---
title: "The Smothering Arms of Mercy by Growth"
type: "MusicAlbum"
url: "https://themetalnet.com/album/60149e21-2f01-4938-9f4a-5b35b820cf99"
artist: "Growth"
year: 2020
label: "Wild Thing Records"
---

# The Smothering Arms of Mercy

**The Smothering Arms of Mercy** is an album by Growth, released in 2020 on Wild Thing Records.

## Facts

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Title | The Smothering Arms of Mercy |
| Artist | Growth |
| Type | Album |
| Year | 2020 |
| Label | Wild Thing Records |
| Catalog number | [none] |
| Tracks | 9 |
| Place in discography | 1 of 2 |

## Tracklist

| # | Track | Length |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | Cigarette Burns | 7:53 |
| 2 | The Treatment for Melancholy | 5:09 |
| 3 | Fortress of Flesh and Bone | 7:10 |
| 4 | Our Lady of the Hanging Heart | 6:31 |
| 5 | Lead Us to Our Glorious Times | 5:12 |
| 6 | Darkly, It Tightens Its Grip | 7:00 |
| 7 | Soul Rot | 5:28 |
| 8 | Something Follows | 7:09 |
| 9 | Gird Your Loved in Armour While Yet You Wither | 11:09 |

## Genres

[Death Metal](https://themetalnet.com/genre/death-metal) · [Progressive Metal](https://themetalnet.com/genre/progressive-metal) · [Technical Death Metal](https://themetalnet.com/genre/technical-death)

## Release tags

Death Metal · Progressive Metal · Dissonant Death Metal · Technical Death Metal

## In the discography

- Next release: [Under the Under (2026)](https://themetalnet.com/album/09fb6b34-169a-4377-985e-f9dc42f502da)

## Artist

- [Growth](https://themetalnet.com/band/growth)

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Source: [TheMetalNet https://themetalnet.com/album/60149e21-2f01-4938-9f4a-5b35b820cf99](https://themetalnet.com/album/60149e21-2f01-4938-9f4a-5b35b820cf99). Catalog data from MusicBrainz and Metal Archives. Full site index: https://themetalnet.com/llms.txt