Agents of Oblivion (album)

Agents of Oblivion
Studio album by Agents of Oblivion
Released	January 25, 2000
Genre	Alternative metal[1] Hardcore punk[2]
Length	56:43
Label	Rotten Records

Agents of Oblivion is the only album by American metal band Agents of Oblivion fronted by Dax Riggs, formerly of Acid Bath.

Track listing[]

1. "Endsmouth" – 4:24
2. "Slave Riot" – 3:21
3. "A Song That Crawls" – 4:10
4. "Dead Girl" – 6:25
5. "Phantom Green" – 5:06
6. "The Hangman's Daughter" – 4:34
7. "Ladybug" – 4:33
8. "Ash of the Mind" – 3:52
9. "Wither" – 4:18
10. "Paroled in '54" – 5:04
11. "Anthem (for this Haunted City)" – 3:40
12. "Cosmic Dancer" – 5:34
13. "Big Black Backwards" – 6:42

Personnel[]

• Dax Riggs – vocals, guitar
• Mike Sanchez – guitar
• Alex Bergeron – bass
• Chuck Pitre – keyboards
• Jeff McCarty – drums

The album's artwork, including the cover and disc art, was lifted from Mike Mignola's Hellboy comic book series.

Additional notes[]

• "Endsmouth" is a tribute to the Oni Press comic Neil Gaiman's Only the End of the World Again, which references the Cthulhu Mythos.
• The ending from "Phantom Green" is from Tim Burton's film Ed Wood (1994). It is not the actual clip from Bride of the Monster.
• The track "Dead Girl" is an electric guitar arrangement and cover of an acoustic track from Acid Bath's Paegan Terrorism Tactics.
• "Cosmic Dancer" is a T. Rex cover.
• "Big Black Backwards" and "Slave Riot" feature clips from the movie Gummo.

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