Self-Destructive Pattern

Self-Destructive Pattern
Studio album by
Spineshank
ReleasedSeptember 9, 2003
Recorded2002–2003
Studios
Genres
Length40:31
LabelRoadrunner
ProducersGGGarth, Mike Sarkisyan, Tommy Decker
Spineshank chronology
The Height of Callousness
(2000)		 Self-Destructive Pattern
(2003)		 Anger Denial Acceptance
(2012)
Singles from Self-Destructive Pattern
  1. "Smothered"
    Released: October 2003
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusicStarStarHalf star
Collector's Guide to Heavy Metal8/10
The Encyclopedia of Popular MusicStarStarStar
Kerrang!StarStarStarStar
laut.deStarStarStarStar
Metal.de6/10
SputnikmusicStarStarStarStar
Terrorizer8/10

Self-Destructive Pattern is the third studio album by American metal band Spineshank, released on September 9, 2003, through Roadrunner Records. The single "Smothered" was nominated for a Grammy in the category of Best Metal Performance (2004).

Track listing

All lyrics by Tommy Decker and Jonny Santos. All music by Tommy Decker and Mike Sarkisyan.

No.TitleLength
1."Violent Mood Swings"3:29
2."Slavery"2:55
3."Smothered"3:07
4."Consumed (Obsessive Compulsive)"3:06
5."Beginning of the End"3:32
6."Forgotten"3:19
7."Self-Destructive Pattern"3:16
8."Tear Me Down"3:42
9."Stillborn"4:15
10."Falls Apart"2:56
11."Fallback"3:15
12."Dead to Me"3:36
B-sides
No.TitleLength
13."Infected" (bonus track for Japanese edition, on streaming services)4:15
14."On Deaf Ears" (appears on Roadrunner Roadrage 2003 sampler)3:37
15."Don't Look Back" (appears on studio recording video in low quality)3:20

Personnel

Musicians

  • Jonny Santos – lead vocals
  • Mike Sarkisyan – guitars
  • Robert Garcia – bass, backing vocals
  • Tommy Decker – drums, electronics, programming

Credits

  • GGGarth – production
  • Tommy Decker – co-production, assistant digital editing
  • Mike Sarkisyan – co-production, assistant digital editing
  • Ted Jensen – mastering
  • Frank Gryner – engineering, recording, additional programming
  • Scott Humphrey – engineering, recording, additional programming
  • Brad Kane – additional vocals
  • Jay Baumgardner – mixing
  • Mark Kiczula – assistant mixer
  • Ben "Game Over" Kaplan – digital editing
  • Jeff Rothschild – assistant digital editor
  • Anthony "Fu" Valcic – assistant digital editor

In other media

Charts

Chart performance for Self-Destructive Pattern
Chart (2003) Peak
position
Australian Albums (ARIA) 89
UK Albums (Official Charts)83
US Billboard 200 89

References

  1. ↑ "Self-Destructive Pattern – Spineshank". AllMusic.
  2. ↑ Popoff, Martin; Perri, David (2011). The Collector's Guide to Heavy Metal: Volume 4: The '00s. Burlington, Ontario, Canada: Collector's Guide Publishing. pp. 463–464. ISBN 9781-926592-20-6.
  3. ↑ The encyclopedia of popular music. New York : MUZE : Oxford University Press. 2006. pp. 662–663. ISBN 978-0-19-531373-4 – via Internet Archive.
  4. 1 2 "Spineshank Press". Roadrunner Records UK. Archived from the original on November 2, 2003. Retrieved June 9, 2023.
  5. ↑ Edele, Michael (July 14, 2003). "Dahin gerotzter Punkrock, der sofort ins Gebein fährt". laut.de (in German). Retrieved June 7, 2023.
  6. ↑ Anonymous (September 10, 2003). "Spineshank – Self-Destructive Pattern Review". metal.de. Retrieved June 7, 2023.
  7. ↑ Damrod (January 14, 2005). "Spineshank – Self Destructive Pattern (album review 2)". Sputnikmusic. Retrieved June 7, 2023.
  8. ↑ Ryan, Gavin (2011). Australia's Music Charts 1988–2010 (PDF ed.). Mt Martha, Victoria, Australia: Moonlight Publishing. p. 264.
  9. ↑ "Official Albums Chart on 20/7/2003 – Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved October 17, 2022.
  10. ↑ "Billboard 200: Week of September 26, 2003". Billboard. Retrieved October 17, 2022.