The 8th Plague (album)

The 8th Plague is the debut full-length album of the Spanish extreme metal act Hybrid (after the release of their previous EP Beyond Undeniable Entropy) which features eight songs linked by an apocalyptic conceptual thread that represents human self-destruction told through the stages of an insect’s metamorphosis.

The 8th Plague
Studio album by Hybrid
Released	August 8, 2008
Recorded	Between June and July 2007 at Sadman Studio
Genre	Technical death metal Progressive death metal
Length	37:26
Label	Eyesofsound
Producer	Hybrid
Hybrid chronology
Beyond Undeniable Entropy (2006) The 8th Plague (2008)

The album was recorded between June and July 2007 at Sadman Studio (One Last Word, Ictvs, Adrift) in Madrid by Carlos Santos and mastered by Alan Douches (Suffocation, Mastodon) at West West Side Music (New York). Artwork is courtesy of Seldon Hunt (Neurosis, Isis, Melvins).

The album was released on August 8, 2008 through London-based label Eyesofsound (Behold... The Arctopus, Dysrythmia, Yakuza).

Track listing

I. Ovum: Alienation

1. "Hundred Years Ocean" – 4:46
2. "Soul Prolapse" – 4:28
3. "Sleep of the Defeated" – 3:57

II. Larva: Narcotization

4. "Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder" – 4:14
5. "Sun Burnt" – 2:41

III. Chrysallis: Transformation

6. "Cocoon/Metamorphosis/Eclosion" – 3:48

IV. Imago: Obliteration

7. "The Omega Swarm" – 3:54
8. "Ashes of Babylon" – 9:38

Personnel

• Albano Fortes – vocals
• J. Oliver – guitar, backing vocals
• Miguel – guitar, backing vocals
• Kike – bass
• Chus Maestro – drums, backing vocals

External links

• Hybrid at Myspace
• Hybrid official forum
• Hybrid at Encyclopaedia Metallum
• Hybrid at Last.fm
• Eyesofsound record label