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Supernova is the debut studio album by the American noisegrind band Today Is the Day, released on April 1993 by Amphetamine Reptile Records.[1] 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".

Reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic[2]
Last RitesVery Positive[3]
Prefix Magazine[4]
Scene Point Blank[5]

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."[2] 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. "[3]

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.[6]

Track listing

All tracks are written by Steve Austin

No.TitleLength
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.TitleLength
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.[7]

Release history

Region Date Label Format Catalog
United States 1993 Amphetamine Reptile CD, LP AMREP 047
Germany ARR 44/290
United States 2008 SuperNova CD SNR014
2010 Relapse LP RR 7086

References

  1. ^ Sprague, David (2007). "Today Is the Day". Trouser Press. Retrieved July 6, 2015. {{cite web}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |publisher= (help)
  2. ^ a b Kennedy, Patrick. "Supernova". Allmusic. Retrieved July 6, 2015. {{cite web}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter: |1= (help)
  3. ^ a b Edmunds, Andrew. "Review of Today Is The Day - Supernova (Reissue)". yourlastrites.com. Last Rites. Retrieved April 2008. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |accessdate= (help)
  4. ^ Rosenbloom, Etan. "Supernova Reissue review". prefixmag.com. Prefix Magazine. Retrieved 2008-04-30.
  5. ^ "Today Is The Day - Supernova Review". scenepointblank.com. Scene Point Blank. Retrieved 2008-04-28. {{cite web}}: |first1= missing |last1= (help)
  6. ^ Smith, Evil. "Interview with Steve Austin". lordsofmetal.nl. Lords Of Metal. Retrieved 2004. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |accessdate= (help)
  7. ^ Supernova (booklet). Today Is the Day. Minneapolis, Minnesota: Amphetamine Reptile Records. 1993. {{cite AV media notes}}: Unknown parameter |titlelink= ignored (|title-link= suggested) (help)CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)
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