Lilith's Epiphany

Lilith's Epiphany is the third full-length album by Triple Seven. It was released June 3, 2014 through Equal Vision. This album was the first to introduce Skylar Vega and Chance Bottings on bass and rhythm guitar, respectively. It was the last record to have original member Derrick Halsey on drums, who was dismissed nearly a year after it dropped.
Before Lilith's Epiphany came to be, the band had an earlier album's worth of material called Chimera. Writing started around Fall 2012, while the recording process commenced late-February 2013 -- close to two years after Ghost Romance. The five-piece was looking forward to wrapping up production and mixdown activities by mid-April 2014 until Equal Vision had them nip their intended project in the bud. As it turned out, Halsey had backed the label's decision, too; he was most unhappy on the notion that he was being upstaged and "backstabbed". All the songs off Chimera (which went unmastered) were scrapped a good nigh-seven months away from the deadline, leaving all but one of the members and producer David Bottrill under a great deal of stress. Rather than have the option to rebuild from scratch, the band was coerced by their label into working on a new effort altogether. Lilith's Epiphany was born!
==Style==
For their new album, Triple Seven wanted to expand on the musical direction they introduced via their last release, Ghost Romance. It is more varied than the previous LP, displaying influences of industrial, jazz, salsa, punk rock, heavy metal, and funk, while chucking its predecessor's metalcore components.
==Reception==
This record received mostly positive reviews among critics, but fan reaction towards it was ambivalent (particularly when Finding Enjoyment in Chaos used to be a hot commodity).  
Rushed and generally scattershot writing stages, tensions between Derrick, producer David Bottrill and the rest of the band, label interference, and certain recording misfortunes were enough for vocalist Erickson to consider Lilith's Epiphany Triple Seven's "darkest hour". In a 2018 interview, she called the group's 2014 effort her least favorite record she has contributed to -- a sentiment shared by Ray and Chance; she harbors a special distaste for the songs Sellout: A Human Shield, 777, Pimp Stick, and No Excuse for a Selfie. As of 2022, the only tracks off the album to be performed live have been retooled variants of Messiah to All Bread and A Devil Deserves to Cry. 
==Track listing==
#"Messiah to All Bread" – 3:48
#"DK Mode" – 5:20
#"A Devil Deserves to Cry" – 3:34
#"Grindhouse" – 3:16
#"Sellout: A Human Shield" – 4:12
#"777" – 2:44
#"Pollute the Loot" – 5:37
#"The Heads of Narcolepsy" – 4:18
#"Ravager" – 3:25
#"La Vie est Drôle" – 3:34
#"Pimp Stick" – 6:01
#"No Excuse for a Selfie" – 2:58
#"Every Succubus for Themselves" – 4:27
==Personnel==
;Triple Seven
*Ashlee Erickson – vocals, synthesizer (3–4, 7, 10)
*Ray Drieberg – lead guitar, lap steel guitar (5), slide guitar (1, 6, 10)
*Skylar Vega – bass, keyboards, upright bass (8–9), shamisen (11)
*Chance Bottings – rhythm guitar, rap (6), theremin (7)
*Derrick Halsey – drums, percussion, water drum (11), piano (13)
;Technical
*David Bottrill – producer, mixing
*Paul Figueroa – engineer
*Roger Lian – mastering
*Bill Korecky – additional mixing
;Visual
*Jason Oda (StarvingEyes) – illustrations, layout, design
==Details==
*Released: June 3, 2014
*Recorded: February–October 2013 (Chimera sessions); April–May 2014
*Genre: Alternative metal, experimental metal
*Length: 53:14
*Label: Equal Vision
*Producer: David Bottrill
Category:Triple Seven
Category:Studio albums
Category:Equal Vision Records