Guardians (The Crimson Armada album)
{{Infobox album
| name = Guardians
| type = studio
| artist = The Crimson Armada
| cover = CrimsonArmada_Guardians.jpg
| alt =
| released = July 7, 2009{{cite web | title=The Crimson Armada “Guardians” | website=Metal Blade Records | date=February 12, 2025 | url=https://www.metalblade.com/us/releases/the-crimson-armada-guardians/ | access-date=February 13, 2025}}
| recorded =
| studio = The Foundation, Connersville, Indiana
| genre = Melodic death metal,{{cite web | url=http://mauce.nl/site/the-crimson-armada-conviction/ | title=The Crimson Armada – Conviction | the Metal Resource - mauce.nl | date=August 12, 2011 }} metalcore, deathcore
| length = 41:36
| label = Metal Blade
| producer = Joey Sturgis
| prev_title = Behold the Architect
| prev_year = 2008
| next_title = Conviction
| next_year = 2011
| misc = {{Singles
| name = Guardians
| type = studio
| single1 = The Serpent's Tongue
| single1date = September 17, 2009
}}
}}
{{Album ratings
| rev1 = About.com
| rev1Score = {{Rating|3|5}}{{cite web|url=http://heavymetal.about.com/od/c/gr/thecrimsonarmada-guardians.htm|title=The Crimson Armada Guardians Review - Review of Guardians by The Crimson Armada|publisher=About.com|author=Ray Van Horn, Jr.|accessdate=25 July 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110707075117/http://heavymetal.about.com/od/c/gr/thecrimsonarmada-guardians.htm|archive-date=7 July 2011|url-status=dead}}
| rev2 = Absolute Punk
| rev2Score = 71%{{cite web|publisher=Absolute Punk|url=http://www.absolutepunk.net/showthread.php?t=1234722|title=Crimson Armada, The-Guardians|accessdate=January 27, 2014}}
| rev3 = AllMusic
| rev3Score = {{Rating|3.5|5}}{{cite web|url=http://www.allmusic.com/album/guardians-mw0000820986|title=Guardians - The Crimson Armada
| rev4 = Indie Vision Music
| rev4Score = {{rating|4|5}}{{cite web|publisher=Indie Vision Music|url=http://www.indievisionmusic.com/2009/12/29/the-crimson-armada-guardians/|title=The Crimson Armada-Guardians|date=29 December 2009 |accessdate=January 27, 2014}}
| rev5 = Jesusfreakhideout
| rev5Score = {{rating|4|5}}{{cite web|publisher=Jesusfreakhideout|url=http://www.jesusfreakhideout.com/cdreviews/Guardians.asp|title=The Crimson Armada, "Guardians" Review|accessdate=January 27, 2014}}
| noprose = yes
}}
Guardians is the debut studio album by American metalcore band The Crimson Armada. The album was released on July 7, 2009. 5 of the tracks on this album were the re-recorded tracks from their previous 6-tracks release, Behold the Architect, which were "Desecrated," "The Final Words," "Revelations (featuring Travis Kempton)," "A Filthy Addiction," and "The Architect".{{cite web|url=https://www.discogs.com/release/13622458-The-Crimson-Armada-Behold-the-Architect-Ep|title=The Crimson Armada – Behold the Architect Ep (2008, CD)|website=Discogs |accessdate=February 6, 2024}}
Background
Metal Blade Records announced in August of 2008 that they had signed The Crimson Armada to a record deal.{{cite web | title=THE CRIMSON ARMADA Signs With METAL BLADE RECORDS | website=BLABBERMOUTH.NET | date=August 20, 2008 | url=https://blabbermouth.net/news/the-crimson-armada-signs-with-metal-blade-records | access-date=February 13, 2025}} They additionally shared that the band's debut-LP "Guardians" was tentatively scheduled for a spring release. On November 1, 2008, the band entered Foundation Studios to record their debut LP.{{cite web|url=https://www.metalunderground.com/news/details.cfm?newsid=40008 |title=The Crimson Armada Enters The Studio|date=November 4, 2008 |access-date=February 13, 2025}} Recording would be led by Joey Sturgis, who would also handle mixing and mastering.
In May of 2009, the band posted the track "The Serpent's Tongue" to its MySpace profile.{{cite web | title=THE CRIMSON ARMADA: New Song Posted Online | website=BLABBERMOUTH.NET | date=May 2, 2009 | url=https://blabbermouth.net/news/the-crimson-armada-new-song-posted-online | access-date=February 13, 2025}} On June 7, 2009, the band shared a "making of" video, providing background on the music video the band was recording for "The Serpent's Tongue."{{cite web|url=https://www.metalunderground.com/news/details.cfm?newsid=45259 |title=The Crimson Armada Posts Making-Of Video Clip For "The Serpent's Tongue" Music Video |date=June 10, 2009 |access-date=February 13, 2025}}{{cite web | title=The Making Of: The Serpent's Tongue | website=Vimeo | date=June 7, 2009 | url=https://vimeo.com/5051601 | access-date=February 13, 2025}}
Following the release, lead guitarist Josh Jardim and drummer David Puckett would depart the band in early 2011.{{cite web | title=THE CRIMSON ARMADA Announces Lineup Changes | website=BLABBERMOUTH.NET | date=March 14, 2011 | url=https://blabbermouth.net/news/the-crimson-armada-announces-lineup-changes | access-date=February 13, 2025}}
Music videos
The Crimson Armada released a video for the song "The Serpents Tongue," produced by Thunder Down.{{cite web | title=THE CRIMSON ARMADA: 'The Serpent's Tongue' Posted Online | website=BLABBERMOUTH.NET | date=September 20, 2009 | url=https://blabbermouth.net/news/the-crimson-armada-the-serpent-s-tongue-posted-online | access-date=February 13, 2025}} The video begins with the band playing inside a home then going to a woman sorting photos. Meanwhile, a member of the 82nd Airborne wanders in Normandy during WWII, he is ambushed by German soldiers and shot. After a few more scenes of the band, the man begins to read a letter, he then dies. At that time the woman then begins to sprout angel wings. She then appears with the soldier in Normandy. She touches him and his eyes open again as she smiles. The video ends with her putting his photo (which used to have the eyes covered) down into a pile with other photos.{{cite web|publisher=YouTube|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zWwkhMr5r4o |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211221/zWwkhMr5r4o |archive-date=2021-12-21 |url-status=live|title=The Crimson Armada "The Serpent's Tongue" (OFFICIAL VIDEO)| date=17 September 2009 |accessdate=January 27, 2014}}{{cbignore}}
Track listing
{{tracklist
|title1 = Guardians
|length1= 5:36
|title2 = A Filthy Addiction
|length2= 4:59
|title3 = The Sound, the Flood, the Hour
|length3= 4:30
|title4 = In the Eyes of God
|length4= 4:15
|title5 = The Serpent's Tongue
|length5= 4:21
|title6 = Revelations
|note6 = featuring Mattie Montgomery of For Today
|length6= 2:44
|title7 = Desecrated
|length7= 4:03
|title8 = The Final Words
|note8 = featuring Joey Sturgis
|length8= 5:07
|title9 = The Architect
|length9= 5:25
|title10= Outro
|length10= 0:36
|total_length = 41:36
}}
Personnel
The Crimson Armada
- Saud Ahmed – lead vocals, keyboards, synthesizers, piano, programming
- Kyle Barrington – lead guitar
- Dan Hatfield – rhythm guitar
- Chris Yates – bass guitar
- David Puckett – drums
Additional personnel
- Mattie Montgomery – additional vocals on track 6
- Joey Sturgis – production, additional programming, sound effects, additional vocals on track 8
- McBride Design – artwork
References
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