Supernova (Today Is the Day album)

Supernova is the debut studio album by American band Today Is the Day, released in April 1993 by Amphetamine Reptile Records.[2] In 2008, a remastered version of the album, including tracks from the band's "I Bent Scared" 7" single, was released via Steve Austin's self run SuperNova Records. A music video was produced for the track "6 Dementia Satyr".

Supernova
Studio album by
Today Is the Day
ReleasedApril 10, 1993 (1993-04-10)
Recorded1993
StudioAmRep Recording Division, Minneapolis, Minnesota
Genre
Length53:30
LabelAmphetamine Reptile
ProducerSteve Austin, Tim Mac
Today Is the Day chronology
Supernova
(1993)		 Willpower
(1994)

Reception
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic[3]
Last RitesVery Positive[4]
Prefix Magazine[5]
Scene Point Blank[6]

Since its initial release in 1993, Supernova has been awarded with praise from critics for its style and musicianship. Patrick Kennedy of Allmusic awarded it 4 and a half out of 5 stars, hailing it as a "landmark recording" that "indicates that metal could indeed be far more than a simple, formulaic system of chugging riffs, screamed vocals, and stampeding drums."[3] Last Rites' Andrew Edmunds called the album "an essential purchase" and mentioned how the band "would lay the groundwork for a seemingly never-ending wave of spastic metal bands" in his review for the 2008 edition of the album.[4]

In an interview with the Lords of Metal fanzine, Steve Austin showed much satisfaction with older Today Is the Day work, mentioning how both Supernova and its successor Willpower are "the most fucked up albums that have ever been on planet Earth" and even suggested that the album played a key role in the development of heavy metal music, citing that artists such as The Dillinger Escape Plan and Botch were influenced by the sound of Today Is the Day.[7] Deadguy drummer Dave Rosenberg, who was briefly a member of Today Is the Day in 1996,[8] described Supernova as one of his favorite albums of all time.[9]

Track listing

All tracks are written by Steve Austin

No.TitleLength
1."Black Dahlia"3:31
2."6 Dementia Satyr"4:11
3."Silver Tongue"4:19
4."Blind Man at Mystic Lake"4:07
5."Adult World"5:15
6."The Begging"2:28
7."The Kick Inside"5:47
8."Goose Is Cooked"6:27
9."Timeless"0:39
10."Rise"4:42
11."The Guilt Barber"2:08
12."Self Portrait"9:51
2008 Remastered CD bonus tracks
No.TitleLength
13."I Bent Scared"4:45
14."C'mon Down and Get Saved"5:07
Total length:63:32

Personnel

Adapted from the Supernova liner notes.[10]

Today Is the Day

Production

Release history
Region Date Label Format Catalog
United States 1993 Amphetamine Reptile CD, CS, LP AMREP 047
Germany ARR 44/290
United States 2008 SuperNova CD SNR014
2010 Relapse 2LP RR 7086

References
  1. Earles, Andrew (March 31, 2015). "The Revival of Cherubs". Pitchfork. Retrieved October 16, 2017.
  2. Sprague, David (2007). "Today Is the Day". Trouser Press. Retrieved July 6, 2015.
  3. Kennedy, Patrick. "Supernova". Allmusic. Retrieved July 6, 2015.
  4. Edmunds, Andrew. "Review of Today Is The Day - Supernova (Reissue)". yourlastrites.com. Last Rites. Retrieved 1 April 2008.
  5. Rosenbloom, Etan. "Supernova Reissue review". prefixmag.com. Prefix Magazine. Retrieved 2008-04-30.
  6. Bob. "Today Is The Day - Supernova Review". scenepointblank.com. Scene Point Blank. Retrieved 2008-04-28.
  7. Smith, Evil. "Interview with Steve Austin". lordsofmetal.nl. Lords Of Metal.
  8. "Kill Yourself" / "Name Your Dysfunction" (Media notes). Today Is the Day / The Automatic Few. Change Zine. 1996. Vinyl liner notes. Change Zine #8.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)
  9. Rosenberg, Dave. "Deadguy Biography". deadguy.org. Deadguy. Archived from the original on 2000-10-26. Retrieved 2017-03-05.
  10. Supernova (booklet). Today Is the Day. Minneapolis, Minnesota: Amphetamine Reptile Records. 1993.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)
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