title: Exhausting Fire
text: # Exhausting Fire
  
  Professional ratings :
  
  | Aggregate scores ||
  | - | - |
  | Source | Rating |
  | Metacritic | 82/100 |
  | Review scores ||
  | Source | Rating |
  | About.com | |
  | AllMusic | |
  | Consequence of Sound | B |
  | Exclaim! | 8 |
  | Magnet | |
  | Metal Storm | 6.5 |
  | Pitchfork | 7.4 |
  | Punknews.org | |
  | Spin | 8 |
  
  Exhausting Fire is the seventh full-length studio album by American sludge metal band Kylesa. It is the group's fourth album to be released through Season of Mist.
  
  ## Reception
  
  The aggregate review site Metacritic assigned an average score of 82 out of 100 to the album based on 6 reviews, indicating "universal acclaim".
  
  ## Personnel
  
  Exhausting Fire album personnel adapted from the CD liner notes.
  
  Kylesa
  
  * Laura Pleasants – vocals, guitar
  * Philip Cope – vocals, guitar, bass, keyboards
  * Carl McGinley – drums
  
  Guest musicians
  
  * Jay Matheson – bass on "Moving Day", "Night Drive", "Growing Roots", "Out of My Mind", Shaping the Southern Sky", "Blood Moon" and "Lost and Confused"
  * Andrew J. Ripley – oboe on "Blood Moon"
  
  Production
  
  * Philip Cope – producer, head engineer
  * Zac Thomas – head engineer
  * Steve Slavish – assistant engineer
  * Jay Matheson – assistant engineer
  * Carl McGinley – assistant engineer
  * FatRat Da Czar – assistant engineer
  * Dave Harris – mastering at Studio B, Columbia, South Carolina
  
  Album artwork
  
  * Shaun Beaudry – album art
  * Laura Pleasants – art direction and additional graphics
  * Edley O'Dowd – Kylesa "K" logo
  
  ## Charts
  
  | Chart | Peak position |
  | - | - |
  | Billboard Top Independent Albums | 48 |
  | Billboard Top Hard Rock Albums | 22 |
  | Billboard Top Heatseeker Albums | 7 |
  