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Selves We Cannot Forgive is the second full length album from American progressive death metal band Black Crown Initiate. The album was released on July 22, 2016[4] with eOne Music.[4] It was produced by Carson Slovak and Grant McFarland[4](August Burns Red, Texas In July, From Ashes To New) and recorded at Atrium Audio Recording Studio's[4] in Lancaster, Pennsylvania, with cover art by Travis Smith[4](Opeth, Devin Townsend, Avenged Sevenfold).[5][6]

Selves We Cannot Forgive
Studio album by Black Crown Initiate
Released	July 22, 2016
Recorded	Atrium Audio
Genre	Progressive death metal
Length	51:31
Label	eOne Music
Producer	Carson Slovak, Grant McFarland
Black Crown Initiate chronology
The Wreckage of Stars (2014) Selves We Cannot Forgive (2016) Violent Portraits of Doomed Escape (2020)
Singles from Halfway Human
"For Red Cloud" Released: May 16, 2016 (2016-05-16) "Selves We Cannot Forgive" Released: June 8, 2016 (2016-06-08)

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
Metal Sucks	(4/5)[1]
Sputnik Music	(3.5/5)[2]
Metal Injection	(8/10)[3]

To date it is the band's strongest selling album, moving 1,825 copies in its debut week.[7]

Background

This is the band's final album with long-time guitarist Rik Stelzpflug, who would depart the band shortly before the release of the album, though he would still receive co-writing credits on "Sorrowpsalm".[8]

Replacing Stelzpflug was former The Faceless and Glass Casket guitarist Wes Hauch, who provided a guest solo on "Again". Though Hauch was pictured with the band before the album was released, he was only credited with the single guitar solo on the album.[9]

Former Vale of Pnath guitarist Mikey Reeves provides a guest solo on "For Red Cloud" and "Transmit to Disconnect".[10]

A music video for "Selves We Cannot Forgive" was released on July 25.[11]

Track listing

Credits

Production and performance credits are adapted from the album liner notes.

Personnel

Black Crown Initiate

• James Dorton – Vocals
• Andy Thomas – Guitars, Vocals
• Nick Shaw – Bass
• Jesse Beahler – Drums

Additional musicians

• Grant McFarland, Sarah Thomas, Amanda Mellinger, Adam Biggs, Jeremy Graeff – Group Vocals on "Matriarch"
• Mikey Reeves – Guitar Solos on "For Red Cloud" and "Transmit to Disconnect"
• Wes Hauch – Guitar Solo on "Again"
• Grant McFarland – Cello on "Selves we Cannot Forgive", "Matriarch", and "Fallen Angel"
• Rik Stelzpflug – co-writer on Sorrowpsalm

Production

• Travis Smith – Artwork
• Sean Marlow – Design
• Paul Grosso – Creative Direction
• Alan Douches – Mastering
• Carson Slovak, Grant McFarland – Production

References

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