Habitual Levitations (Instilling Words with Tones)

Habitual Levitations
(Instilling Words with Tones)
Studio album by
Intronaut
Released18 March 2013 (Europe)
March 19, 2013 (North America)
GenreProgressive metal, post-metal
Length57:17
LabelCentury Media
Intronaut chronology
Valley of Smoke
(2010) 		Habitual Levitations
(Instilling Words with Tones)
(2013) 		The Direction of Last Things
(2015)

Habitual Levitations (Instilling Words with Tones) is the fourth studio album by American progressive metal band Intronaut. It was released on 18 March 2013 in Europe and 19 March 2013 in North America on Century Media Records, which also released their previous two albums Prehistoricisms and Valley of Smoke.

Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
Metacritic81/100[1]
Review scores
SourceRating
Alternative Press[2]
Blabbermouth[3]
Decibel Magazine[4]
Exclaim![5]
Revolver[6]
Sputnikmusic3.3/5[7]

Track listing

No.TitleLength
1."Killing Birds with Stones"8:02
2."The Welding"6:00
3."Steps"5:43
4."A Sore Sight for Eyes"5:30
5."Milk Leg"6:46
6."Harmonomicon"6:31
7."Eventual"6:44
8."Blood from a Stone"3:04
9."The Way Down"8:57

Personnel

Intronaut

  • Sacha Dunable – guitar, vocals
  • Dave Timnick – guitar, vocals
  • Danny Walker – drums
  • Joe Lester – bass

Production

  • John Haddad - recording engineer for drums
  • Derek Donley - recording engineer for guitars, bass, and vocals
  • Josh Newell - mixer
  • Paul Logus - master
  • David D'Andrea - layout

Release

The album is available as a digital download, CD and 12 inch double LP. The track "Milk Leg" premiered on Invisible Oranges on 29 January 2013[8] and a video debuted on 5 February 2013.[9] On 15 February 2013, "The Welding" was premiered on Pitchfork.[10] On 1 March 2013, "The Way Down" premiered on the German music site, Visions.de.[11]

References

  1. ^ "Habitual Levitations: Instilling Words with Tones". Metacritic. Retrieved April 7, 2013.
  2. ^ Schreurs, Jason (March 21, 2013). "Intronaut – Habitual Levitations". Alternative Press. Retrieved April 7, 2013.
  3. ^ Rivadavia, Eduardo. "Intronaut: Habitual Levitations (Century Media)". Blabbermouth. Retrieved 4 May 2013.
  4. ^ Mehling, Shane (April 2013). "Intronaut, Habitual Levitations (Instilling Words with Tones)". Decibel Magazine (102): 78.
  5. ^ Walschots, Natalie Z. (March 18, 2013). "Intronaut – Habitual Levitations (Instilling Words With Tones)". Exclaim!. Retrieved April 7, 2013.
  6. ^ Camisasca, Paige (March 5, 2013). "Review: Intronaut – Habitual Levitations (Instilling Words With Tones)". Revolver. Retrieved April 7, 2013.
  7. ^ Royal, Jacob (March 23, 2013). "Album Review – Intronaut: Habitual Levitations". Sputnikmusic. Retrieved 1 April 2013.
  8. ^ Kettering, Kelly (January 29, 2013). "Exclusive Song Stream: Intronaut's "Milk Leg"". Invisible Oranges. Archived from the original on February 3, 2013. Retrieved February 9, 2023.
  9. ^ Archived at Ghostarchive and the Wayback Machine: INTRONAUT - Milk Leg (Album Track). YouTube.
  10. ^ "Intronaut: "The Welding" | Tracks | Pitchfork". pitchfork.com. Archived from the original on 2013-02-16.
  11. ^ "Intronaut - Exklusive Premiere". March 2013.