Temple of the Morning Star

Temple of the Morning Star
Studio album by Today Is the Day
Released	September 23, 1997
Recorded	July 1997
Studio	Austin Enterprise, Nashville, TN
Genre	Noise rock, avant-garde metal
Length	57:16
Label	Relapse
Producer	Steve Austin
Today Is the Day chronology
Today Is the Day (1996) Temple of the Morning Star (1997) In the Eyes of God (1999)

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	[1]
Chronicles of Chaos	[2]

Temple of the Morning Star is the fourth studio album by the American noisecore band Today Is the Day, released on September 23, 1997 by Relapse Records.^[3]

Initially released in 1997 on vinyl and compact disc formats, the LP edition was limited to 1000 copies that included a track list that differed from the CD release, with "Satan Is Alive" being placed before "Crutch" and the removal of "I See You" entirely. The album was remastered and reissued on CD format in 2006 with expanded liner notes written by Steve Austin. According to the reissue liner notes, Austin was very poor at the time of the album's recording and lived in an abandoned warehouse.^[4]

Track listing

All tracks written by Steve Austin. 

No.	Title	Length
1.	"Temple of the Morning Star"	2:51
2.	"The Man Who Loves to Hurt Himself"	4:06
3.	"Blindspot"	1:49
4.	"High as the Sky"	2:13
5.	"Miracle"	2:32
6.	"Kill Yourself"	3:15
7.	"Mankind"	2:41
8.	"Pinnacle"	1:37
9.	"Crutch"	1:16
10.	"Root of All Evil"	3:48
11.	"Satan Is Alive"	2:59
12.	"Rabid Lassie"	2:52
13.	"Friend for Life"	0:25
14.	"My Life With You"	2:33
15.	"I See You"	2:59
16.	"Hermaphrodite"	8:19
17.	"Temple of the Morning Star" (features an unlisted cover of "Sabbath Bloody Sabbath")	10:55

Accolades

Year	Publication	Country	Accolade	Rank
2000	Terrorizer	United Kingdom	"Albums of the Year"	7	[5]
"*" denotes an unordered list.

Personnel

Adapted from the Temple of the Morning Star liner notes.^[6]

Today Is the Day Steve Austin – vocals, guitar, sampler, production Mike Hyde – drums, percussion Christopher Reeser – bass guitar, sampler

Production and additional personnel Matthew F. Jacobson – executive production Joe Kimball – cover art Dave Shirk – mastering William J. Yurkiewicz Jr. – executive production

Release history

Region	Date	Label	Format	Catalog
United States	1997	Relapse	CD, LP	RR 6964
	2006		CD	RR 6613

References

1. Schulte, Tom. "Temple of the Morning Star". Allmusic. Retrieved July 6, 2015.
2. Bromley, Adrian (1997-10-16). "Temple Of The Morning Star Review". chroniclesofchaos. Chronicles Of Chaos. Retrieved 2016-08-03.
3. Sprague, David (2007). "Today Is the Day". Trouser Press. Retrieved July 6, 2015.
4. Temple of the Morning Star [Reissue] (booklet). Today Is the Day. Upper Darby Township, Pennsylvania: Relapse Records. 2006.
5. "Terrorizer - Albums of the Year". Terrorizer. Retrieved 2010-04-16.
6. Temple of the Morning Star (booklet). Today Is the Day. Upper Darby Township, Pennsylvania: Relapse Records. 1997.

External links

• Temple Of The Morning Star at Discogs (list of releases)
• Temple of the Morning Star at Bandcamp