Tape Decay

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{{Infobox album

| name = Tape Decay

| type = compilation

| artist = Chemlab

| cover = Chemlab - Tape Decay.jpg

| alt =

| released = {{Start date|2019|9|18}}

| recorded =

| venue =

| studio =

| genre = Industrial rock

| length = 70:49

| label = Armalyte Industries

| producer =

| prev_title = Rock Whore vs. Dance Floor

| prev_year = 2006

| next_title =

| next_year =

}}

Tape Decay is a compilation album by Chemlab, released on September 18, 2019 by Armalyte Industries.{{cite journal|first=Ilker |last=Yücel |url=https://regenmag.com/news/jared-louche-announces-chemlab-partnering-with-armalyte-industries-with-retrospective-collection-in-the-works/ |title=Jared Louche Announces Chemlab Partnering With Armalyte Industries, With Retrospective Collection in the Works |journal=ReGen |date=June 14, 2019 |accessdate=July 29, 2020}} It contains demo versions of songs from 10 Ton Pressure, Burn Out at the Hydrogen Bar and East Side Militia combined with three previously unreleased tracks from upcoming albums and an unreleased suture titled "Burnout on the East Side".{{cite journal|first=Ilker |last=Yücel |url=https://regenmag.com/news/chemlab-announces-first-new-release-on-armalyte-industries/ |title=Chemlab Announces First New Release on Armalyte Industries |journal=ReGen |date=August 17, 2019 |accessdate=July 29, 2020}}

Track listing

{{Track listing

| extra_column = Artist(s)

| title1 = Chemical Halo

| lyrics1 = Jared Louche

| music = Dylan Thomas More

| extra1 = Chemlab

| length1 = 5:46

| title2 = Neurozone

| lyrics2 = Jared Louche

| music2 = Dylan Thomas More

| extra2 = Chemlab

| length2 = 5:07

| title3 = Black Station

| lyrics3 = Jared Louche

| music3 = Dylan Thomas More

| extra3 = Chemlab

| length3 = 7:51

| title4 = I Still Bleed

| lyrics4 = Jared Louche

| music4 = Dylan Thomas More

| extra4 = Chemlab

| length4 = 4:45

| title5 = Exile on Mainline

| note5 = Renegade Mix

| lyrics5 = Jared Louche

| music5 = Dylan Thomas More, William Tucker

| extra5 = Chemlab

| length5 = 5:15

| title6 = Electric Molecular

| lyrics6 = Jared Louche

| music6 = Dylan Thomas More, William Tucker

| extra6 = Chemlab

| length6 = 3:57

| title7 = Doom Head

| lyrics7 = Jared Louche

| music7 = Ether of Souls

| extra7 = Ether of Souls

| length7 = 3:31

| title8 = Skin Job

| lyrics8 = Jared Louche

| music8 = Martin King

| extra8 = Dogtablet

| length8 = 6:00

| title9 = Burnout on the East Side

| lyrics9 =

| music9 = Dylan Thomas More

| extra9 = Chemlab

| length9 = 4:07

| title10 = Throw It All Out

| lyrics10 = Jared Louche

| music10 = Richard Miles, Tom Mugridge

| extra10 = Ultraterrestrials

| length10 = 4:06

}}

Personnel

Adapted from the Tape Decay liner notes.{{cite AV media notes |title=Tape Decay |title-link=Tape Decay |others=Chemlab |year=2019 |type=booklet |publisher=Armalyte Industries |location=Surrey, UK}}

Chemlab

Production and design

Release history

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! Date

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2019

| United States

| Armalyte Industries

| CD

| ARMCD067

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