Sunrise on Slaughter Beach is the thirteenth studio album by American rock band Clutch. It was released on September 16, 2022, through the band's own label Weathermaker Music.[3][4] It is Clutch's first studio album since Book of Bad Decisions in 2018. The album was originally intended as a positive counterpoint to the social volatility and divisiveness caused by the COVID-19 pandemic, but the lyrics eventually touched on a more diverse range of social topics.[5][6]
| Sunrise on Slaughter Beach | ||||
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| Released | September 16, 2022 | |||
| Recorded | Late 2021 | |||
| Studio | The Magpie Cage Recording Studio, Baltimore, Maryland | |||
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| Length | 33:10 | |||
| Label | Weathermaker | |||
| Producer | Tom Dalgety | |||
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| Singles from Sunrise on Slaughter Beach | ||||
At Metacritic, which assigns a normalised rating out of 100 to reviews from professional publications, the album has an average score of 80 based on 9 reviews, indicating "generally favorable reviews".[7] According to Blabbermouth, the album fits within Clutch's long-term development, "never taking any drastic left turns, though progression and noticeable change has been evident over time."[5] MetalSucks largely agreed, stating that "Sunrise on Slaughter Beach is your typical Clutch record," but "there’s always a little more going on under the hood of any Clutch offering."[8]
Kerrang! offered a positive review, stating that "13 albums in, Clutch are still uniquely brilliant, master craftsmen of a form at once ingeniously simple and amazingly clever."[9] Metal Injection called the album "grand without pomposity, experimental without an inch of fat and underwritten with grooves so thick you could build a bridge out of them."[10] According to Metal Planet Music, "Clutch have delivered a monster album here. It’s dirty, sludgy, heavy as hell and trippy when it needs to be."[11] According to Rock n' Load, "‘Sunrise on Slaughter Beach’ is a grand entrance into newfound Clutch territory not seen before. Whilst still harnessing their iconic sound, the band have managed to widen their range and prove themselves once more pioneers; unafraid of throwing out a curveball"[12]
All lyrics are written by Neil Fallon; all music is composed by Clutch.
| No. | Title | Length |
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| 1. | "Red Alert (Boss Metal Zone)" | 2:45 |
| 2. | "Slaughter Beach" | 3:41 |
| 3. | "Mountain of Bone" | 4:23 |
| 4. | "Nosferatu Madre" | 3:27 |
| 5. | "Mercy Brown" | 5:15 |
| 6. | "We Strive for Excellence" | 2:55 |
| 7. | "Skeletons on Mars" | 4:10 |
| 8. | "Three Golden Horns" | 3:26 |
| 9. | "Jackhammer Our Names" | 3:08 |
| Total length: | 33:10 | |
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| Chart (2022) | Peak position |
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| Australian Digital Albums (ARIA)[13] | 7 |
| Australian Hitseekers Albums (ARIA)[13] | 12 |
| German Albums (Offizielle Top 100)[14] | 54 |
| Scottish Albums (OCC)[15] | 99 |
| Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade)[16] | 59 |
| UK Independent Albums (OCC)[17] | 23 |
| UK Rock & Metal Albums (OCC)[18] | 4 |
| US Billboard 200[19] | 89 |
| US Independent Albums (Billboard)[20] | 12 |
| US Top Hard Rock Albums (Billboard)[21] | 3 |
| US Top Rock Albums (Billboard)[22] | 16 |
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