The Price of Existence

The Price of Existence
The Price of Existence
Studio album by All Shall Perish
Released	August 8, 2006
Recorded	March–May, 2006
Studio	Castle Ultimate Studios, Emeryville, California
Genre	Deathcore
Length	43:20
Label	Nuclear Blast
Producer	Zack Ohren
All Shall Perish chronology

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
About.com	link
Allmusic	link
Blabbermouth.net	8.5/10 link
DecoyMusic.com	link
Loudside.com	11/11 link
MetalEagle Online Magazine	8/10 link
Metal Reviews	link
PiercingMetal	link
PureGrainAudio.com	9.0/10 link

The Price of Existence is the second album by American deathcore band All Shall Perish, released in 2006. This is their first album to feature vocalist Eddie Hermida and lead guitarist Chris Storey. It has sold approximately 20,000 records worldwide. The bonus tracks on the Korean release are actually two tracks from the band's previous album Hate, Malice, Revenge.

Song information[edit]

The title of track 4 is a quote from prominent environmentalist David Brower. The song's theme also matches Brower's opinion on how the Earth is dying and his concern about mankind disregarding mother nature.

Track 7 is an instrumental song, its title, "Greyson" is the name of rhythm guitarist Ben Orum's then-newborn son.^[2]^[3]

Track listing[edit]

No.	Title	Length
1.	"Eradication"	3:56
2.	"Wage Slaves"	3:44
3.	"The Day of Justice"	3:33
4.	"There Is No Business to Be Done on a Dead Planet" (featuring Mike "Gunface" McKenzie of The Red Chord)	3:03
5.	"Better Living Through Catastrophe"	5:00
6.	"Prisoner of War"	4:44
7.	"Greyson" (instrumental)	2:14
8.	"We Hold These Truths..."	3:44
9.	"The True Beast"	3:37
10.	"Promises"	3:04
11.	"The Last Relapse"	6:41
Total length:		43:20

Korean version bonus tracks
No.	Title	Length
12.	"Laid to Rest"	4:43
13.	"Sever the Memory"	5:10
Total length:		53:13

Personnel[edit]

All Shall Perish

Hernan "Eddie" Hermida – vocals
Chris Storey – lead guitar
Ben Orum – rhythm guitar
Mike Tiner – bass guitar
Matt Kuykendall – drums

Production

Engineered by Zack Ohren at Castle Ultimate Studios, Oakland, California

References[edit]

^ "THE BEST METAL ALBUMS FROM 40 SUBGENRES". Loudwire. Retrieved 2018-01-15.
^ "MMMDI – All Shall Perish Song Facts". MMMDI.
^ Anthony. "Loudside.com – A TOTALLY SMOKED OUT INTERVIEW WITH ALL SHALL PERISH". Loudside.com. Retrieved 2007-01-17.

[lw_genre-1] "THE BEST METAL ALBUMS FROM 40 SUBGENRES". Loudwire. Retrieved 2018-01-15.

[MMMDI-2] "MMMDI – All Shall Perish Song Facts". MMMDI.

[Loudside.com-3] Anthony. "Loudside.com – A TOTALLY SMOKED OUT INTERVIEW WITH ALL SHALL PERISH". Loudside.com. Retrieved 2007-01-17.

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