Sunrise on Slaughter Beach

Professional ratings

Aggregate scores
Source	Rating
Metacritic	81/100[8]
Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[9]
Blabbermouth.net	8/10[6]
Classic Rock	[10]
Distorted Sound	8/10[11]
Kerrang!	[12]
Metal Hammer	[13]
Metal Injection	9/10[14]
MetalSucks	[15]
Rock 'N' Load	8/10[16]
Sputnikmusic	3.8/5[17]

The album has an average score of 81 out of 100 on Metacritic based on 6 professional reviews, indicating "universal acclaim".[8] According to Blabbermouth.net, the album fits within Clutch's long-term development, "never taking any drastic left turns, though progression and noticeable change has been evident over time."[6] MetalSucks largely agreed, stating that "Sunrise on Slaughter Beach is your typical Clutch record," but "there’s always a little more going on under the hood of any Clutch offering."[15] Kerrang! offered a positive review, stating that "13 albums in, Clutch are still uniquely brilliant, master craftsmen of a form at once ingeniously simple and amazingly clever."[12] Metal Injection called the album "grand without pomposity, experimental without an inch of fat and underwritten with grooves so thick you could build a bridge out of them."[14] According to Metal Planet Music, "Clutch have delivered a monster album here. It’s dirty, sludgy, heavy as hell and trippy when it needs to be."[18] Rock 'N' Load wrote in their review, "Sunrise on Slaughter Beach is a grand entrance into newfound Clutch territory not seen before. Whilst still harnessing their iconic sound, the band have managed to widen their range and prove themselves once more pioneers; unafraid of throwing out a curveball."[16]

Clutch

• Neil Fallon – vocals, rhythm guitar
• Tim Sult – lead guitar
• Dan Maines – bass
• Jean-Paul Gaster – drums, vibraphone

Additional personnel

• J. Robbins – theremin
• Deborah Bond – backing vocals
• Frenchie Davis – backing vocals

Production

• Tom Dalgety – production, mixing