Sub-Basement
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{{Infobox album
| name = Sub-Basement
| type = studio
| artist = Pentagram
| cover = Pentagramsub.jpg
| alt =
| released = 2001
| recorded = Polar Bear Lair Studios
February–June 2001
| venue =
| studio =
| genre = Doom metal, heavy metal
| length = 44:30
| label = Black Widow
| producer = Bobby Liebling, Joe Hasselvander, Chris Kozlowski
| prev_title = First Daze Here (The Vintage Collection)
| prev_year = 2001
| next_title = Turn to Stone
| next_year = 2002
}}
{{Album ratings
| rev1 = AllMusic
| rev1Score = {{Rating|2.5|5}} [{{AllMusic|class=album|id=r565637|pure_url=yes}} link]
| rev2 =
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Sub-Basement is the fifth album by American doom metal band Pentagram. It was released in 2001 by Italian label Black Widow Records.{{Cite web |title=Pentagram - Sub-Basement Album Reviews, Songs & More |url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/sub-basement-mw0000210752 |access-date=28 February 2023 |website=filmaffinity.com}} Joe Hasselvander played all the instruments, while Bobby Liebling provided all lead and backing vocals. The spine reads "If Review Your Choices made you sick, Sub-Basement will take you to the tomb!!!" According to the documentary Last Days Here, the title referenced Liebling's life of living in his parents' sub-basement in Germantown, Maryland.
Track listing
(Songwriters listed in brackets.)
- "Bloodlust" (Liebling) – 2:30
- "Buzzsaw" (Liebling) – 2:29
- "Drive Me to the Grave" (Hasselvander/Liebling) – 4:30
- "Sub-Intro" (Hasselvander) – 4:00
- "Sub-Basement" (Hasselvander/Liebling) – 6:00
- "Go in Circles (Reachin' for an End)"(Hasselvander/Liebling/Palmer) – 5:16
- "Mad Dog" (Liebling) – 2:17
- "After the Last" (Hasselvander/Liebling) – 3:43
- "Tidal Wave" (Hasselvander/Liebling) – 4:40
- "Out of Luck" (Liebling) – 3:54
- "Target" (Liebling) – 5:10
- "Review Your Choices" (1999 unreleased outtake) – 3:31 *
- "Megalania" (1999 unreleased outtake) – 6:58 *
- Bonus tracks on 2008 Season of Mist re-release
Lineup
- Bobby Liebling – all lead and backing vocals
- Joe Hasselvander – all instruments
References
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