No Time to Bleed | ||||
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Studio album by Suicide Silence | ||||
Released | June 30, 2009 | |||
Recorded | 2008 - 2009 at the Machine Shop in Hoboken, NJ | |||
Genre | Deathcore | |||
Length | 37:45 | |||
Label | Century Media | |||
Producer | Machine | |||
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Cover for the European version of No Time to Bleed.
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Singles from No Time to Bleed | ||||
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About.com | |
Allmusic | |
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Chronicles of Chaos | |
Komodo Rock | (7.6/10) |
Rock Sound | |
Thrash Hits |
No Time to Bleed is the second studio album by American deathcore band Suicide Silence. It was released on June 30, 2009 through Century Media Records. The album was released in five different editions; the standard version, the Exclusive Hot Topic Edition, the iTunes edition, the vinyl edition, and the Maximum Bloodshed Edition. Upon its release, it debuted at number 32 on the Billboard 200, selling 14,001 copies in the United States alone. It is Suicide Silence's most critically acclaimed album and was re-released as No Time to Bleed: Body Bag Edition on July 1, 2010, little over a year after the record's original pressing. This is also the first release to feature Dan Kenny on bass.
Suicide Silence began writing for No Time to Bleed during the first half of 2008 and planned the recording and creation of the album later that year. On June 26, 2008, vocalist Mitch Lucker appeared on the MTV Headbangers Ball blog podcast. In the interview, Lucker revealed various information and stated that No Time to Bleed would be tracked as opposed to being recorded live, such as The Cleansing. Also from the interview, he said that it would "blow The Cleansing away" along with mentioning that they selected Machine to be the producer of the album.
On March 13, 2009, Suicide Silence completed tracking for No Time to Bleed. They also uploaded behind-the-scenes videos of the recording being processed on their YouTube channel. On April 20, 2009 the band uploaded the song "Lifted" onto their MySpace profile. Suicide Silence made a surprise appearance at the 11th annual New England Metal and Hardcore Festival and played the song "Wake Up". On June 1, 2009, the band uploaded "Wake Up" song onto their official merchandise page for streaming.
The standard, iTunes, Hot Topic, vinyl and Maximum Bloodshed editions of No Time to Bleed were released on June 30, 2009. Music videos have been created for the songs "Wake Up", "Genocide" and "Disengage". The music video for "Wake Up" was the first released from the album, it made its worldwide premiere through Fearnet on July 27, 2009, and was directed by David Brodski. "Genocide" was released as the album's first single on October 20, 2009 and spawned a music video that was created in collaboration with Bloody Disgusting to which led to its release on November 8, 2009. Prior to its release as a single, a remix for the song was created and featured in the film Saw VI. "Disengage" was released as the album's second single on April 20, 2010. The band made an announcement that a music video was in production for it during April and led to its release in June of that year.