Poison of Ages

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Poison of Ages

Studio album by 8 Foot Sativa

Released

May 21st 2007

Genre

Death metal
Thrash metal

Length

41:42

Label

Self Released

8 Foot Sativa chronology

Breed The Pain
(2005)

Poison Of Ages
(2007)

Poison of Ages is an album by New Zealand metal band 8 Foot Sativa. It was due to be released on 8th of May, 2006 but its release was delayed (See "Controversy" below). It was recorded at Studio Underground in Sweden. It has been self released by the band and is distributed by Universal Music in New Zealand. The official release date was May 21 2007. ^[1]

1 Track listing
2 Credits
3 Controversy
4 Misc info
5 References

[edit] Track listing

Emancipate – 3:26
Thumbs, Eye-Sockets, Love – 4:36
We, the Termites – 3:20
Exeunt – 4:43
Crosses For Eyes – 4:48
Pirates & Capitalists – 6:06
The Great Western Cliff-Hanger – 4:55
For the Birds – 4:29
Napalm Existence – 5:13

[edit] Credits

Ben Read - Vocals
Gary Smith - Guitar
William Cleverdon - Guitar
Brent Fox - Bass
Steven Westerberg - Drums

8 Foot Sativa's drummer at the time, Corey Friedlander, was planned to play the drums for this album but he injured himself prior to recording. Steven Westerberg from Carnal Forge ended up doing the drumming on this album. Petri Kuusisto, also from Carnal Forge, performed the guitar solos on the songs Crosses For Eyes and For The Birds.

[edit] Controversy

On the Official Forums Ben Read, the lead vocalist, stated that due to a breached contract Poison of Ages would not be able to be released until the band put together NZD $20,000. He however promised that the album would be released at some stage.^[2]

Ben stated later in the thread that the album hadn't been mastered because they hadn't paid the person who recorded it because someone breached their contract.

[edit] Misc info

A two minute demo of 'For the Birds' can be found on their website 8footsativa.com. The band premiered 'For the Birds' in August 2006 at The Rack and Ruin bar in Napier. They also premiered 'Thumbs, Eye Sockets, Love' not long afterwards. The band played at least three of the songs live before they released Poison of Ages.