XIII is the fifth major label album by industrial metal

Industrial metal

Industrial metal is a musical genre that draws from industrial music and many different types of heavy metal, using repeating metal guitar riffs, sampling, synthesizer or sequencer lines, and distorted vocals. Founding industrial metal acts include Ministry, Godflesh, and KMFDM.Industrial metal's...

 band Mushroomhead

Mushroomhead

Mushroomhead is an American industrial metal band from Cleveland, Ohio. Formed in 1993 in Cleveland Warehouse District, the band's music can be described as a synthesis of alternative music, heavy metal, and electro-industrial...

, released in 2003. The album debuted at No. 40 on the Billboard 200

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 and sold 400,000 copies worldwide. It was the band's last album with singer J Mann

Jason Popson

Jason Popson is best known for his eleven years as a singer in the band Mushroomhead, during which time he was known by the stage name J-Mann...

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XIII includes the single

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 "Sun Doesn't Rise." Its music video

Music video

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 was directed by Vincent Marcone

Vincent Marcone

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 and features dark elements like a scarecrow and swarming crows. The video aired frequently on Headbangers Ball

Headbangers Ball

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upon release. "Sun Doesn't Rise" was also featured on the Freddy vs. Jason soundtrack

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Reception

The album received fairly good reviews with critics, some stating that it was a much more improved version of XX. Others said that it was the first proper album of Mushroomhead to review, as XX was only a "greatest hits

Greatest hits

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" compilation album featuring songs from their past 3 self-released albums. Some critics complimented on Mushroomhead's extensive use of piano solos and various other instruments.

Track listing

1. "Kill Tomorrow" – 3:45
2. "Sun Doesn't Rise" – 3:13
3. "Mother Machine Gun" – 4:16
4. "Nowhere to Go" – 3:42
5. "Becoming Cold (216)" – 4:25
6. "One More Day" (feat. Devon Gorman) – 3:36
7. "The Dream is Over" (feat. Jens Kidman
   Jens Kidman
   Jens Kidman is the vocalist and former guitarist for the Swedish experimental metal band Meshuggah. He is famous for his very aggressive shouts and screams and for his "mean" stage presence.-Musical career and style:...
   
   ) – 3:15
8. "The War Inside" – 2:58
9. "Almost Gone" – 4:01
10. "Eternal" – 3:12
11. "Our Own Way" (feat. Devon Gorman) – 3:40
12. "Destroy the World Around Me" – 8:21
13. "Thirteen" – 9:31
14. "Treason" - 2:34 (UK Bonus Track)
15. "Loop #6" - 3:34 (UK Bonus Track)

Bonus tracks

The track "Crazy

Crazy (Seal song)

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" which appears at the end of the track thirteen was originally promoted as a Best Buy

Best Buy

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exclusive. It is however present on all copies of the album regardless of the store in which the album was purchased.

British copies of the album include the song "Treason" and the instrumental "Loop #6". Enhanced copies are said to have "Along the Way" and "Simpleton" as bonus tracks available for download through a CD identification process from a secret page on Universalmotown.com. Since Mushroomhead left Universal, the page has been removed.

Credits

• J Mann - Vocals, Lyrics
• Jeffrey Nothing - Vocals, Lyrics
• Pig Benis - Bass
• Bronson - Guitars
• Gravy - Guitars
• Shmotz - Keyboards
• ST1TCH - Samples, Turntables, and Electronics
• Skinny - Drums, Percussion, Digital Editing, Pro-Tools, Producer

Chart positions

Year	Chart	Position
2003	The Billboard 200	#40