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| Supernova | ||||
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Studio album by Today Is the Day | ||||
| Released | April 1993 (1993-04) | |||
| Recorded | 1993 | |||
| Studio | AmRep Recording Division, Minneapolis, MN | |||
| Genre | Noise rock,[1]avant-garde metal | |||
| Length | 53:30 | |||
| Label | Amphetamine Reptile | |||
| Producer | Steve Austin, Tim Mac | |||
Today Is the Day chronology | ||||
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Supernova is the debut studio album by American band Today Is the Day, released on April 1993 by Amphetamine Reptile Records.[2] In 2008, a remastered version of the album, including tracks from the band's "I Bent Scared" 7" single, was released via Steve Austin's self run SuperNova Records. A music video was produced for the track "6 Dementia Satyr".
Contents
1 Reception
2 Track listing
3 Personnel
4 Release history
5 References
6 External links
Reception
| Professional ratings | |
|---|---|
| Review scores | |
| Source | Rating |
| Allmusic |   [3] |
| Last Rites | Very Positive[4] |
| Prefix Magazine |    [5] |
| Scene Point Blank | [6] |
Since its initial release in 1993, Supernova has been awarded with praise from critics for its style and musicianship. Patrick Kennedy of Allmusic awarded it 4 and a half out of 5 stars, hailing it as a "landmark recording" that "indicates that metal could indeed be far more than a simple, formulaic system of chugging riffs, screamed vocals, and stampeding drums."[3]Last Rites' Andrew Edmunds called the album "an essential purchase" and mentioned how the band "would lay the groundwork for a seemingly never-ending wave of spastic metal bands" in his review for the 2008 edition of the album.[4]
In an interview with the Lords of Metal fanzine, Steve Austin showed much satisfaction with older Today Is the Day work, mentioning how both Supernova and its successor Willpower are "the most fucked up albums that have ever been on planet Earth" and even suggested that the album played a key role in the development of heavy metal music, citing that artists such as The Dillinger Escape Plan and Botch were influenced by the sound of Today Is the Day.[7]Deadguy drummer Dave Rosenberg described Supernova as one of his favorite albums of all time.[8]
Track listing
All tracks written by Steve Austin.
| No. | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Black Dahlia" | 3:31 |
| 2. | "6 Dementia Satyr" | 4:11 |
| 3. | "Silver Tongue" | 4:19 |
| 4. | "Blind Man at Mystic Lake" | 4:07 |
| 5. | "Adult World" | 5:15 |
| 6. | "The Begging" | 2:28 |
| 7. | "The Kick Inside" | 5:47 |
| 8. | "Goose Is Cooked" | 6:27 |
| 9. | "Timeless" | 0:39 |
| 10. | "Rise" | 4:42 |
| 11. | "The Guilt Barber" | 2:08 |
| 12. | "Self Portrait" | 9:51 |
| 2008 Remastered CD bonus tracks | ||
|---|---|---|
| No. | Title | Length |
| 13. | "I Bent Scared" | 4:45 |
| 14. | "C'mon Down and Get Saved" | 5:07 |
| Total length: | 63:32 | |
Personnel
Adapted from the Supernova liner notes.[9]
Today Is the Day
Steve Austin – vocals, guitar
Mike Herrell – bass guitar
Brad Elrod – drums
Production
Tim Mac – production
Release history
| Region | Date | Label | Format | Catalog |
|---|---|---|---|---|
United States | 1993 | Amphetamine Reptile | CD, CS, LP | AMREP 047 |
Germany | ARR 44/290 | |||
United States | 2008 | SuperNova | CD | SNR014 |
| 2010 | Relapse | 2LP | RR 7086 |
References
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^ Sprague, David (2007). "Today Is the Day". Trouser Press. Retrieved July 6, 2015.
^ ab Kennedy, Patrick. "Supernova". Allmusic. Retrieved July 6, 2015.
^ ab Edmunds, Andrew. "Review of Today Is The Day - Supernova (Reissue)". yourlastrites.com. Last Rites. Retrieved April 2008. Check date values in:|accessdate=(help)
^ Rosenbloom, Etan. "Supernova Reissue review". prefixmag.com. Prefix Magazine. Retrieved 2008-04-30.
^ "Today Is The Day - Supernova Review". scenepointblank.com. Scene Point Blank. Retrieved 2008-04-28.|first1=missing|last1=in Authors list (help)
^ Smith, Evil. "Interview with Steve Austin". lordsofmetal.nl. Lords Of Metal. Retrieved 2004. Check date values in:|accessdate=(help)
^ Rosenberg, Dave. "Deadguy Biography". deadguy.org. Deadguy. Archived from the original on 2000-10-26. Retrieved 2017-03-05.CS1 maint: BOT: original-url status unknown (link)
^ Supernova (booklet). Today Is the Day. Minneapolis, Minnesota: Amphetamine Reptile Records. 1993.
External links
Supernova at Discogs (list of releases)
Supernova at Bandcamp
