Lifesblood for the Downtrodden

Lifesblood for the Downtrodden
Studio album by Crowbar
Released	February 8, 2005
Recorded	2004 at Noizelab, New Orleans Piety Studios, New Orleans Middle Ear Studios, Miami Beach
Genre	Sludge metal
Length	49:59
Label	Candlelight
Producer	Warren Riker Rex Brown
Crowbar chronology
Sonic Excess in its Purest Form (2001) Lifesblood for the Downtrodden (2005) Sever the Wicked Hand (2011)

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Lifesblood for the Downtrodden is Crowbar's February 8, 2005 release on Candlelight Records. Its 2004 working title was You Don't Need an Enemy to Have a War. It is dedicated to the memory of Dimebag Darrell, who died while the band was recording the album. "Coming Down" was featured on Fear Candy 13, a compilation CD issued by British extreme metal magazine Terrorizer.

Track listing

1. "New Dawn" (3:59)
2. "Slave No More" (4:28)
3. "Angel's Wings" (2:54)
4. "Coming Down" (5:19)
5. "Fall Back to Zero" (6:26)
6. "Underworld" (2:59)
7. "Dead Sun" (3:39)
8. "Holding Something" (4:08)
9. "Moon" (3:48)
10. "The Violent Reaction" (4:58)
11. "Lifesblood" (7:16)

Music videos

• "Dead Sun" (Filmed in Miami, Florida around August 2004 and directed by John-Martin Vogel and Robert Lisman)
• "Slave No More" (Filmed in Miami, Florida on June 21, 2005 and directed by John-Martin Vogel)

Personnel

• Kirk Windstein - Vocals and guitars
• Steve Gibb - Electric and slide guitar
• Rex Brown - Bass guitar, Acoustic guitar, Keyboards
• Craig Nunenmacher - Drums
• Sid Montz - Piano
• Warren Riker - Producer, Mixer and engineer
• Rex Brown - Producer
• Scott "Ish" Campbell - Mixing & engineering on "Lifesblood"
• Brett "Cosmo" Thorngren - Mastering