Decimate the Weak
Decimate the Weak is the debut studio album by American deathcore band Winds of Plague. Released February 5, 2008, the album is the first by Winds of Plague to be released through major label Century Media, and is the last to include drummer Jeff Tenney and keyboardist Matt Feinman. A music video for "The Impaler" was released.
In 2021, Joe Smith-Engelhardt of Alternative Press included the album in his list of "30 deathcore albums from the 2000s that define the genre".
Promotion and release
The album features the songs "A Cold Day in Hell", "Anthems of Apocalypse", "Legions" and "One Body Too Many", all of which were originally available on their debut album, A Cold Day in Hell, but were re-recorded for Decimate the Weak.Commercial performance
Decimate the Weak peaked at No. 9 on the Billboard Top Heatseekers chart and sold more than 3,600 copies its first week.Personnel
;Winds of Plague- Jonathan "Johnny Plague" Cooke-Hayden – vocals
- Nick Eash – lead guitar
- Nick Piunno – rhythm guitar
- Andrew Glover – bass
- Jeff Tenney – drums, percussion
- Matt Feinman – keyboards
- Sal Lococo of Sworn Enemy – guest vocals on track 4
- John Cairoli – guest vocals on track 6
- John Mishima – guest vocals on track 7
- Daniel Castleman – production, engineering, recording
- Tue Madsen – mixing, mastering