Sons of Society

Sons of Society is the eleventh studio album by American heavy metal band Riot, released in Japan on July 15, 1999, and in the US on September 7, 1999, with a missing track.

Sons of Society
Studio album by Riot
Released	September 7, 1999
Recorded	Millbrook Sound Studios, Millbrook, New York
Genre	Heavy metal
Length	54:00
Label	Toshiba EMI Japan Metal Blade
Producer	Mark Reale, Paul Orofino
Riot chronology
Shine On (1998) Sons of Society (1999) Through the Storm (2002)

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic
Collector's Guide to Heavy Metal	8/10

Track listing

All tracks are written by Mike DiMeo, Mark Reale, except where noted

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Snake Charmer"	Frank Carillo	1:04
2.	"On the Wings of Life"	Mike DiMeo, Mark Reale	4:36
3.	"Sons of Society"	DiMeo, Reale	4:26
4.	"Twist of Fate"	DiMeo, Reale, Mike Flyntz	5:36
5.	"Bad Machine"	DiMeo, Reale	5:06
6.	"Cover Me"	DiMeo, Reale	6:47
7.	"Dragonfire"	DiMeo, Reale, Flyntz	3:38
8.	"The Law"	DiMeo, Flyntz	3:46
9.	"Time to Bleed"	DiMeo, Reale, Pete Perez, Bobby Jarzombek	4:38
10.	"Queen"	DiMeo, Reale	4:28
11.	"Somewhere"	DiMeo, Perez	4:16
12.	"Promises"	DiMeo, Flyntz	4:35

• "Queen" is a standard track on the original Japan release but is obmitted on the US and other countries' releases.

Personnel

Band members

• Mike DiMeo – lead vocals, Hammond organ, keyboards
• Mark Reale – electric and acoustic guitars, keyboards, percussion, strings arrangements, producer
• Mike Flyntz – electric guitars
• Pete Perez – bass
• Bobby Jarzombek – drums

Additional musicians

• Frank Carrillo – sitar, tamboura
• Tony Harnell, Burt Carey – backing vocals

Production

• Paul Orofino – producer, engineer, mixing
• Chris Cubeta – engineer
• George Marino – mastering
• Jeff Allen, Jack Bart – executive producers