A Search for Reason

A Search for Reason
Studio album by Kilgore
Released May 12, 1998
Recorded Castle Oaks, Calabasas, CA.
Genre Alternative metal, nu metal, post-grunge
Length 43:10
Label Unsound Records
Producer Ed Stasium
Kilgore chronology
Blue Collar Solitude
(1995)
A Search for Reason
(1998)

A Search for Reason[1] is the second studio album by American band Kilgore. It was released on the 12th of May 1998 through independent record label Unsound Records. It is considered an impressive step forward for the alternative metal quartet. The album blends styles drawing from hardcore punk, metal and post-alternative industrial and grunge.

Background

The album was the first and final album released under the name Kilgore. The previous release, Blue Collar Solitude, was released when the band was still called Kilgore Smudge. The album features some songwriting credits to guitarist Brian McKenzie, who had left the band before the release of A Search for Reason. The song "TK-421" is a reference to a Star Wars Stormtrooper.

Track listing

No. TitleMusic Length
1. "Steamroller"  Jay Berndt, Steve Johnson, Mike Pelletier, Bill Southerland 2:11
2. "Avowal"  Jay Berndt, Steve Johnson, Mike Pelletier, Bill Southerland 3:45
3. "Introverted"  Jay Berndt, Steve Johnson, Brian McKenzie, Mike Pelletier, Bill Southerland 3:35
4. "In Medias Res"  Jay Berndt, Steve Johnson, Mike Pelletier, Bill Southerland 3:51
5. "Never Again"  Jay Berndt, Steve Johnson, Mike Pelletier, Bill Southerland 3:40
6. "Lullaby for Your Casket"  Jay Berndt, Steve Johnson, Brian McKenzie, Mike Pelletier, Bill Southerland 3:18
7. "Prayers for the Dying"  Jay Berndt, Steve Johnson, Mike Pelletier, Bill Southerland 3:13
8. "Providence"  Jay Berndt, Steve Johnson, Mike Pelletier, Bill Southerland 4:32
9. "Drop the Hammer"  Jay Berndt, Steve Johnson, Brian McKenzie, Mike Pelletier, Bill Southerland 2:14
10. "TK 421" (featuring Burton C. Bell)Jay Berndt, Steve Johnson, Brian McKenzie, Mike Pelletier, Bill Southerland 4:27
11. "Double-Edged Sword"  Jay Berndt, Steve Johnson, Mike Pelletier, Bill Southerland 3:22
12. "X"  Jay Berndt, Steve Johnson, Mike Pelletier, Bill Southerland 5:02 [2]
Total length:
43:10

Personnel

References

  1. A Search for Reason, catalog number 15.644.72, barcode 743215644729
  2. "A Search for Reason". discogs.com.
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