The Innocent Demons Dance

The Innocent Demons Dance is the fourth full-length studio album by American metal act Triple Seven. Released on February 19, 2016, it is the first by them not to feature long-time drummer and bandleader Derrick Halsey, who was fired from the group close to a year after Lilith's Epiphany. His role in the band has been filled by Micah Trevant of ex-Burn the Dread.
==Composition==
;Styles and themes
Stylistically the band's fourth official recording boasts a prog sound with pop connotations, while keeping the alt-metal elements of Triple Seven's last two albums. Compared to Lilith's Epiphany, there is less variation on The Innocent Demons Dance, although there are still specks of eclecticism. Here's the following songs that prove most diverse in order:
*"It's a Secret to Everybody" bears a gothic rock mien, apparently borne out of Ashlee Erickson's soft spot for HIM. Intended to be 'halfway satire.'
*"Fists and Minds" exhibits power metal characteristics.
*The title track is essentially an amalgam of dream pop and ethereal wave.
This is the first ever release by the band in which all its contributors had a hand in the songwriting process. Erickson was very much involved, able to write lyrics on her own this time around, as was Chance Bottings, who supplied much more background vocals. From a thematic standpoint, The Innocent Demons Dance is a loose concept album that follows the story of a teenager who, upon arriving in the deepest depths of Hell, decides to make the most of her time here. 7 out of the 14 songs are connected to the general plot, those being:
*"The Displeasure's All Mine"
*"From Zero to Negative Infinity"
*"A Lesson in Torture"
*"Beneath the Death Cafe"
*"Undoing Sadness"
*"Can I Faint Here?"
*"The Innocent Demons Dance"
==Track listing==
# "The Displeasure's All Mine" – 4:35
# "From Zero to Negative Infinity" – 4:23
# "Souls Before Bodies" – 5:06
# "A Lesson in Torture" – 4:46
# "Espada" – 4:08
# "It's a Secret to Everybody" – 6:34
# "Violent Silence" – 3:26
# "The Newest Corpse" – 4:32
# "Beneath the Death Cafe" – 5:13
# "Fists and Minds" – 3:54
# "Undoing Sadness" – 7:22
# "With Bitter Words Come Hopeful Actions" – 4:06
# "Can I Faint Here?" – 4:27
# "The Innocent Demons Dance" – 9:48
# "Back Burner" (Japanese bonus track) – 3:37
# "Kiss a Tombstone" (Japanese and limited edition bonus track) – 5:04
# "Garden of Idiots" (European bonus track) – 4:46
# "This Place Was Armageddon" (European and limited edition bonus track) – 4:12
==Personnel==
;Triple Seven
*Ashlee Erickson – lead vocals, vocoder (3, 9); lyrics
*Ray Drieberg – lead guitar
*Skylar Vega – bass, keyboards
*Chance Bottings – rhythm guitar, backing vocals
*Micah Trevant – drums, percussion
;Studio
*Toby Wright – production, mixing
*Paul Northfield – engineer
*John Golden – mastering
*Daniel Bergstrand – pre-production
;Visual
*Ryohei Hase – illustrations
*Orion Landau – design
==Details==
*Released: February 19, 2016
*Recorded: June–November 2015
*Genre: Alternative metal, progressive metal, pop rock
*Length: 72:20
*Label: Relapse
*Producer: Toby Wright
Category:Triple Seven
Category:Studio albums
Category:Relapse Records