Flotsam And Jetsam "I Am The Weapon [Digipak, Germany, AFM Records, AFM 901-9]"

I Am the Weapon is the fifteenth studio album by American thrash metal band Flotsam and Jetsam, released on September 13, 2024. This album marked the first time since 2010's The Cold that the band recorded more than one album with the same lineup.

Track listing

1. "A New Kind of Hero" 4:50
2. "Primal" 3:53
3. "I Am the Weapon" 3:17
4. "Burned My Bridges" 4:14
5. "The Head of the Snake" 4:41
6. "Beneath the Shadows" 4:15
7. "Gates of Hell" 3:58
8. "Cold Steel Lights" 3:55
9. "Kings of the Underworld" 4:01
10. "Running Through the Fire" 4:53
11. "Black Wings" 5:19

Total length: 47:16

Issued in a 6-panel Digipak with clear tray and a 12-page booklet.

Track durations are not printed on the release.

Recording information:

Produced by Flotsam And Jetsam

Mixed and mastered at Hansen Studios, Ribe, Denmark.

Drums and vocals recorded at Sonicphish Productions.

Guitars recorded at Gnome Lord Studios By Michael Gilbert and Wayne Manor Studios by Steve Conley.

Bass recorded at Seventh Spike Studios.

Forteresse "Thèmes Pour La Rébellion (Canada, Sepulchral Productions, SP044)"

Thèmes Pour La Rébellion is the fifth album by Canadian Ambient/Black Metal band Forteresse, released June 24th, 2016.

Tracklist:

1. Aube de 1837 00:46
2. Spectre de la rébellion 05:33  
3. Là où nous allons 06:09
4. Par la bouche de mes canons 06:14   
5. Le sang des héros 06:51  
6. Forêt d'automne 05:20   
7. Vespérales 06:59  
8. Le dernier voyage 04:55

Time:  42:47  

The cover artwork is a segment of the painting "The Fire in the Saint-Jean Quarter, Seen Looking Westward" (1845) by Canadian painter Joseph Légaré.

English translation:

"Themes for the Rebellion"

01. "Dawn of 1837"

02. "Specter of the Rebellion"

03. "Where We Are Going"

04. "By the Mouths of My Cannons"

05. "The Blood of Heroes"

06. "Autumn Forest"

07. "Vesperal"

08. "The Last Journey"

Recording information:

Recorded by Forteresse during Winter 2016.

Mixed and mastered at Necromorbus Studio, Stockholm, Sweden.

Forteresse "Crépuscule d'Octobre (Canada, Sepulchral Productions, SP023)"

Crépuscule d'Octobre is the fourth album by Canadian Ambient/Black Metal band Forteresse, released November 22nd, 2011.

Tracklist:

1. Silence d'octobre 02:31   
2. Le triomphe des douze 07:21
3. La lame du passé 09:28   
4. Mon esprit rôde toujours 06:58  
5. Spectres du solstice 09:21  
6. Enfants du lys 09:06

Time:  44:45

There was also a "Die Hard" edition of the release available. Limited to 100 copies, this edition came with an exclusive long-sleeved shirt designed by Tony Roberts.

"Crépuscule d'Octobre" was written in 2006, just before "Les hivers de notre époque".

English translations:

- Title: October Twilight

- #1: October Silence

- #2: The Triumph of the Twelve

- #3: The Blade of the Past

- #4: My Mind Is Still Wandering

- #5: Specters of Solstice

- #6: Children of the Lilly

Recording information:

"Enregistré par Forteresse au printemps et à l'été 2011."

Forteresse "Par Hauts Bois Et Vastes Plaines (Canada, Sepulchral Productions, SP021)"

Par Hauts Bois Et Vastes Plaines is the third album by Canadian Ambient/Black Metal band Forteresse, released November 9th, 2010.

Tracklist:

1. Untitled I 8:16
2. Untitled II 1:23
3. Untitled III 10:23
4. Untitled IV 4:35
5. Untitled V 6:41
6. Untitled VI 1:29
7. Untitled VII 3:34

Time:  36:21

Enregistré à Québec été - automne 2009

The first copies ordered directly from Sepulchral Productions came with exclusice long-sleeved T-shirt.

Forteresse "Les Hivers De Notre Époque (Canada, Sepulchral Productions, SP010)"

Les Hivers De Notre Époque is the second album by Canadian Ambient/Black Metal band Forteresse, released March 4th, 2008.

Tracklist:

1. En quête du souvenir 04:40  
2. Ancienne voix 09:12  
3. Veille d'espoir - aube funeste 01:14   
4. Ténèbres 07:33  
5. Les corbeaux 09:39
6. Fils de patriotes - pères du renouveau 01:14  
7. Déluge blanc 06:37

Time:  40:09  

Introductions by Athos.

Poems of Émile Nelligan and Albert Lozeau.

The album is divided in three parts:

I - 1, 2.

II - 3, 4, 5.

III - 6, 7.

Scenes of Quebec's traditional life were extracted from paintings of Cornelius Krieghoff.

English translations:

- Title: The Winters of Our Time

- #1: In Search of Memory

- #2: Ancient Voice

- #3: Eve of Hope - Dawn of Doom

- #4: Darkness

- #5: The Crows

- #6: Sons of Patriots - Fathers of Renewal

- #7: White Flood