Imprint (Vision of Disorder album) explained

Imprint
Type:Album
Artist:Vision of Disorder
Cover:VOD-Imprint-CD-Cover.JPG
Recorded:April 1–19, 1998
Length:43:33
Label:Roadrunner
Producer:Dave Sardy
Prev Title:Vision of Disorder
Prev Year:1996
Next Title:For the Bleeders
Next Year:1999

Imprint is the second studio album by American metal band Vision of Disorder, released on July 28, 1998, through Roadrunner Records. It was recorded between April 1 and April 19, 1998, with producer Dave Sardy.[1] [2] [3] The album's title is a reference to a permanently scarring knife incident that happened to vocalist Tim Williams. The album's artwork is a hospital photo of William's injury, manipulated on the computer by guitarist Mike Kennedy.[4]

Imprint received positive reviews from critics[5] and was a moderate commercial success, peaking at number 10 on the Billboard Heatseekers Albums Chart and number 197 on the UK Albums Chart. Despite this, Roadrunner would pull Vision of Disorder's touring support three months after the album's release, prompting the band to sever their ties with the label.[6] Imprint has since been hailed as an influential record in the metalcore genre.[7] [8] [9] In 2000, Terrorizer listed the album as one of the "100 Most Important Albums of the Nineties", calling it "the record Pantera should have made to push themselves even further beyond Far Beyond Driven".[10]

Track listing

Standard releaseJapanese edition

Credits

Production

Charts

!Chart (1998)!Peak
Position
US Heatseekers Albums (Billboard)[11] 10
UK Albums Chart (OCC)[12] 197

Release history

Release history for Imprint!Reigon!Label!Format!Date!Ref.
United StatesRoadrunner RecordsJuly 28, 1998[13]
Canada
EuropeAugust 3, 1998
VariousMusic on VinylLPMay 11, 2018

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Vision Of Disorder - Imprint . May 22, 2020 . Discogs . en.
  2. Tsarfin . Zena . August 1998 . Vision of Disorder: Leaving Their Mark . . Scantec Publishing Ltd. . 57 . 38-39.
  3. Web site: Hinkson . Rick . November 1, 1998 . Vision of Disorder . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20030805083023/http://www.hiponline.com/artist/music/v/vod/interview/100002.html . 2003-08-05 . 2024-05-31 . Hip Online . en-US.
  4. Kaye . Don . August 1, 1998 . Chaos AD! . . . UK . 710 . 40–41 . 0262-6624.
  5. Web site: Sepultura, Vision of Disorder Prove Metal Still Shines . https://web.archive.org/web/20230519131108/https://www.mtv.com/news/vaqt6z/sepultura-vision-of-disorder-prove-metal-still-shines . dead . May 19, 2023 . 2023-05-19 . MTV . en.
  6. Web site: Downs . Alicia . From Bliss to Rough Edge: An Interview with Vision of Disorder's Mike Kennedy and Tim Williams . 14 April 2013 . Roughedge.com.
  7. Web site: Smith . Zach . 2012-09-13 . Decibrity Playlist: Vision Of Disorder . 2023-05-19 . . en-US.
  8. Web site: Barnard . Laurent . 2015-03-05 . This Is Hardcore: Vision Of Disorder – Imprint . 2023-05-19 . Metal Hammer (loudersound) . en.
  9. Web site: . 2020-07-22 . The Top 10 best proto-metalcore records . 2023-05-19 . Metal Hammer (loudersound) . en.
  10. Terry . Nick . February 2000 . The 100 Most Important Albums of the Nineties . . Scantec Publishing Ltd . 52-53 . 75 . 1350-6978.
  11. Anon. . 1998-08-01 . Billboard's Heatseekers Albums Chart . . en . Nielsen Business Media, Inc. . 110 . 31 . 17 . 0006-2510.
  12. Web site: Chart Log UK: V - Vybe . 2022-12-17 . www.zobbel.de.
  13. August 1998 . Just Out . . CMJ Network, Inc. . 60 . 70 . 1074-6978.

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