Exhausting Fire
# 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 |
