This Is the Six
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| Studio album by While She Sleeps | ||||
| Released | 13 August 2012 | |||
| Recorded | 1 November 2011 – February 2012, @ Chapel Studios, Lincolnshire, England / Treehouse Studios, Chesterfield, England / Undisclosed Studio, Wales | |||
| Genre | Metalcore | |||
| Length | 44:32 | |||
| Label | Search and Destroy, Sony Music | |||
| Producer | Carl Bown | |||
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| Source | Rating |
| Alt Sounds | favourable |
| BBC | favourable |
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This Is the Six is the debut studio album by British metalcore band While She Sleeps. The album was released on 13 August 2012 through Search and Destroy Records. Preparation for the album began in late 2010/early 2011, with recording beginning on 1 November 2011 and wrapping up in February 2012. The title track "This Is the Six" was released as the first single from the album on 13 May 2012. The band have stated that the album will showcase a more polished and progressive sound than their previous material. The album debuted at #27 on the UK Album Chart.
Work on While She Sleeps' first full-length album began shortly after the release of their debut mini-album The North Stands for Nothing. In a video published by the band in October 2010, vocalist Lawrence Taylor spoke of how they'd begun work on new material and that it is "just the beginning of the thinking process". Throughout most of 2010 and 2011 the band toured heavily in UK and Europe, working on new material between tours at their home studio in Sheffield, England. On 15 March 2011, While She Sleeps released the single "Be(lie)ve", originally described as a way of putting out some new material to bridge the gap between albums. A lot of the initial writing for the album has been attributed to Long. Bassist Aaran Mackenzie describes him as "the main riff writer" while drummer Adam Savage explains, "[Long] does a lot of pre-pros, then he brings it to the band and we’ll have a listen and a jam". In October 2011, the band released a video discussing their plans for the next album, stating that they had written 10 tracks and "found the sound of the record". Despite their preparation, the band said that things could change as they are "not a band that gets a track fully finished before recording it", allowing them the freedom to "still make some final decisions in the studio".
On 1 November 2011, While She Sleeps entered Chapel Studios in Lincolnshire, England to begin recording drums for the album. After all the drums were tracked, the band moved to Treehouse Studios in Chesterfield, England, to record the rest of the album. This was the first time the band had recorded their music in a professional recording studio and worked with a producer. When speaking about working with producer Carl Bown, guitarist Long said that "it's cool having someone we don't really know giving us input" adding that he thinks they need that "outsiders view". He also stated that they changed songs as they went along, with guitarist Welsh commenting that "we're going with a really gut instinct" and trying different ideas on the spot. Recording for the majority of the album ended some time in December, however, some extra piano parts were recorded at an undisclosed studio in Wales in February 2012.
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