Lux (Gemini Syndrome album)
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| Studio album by Gemini Syndrome | ||||
| Released | September 10, 2013 | |||
| Genre | Alternative metal, heavy metal | |||
| Length | 43:53 | |||
| Label | Warner Bros. | |||
| Producer | Kevin Churko[1] | |||
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| AllMusic |    [2] |
Lux is the debut studio album from American heavy metal band Gemini Syndrome.[3] It was released on September 10, 2013 through Warner Bros. Records.[3] "Pleasure and Pain", "Basement", "Left of Me," and "Stardust" have all been released as singles.[4] The final single "Stardust" peaked at No. 19 on the Mainstream Rock Tracks chart in the US. "Basement," "Resurrection," "Take This," and "Syndrome" were all previously released on the rare EP they released in January 2011.[5]
Reception
The album peaked at No. 3 on Top Heatseekers charts.[6]
Song Meanings
Aaron Nordstrom on Basement: "Basement is pretty personal. That's just blatant discussion of me being the teenager with Albinism and my conversation with God at the time and being angry about it, not trying - not really understanding where I fit in in society in my pure group. [...] It was a working title at beginning, but it kinda worked out in a sense that as a kid, and even if I could now, I would, I always lived in the basement because it was darker. I'm photosensitive, being Albino, so it was always darker."[7]
Aaron Nordstrom on Mourning Star: "I wrote that at really stressful time of my life. It's not directly related to anything I was going through necessarily at the time. That song is more of a diatribe about the fall of Lucifer from heaven and in that sense of metaphor for everybody's kinda battle with their own faith in, I don't want to say God necessarily, but you know, their place in the universe and your purpose for being here. I went through very, very emotional point when I was writing that song. That was really heavy emotional time for me to put that on paper."[7]
Track listing
All tracks written by Gemini Syndrome.
| No. | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Pleasure and Pain" | 4:17 |
| 2. | "Basement" | 3:11 |
| 3. | "Falling Apart" | 3:36 |
| 4. | "Resurrection" | 3:54 |
| 5. | "Stardust" | 3:48 |
| 6. | "Mourning Star" | 4:36 |
| 7. | "Left of Me" | 3:06 |
| 8. | "Pay For This" | 3:38 |
| 9. | "Take This" | 5:05 |
| 10. | "Babylon" | 3:15 |
| 11. | "Syndrome" | 3:33 |
| 12. | "Lux" | 1:56 |
Total length: |
43:53 | |
Personnel
Musicians
- Aaron Nordstrom - lead vocals
- Rich Juzwick - rhythm guitar
- Mike Salerno - lead guitar
- Alessandro Paveri - bass
- Brian Steele Medina - drums
References
- ↑ https://web.archive.org/web/20141015195741/http://www.broadwayworld.com/bwwmusic/article/Gemini-Syndrome-Adds-Tour-Dates-Debut-Album-Out-910-20130730. Archived from the original on October 15, 2014. Retrieved October 2, 2014. Missing or empty
|title=(help) - ↑ Monger, James (2013-09-10). "Gemini Syndrome - Lux". AllMusic. Retrieved 2014-10-01.
- 1 2 "Lux". Gemini Syndrome Official Website. Retrieved 3 December 2014.
- ↑ "Gemini Syndrome - complete achievements". Spirit of Metal Webzine. Retrieved February 20, 2015.
- ↑ "Gemini Syndrome - complete achievements (Albums)". Spirit of Metal Webzine. Retrieved February 20, 2015.
- ↑ "Bubbling Under: Gemini Syndrome's 'Stardust' Settles In At Rock Radio". Billboard. Retrieved 3 December 2014.
- 1 2 "GEMINI SYNDROME - interview with vocalist Aaron Nordstrom.". YouTube.com. Retrieved 2015-05-15.