock n Reel Reviews

| rev2score = {{Rating|4.5|5}}{{cite web |url=http://www.rocknreelreviews.com/review/malevolent-creation-dead-mans-path/ |title=Malevolent Creation - Dead Man's Path Reviews |publisher=Rock n Reel Reviews |last=Parkinson |first=Olan |accessdate=July 12, 2016}}

| rev3 = Terrorizer

| rev3Score = 6.5/10{{cite journal |last=Stewart-Panko |first=Kevin |date=October 2015 |title=Malevolent Creation: 'Dead Man's Path' |journal=Terrorizer |location=Leigh on Sea |publisher=Dark Arts |issue=264 |pages=66 |issn=1350-6978 |oclc=770611553}}

| noprose = yes

}}

Dead Man's Path is the twelfth studio album by American death metal band Malevolent Creation. It was released on October 2, 2015, and their first record to be released on Century Media Records. It is also the final album to feature original vocalist Bret Hoffmann before he left the band the following year and his subsequent death from colon cancer in 2018.

Track listing

{{Track listing

| all_lyrics = Brett Hoffmann

| total_length = 44:34

| title1 = Dead Man's Path

| music1 = Phil Fasciana, Justin DiPinto, Gio Geraca

| length1 = 4:51

| title2 = Soul Razer

| music2 = Fasciana, DiPinto, Geraca

| length2 = 4:01

| title3 = Imperium (Kill Force Rising)

| music3 = Fasciana, DiPinto, Geraca

| length3 = 6:09

| title4 = Corporate Weaponry

| music4 = Fasciana

| length4 = 3:55

| title5 = Blood of the Fallen

| music5 = Fasciana

| length5 = 4:52

| title6 = Resistance Is Victory

| music6 = Geraca, DiPinto

| length6 = 3:47

| title7 = 12th Prophecy

| music7 = Fasciana

| length7 = 4:14

| title8 = Extinction Personified

| music8 = Fasciana

| length8 = 4:10

| title9 = Fragmental Sanity

| music9 = Fasciana

| length9 = 4:08

| title10 = Face Your Fear

| music10 = Fasciana

| length10 = 4:24

}}

Credits and personnel

;Malevolent Creation

  • Brett Hoffmann - vocals
  • Gio Geraca - guitars
  • Phil Fasciana - guitars
  • Jason Blachowicz - bass
  • Justin DiPinto - drums

;Other staff

  • Julian Hollowell - recording (guitars, bass)
  • Eliot Geller - recording (drums)
  • Jim Nickles - recording (vocals)
  • German Latorres - artwork
  • Dan Swanö - production, mixing

References