Planetary Duality

Planetary Duality is the second studio album by American death metal band The Faceless. It was released on November 11, 2008 through Sumerian Records (in Europe through Lifeforce Records). It is a concept album with the lyrics following a science fiction theme of an extraterrestrial and extra-dimensional race controlling the world and is loosely inspired by the book The Children of the Matrix by David Icke. The album debuted at number 119 on the Billboard 200, selling around 5,600 copies in its first week.

Planetary Duality
Studio album by The Faceless
Released	November 11, 2008
Recorded	2008
Genre	Technical death metal, progressive metal
Length	31:42
Label	Sumerian
Producer	Michael Keene
The Faceless chronology
Akeldama (2006) Planetary Duality (2008) Autotheism (2012)

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
Der Metal Krieger	(9/10)[1]
Ultimate Guitar	[2]
MetalSucks	[3]
Blabbermouth	(8.5/10)[4]

Track listing

No.	Title	Length
1.	"Prison Born"	1:59
2.	"Ancient Covenant[5]"	4:02
3.	"Shape Shifters"	0:44
4.	"Coldly Calculated Design"	3:41
5.	"XenoChrist"	5:01
6.	"Sons of Belial"	4:46
7.	"Legion of the Serpent"	4:27
8.	"Planetary Duality" I. "Hideous Revelation" II. "A Prophecies Fruition"	7:02 1:34 5:28
Total length:		31:42

Personnel

The Faceless

• Derek Rydquist - lead vocals
• Michael Keene - guitars, clean vocals, vocoder, keyboards
• Steve Jones - guitars
• Brandon Giffin - bass
• Lyle Cooper - drums

Artwork and design

• Artwork - Pär Olofsson^[6]
• Layout - Kilebong.com

Other

• Matthew Blackmar - keyboards

Appearances

The fifth song "XenoChrist" is featured in Rock Band 3 as downloadable content via the Rock Band Network.

External links

• Planetary Duality at AllMusic