Deathconsciousness
| Deathconsciousness | ||||
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| Released | January 24, 2008 | |||
| Recorded | 2002–2007 | |||
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| Length | 85:04 | |||
| Label | Enemies List Home Recordings, The Flenser | |||
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| 2009 reissue album cover | ||||
Deathconsciousness is the debut studio album by American rock duo Have a Nice Life, released on January 24, 2008, on Enemies List Home Recordings. Recorded independently by the band members on a budget of less than $1,000, Deathconsciousness was released as a double album; the first disc is entitled "The Plow That Broke the Plains" and the second is entitled "The Future". The original cover art features a darkened and cropped version of the painting The Death of Marat, painted by Jacques-Louis David during the French Revolution.
The album received little attention from professional music publications upon its release, but spread through internet message boards and memes. In 2019, Kerrang! noted that it "quickly became a viral hit amongst internet communities like /mu/, Sputnikmusic and Rate Your Music. Aided by their relative anonymity and Deathconsciousness' ominous liner notes, which described a fictional medieval cult that worshipped God's murderer, Deathconsciousness quickly became the stuff of internet myth."