Last of the Sane
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Last of the Sane is an album
Album
An album is a collection of recordings, released as a single package on gramophone record, cassette, compact disc, or via digital distribution. The word derives from the Latin word for list .Vinyl LP records have two sides, each comprising one half of the album...

 by the American
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...

 metalcore
Metalcore
Metalcore is a subgenre of heavy metal combining various elements of extreme metal and hardcore punk. The name is a portmanteau of the names of the two genres. The term took on its current meaning in the mid-1990s, describing bands such as Earth Crisis, Deadguy and Integrity...

 band Earth Crisis
Earth Crisis
Earth Crisis is an American metalcore band from Syracuse, New York, active from 1989 until 2001, reuniting in 2007. Their most recent record, To the Death, was released in May 2009 through Century Media....

, which was released in 2001. After this album the band split up and Karl Buechner
Karl Buechner
Karl Buechner is the original singer for the band Earth Crisis from Syracuse, New York, United States. Since the early 1990s he has been at the forefront of the hardcore music scene...

, Eric Edwards and Bulldog went on to form the band Freya. This album mostly consist of cover songs by other bands.

Track listing

  1. "Hell Awaits (Intro)" (Slayer
    Slayer
    Slayer is an American thrash metal band formed in Huntington Park, California, in 1981 by guitarists Jeff Hanneman and Kerry King. Slayer rose to fame with their 1986 release, Reign in Blood, and is credited as one of the "Big Four" thrash metal acts, along with Metallica, Megadeth and...

    )
    • Originally released on the Hell Awaits
      Hell Awaits
      Hell Awaits is the second studio album by the American thrash metal band Slayer, released through Metal Blade Records in 1985. The band's previous release, Show No Mercy, became Metal Blade Records' highest selling release; as a result, producer Brian Slagel desired to release a second Slayer album...

      album.
  2. "The Wanton Song
    The Wanton Song
    "The Wanton Song" is a song by English rock band Led Zeppelin from their 1975 album Physical Graffiti. The song came about as the result of a jam session at rehearsals and features a sharp, aggressive riff from guitarist Jimmy Page, which like "Immigrant Song" found Page switching back and forth...

    " (Led Zeppelin
    Led Zeppelin
    Led Zeppelin were an English rock band, active in the late 1960s and throughout the 1970s. Formed in 1968, they consisted of guitarist Jimmy Page, singer Robert Plant, bassist/keyboardist John Paul Jones, and drummer John Bonham...

    )
    • Originally released on the Physical Graffiti
      Physical Graffiti
      Physical Graffiti is the sixth studio album by the English rock band Led Zeppelin, released on 24 February 1975 as a double album. Recording sessions for the album were initially disrupted when bassist/keyboardist John Paul Jones considered leaving the band...

      album.
  3. "City to City" (DYS
    DYS (band)
    DYS is an American straight edge hardcore band from Boston, Massachusetts who were part of the notorious "Boston Crew" in the 1980s, along with contemporaries such as SSD and Negative FX...

    )
  4. "Children of the Grave" (Black Sabbath
    Black Sabbath
    Black Sabbath are an English heavy metal band, formed in Aston, Birmingham in 1969 by Ozzy Osbourne , Tony Iommi , Geezer Butler , and Bill Ward . The band has since experienced multiple line-up changes, with Tony Iommi the only constant presence in the band through the years. A total of 22...

    )
    • Originally released on the Master Of Reality
      Master of Reality
      Master of Reality is the third album by the British heavy metal band Black Sabbath, released in July 1971. It is sometimes noted as the first stoner rock album...

      album.
  5. "Holiday In Cambodia" (Dead Kennedys
    Dead Kennedys
    Dead Kennedys are an American punk rock band formed in San Francisco, California in 1978. The band became part of the American hardcore punk movement of the early 1980s. They gained a large underground fanbase in the international punk music scene....

    )
    • Originally released on the Fresh Fruit for Rotting Vegetables
      Fresh Fruit for Rotting Vegetables
      Fresh Fruit for Rotting Vegetables is the debut album by the American hardcore punk band Dead Kennedys. It was released in September 1980 through Faulty Products in the United States and through Cherry Red Records in the United Kingdom.It has been certified by BPI gold.The best selling and...

      album.
  6. "Paint it Black" (Rolling Stones)
    • Originally released on the Aftermath album.
  7. "Earth A.D." (The Misfits)
    • Originally released on the Earth A.D./Wolfsblood
      Earth A.D./Wolfsblood
      Earth A.D./Wolfs Blood was the last album the American hardcore punk band The Misfits recorded with Glenn Danzig. Danzig released it on his Plan 9 label in December 1983, two months after he played his last concert with the band. It was noticeably harder and faster than their previous releases...

      album.
  8. "The Order"
  9. "Broken Foundation"
  10. "Gomorrah‘s Season Ends"
  11. "Panic Floods"

Credits

  • Karl Buechner
    Karl Buechner
    Karl Buechner is the original singer for the band Earth Crisis from Syracuse, New York, United States. Since the early 1990s he has been at the forefront of the hardcore music scene...

     - vocals
    Singing
    Singing is the act of producing musical sounds with the voice, and augments regular speech by the use of both tonality and rhythm. One who sings is called a singer or vocalist. Singers perform music known as songs that can be sung either with or without accompaniment by musical instruments...

  • Scott Crouse - guitar
    Guitar
    The guitar is a plucked string instrument, usually played with fingers or a pick. The guitar consists of a body with a rigid neck to which the strings, generally six in number, are attached. Guitars are traditionally constructed of various woods and strung with animal gut or, more recently, with...

  • Eric Edwards - guitar
    Guitar
    The guitar is a plucked string instrument, usually played with fingers or a pick. The guitar consists of a body with a rigid neck to which the strings, generally six in number, are attached. Guitars are traditionally constructed of various woods and strung with animal gut or, more recently, with...

  • Bulldog - bass
    Bass guitar
    The bass guitar is a stringed instrument played primarily with the fingers or thumb , or by using a pick....

  • Dennis Merrick - drums
    Drum kit
    A drum kit is a collection of drums, cymbals and often other percussion instruments, such as cowbells, wood blocks, triangles, chimes, or tambourines, arranged for convenient playing by a single person ....


Trivia

  • On the back of the album some tracks are mislabeled. Track 3 is actually "Children of the Grave", track 4 is "Paint it Black", and track 6 is "City to City".
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