Breathless (The Eyes of a Traitor album)

Breathless is the second and final studio album by British metal band The Eyes of a Traitor. It was released in Europe via Listenable Records on 12 July 2010 and in North America on 27 July. The album name is from the title track "Breathless" which was a single 9 months prior to the release of this record. Breathless was released in North America on 8 February via Entertainment 1, home to Black Label Society, In Flames and Hatebreed.

Breathless
Studio album by
The Eyes of a Traitor
Released12 July 2010 (2010-07-12)
RecordedFebruary 2010 (2010-02) – March 2010 (2010-03), @ Outhouse Studios, Reading, Berkshire
GenreMetalcore
Length38:13
LabelListenable
E1 (8 February 2011)
ProducerJohn Mitchell
The Eyes of a Traitor chronology
A Clear Perception
(2009)		 Breathless
(2010)		 The Disease EP
(2011)
Singles from Breathless
  1. "Come To My Senses"
    Released: 29 June 2010
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Kerrang![1]
Rockfreaks(7.5/10)[2]
Thrash Hits [3]

Release and promotion

The track "Nothing to Offer" was released as a digital, non-album single on 1 September 2009[4] which has been re-recorded for Breathless, as well with the title track Breathless was released as a demo version on their myspace on February 8.[5] On the BBC Radio 1 The Rock Show 11 May 2010 show, Daniel. P.Carter played Come to my Senses, the proposed first single for this album.[6] they have continued to promote the album by releasing the 6th track 'Talk of the town' on their Myspace on 10 June. the band commented that "the song is probably the heaviest tune on the new album. It was one of the first songs we've created for 'Breathless' and it was written in a day." The album was leaked on 11 July.[7]

Track listing

All lyrics are written by Jack Delany; all music is composed by Sam Brennan and The Eyes of a Traitor[8].

No.TitleLength
1."Prologue"0:47
2."The Birth"3:53
3."Come To My Senses"4:26
4."The Real You"3:35
5."Your Old Ways"4:34
6."Talk Of The Town"4:09
7."Nothing To Offer"4:00
8."Breathless"3:57
9."Crumble And Break"4:06
10."Grounded"4:49
Total length:38:13

Personnel
The Eyes Of a Traitor
Production
  • Produced & mixed by John Mitchell
  • Engineered by Ben Humphreys & James Bilinge
  • Management by Leander Gloversmith
  • Publicity by Emma Van Duyts (Public City PR)
  • Booking by Marco Walzel
  • Artwork by Paul Jackson (Tank.Axe.Love)
  • Photo by Alex Gregory

References
  1. James Kickie (7 July 2010). "Brit matal five-piece find their identity on second album". Kerrang!. Retrieved 9 September 2012.
  2. Aleksi Pertola (11 November 2010). "The Eyes Of A Traitor - Breathless - Rockfreaks.net". Rockfreaks.net. Retrieved 9 September 2012.
  3. Tom Doyle (29 July 2010). "Album: The Eyes of a Traitor – Breathless". Thrash Hits. Retrieved 9 September 2012.
  4. The Eyes of a Traitor (August 16, 2009). "The Nothing To Offer Single Myspace Blog". Myspace. Archived from the original on 2009-02-07. Retrieved 2010-05-31.
  5. The Eyes of a Traitor (February 3, 2010). "A blog about the breathless demo track and competition". Myspace. Archived from the original on February 7, 2009.
  6. BBC (18 May 2010). "BBC Radio 1 The Rock Show May 11, 2010 podcast". BBC.
  7. "The Eyes Of A Traitor Streaming New Song "Talk Of The Town"". Metal Underground. 10/06/2010. Check date values in: |date= (help)
  8. "Exclusive interview with THE EYES OF A TRAITOR vocalist, Jack Delaney". March 10, 2011. Archived from the original on August 14, 2011.
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