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arc'tan'gent
Studio album by
Released25 September 2000
Recorded2000
StudioPhilia Studios, Henley-on-Thames
Backstage, Ripley, Derbyshire
GenreAlternative metal
LabelCopro
ProducerAndy Sneap
Earthtone9 chronology
Hi-Point
(2000)
arc'tan'gent
(2000)
Omega
(2000)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Drowned in Sound10/10[1]
The Encyclopedia of Popular Music[2]
Kerrang![3]
Metal Hammer9/10[4]
Rock Hard9.5/10[5]
Rock Sound[6]
Terrorizer8.5/10[7]

arc'tan'gent is the third album by British metal band earthtone9. The album received critical acclaim on its release. It was rated #16 in both Metal Hammer and Rock Sound magazines' "Albums of 2000" polls,[8][9] and #24 in Terrorizer's equivalent poll.[10] It was also voted #79 by the readers of Kerrang! in their 2005 readers' poll of the 100 best British rock albums ever.[11] In 2024, Dom Lawson of Blabbermouth.net wrote that the album was "regarded as one of the great British metal records of [its] era."[12]

Track listing

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  • All tracks written by earthtone9, except where noted.
  1. "Tat Twam Asi" – 5:32
  2. "Evil Crawling I" – 2:55
  3. "P.R.D Chaos" – 5:23
  4. "Approx. Purified"
  5. "Walking Day" – 7:25
  6. "Star Damage for Beginners" – 2:58
  7. "Ni9e - This Is the Sound..." – 1:23
    • Additional drums by Gemma Seddon
  8. "Yellow Fever" (earthtone9/Lewis) – 5:06
    • Guest vocals and lyrics by Ishmael Lewis
  9. "Alpha Hi" – 4:05
  10. "Binary101" – 8:29

References

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  1. ^ Reed, Graham (29 November 2000). "Album Review: Earthtone9 - arct'tan'gent". Drowned in Sound. Retrieved 10 May 2024.
  2. ^ Larkin, Colin, ed. (2006). "Earthtone9". Encyclopedia of Popular Music. Vol. 3 (4th ed.). MUZE. p. 199. ISBN 978-0-19-531373-4.
  3. ^ Griffiths, Mark (16 September 2000). "Albums". Kerrang!. No. 819. EMAP. p. 45. Archived from the original on 1 January 2003. Retrieved 10 May 2024 – via et9evo.iofm.net.
  4. ^ Finney, Graham (October 2000). "Under the Hammer". Metal Hammer. No. 79. UK: Future plc. p. 72. Archived from the original on 6 January 2003. Retrieved 10 May 2024 – via et9evo.iofm.net.
  5. ^ "Arc´tan´gent". Rock Hard (Vol. 162) (in German). 17 October 2000. Retrieved 10 May 2024.
  6. ^ Fraser, Lewis (October 2000). "Earthtone9: arc'tan'gent". Rock Sound. No. 17. UK: Freeway Press. Archived from the original on 10 January 2003. Retrieved 10 May 2024 – via et9evo.iofm.net.
  7. ^ Terry, Nick (October 2000). "Selected & Dissected". Terrorizer. No. 83. p. 54. Archived from the original on 13 October 2007. Retrieved 10 May 2024 – via et9evo.iofm.net.
  8. ^ Anon. (January 2001). "Top 20 Albums of 2000". Metal Hammer. No. 83. UK: Future plc. p. 61.
  9. ^ Outline Page
  10. ^ Terrorizer - Jaarlijst 2000
  11. ^ Bird, Ashley, ed. (19 February 2005). "The 100 Best British Rock Albums Ever!". Kerrang!. No. 1044. EMAP. p. 22.
  12. ^ Lawson, Dom (21 June 2024). "In Resonance Nexus". Blabbermouth.net. Retrieved 22 June 2024.

Further reading

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  • Sadler, Darren J. (2020). "The Anniversary: earthtone9". Metalhead. No. 1. UK: Metalhead Productions. pp. 92–95.
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