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This Present Wasteland is the ninth studio album by American heavy metal band Metal Church. The album was released in the US on September 23, 2008 and in Europe on September 26.[2] This is the first album to feature guitarist Rick Van Zandt.

This Present Wasteland
Studio album by Metal Church
Released	September 23, 2008[1]
Studio	The English Channel Studio (Olympia, Washington)
Genre	Heavy metal thrash metal
Length	57:21
Label	SPV/Steamhammer
Producer	Kurdt Vanderhoof
Metal Church chronology
A Light in the Dark (2006) This Present Wasteland (2008) Generation Nothing (2013)

This Present Wasteland sold about 920 copies in the US in the week following its release.[3] This was their last album before their second breakup from July 2009 to October 2012.

The album cover was chosen from contest entries submitted on Myspace.[4]

Reception

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[1]
Metal Storm	7.5/10[5]
Rock Hard	6/10[6]

AllMusic reviewer Alex Henderson stated that, while the album was not "essential", it was "a solid and well-executed effort" by the band, singling out "Breathe Again", "Monster", "A War Never Won" and "Company of Sorrow" in particular as standout tracks on the album.[1] Metal Storm reviewer found the album solid and "extremely pleasant but not sensational", because Metal Church did not "take any risk with this new release" and kept the songs "really simple and not original."[5] Exclaim! reviewer Keith Carman praised Ronny Munroe's performance which he compared to Bruce Dickinson's, but found the music old-fashioned and "mired in more crooning, stock riffs and mid-tempo beats than anything truly engaging", concluding that "This Present Wasteland is a fitting moniker for a band living off nostalgia more than current ability."[7] Rock Hard reviewer called the current line-up "only a shadow of the aggressive quintet of the past" and remarked the scarce originality of the compositions and the pessimistic mood of the album.[6]

Track listing

Personnel

Metal Church

• Ronny Munroe – lead vocals
• Rick Van Zandt – lead guitar
• Kurdt Vanderhoof – rhythm guitar, Mellotron, synthesizer, producer, engineer, mixing
• Steve Unger – bass, backing vocals
• Jeff Plate – drums

Guest musicians

• Angus Clark – guitar solo on "Monster"
• Chris Caffery – guitar solo on "Mass Hysteria"
• Matt Leff – guitar solo on "Congregation"

References

На других языках

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- [en] This Present Wasteland

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[es] This Present Wasteland

This Present Wasteland es el noveno álbum de estudio de la banda estadounidense de heavy metal Metal Church, publicado en 2008 por SPV/Steamhammer Records. Esta es la primera grabación con el guitarrista Rick Van Zandt —compañero del vocalista Ronny Munroe en Rottweiller— quien reemplazó a Jay Reynolds.

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[ru] This Present Wasteland

This Present Wasteland — девятый студийный альбом группы Metal Church, издан в сентябре 2008 года звукозаписывающим лейблом Steamhammer/SPV. Первый альбом для нового гитариста Рика ван Зандта. Несмотря на то, что из первоначального состава остался только гитарист Курт Вандерхуф, группа благодаря ему осталась весьма преданной духу Metal Church образца 80-х годов.

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