Murder the Dance

Murder the Dance is the second studio album by American metal band Bleed the Sky.^[1][2] It was released on June 10, 2008 in the United States through Nuclear Blast Records^[3] and on June 13 in Europe through Massacre Records.^[4] It features a total of 13 tracks,^[5] one of which being hidden.

Murder the Dance
Studio album by Bleed the Sky
Released	June 10, 2008
Recorded	April–July 2007 in Reseda, California
Genre	Metalcore, groove metal
Length	63:46
Label	Nuclear Blast (US) Massacre Records (Europe)
Producer	Christian Olde Wolbers
Bleed the Sky chronology
Paradigm in Entropy (2005) Murder the Dance (2008) This Way Lies Madness (2020)

The album was originally scheduled to be released by the end of 2007 and was finished recording by July of that same year. Due to internal issues within the band, its release was delayed. Bleed the Sky acquired new guitarist Justin Warrick who helped finish the recording of the album. The album was completed as of January 2008.

Track listing

1. "Knife Fight in a Phone Booth" – 3:41
2. "Sullivan" – 3:54
3. "Murder the Dance" – 4:16
4. "The Sleeping Beauty" – 4:25
5. "Morose" – 5:27
6. "Occam's Razor" – 4:04
7. "Bastion" – 4:14
8. "Slavior" – 4:40
9. "Kettle Black" – 3:23
10. "Poseidon" – 4:20
11. "The Demons That Could Be" – 3:49
12. "Vertical Smile" – 17:35

Personnel

• Noah Robinson – vocals
• Rob Thornton – guitar
• Justin Warrick – guitar, backing vocals
• Ryan Clark – bass
• Austin D'Amond – drums, backing vocals
• Wayne Miller – writing credit on "The Demons That Could Be" but did not record

Additional musicians

• Sons of Nero – artwork
• Ryan Clark – backing vocals

Production

• Christian Olde Wolbers – producer, engineering, mixing, mastering