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The Height of Callousness

January 01, 1970

The Height of Callousness is the second studio album by American metal band Spineshank, released on October 10, 2000, through Roadrunner Records. It was produced by Garth "GGGarth" Richardson alongside Spineshank guitarist Mike Sarkisyan and drummer Tommy Decker, and it was recorded at Mushroom Studios in Vancouver, Canada. The album has a heavier, more aggressive sound than the band's debut album Strictly Diesel (1998), and incorporates more melodic and electronic elements. Its themes are depression, betrayal, anger, self-doubt and self-confidence.

The Height of Callousness
Standard edition cover artwork[a]
Studio album by
Spineshank
ReleasedOctober 10, 2000
Recorded2000
StudioMushroom Studios (Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada)
Genre
Length37:12
LabelRoadrunner
Producer
  • GGGarth
  • Mike Sarkisyan
  • Tommy Decker
Spineshank chronology
Strictly Diesel
(1998) 		The Height of Callousness
(2000) 		Self-Destructive Pattern
(2003)
Singles from The Height of Callousness
  1. "Synthetic"
    Released: September 26, 2000
  2. "New Disease"
    Released: January 15, 2001

Critics praised The Height of Callousness for its improved, catchy songwriting but others criticized its aggression. The album sold 3,682 copies in its first week, debuting at number 183 on the US Billboard 200 chart and peaking at number 104 on the UK Albums Chart. Tracks "Synthetic" and "New Disease" were released as singles from the album, and music videos accompanied both tracks. "New Disease" reached number 33 on the US Mainstream Rock Tracks chart and number 84 on the UK Singles Chart. The album has sold over 146,000 copies in the United States as of March 2002, and the British Phonographic Industry (BPI) certified it silver in 2013 for the sale of 60,000 copies in the United Kingdom.

Background edit

In 1998, Spineshank released their debut album Strictly Diesel, which despite receiving endorsements from Fear Factory—especially from their guitarist Dino Cazares—was a critical and commercial disappointment. Furthermore, the album's stylistic similarities with the works of Korn, Fear Factory, Deftones and Sepultura—whom Spineshank cited as musical influences—led to the band being dismissed as impersonators.[1][2][3][4] Spineshank and their record label Roadrunner Records considered the album a failure.[5] In June 1999, after touring in support of Strictly Diesel, Spineshank began writing their second album for the label.[6][5][7] The band worked on new material for a year at their rehearsal space in Vernon, California, close to their home city Los Angeles.[1]

When writing The Height of Callousness, Spineshank wanted to avoid repeating the mistakes they had made on Strictly Diesel, take control of their creative process and establish a musical identity that was "100% Spineshank".[1][7][8] According to the band's vocalist Jonny Santos Strictly Diesel had been "compromised by the opinions of outsiders and by [Spineshank's] own lack of a clear identity"; Santos also said the band did not want to set any limits for themselves for their next album.[1][9] To distance themselves from other contemporaneous acts, Spineshank ruled there would be "no covers, no guests and no rap".[10] The band also wanted to move out from the shadow of their association with Fear Factory and Cazares, for whom they held no negative feelings. "With all due respect to Dino [Cazares]—and we still love him to death—he didn't write our songs", Santos said.[1] While writing for the album, the members of Spineshank went through several negative experiences in their personal lives; Santos was stabbed at a party and his mother was diagnosed with cancer. These experiences influenced the album's tone and lyrics.[10][11]

Recording and production edit

 
The Height of Callousness was recorded at Mushroom Studios (pictured) in Vancouver, Canada.

The Height of Callousness was recorded at Mushroom Studios in Vancouver, British Columbia, with producer Garth "GGGarth" Richardson. Amir Derakh, who co-produced, engineered and mixed Strictly Diesel, handled the album's pre-production and set up a string section.[1] Richardson became interested in working with Spineshank after hearing the band's demos for Strictly Diesel;[7] he suggested the band record at Mushroom Studios to get away from Los Angeles and their friends, and to prevent a repeat of their partying and drinking habits that marred the quality and production of Strictly Diesel.[7][10][12] Spineshank spent the first three days at the studio talking "intensely" with Richardson about "how we wanted to move things up a dozen levels and start expressing who we are", according to Santos.[11] The band also told Richardson they wanted the new album to sound "raw and in your face", akin to his work with Rage Against the Machine and the Red Hot Chilli Peppers.[13]

Richardson pushed hard to draw out the band's emotions in their performances; according to drummer Tommy Decker: "If GGGarth thinks something sucks, he'll tell you. He'll berate you for 15 minutes until you're crying and sitting in the corner."[13] GGGarth, however, was initially hesitant about to do so; guitarist Mike Sarkisyan said; "GGGarth was like, 'Are you sure you want to do that? It ain't going to be pretty!' But we were like, 'We don't care! We just want to make the greatest record that we can' ".[1] Although tensions were sometimes high during the recording of The Height of Callousness—the members got into a fist fight at one point, and Santos almost left the band in Vancouver—Santos and Sarkisyan felt Spineshank had emerged from the album's production "a stronger unit";[1][10] they praised Richardson for "pulling the right performances out of [the band]".[10][11][14] Santos, who credited Richardson for helping him find his own voice, said:[11]

There were times where it was real hard. [GGGarth would] be pushing me all the time and I'd come out of the vocal booth ready to fucking kill him. He'd just say, 'Come in here and have a listen', and I'd hear what I'd created and realise it was all worth it. He made us pull shit out of ourselves that we didn't know we had—or think we could do.[11]

Decker and Sarkisyan were given a co-producer credit on the album, which according to Kerrang! "appears to be a polite way of saying that [Decker and Sarkisyan] were professional trainspotters in the control booth, making minute sonic changes that both [of them] admit no one in their right minds would ever care about".[1] After recording was completed Scott Humphrey and Frank Gryner mixed the album at the Chop Shop in Los Angeles.[13][15] Decker praised Humphrey's mixing, saying: "We had been living with some of these songs for ten months. We were so sick of them, but he got [the band] excited by the way he did it."[13] Of the 50 songs written for The Height of Callousness, Spineshank recorded 16 with Richardson then chose "the 11 most vile and pissed off ones for the record", according to Santos.[14] Decker said one of the album's B-sides "Four Letter Word" was cut from the album because "the label liked [it] and [Spineshank] didn't".[8]

Music and themes edit

The Height of Callousness has been described as nu metal,[16][17][18] industrial metal,[19] "techno-metal"[20][21] and electronica.[22][23] "Cyanide 2600" has been described as drum 'n' bass.[24][25] The album has a heavier, more-energetic and more-aggressive sound than Strictly Diesel, although some elements on The Height of Callousness, such as drop-tuned guitars, and the mix of electronic programming and samples with live drumming, are carried over from the earlier album.[1] The album was also noted for its slicker production,[17] more melodic choruses and songwriting,[4][26] and Santos' mix of clean singing and screaming.[4][27]

The album's lyrics are themed around depression, betrayal, anger, self-doubt and self-confidence.[1][10] Decker wrote most of the album's lyrics, feeling he had to prove himself due to the reception of Strictly Diesel. He said:

I was really focused and I felt like I had a lot to prove. All the shit talking got to me, and I felt like saying when we did Strictly Diesel, we were the band we always knew we could be, but we just didn't know how to get it out.[1]

In an interview with Metal Hammer, Santos described the album's lyrics as "honest", and said it is "really about, 'Yeah, I'm fucked, there's nothing you can do to help me. I'm going to face my doom on my own' ".[11] Sarkisyan has said The Height of Callousness is not a concept album, despite its recurring themes.[10] According to Decker, the album's title is "about getting to that point, where you truly do not give a fuck what anyone in the world thinks! That's the point where nothing matters except the real shit, the stuff that's in your head, its a fucked up place to be emotionally."[8]

Release and promotion edit

In the August 2000 issue of Metal Hammer, Spineshank announced they had completed The Height of Callousness and exclusively revealed the album's track listing to the magazine.[13] Roadrunner released the album in Europe on October 9, 2000, in the United States the day after.[1][28] In the lead-up to the album's release, Spineshank were due to join the Tattoo the Earth tour in July 2000 as a replacement for Puya but canceled due to communication issues.[8][29] "Our booking agent told us we were on the tour, but we weren't. We ended up following it for four or five shows and played only one of them", Sarkisyan said.[30] In August 2000, the band filmed a music video for "Synthetic" with director Nathan Cox, and filmed a cameo appearance for the 2001 film Knight Club.[8][31] Afterward, Spineshank toured the U.S. with Hed PE and Slaves on Dope from September to October 2000.[12][32] Spineshank was also promoted through appearances on MTV's compilation The Return of the Rock Volume 2, which was released in November 2000;[33] on the soundtrack album for the 2001 film 3000 Miles to Graceland;[34][35] and in the video games Shaun Palmer's Pro Snowboarder (2001),[36] MX Superfly (2002)[37] and Backyard Wrestling: Don't Try This at Home (2003).[38]

Between February 20 and March 9, 2001, Spineshank toured as support for Orgy on their Vapor Transmission tour,[35][39] then toured with Disturbed as support for their headlining U.S. tour from March to April 2001.[40] Spineshank also performed on the second stage of the 2001 Ozzfest tour,[41] which Sarkisyan credited with giving the band significant exposure.[30] On July 25, 2001, Roadrunner re-released The Height of Callousness in Europe as a "Collectors Digipak Edition" that includes four bonus tracks, and enhanced CD music videos of "Synthetic" and "New Disease" in an attempt to "combat expensive US imports" of the album.[42] The digipak edition was released in the U.S. on September 25, 2001.[43] Between September 2 and September 8, 2001, Spineshank embarked on a brief tour of the United Kingdom with labelmates Dry Kill Logic as support, and participated in in-store signing events in the country.[44][45]

Reception edit

Commercial edit

The Height of Callousness sold 3,682 copies in its first week, entering the Billboard 200 chart at number 183[46][47] and the UK Albums Chart at number 123.[48] In June 2001, the album peaked on the UK Albums Chart at number 104.[48] As of March 2002, The Height of Callousness has sold over 146,000 units in the U.S., according to Nielsen SoundScan.[49] On July 22, 2013, the British Phonographic Industry (BPI) certified the album silver, signifying the sale of 60,000 copies in the UK.[50]

"Synthetic" was issued as the lead single from The Height of Callousness on September 26, 2000, receiving moderate radio airplay and rotation on MTV.[33][51][52] On January 15, 2001, "New Disease" was released to radio stations in the United States as the album's second single.[53] "New Disease" experienced significant radio success, reaching number 33 on the Billboard Mainstream Rock Tracks chart on April 21, 2001.[54][55] The single also received airplay on the British alternative radio station Xfm.[56] Coinciding with the band's tour of the UK, Roadrunner released "New Disease" as a single in that country on September 10, 2001, reaching number 84 on the UK Singles Chart.[45][57] Billboard's Airplay Monitor ranked "New Disease" at number 78 on their list of the "Most-Played Active Rock Songs of 2001".[58] Despite the single's chart success, David Locano, a Roadrunner rep, said "New Disease" suffered from being released as the album's second single "in a time when radio really didn't have patience for follow-ups to mediocre performing songs".[59]

Critical edit

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic     [28]
Blabbermouth.net8/10[26]
Classic Rock     [60]
The Encyclopedia of Popular Music     [3]
Kerrang!     [4]
NME2/10[17]
Rock Hard8.5/10[61]
Rock Sound     [27]
Terrorizer6.5/10[18]
Vue Weekly    [62]

The Height of Callousness received generally positive reviews. Several critics compared the album to Strictly Diesel and saw it as an improvement over that album.[2][4][27] A retrospective review of The Height of Callousness in The Encyclopedia of Popular Music said it "could have been the work of a different band".[3] Liam Sheils of Kerrang! and Lewis Fraser of Rock Sound both said while The Height of Callousness is not a radical reinvention of Spineshank's sound, its memorable choruses significantly strengthen the album; both reviewers also said it compliments its aggressive edge.[4][27] Others, however, were more critical; Catherine Yates of Terrorizer commented the album's tracks, except "New Disease" and "Cyanide 2600", "fail to provide true neck-snapping euphoria".[18] Andy Capper of NME said the album was proof that the nu metal genre was "bland, copycat, inspirationless garbage", perceiving the album's production and "radio playability" to be a cover for its lack of original riffs and "godawful" lyrics.[17]

Kevin L. Smith of AllMusic found the album difficult to listen to due to its aggression.[28] Blabbermouth.net said the "harsh edge" of its guitars is at odds with the accessibility of its material but that this is "a relatively minor flaw that should have no bearing on [Spineshank]'s ability to make a significant commercial impact".[26] Vue Weekly's T.C. Shaw found the album becomes more accessible with repeated listens despite its aggressive qualities.[63] According to Gregg Pratt of Exclaim!, the album's anger is "forced" and its use of electronics is "kind of embarrassing sounding somehow".[64]

Kerrang!,[65] Metal Hammer[66][67] and Loudwire[68] have included The Height of Callousness on retrospective album lists for the nu metal genre. "New Disease" has also appeared on retrospective nu metal songs lists by Metal Hammer,[69] NME[70]and Spin.[71] In 2022, a Revolver readers' poll of the "Top 5 Heaviest Nu-Metal Songs" ranked the album's title track fifth.[72]

Track listing edit

All music is composed by Spineshank.[15]

No.TitleLyricsLength
1."Asthmatic"Tommy Decker3:30
2."The Height of Callousness"Decker3:03
3."Synthetic"Decker3:10
4."New Disease"Decker3:14
5."(Can't Be) Fixed"Decker3:12
6."Cyanide 2600"
  • Decker
  • Jonny Santos
  • Robert Garcia
3:10
7."Play God"
  • Santos
  • Garcia
4:02
8."Malnutrition"Decker3:30
9."Seamless"Santos3:44
10."Negative Space"Santos2:39
11."Transparent"Santos3:53
Total length:37:12
Collector's Digipak Edition bonus tracks
No.TitleLyricsLength
12."Perfect Ending"Santos3:48
13."Full Circle"Santos3:26
14."The Height of Callousness" (Fist Fuck Integrity Mix[b]) 3:19
15."Asthmatic" (Punctured Lung Mix) 4:29
Total length:52:15

Personnel edit

Personnel per liner notes.[15][73]

Chart positions edit

Chart (2000–01) Peak

position

UK Albums (OCC)[48] 104
UK Rock & Metal Albums (OCC)[74] 5
US Billboard 200[46] 183
US Heatseekers Albums (Billboard)[75] 13

Certifications and sales edit

Region Certification Certified units/sales
United Kingdom (BPI)[76] Silver 60,000^
United States — 146,568[49]

^ Shipments figures based on certification alone.

Release history edit

Release history for The Height of Callousness
Reigon Label Format Date Catalog # Ref.
Europe Roadrunner CD October 9, 2000 RR 8563-2 [1]
United States October 10, 2000 [28]
Europe CD (Collector's Digipak Edition) July 23, 2001 RR 8563-5 [42]
United States September 25, 2001 168 618 468-2 [43]
Various Real Gone Music LP April 1, 2022 RGM-1282 [77]

Notes edit

  1. ^ Collector's Digipak Edition artwork is similar, but the orange and blue hues are swapped.
  2. ^ Listed as "Force Fed Integrity Mix" on US versions of the album[73]

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  • Ingham, Chris (February 2001). "Spineshank: Growing Up is Hard to Do". Metal Hammer. No. 83. UK: Future plc. pp. 64–66.

External links edit

  • The Height of Callousness on YouTube (streamed copy where licensed)

January 01, 1970
height, callousness, second, studio, album, american, metal, band, spineshank, released, october, 2000, through, roadrunner, records, produced, garth, gggarth, richardson, alongside, spineshank, guitarist, mike, sarkisyan, drummer, tommy, decker, recorded, mus. The Height of Callousness is the second studio album by American metal band Spineshank released on October 10 2000 through Roadrunner Records It was produced by Garth GGGarth Richardson alongside Spineshank guitarist Mike Sarkisyan and drummer Tommy Decker and it was recorded at Mushroom Studios in Vancouver Canada The album has a heavier more aggressive sound than the band s debut album Strictly Diesel 1998 and incorporates more melodic and electronic elements Its themes are depression betrayal anger self doubt and self confidence The Height of CallousnessStandard edition cover artwork a Studio album by SpineshankReleasedOctober 10 2000Recorded2000StudioMushroom Studios Vancouver British Columbia Canada GenreNu metal industrial metal electronicaLength37 12LabelRoadrunnerProducerGGGarth Mike Sarkisyan Tommy DeckerSpineshank chronologyStrictly Diesel 1998 The Height of Callousness 2000 Self Destructive Pattern 2003 Singles from The Height of Callousness Synthetic Released September 26 2000 New Disease Released January 15 2001 Critics praised The Height of Callousness for its improved catchy songwriting but others criticized its aggression The album sold 3 682 copies in its first week debuting at number 183 on the US Billboard 200 chart and peaking at number 104 on the UK Albums Chart Tracks Synthetic and New Disease were released as singles from the album and music videos accompanied both tracks New Disease reached number 33 on the US Mainstream Rock Tracks chart and number 84 on the UK Singles Chart The album has sold over 146 000 copies in the United States as of March 2002 and the British Phonographic Industry BPI certified it silver in 2013 for the sale of 60 000 copies in the United Kingdom Contents 1 Background 2 Recording and production 3 Music and themes 4 Release and promotion 5 Reception 5 1 Commercial 5 2 Critical 6 Track listing 7 Personnel 8 Chart positions 9 Certifications and sales 10 Release history 11 Notes 12 References 13 Bibliography 14 Further reading 15 External linksBackground editIn 1998 Spineshank released their debut album Strictly Diesel which despite receiving endorsements from Fear Factory especially from their guitarist Dino Cazares was a critical and commercial disappointment Furthermore the album s stylistic similarities with the works of Korn Fear Factory Deftones and Sepultura whom Spineshank cited as musical influences led to the band being dismissed as impersonators 1 2 3 4 Spineshank and their record label Roadrunner Records considered the album a failure 5 In June 1999 after touring in support of Strictly Diesel Spineshank began writing their second album for the label 6 5 7 The band worked on new material for a year at their rehearsal space in Vernon California close to their home city Los Angeles 1 When writing The Height of Callousness Spineshank wanted to avoid repeating the mistakes they had made on Strictly Diesel take control of their creative process and establish a musical identity that was 100 Spineshank 1 7 8 According to the band s vocalist Jonny Santos Strictly Diesel had been compromised by the opinions of outsiders and by Spineshank s own lack of a clear identity Santos also said the band did not want to set any limits for themselves for their next album 1 9 To distance themselves from other contemporaneous acts Spineshank ruled there would be no covers no guests and no rap 10 The band also wanted to move out from the shadow of their association with Fear Factory and Cazares for whom they held no negative feelings With all due respect to Dino Cazares and we still love him to death he didn t write our songs Santos said 1 While writing for the album the members of Spineshank went through several negative experiences in their personal lives Santos was stabbed at a party and his mother was diagnosed with cancer These experiences influenced the album s tone and lyrics 10 11 Recording and production edit nbsp The Height of Callousness was recorded at Mushroom Studios pictured in Vancouver Canada The Height of Callousness was recorded at Mushroom Studios in Vancouver British Columbia with producer Garth GGGarth Richardson Amir Derakh who co produced engineered and mixed Strictly Diesel handled the album s pre production and set up a string section 1 Richardson became interested in working with Spineshank after hearing the band s demos for Strictly Diesel 7 he suggested the band record at Mushroom Studios to get away from Los Angeles and their friends and to prevent a repeat of their partying and drinking habits that marred the quality and production of Strictly Diesel 7 10 12 Spineshank spent the first three days at the studio talking intensely with Richardson about how we wanted to move things up a dozen levels and start expressing who we are according to Santos 11 The band also told Richardson they wanted the new album to sound raw and in your face akin to his work with Rage Against the Machine and the Red Hot Chilli Peppers 13 Richardson pushed hard to draw out the band s emotions in their performances according to drummer Tommy Decker If GGGarth thinks something sucks he ll tell you He ll berate you for 15 minutes until you re crying and sitting in the corner 13 GGGarth however was initially hesitant about to do so guitarist Mike Sarkisyan said GGGarth was like Are you sure you want to do that It ain t going to be pretty But we were like We don t care We just want to make the greatest record that we can 1 Although tensions were sometimes high during the recording of The Height of Callousness the members got into a fist fight at one point and Santos almost left the band in Vancouver Santos and Sarkisyan felt Spineshank had emerged from the album s production a stronger unit 1 10 they praised Richardson for pulling the right performances out of the band 10 11 14 Santos who credited Richardson for helping him find his own voice said 11 There were times where it was real hard GGGarth would be pushing me all the time and I d come out of the vocal booth ready to fucking kill him He d just say Come in here and have a listen and I d hear what I d created and realise it was all worth it He made us pull shit out of ourselves that we didn t know we had or think we could do 11 Decker and Sarkisyan were given a co producer credit on the album which according to Kerrang appears to be a polite way of saying that Decker and Sarkisyan were professional trainspotters in the control booth making minute sonic changes that both of them admit no one in their right minds would ever care about 1 After recording was completed Scott Humphrey and Frank Gryner mixed the album at the Chop Shop in Los Angeles 13 15 Decker praised Humphrey s mixing saying We had been living with some of these songs for ten months We were so sick of them but he got the band excited by the way he did it 13 Of the 50 songs written for The Height of Callousness Spineshank recorded 16 with Richardson then chose the 11 most vile and pissed off ones for the record according to Santos 14 Decker said one of the album s B sides Four Letter Word was cut from the album because the label liked it and Spineshank didn t 8 Music and themes editThe Height of Callousness has been described as nu metal 16 17 18 industrial metal 19 techno metal 20 21 and electronica 22 23 Cyanide 2600 has been described as drum n bass 24 25 The album has a heavier more energetic and more aggressive sound than Strictly Diesel although some elements on The Height of Callousness such as drop tuned guitars and the mix of electronic programming and samples with live drumming are carried over from the earlier album 1 The album was also noted for its slicker production 17 more melodic choruses and songwriting 4 26 and Santos mix of clean singing and screaming 4 27 The album s lyrics are themed around depression betrayal anger self doubt and self confidence 1 10 Decker wrote most of the album s lyrics feeling he had to prove himself due to the reception of Strictly Diesel He said I was really focused and I felt like I had a lot to prove All the shit talking got to me and I felt like saying when we did Strictly Diesel we were the band we always knew we could be but we just didn t know how to get it out 1 In an interview with Metal Hammer Santos described the album s lyrics as honest and said it is really about Yeah I m fucked there s nothing you can do to help me I m going to face my doom on my own 11 Sarkisyan has said The Height of Callousness is not a concept album despite its recurring themes 10 According to Decker the album s title is about getting to that point where you truly do not give a fuck what anyone in the world thinks That s the point where nothing matters except the real shit the stuff that s in your head its a fucked up place to be emotionally 8 Release and promotion editIn the August 2000 issue of Metal Hammer Spineshank announced they had completed The Height of Callousness and exclusively revealed the album s track listing to the magazine 13 Roadrunner released the album in Europe on October 9 2000 in the United States the day after 1 28 In the lead up to the album s release Spineshank were due to join the Tattoo the Earth tour in July 2000 as a replacement for Puya but canceled due to communication issues 8 29 Our booking agent told us we were on the tour but we weren t We ended up following it for four or five shows and played only one of them Sarkisyan said 30 In August 2000 the band filmed a music video for Synthetic with director Nathan Cox and filmed a cameo appearance for the 2001 film Knight Club 8 31 Afterward Spineshank toured the U S with Hed PE and Slaves on Dope from September to October 2000 12 32 Spineshank was also promoted through appearances on MTV s compilation The Return of the Rock Volume 2 which was released in November 2000 33 on the soundtrack album for the 2001 film 3000 Miles to Graceland 34 35 and in the video games Shaun Palmer s Pro Snowboarder 2001 36 MX Superfly 2002 37 and Backyard Wrestling Don t Try This at Home 2003 38 Between February 20 and March 9 2001 Spineshank toured as support for Orgy on their Vapor Transmission tour 35 39 then toured with Disturbed as support for their headlining U S tour from March to April 2001 40 Spineshank also performed on the second stage of the 2001 Ozzfest tour 41 which Sarkisyan credited with giving the band significant exposure 30 On July 25 2001 Roadrunner re released The Height of Callousness in Europe as a Collectors Digipak Edition that includes four bonus tracks and enhanced CD music videos of Synthetic and New Disease in an attempt to combat expensive US imports of the album 42 The digipak edition was released in the U S on September 25 2001 43 Between September 2 and September 8 2001 Spineshank embarked on a brief tour of the United Kingdom with labelmates Dry Kill Logic as support and participated in in store signing events in the country 44 45 Reception editCommercial edit The Height of Callousness sold 3 682 copies in its first week entering the Billboard 200 chart at number 183 46 47 and the UK Albums Chart at number 123 48 In June 2001 the album peaked on the UK Albums Chart at number 104 48 As of March 2002 The Height of Callousness has sold over 146 000 units in the U S according to Nielsen SoundScan 49 On July 22 2013 the British Phonographic Industry BPI certified the album silver signifying the sale of 60 000 copies in the UK 50 Synthetic was issued as the lead single from The Height of Callousness on September 26 2000 receiving moderate radio airplay and rotation on MTV 33 51 52 On January 15 2001 New Disease was released to radio stations in the United States as the album s second single 53 New Disease experienced significant radio success reaching number 33 on the Billboard Mainstream Rock Tracks chart on April 21 2001 54 55 The single also received airplay on the British alternative radio station Xfm 56 Coinciding with the band s tour of the UK Roadrunner released New Disease as a single in that country on September 10 2001 reaching number 84 on the UK Singles Chart 45 57 Billboard s Airplay Monitor ranked New Disease at number 78 on their list of the Most Played Active Rock Songs of 2001 58 Despite the single s chart success David Locano a Roadrunner rep said New Disease suffered from being released as the album s second single in a time when radio really didn t have patience for follow ups to mediocre performing songs 59 Critical edit Professional ratingsReview scoresSourceRatingAllMusic nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp 28 Blabbermouth net8 10 26 Classic Rock nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp 60 The Encyclopedia of Popular Music nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp 3 Kerrang nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp 4 NME2 10 17 Rock Hard8 5 10 61 Rock Sound nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp 27 Terrorizer6 5 10 18 Vue Weekly nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp 62 The Height of Callousness received generally positive reviews Several critics compared the album to Strictly Diesel and saw it as an improvement over that album 2 4 27 A retrospective review of The Height of Callousness in The Encyclopedia of Popular Music said it could have been the work of a different band 3 Liam Sheils of Kerrang and Lewis Fraser of Rock Sound both said while The Height of Callousness is not a radical reinvention of Spineshank s sound its memorable choruses significantly strengthen the album both reviewers also said it compliments its aggressive edge 4 27 Others however were more critical Catherine Yates of Terrorizer commented the album s tracks except New Disease and Cyanide 2600 fail to provide true neck snapping euphoria 18 Andy Capper of NME said the album was proof that the nu metal genre was bland copycat inspirationless garbage perceiving the album s production and radio playability to be a cover for its lack of original riffs and godawful lyrics 17 Kevin L Smith of AllMusic found the album difficult to listen to due to its aggression 28 Blabbermouth net said the harsh edge of its guitars is at odds with the accessibility of its material but that this is a relatively minor flaw that should have no bearing on Spineshank s ability to make a significant commercial impact 26 Vue Weekly s T C Shaw found the album becomes more accessible with repeated listens despite its aggressive qualities 63 According to Gregg Pratt of Exclaim the album s anger is forced and its use of electronics is kind of embarrassing sounding somehow 64 Kerrang 65 Metal Hammer 66 67 and Loudwire 68 have included The Height of Callousness on retrospective album lists for the nu metal genre New Disease has also appeared on retrospective nu metal songs lists by Metal Hammer 69 NME 70 and Spin 71 In 2022 a Revolver readers poll of the Top 5 Heaviest Nu Metal Songs ranked the album s title track fifth 72 Track listing editAll music is composed by Spineshank 15 No TitleLyricsLength1 Asthmatic Tommy Decker3 302 The Height of Callousness Decker3 033 Synthetic Decker3 104 New Disease Decker3 145 Can t Be Fixed Decker3 126 Cyanide 2600 DeckerJonny SantosRobert Garcia3 107 Play God SantosGarcia4 028 Malnutrition Decker3 309 Seamless Santos3 4410 Negative Space Santos2 3911 Transparent Santos3 53Total length 37 12 Collector s Digipak Edition bonus tracksNo TitleLyricsLength12 Perfect Ending Santos3 4813 Full Circle Santos3 2614 The Height of Callousness Fist Fuck Integrity Mix b 3 1915 Asthmatic Punctured Lung Mix 4 29Total length 52 15Personnel editPersonnel per liner notes 15 73 Spineshank Jonny Santos vocals Mike Sarkisyan guitar Robert Garcia bass backing vocals Tommy Decker drums electronics Additional personnel Anthony Fu Valcic programming Scott Humphrey additional programming at The Chop Shop Frank Gryner additional programming at The Chop Shop Artwork P R Brown cover photograph art direction and design F Scott Schuler band photography Production Garth GGGarth Richardson producer Mike Sarkisyan co producer Tommy Decker co producer Amir Derakh pre production song arrangement Dave Ogilvie remixes additional production 14 15 Scott Humphrey mixing additional recording at The Chop Shop Frank Gryner mixing additional recording at The Chop Shop Dan Burns assistant mixer Andre The German Wahl engineering Scott Ternan assistant engineer Ben Kaplan digital editing Alex Aligizakis assistant digital editor Ted Jensen mastering at Sterling Sound Chart positions editChart 2000 01 Peak position UK Albums OCC 48 104 UK Rock amp Metal Albums OCC 74 5 US Billboard 200 46 183 US Heatseekers Albums Billboard 75 13Certifications and sales editRegion Certification Certified units sales United Kingdom BPI 76 Silver 60 000 United States 146 568 49 Shipments figures based on certification alone Release history editRelease history for The Height of Callousness Reigon Label Format Date Catalog Ref Europe Roadrunner CD October 9 2000 RR 8563 2 1 United States October 10 2000 28 Europe CD Collector s Digipak Edition July 23 2001 RR 8563 5 42 United States September 25 2001 168 618 468 2 43 Various Real Gone Music LP April 1 2022 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