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Lifesblood for the Downtrodden is the eighth studio album by American sludge metal band Crowbar, released on February 8, 2005 through Candlelight Records. Its working title in 2004 had been You Don't Need an Enemy to Have a War. It is dedicated to the memory of guitarist Dimebag Darrell, who died after the band had recorded the album. The song "Coming Down" appeared on Fear Candy 13, a compilation CD issued by British extreme metal magazine Terrorizer.

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Lifesblood for the Downtrodden
Studio album by Crowbar
Released	February 8, 2005
Recorded	2004
Studio	Noizelab (New Orleans) Piety Studios (New Orleans) Middle Ear Studios (Miami) (track 11)
Genre	Sludge metal
Length	49:59
Label	Candlelight
Producer	Warren Riker, Rex Brown
Crowbar chronology
Sonic Excess in Its Purest Form (2001) Lifesblood for the Downtrodden (2005) Sever the Wicked Hand (2011)

Professional ratings

Review scores
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Track listing

Music videos

• "Dead Sun" (filmed in Miami, Florida, around August 2004 and directed by John-Martin Vogel and Robert Lisman)
• "Slave No More" (filmed in Miami, Florida, on June 21, 2005 and directed by John-Martin Vogel)

Personnel

Crowbar

• Kirk Windstein – vocals (tracks 1–11), rhythm guitar (tracks 1–10)
• Steve Gibb – lead guitar, rhythm guitar (track 11)
• Rex Brown – bass, acoustic guitar, keyboards
• Craig Nunenmacher – drums

Additional musicians

• Sid Montz – piano on "Lifesblood"

Production

• Rex Brown – producer
• Warren Riker – producer, engineering, mixing
• Scott "Ish" Campbell – engineering, mixing (track 11)
• Brett "Cosmo" Thorngren – mastering

References

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