Ending Is the Beginning: The Mitch Lucker Memorial Show is a live video album by American deathcore band Suicide Silence. It was released on CD/DVD/Blu-ray on February 18, 2014. The performance was organized as a memorial to founding Suicide Silence vocalist Mitch Lucker, after his death from injuries sustained by a motorcycle accident on November 1, 2012. The title is derived from the title of the opening track of their debut self-titled EP.
The release was dedicated to late vocalist Mitch Lucker and his daughter, Kenadee Lucker.
Track listing No. Track Length Album Year Guest vocalist 1 "Destruction of a Statue" 3:26 Suicide Silence 2005 Jonny Davy of Job for a Cowboy 2 "Distorted Thought of Addiction" 3:58 Suicide Silence 2005 Greg Wilburn, ex-Fit for an Autopsy, ex-The Devastated, ex-Oblige 3 "Ending Is the Beginning" 2:50 Suicide Silence 2005 Brook Reeves of Impending Doom 4 "Bludgeoned to Death" 2:53 The Cleansing 2007 Ricky Hoover, Ov Sulfur, ex-Suffokate 5 "Unanswered" 2:36 The Cleansing 2007 Phil Bozeman of Whitechapel 6 "Girl of Glass" 3:05 The Cleansing 2007 Myke Terry, Volumes, ex-Bury Your Dead 7 "The Price of Beauty" 3:07 The Cleansing 2007 Danny Worsnop of Asking Alexandria 8 "No Pity for a Coward" 3:39 The Cleansing 2007 Johnny Plague of Winds of Plague 9 "Disengage" 4:21 No Time to Bleed 2009 Cameron "Big Chocolate" Argon of Disfiguring the Goddess 10 "No Time to Bleed" 3:32 No Time to Bleed 2009 Burke VanRaalte, Declaim, ex-With Dead Hands Rising 11 "Smoke" 3:54 No Time to Bleed 2009 Anthony Notarmaso of After the Burial 12 "Wake Up" 4:00 No Time to Bleed 2009 Tim Lambesis of As I Lay Dying & Austrian Death Machine 13 "March to the Black Crown" 1:12 The Black Crown 2011 N/A 14 "Slaves to Substance" 3:45 The Black Crown 2011 Hernan "Eddie" Hermida then of All Shall Perish, later joined Suicide Silence 15 "O.C.D." 3:34 The Black Crown 2011 Austin Carlile, ex-Of Mice & Men, ex-Attack Attack! 16 "Fuck Everything" 4:52 The Black Crown 2011 Chad Gray of Mudvayne & Hellyeah 17 "Die Young" (Black Sabbath cover) 5:30 Heaven and Hell 1980 Robb Flynn of Machine Head 18 "Roots Bloody Roots" (Sepultura cover) 4:05 Roots 1996 Max Cavalera of Sepultura & Soulfly 19 "Engine No. 9" (Deftones cover) 4:28 Adrenaline 1995 Mitch Lucker (via recording) 20 "You Only Live Once" 4:31 The Black Crown 2011 Randy Blythe of Lamb of God
Credits
Suicide Silence Mitch Lucker – lead vocals on "Engine No. 9" (recording only) Chris Garza – rhythm guitar Mark Heylmun – lead guitar (tracks 4–20), bass guitar on "Destruction of a Statue", "Distorted Thought of Addiction", and "Ending Is the Beginning" Alex Lopez – drums (tracks 4–20) Dan Kenny – bass guitar (tracks 4–20)
Additional musicians Jonny Davy – lead vocals on "Destruction of a Statue" Greg Wilburn – lead vocals on "Distorted Thought of Addiction" Brook Reeves – lead vocals on "Ending Is the Beginning" Ricky Hoover – lead vocals on "Bludgeoned to Death" Phil Bozeman – lead vocals on "Unanswered" Myke Terry – lead vocals on "Girl of Glass" Danny Worsnop – lead vocals on "The Price of Beauty" Johnny Plague – lead vocals on "No Pity for a Coward" Cameron "Big Chocolate" Argon – lead vocals on "Disengage" Burke Vanraalte – lead vocals on "No Time to Bleed" Anthony Notarmaso – lead vocals on "Smoke" Tim Lambesis – lead vocals on "Wake Up" Hernan "Eddie" Hermida – lead vocals on "Slaves to Substance" Austin Carlile – lead vocals on "OCD" Chad Gray – lead vocals on "Fuck Everything" Robb Flynn – lead vocals, acoustic guitar on "Die Young", lead guitar on "You Only Live Once" Max Cavalera – lead vocals, lead guitar on "Roots Bloody Roots" Randy Blythe – lead vocals on "You Only Live Once" Josh Goddard – drums on "Destruction of a Statue", "Distorted Thought of Addiction", and "Ending Is the Beginning" Rick Ash – lead guitar on "Destruction of a Statue", "Distorted Thought of Addiction", and "Ending Is the Beginning" Scott Proctor – acoustic guitar on "Die Young", guitar tech
Production Jose Mangin – host Jerry Clubb – executive producer, production design, supervising editor James Lynch – producer, production design Jeremy Schott – producer, video editor, camera operator, director, editor Zafer Ulkucu – producer Josh Gilbert – post-production audio mixing, live audio engineering Joseph McQueen – post-production audio mixing, live audio engineering Daniel Abell – camera operator Dalton Blanco – camera operator Steven Burhoe – camera operator, director, editor Robbie Tassaro – camera operator Roger Timm – camera operator Mark Weinberg – camera operator Abe Portillo – jib operator Corey Clark – assistant camera Derrell Stanfield – assistant camera Lizzy Gonzalez – backstage videography, photography, camera operator Evan Meszaros – live audio engineering John Montes – live audio engineering Adam Elmakias – photography Sonny Guillen – photography Jerry John Nicholl – photography Scott Snyder – lighting Jim Destefano – visuals DJ Big Wiz – visuals Ben Lionetti – technician Trent Lopez – technician Kevin Martin – technician Aubin A Sadiki – Cover Art
Chelsea Chase – artist coordinator Carlee Lowe – artist coordinator Andy Serrao – promoter Noah Russel – backstage management Rob Mirhadi – merchandise Megan Moore – merchandise Joe Potenti – merchandise Bailey Schrock – merchandise Chelsie Smith – merchandise Cody Swift – merchandise Stephanie Fiorse – will call Sarah Latis – production assistant Mike Ramsey – production assistant
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