The Great and Secret Show (album)

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The Great and Secret Show
Studio album by
Released31 October 2014
GenreExtreme metal, gothic metal, melodic death metal, groove metal
Length70:30
LabelNuclear Blast
Devilment chronology
Grotescapology
(2012)
The Great and Secret Show
(2014)
Devilment II: The Mephisto Waltzes
(2016)
Singles from Hammer of the Witches
  1. "Mother Kali"
    Released: 15 August 2014
  2. "Even Your Blood Group Rejects Me"
    Released: 29 September 2014
  3. "Sanity Hits a (Perfect) Zero"
    Released: August 2015

The Great and Secret Show is the debut album from the British metal band Devilment, released in 2014 on the Nuclear Blast label.

Development[edit]

In September 2013 the band entered Grindstone Studios in Suffolk with producer Scott Atkins, who had previously worked with bands including Cradle of Filth, Behemoth, Amon Amarth, Sylosis and Gama Bomb.

Track listing[edit]

The album contains 13 tracks, closing with an orchestral rendition of "Even Your Blood Group Rejects Me" by soundtrack maestro Spencer Creaghan. Another track is a cover of Midnight Oil's classic "Beds Are Burning", with guest vocals by band member Dani Filth's long-term friend Bam Margera of MTV's Jackass and Viva La Bam fame. Margera became involved after Dani attended Bam's wedding in Iceland and sang a live duet with him on an Anathema cover. This was after appearing on his TV show in which he helped destroy Bam's uncle's living room with a JCB digger.

No.TitleWriter(s)AdditionalLength
1."Summer Arteries"Colin Parks 6:14
2."Even Your Blood Group Rejects Me"Daniel J Finch 5:24
3."Girl From Mystery Island"Finch 5:50
4."The Stake in My Heart"Finch/Parks 4:42
5."Living in the Fungus"Finch 5:44
6."Mother Kali"Finch 3:44
7."Staring at the Werewolf Corps"Finch 6:45
8."Sanity Hits a (Perfect) Zero"Parks 6:09
9."Laudanum Skull"Finch 5:16
10."The Great and Secret Show"Finch/Parks/Nick Johnson/Lauren Francis 5:33
11."Beds Are Burning" (Midnight Oil cover)Rob Hirst/Jim Moginie/Peter GarrettFeat. Bam Margera4:30
12."Psycho Babble"Finch 5:20
13."Even Your Blood Group Rejects Me -Motion Picture Soundtrack-"Finch 5:26
Total length:70:30

Personnel[edit]

Band members[edit]

  • Dani Filth – vocals
  • Colin Parks – lead guitar
  • Daniel J Finch – guitar & Keyboards
  • Nick Johnson – bass
  • Aaron Boast – drums
  • Lauren Francis – keyboards, vocals

Additional personnel[edit]

  • Bam Margera – additional vocals on "Beds Are Burning"