The Devouring (album)

The Devouring
Studio album by Djam Karet
Released	September 16, 1997 (1997-09-16)
Recorded	March 1996 (1996-03) – March 1997 (1997-03)
Genre	Progressive rock
Length	71:06
Label	Cuneiform
Producer	Djam Karet
Djam Karet chronology
Collaborator (1994) The Devouring (1997) Still No Commercial Potential (1998)

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The Devouring is the seventh studio album by Djam Karet, released on September 16, 1997 by Cuneiform Records.

Track listing

All music is composed by Djam Karet

No.	Title	Length
1.	"Night of the Mexican Goat Sucker"	7:07
2.	"Forbidden by Rule"	5:57
3.	"Lost, But Not Forgotten"	7:46
4.	"Lights Over Roswell"	6:48
5.	"Myth of a White Jesus"	4:21
6.	"The River of No Return"	8:51
7.	"Room 40"	8:41
8.	"The Indian Problem"	5:37
9.	"The Pinzler Method"	4:52
10.	"Old Soldier's Disease"	11:06

Personnel

Adapted from The Devouring liner notes.

Djam Karet

• Gayle Ellett – electric guitar, 12-string acoustic guitar, 24-string steel acoustic guitar, koto, guitar synthesizer, keyboards, organ, mellotron, sampler, theremin, electronics, percussion
• Chuck Oken, Jr. – drums, percussion, keyboards
• Henry J. Osborne – bass guitar, electric guitar, acoustic guitar, keyboards, percussion

Additional musicians

• Judy Garp – violin (4)
• Mike Henderson – electric guitar and 12-string electric guitar (1–3, 5)

Production and additional personnel

• Dave Druse – cover art
• Djam Karet – production, recording, mixing

Release history

Region	Date	Label	Format	Catalog
United States	1997	Cuneiform	CD	Rune 99

External links

• The Devouring at Discogs (list of releases)
• The Devouring at Bandcamp