Whales and Leeches

Whales and Leeches
Studio album by Red Fang
Released	October 15, 2013
Recorded	Type Foundry Studio, Portland and Walker, Portland.
Genre	Stoner metal
Length	41:14
Label	Relapse
Producer	Red Fang, Chris Funk
Red Fang chronology
Murder the Mountains (2011) Whales and Leeches (2013) Only Ghosts (2016)
Singles from Whales and Leeches
"Crows in Swine" Released: September 2012 "Blood Like Cream" Released: August 27, 2013 "No Hope" Released: September 23, 2013

Professional ratings

Aggregate scores
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Metacritic	71/100
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Whales and Leeches is the third album by the American stoner metal band Red Fang, released in 2013 on Relapse Records.

Track listing

All tracks are written by Aaron Beam, Maurice Bryan Giles, David Sullivan and John Sherman, except where noted.

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"DOEN"		3:18
2.	"Blood Like Cream"		3:33
3.	"No Hope"		2:58
4.	"Crows in Swine"		3:01
5.	"Voices of the Dead"		2:43
6.	"Behind the Light"		2:44
7.	"Dawn Rising"	Beam, Giles, Sullivan, Sherman, Mike Scheidt	7:01
8.	"Failure"		4:57
9.	"1516"		3:37
10.	"This Animal"		2:42
11.	"Every Little Twist"		4:40

Deluxe edition CD bonus tracks

No.	Title	Length
12.	"Murder the Mountains"	1:54
13.	"Black Water"	4:40

iTunes deluxe edition

No.	Title	Length
14.	"It's Always There"

Personnel

Red Fang

• Aaron Beam – bass guitar, vocals, additional guitars, production
• Maurice Bryan Giles – guitars, vocals, production
• David Sullivan – guitars, production
• John Sherman – drums, production

Additional musicians

• Roger Joseph Manning, Jr. – keyboards, piano, and synthesizer on "Crows in Swine"
• Mike Scheidt – vocals on "Dawn Rising"
• Pall Jenkins – vocals and musical saw on "Every Little Twist"

Production personnel

• Chris Funk – production, engineering, organ, synthesizer, tambourine
• Graeme Gibson – engineering
• Adam Selzer – engineering
• Vance Powell – mixing
• Eddie Spear – mixing assistant
• Pete Lyman – mastering
• Orion Landau – artwork, layout