Freedumb Explained

Freedumb is the ninth studio album by American crossover band Suicidal Tendencies.^{[1] [2]} It was released in 1999 on Suicidal Records.^[3]

The tracks are rawer than the funk-influenced thrash metal direction they were taking before the hiatus. The album's cover art is a reference to the photo Raising the Flag on Iwo Jima taken during World War II.

Reception

CMJ New Music Report wrote that the songs "display thousand-mile-an-hour, classic hardcore guitar assaults."^[4] In 2005, Freedumb was ranked number 489 in Rock Hard magazine's book of The 500 Greatest Rock & Metal Albums of All Time.^[5]

Credits

• Mike Muir – vocals
• Dean Pleasants – lead guitar
• Mike Clark – rhythm guitar
• Brooks Wackerman – drums
• Josh Paul – bass (credited as "additional musician")

Tracks 1, 2, 5–10, 12, 13

• Recorded at Ocean Studios and Skip Saylor Studios
• Produced by Paul Northfield and Suicidal Tendencies
• Engineered and mixed by Paul Northfield

Tracks 3, 4, 11, 14

• Recorded at Titan Studios, except track 11 guitars at Skip Saylor
• Produced by Suicidal Tendencies
• Engineered by Michael Vail Blum
• Mixed by Paul Northfield at Skip Saylor Studios
• Mastered by Brian Gardner at Bernie Grundman Mastering Studios

External links

• Suicidal Tendencies official website

Notes and References

1. Web site: Suicidal Tendencies | Biography & History. AllMusic.
2. Web site: Metal: The Definitive Guide : Heavy, NWOBH, Progressive, Thrash, Death, Black, Gothic, Doom, Nu. Garry. Sharpe-Young. January 29, 2007. Jawbone Press. Google Books.
3. Web site: Suicidal Tendencies . Trouser Press . January 29, 2021.
4. Web site: Loud Rock. CMJ New Music Report. August 2, 1999. CMJ Network, Inc.. Google Books.
5. Book: Best of Rock & Metal - Die 500 stärksten Scheiben aller Zeiten. 2005. Rock Hard. de. 3-89880-517-4. 12.