Relentless Retribution
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{{Infobox album
| name = Relentless Retribution
| type = studio
| artist = Death Angel
| cover = Death-Angel-Relentless-Retribution-Artwork.jpg
| alt =
| released = September 3, 2010
| recorded =
| studio = Audio Hammer Studios, Sanford, FL,
Big Shot Studios, Altamont Springs, FL
| genre = Thrash metal
| length = 56:40
| label = Nuclear Blast
| producer = Jason Suecof, Rob Cavestany
| prev_title = Sonic German Beatdown – Live in Germany
| prev_year = 2009
| next_title = The Dream Calls for Blood
| next_year = 2013
}}
{{Album ratings
| rev1 = About.com
| rev2 = AllMusic
| rev2score = {{Rating|3.5|5}}{{cite web |url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/relentless-retribution-mw0002031138 |title=Death Angel - Relentless Retribution review |last=Rivadavia |first=Eduardo |work=AllMusic |publisher=Netaktion LLC |accessdate=2023-08-25 }}
| rev3 = Metal Hammer (GER)
| rev3Score = 6.0/7{{cite web|url=https://www.metal-hammer.de/reviews/death-angel-relentless-retribution-2/ |title=Death Angel - Relentless Retribution|first=Marc| last=Halupczok |publisher=Metal Hammer |date=September 17, 2010 |accessdate=August 25, 2023| language= German}}
| rev4 = PopMatters
| rev4Score = 5/10{{cite web |url=https://www.popmatters.com/134792-death-angel-relentless-retribution-2496099393.html |title=Death Angel: Restless Retribution |last=Begrand |first=Adrien |publisher=PopMatters |date=January 12, 2011 |accessdate=2023-08-25 }}
|rev5 = Rock Hard
|rev5score = 9.0/10{{cite magazine|last=Schnädelbach|first=Buffo|title=Review Dynamit : Death Angel - Restless Retribution|url=https://www.rockhard.de/reviews/death-angel-relentless-retribution|issue=280|year = 2010| magazine = Rock Hard |accessdate=August 25, 2023 | language=German}}
| noprose = yes
}}
Relentless Retribution is the sixth studio album by American thrash metal band Death Angel. The album was released September 3, 2010, in Europe (but not including the United Kingdom), on September 6 in the United Kingdom, and on September 14 in the United States. Its second track "Claws in So Deep" features an acoustic part performed by Rodrigo y Gabriela.[https://www.twitter.com/rodgab/status/24811051406 Rodrigo y Gabriela Twitter Status] This is Death Angel's first album with bassist Damien Sisson and drummer Will Carroll (replacing original members Dennis Pepa and Andy Galeon respectively), and their first collaboration with Jason Suecof, who has since produced the band's subsequent albums. The album sold 2,700 copies in its first week in the U.S.{{cite web| url = http://www.blabbermouth.net/news.aspx?mode=Article&newsitemID=187144| title = Death Angel To Perform Two Completely Different Sets On Japanese Dates – Blabbermouth.net}}
Track listing
{{tracklist
| all_music = Rob Cavestany
| title1 = Relentless Revolution
| lyrics1 = Mark Osegueda
| length1 = 4:28
| title2 = Claws in So Deep
| lyrics2 = Cavestany
| length2 = 7:44
| title3 = Truce
| lyrics3 = Osegueda
| length3 = 3:31
| title4 = Into the Arms of Righteous Anger
| lyrics4 = Osegueda
| length4 = 4:31
| title5 = River of Rapture
| lyrics5 = Osegueda
| length5 = 4:35
| title6 = Absence of Light
| lyrics6 = Osegueda
| length6 = 4:32
| title7 = This Hate
| lyrics7 = Osegueda
| length7 = 3:33
| title8 = Death of the Meek
| lyrics8 = Osegueda
| length8 = 5:15
| title9 = Opponents at Sides
| lyrics9 = Cavestany
| length9 = 6:21
| title10 = I Chose the Sky
| lyrics10 = Osegueda
| length10 = 4:06
| title11 = Volcanic
| lyrics11 = Cavestany
| length11 = 3:34
| title12 = Where They Lay
| lyrics12 = Osegueda
| length12 = 4:30
| total_length = 56:40
}}
Personnel
;Death Angel
- Mark Osegueda − lead vocals
- Rob Cavestany − lead guitar, lead vocals on "Volcanic", co-lead vocals on "Claws in So Deep", backing vocals, co-producer
- Ted Aguilar − rhythm guitar, harmony guitar on "Claws in So Deep"
- Damien Sisson − bass
- Will Carroll − drums
;Additional musicians
- Jason Suecof − guitar solos on "Truce", producer, engineer, mixing
- Rodrigo y Gabriela − acoustic guitar outro on "Claws in So Deep"
;Production
- Mark Lewis − engineer
- Ronn Miller, Rubin Salas − assistant engineers
- Ted Jensen − mastering at Sterling Sound, New York
Charts
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| Chart (2010)
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| {{album chart|Flanders|86|artist=Death Angel|album=Relentless Retribution|accessdate=December 30, 2013}} |
| {{album chart|France|95|artist=Death Angel|album=Relentless Retribution|accessdate=December 30, 2013}} |
| {{album chart|Germany|45|artist=Death Angel|album=Relentless Retribution|accessdate=December 30, 2013}} |
| Hungarian Albums (MAHASZ){{cite web|url=http://www.mahasz.hu/?menu=slagerlistak&menu2=archivum&lista=top40&ev=2010&het=36&submit_=Keres%E9s|title=MAHASZ – Magyar Hanglemezkiadók Szövetsége |publisher=mahasz.hu |date= |accessdate=September 15, 2010}}
| style="text-align:center;"|9 |
| {{album chart|Switzerland|70|artist=Death Angel|album=Relentless Retribution|accessdate=December 30, 2013}} |
| {{album chart|BillboardIndependent|48|artist=Death Angel|accessdate=December 30, 2013}} |
| {{album chart|BillboardHardRock|25|artist=Death Angel|accessdate=December 30, 2013}} |
| {{album chart|BillboardHeatseekers|10|artist=Death Angel|accessdate=December 30, 2013}} |
References
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