Foundations of Burden is the second full-length album by the American doom metal band Pallbearer. It was released on August 19, 2014 by Profound Lore Records.[2] On June 24, 2014, the track "The Ghost I Used to Be" from the album was made available for streaming on NPR,[3] and can be purchased as a digital download from the band's Bandcamp site.[4]

Foundations of Burden
Studio album by
ReleasedAugust 19, 2014
RecordedFebruary−March 2014
StudioType Foundry Studios, Portland, Oregon
GenreDoom metal
Length54:58
LabelProfound Lore
ProducerBilly Anderson
Pallbearer chronology
Sorrow and Extinction
(2012)
Foundations of Burden
(2014)
Heartless
(2017)
Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
Metacritic88/100[1]
Review scores
SourceRating
Pitchfork Media(8.6/10) [1]
The A.V. Club(A) [2]
Exclaim!(9/10) [3]
The Austin Chronicle [4]
AbsolutePunk(8.8/10) [5]
Paste(8.2/10) [6]
No Ripchord(8/10) [7]
musicOMH [8]
AllMusic [9]
The Line of Best Fit(8/10) [10]
The Quietus(Favourable) [11]
PopMatters(7/10) [12]
Tiny Mix Tapes [13]
NOW [14]

Track listing

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All songs written and composed by Pallbearer.

No.TitleLength
1."Worlds Apart"10:17
2."Foundations"8:42
3."Watcher in the Dark"10:40
4."The Ghost I Used to Be"10:17
5."Ashes"3:19
6."Vanished"11:42
Total length:54:58

Personnel

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  • Brett Campbell - lead vocals, guitar, lyricist, composer
  • Devin Holt - guitar, auxiliary vocals on songs 1 & 3
  • Joseph D. Rowland - bass guitar, piano/Rhodes/analog synthesizer, auxiliary vocals on songs 1 & 4, lead vocals on song 5, lyricist, composer
  • Mark Lierly - drums
  • Billy Anderson - Engineer, Producer
  • Rohan Sforcina - Studio Assistant
  • Justin Weis - Mastering
  • Chimere Noire - Layout
  • Erin Pierce - Photography
  • Diana Lee Zadlo - Band Photo

Charts

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Chart (2014) Peak
position
US Billboard 200[5] 90
US Billboard Hard Rock Albums[6] 10
US Billboard Independent Albums[7] 14

References

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  1. ^ "Foundations of Burden - Pallbearer". Metacritic. Retrieved 20 October 2014.
  2. ^ "Foundations of Burden, by Pallbearer".
  3. ^ Gotrich, Lars (24 June 2014). "Viking's Choice: Pallbearer, 'The Ghost I Used to Be'". NPR.
  4. ^ "The Ghost I Used to be, by Pallbearer".
  5. ^ "Pallbearer - Billboard 200 chart". Billboard. Retrieved March 21, 2015.
  6. ^ "Pallbearer - Hard Rock Albums chart". Billboard. Retrieved March 21, 2015.
  7. ^ "Pallbearer - Independent Albums chart". Billboard. Retrieved March 21, 2015.