The March (album)


The March is the fourth studio album by American metalcore band Unearth. The album was released on October 14, 2008, through Metal Blade Records. The album is a concept album and has a theme of "symbolizing both the evil and hopeful sides of humanity". This is also their sole album to feature drummer Derek Kerswill, who parted ways with the band in 2010.

Album information

The album is a concept album as it represents both the evil and the hopeful sides of humanity. Lead singer Trevor Phipps discusses this idea:
The album was produced by Adam Dutkiewicz of Killswitch Engage, who had also worked the band's previous albums, The Stings of Conscience and The Oncoming Storm.
A version "The Chosen" originally appeared on the Aqua Teen Hunger Force Colon Movie Film for Theaters soundtrack.
The album art was designed by .
The album debuted at #45 on the Billboard Top 200 chart with first week sales of just under 11,000 copies. Billboard later showed that "The March", as of early 2009, has sold over 100,000 units worldwide.
The song "Grave of Opportunity" is available as a free downloadable track for the popular console game Guitar Hero World Tour.
Also "We Are Not Anonymous" served as a downloadable content for the Rock Band series on the Rock Band Network Store for 160 Microsoft Points

Critical reception

The album was met with favorable reviews. Exclaim! Wrote "The March is proof that this genre still has life left to give, reinforcing their rep as one of the greatest metalcore acts of the genre's lifetime."
Blabbermouth.net wrote "it's obvious that progress has been made in both the songwriting and performance departments." Adding "Where many others have branched out to the cusp of reinvention with each passing album, "The March" has simply unleashed Unearth squared."
Greg Prato, writing for AllMusic, stated "Unearth have pretty much perfected their hardcore-meets-Iron Maiden style/approach by this point. The March proves that all the early accolades were well worth it: Unearth have grown into one of metal's leading outfits."

Track listing

"Truth or Consequence" ends at 4:10, and "Our Callous Skin" fades at 3:12. Whichever song is the final track, after 30 seconds of silence, white noise can be heard, which then slowly fades in and becomes increasingly louder. After exactly two minutes, the white noise stops abruptly and a hidden track entitled "Silence Caught the Stubborn Tongue" begins, which continues, for the remainder of the album.

Special Edition Bonus DVD

A "Special Edition" of the album was released on Nov 10th, 2009. It includes a bonus DVD, which is over 80 minutes long. It contains 3 documentaries, 4 live videos, 3 official music videos, and 5 webisodes. As a special promotion by Metal Blade Records, those who pre-ordered the album would receive an autographed copy.
Bonus DVD contents

Personnel

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

Unearth

Additional musicians

  • Cory Brandan - additional vocals on "Grave of Opportunity", "We are not Anonymous"
  • Chris Day - additional vocals on "Grave of Opportunity", "We are not Anonymous"
  • Scottie Henry - additional vocals on "Grave of Opportunity", "We are not Anonymous"
  • Jake Schultz - additional vocals on "Grave of Opportunity", "We are not Anonymous"
  • Pat O'Donnell - additional vocals on "Grave of Opportunity", "We are not Anonymous"
  • Wes Pannell - additional vocals on "Grave of Opportunity", "We are not Anonymous"

Production

Studios