Masks (album)
{{Infobox album
| name = Masks
| type = Studio album
| artist = Eyes Set to Kill
| cover = Masks (Eyes Set to Kill album).jpg
| recorded =
| studio =
| genre = {{hlist|Metalcore|post-hardcore|alternative metal|nu metal}}
| length = 45:35
| label = Century Media{{cite web |url=https://screamermagazine.com/reviews/eyes-set-kill-masks/ |title=Reviews ESTK Masks album |website=ScreamerMagazine |date=October 29, 2013 |access-date=October 3, 2021 |archive-date=October 3, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211003200108/https://screamermagazine.com/reviews/eyes-set-kill-masks/ |url-status=live }}
| producer = Steve Evetts, Andrew Wade
| prev_title = White Lotus
| prev_year = 2011
| next_title = Eyes Set to Kill
| next_year = 2018
| misc = {{Singles
| name = Masks
| type = Studio Album
| single1 = Lost and Forgotten
| single2 = Infected
}}
}}
Masks is the fifth studio album by American metalcore band Eyes Set to Kill.{{cite web |url=https://crypticrock.com/eyes-set-to-kill-masks-album-review/ |title=Eyes Set to Kill - Masks album review |website=CrypticRock |date=September 12, 2013 |access-date=October 1, 2021 |archive-date=October 3, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211003184551/https://crypticrock.com/eyes-set-to-kill-masks-album-review/ |url-status=live }} The album was released on September 17, 2013.{{cite web |url=https://www.altpress.com/news/eyes_set_to_kill_stream_new_album_masks/ |title=Eyes Set to Kill Stream New Album Masks |website=Alt. Press |date=September 12, 2013 |access-date=October 2, 2021 |archive-date=October 3, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211003184551/https://www.altpress.com/news/eyes_set_to_kill_stream_new_album_masks/ |url-status=live }} It is their first album to be released under Century Media Records.{{cite web |url=https://new-transcendence.com/review-eyes-set-kill-masks/ |title=Review: Eyes Set to Kill - Masks album |website=Transcendence |date=September 9, 2013 |access-date=October 2, 2021 |archive-date=October 3, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211003184556/https://new-transcendence.com/review-eyes-set-kill-masks/ |url-status=live }} It is also their last album to feature unclean vocalist and guitarist Cisko Miranda.{{cite web |url=https://loudwire.com/eyes-set-to-kill-new-album-masks/ |title=Eyes Set to Kill New Album Masks |website=Loudwire |date=June 28, 2013 |access-date=October 2, 2021 |archive-date=October 3, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211003184556/https://loudwire.com/eyes-set-to-kill-new-album-masks/ |url-status=live }}
Music and lyrics
Phil Freeman of Alternative Press wrote that "Eyes Set to Kill go an overtly metal, even nü-metal direction." In addition, Freeman wrote that "Their riffs are fierce and heavy, laid over powerful grooves, but it's the vocal melodies that pack the most punch."
Critical reception
{{Album ratings
| rev1 = Alternative Press
| rev1Score = {{Rating|4|5}}{{cite journal |last=Freeman |first=Phil |year=2013 |title=Eyes Set to Kill – Masks |journal=Alternative Press |volume=October 2013 |issue=303 |page=86 |publisher=Alternative Press Magazine, Inc. |issn=1065-1667 |url=http://www.altpress.com/magazine/issue/303_fall_out_boy |accessdate=August 29, 2013 |archive-date=August 24, 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130824223231/http://altpress.com/magazine/issue/303_fall_out_boy |url-status=live }}
}}
At Alternative Press, Phil Freeman noted "This is strong work from a band unwilling to be dismissed as a sister-act gimmick."
Track listing
{{Track listing
| all_writing = Eyes Set to Kill and Alexandro Lopez,{{cite web |url=https://www.theprp.com/2013/08/03/news/suicide-silence-drummer-alex-lopez-appears-on-eyes-set-to-kills-new-album-masks/ |title=Suicide Silence Drummer Alex Lopez Appears on ESTK new album Masks |website=ThePrp |date=August 8, 2013 |access-date=October 1, 2021 |archive-date=October 3, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211003184555/https://www.theprp.com/2013/08/03/news/suicide-silence-drummer-alex-lopez-appears-on-eyes-set-to-kills-new-album-masks/ |url-status=live }} except where noted{{allmusic|album|mw0002568785}}
| extra_column = Producer
| title1 = Masks
| writer1 = Eyes Set to Kill, Alex Lopez
| extra1 = Steve Evetts
| length1 = 1:40
| title2 = Killing in Your Name
| writer2 = Eyes Set to Kill, Lopez
| extra2 = Evetts
| length2 = 3:27
| title3 = Lost and Forgotten
| writer3 = Eyes Set to Kill, Lopez
| extra3 = Evetts
| length3 = 3:52
| title4 = Where I Want to Be
| writer4 = Eyes Set to Kill, Lopez
| extra4 = Andrew Wade
| length4 = 3:11
| title5 = True Colors
| writer5 = Eyes Set to Kill, Lopez
| extra5 = Evetts
| length5 = 4:43
| title6 = Surface
| writer6 = Eyes Set to Kill, Lopez, Brandon Saller, Fred Archambault
| extra6 = Evetts
| length6 = 3:59
| title7 = Little Liar
| writer7 = Eyes Set to Kill, Lopez, Johnny Andrews
| extra7 = Evetts
| length7 = 3:00
| title8 = Nothing Left to Say
| writer8 = Eyes Set to Kill, Lopez
| extra8 = Evetts
| length8 = 3:56
| title9 = The New Plague
| writer9 = Eyes Set to Kill, Lopez
| extra9 = Evetts
| length9 = 3:09
| title10 = Infected
| writer10 = Eyes Set to Kill, Lopez, Kane Churko
| extra10 = Evetts
| length10 = 2:49
| title11 = Secrets Between
| writer11 = Eyes Set to Kill, Lopez
| extra11 = Wade
| length11 = 4:05
| title12 = Haze
| writer12 = Eyes Set to Kill, Lopez, Churko
| extra12 = Evetts
| length12 = 3:25
| title13 = The Forbidden Line
| writer13 = Eyes Set to Kill, Lopez
| extra13 = Evetts
| length13 = 4:05
| total_length = 45:35
}}
Personnel
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- Cisko Miranda - unclean vocals, rhythm guitar
- Alexia Rodriguez - clean vocals, lead guitar, acoustic guitar, piano, keyboards, samples
- Anissa Rodriguez - bass guitar
- Caleb Clifton - drums, percussion
;Artwork and design
- James Lano - artwork, layout
- Jeremy Saffer - photography
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- Steve Evetts - producer, engineer, mixing
- Andrew Wade - producer
- Alan Douches - mastering
- Allan Hessler - engineer
- Alex Lopez - composer, drum engineering
- Kane Churko - composer
- Brandon Saller - composer
- Johnny Andrews - composer
- Fred Archambault - composer
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Charts
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| scope="col"| Chart (2013)
! scope="col"| Peak |
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| {{album chart|BillboardHeatseekers|5|artist=Eyes Set to Kill|rowheader=true|accessdate=November 25, 2013}} |
| {{album chart|BillboardIndependent|34|artist=Eyes Set to Kill|rowheader=true|accessdate=November 25, 2013}} |
| {{album chart|BillboardHardRock|11|artist=Eyes Set to Kill|rowheader=true|accessdate=November 25, 2013}} |