Disguise (album)

On May 6, 2018, Chris Motionless announced via Instagram that a new album would be released in 2019. He claimed that he, along with Ryan Sitkowski and Ricky Olson, would begin full-time writing prior to touring with Warped Tour that summer. On April 17, the band announced the album was to be titled Disguise. On the same day, they released two singles off of the album titled "Disguise" and "Brand New Numb", along with the tracklist and official artwork created by Zach Dunn. On June 5, two days before the album was due to drop, the band premiered the song "Thoughts & Prayers" on BBC's Radio 1's Rock Show with Daniel P. Carter. The song "Brand New Numb" was featured in NHL 20. ==Documentary==

On June 12, Motionless in White released a documentary on the recording and making of the album. The documentary consists of what it was like to make the album along with what the album means to the band. There are also clips of studio jokes, guitar work, and some vocals from the album. The commentary has interviews of the band and what they think of the album throughout, with Chris Motionless saying, "And with this record, I heavily gravitated towards writing about the long journey of admitting to myself that I'm struggling with a lot mentally and, while simultaneously being in the best and happiest place in my life, I was also in one of the darkest places, and that contradiction of those feelings festered in my head and left me more and more confused by my life in general to which it then manifested into deeper and deeper destructive feelings and actions as my time ignoring it went on until one day I just lost it and broke down, and there begins basically the story of so many of these songs." ==Critical reception==

Disguise received mixed reviews from several music critics. Ian Kenworthy of Already Heard gave the album 3.5 out of 5 and said: "At its best, Disguise delivers a fun bucketload of goth-flavored metalcore mayhem. However, it sags in places, especially when they step outside their comfort zone." and the best nu metal album of 2019. ==Track listing==

Credits retrieved from AllMusic. Motionless in White • Chris "Motionless" Cerulli – lead vocals, additional guitars, production, composition • Ryan Sitkowski – lead guitar, bass, backing vocals on "Thoughts & Prayers" • Ricky "Horror" Olson – rhythm guitar, bass, backing vocals, co-lead vocals on "Undead Ahead 2: The Tale of the Midnight Ride" • Vinny Mauro – drums • Justin Morrow – bass, backing vocals Additional musicians • Tom Hane – drums, engineering, composition Additional personnel • Drew Fulk – production, mixing, composition • Jeff Dunne – engineering • Justin DeBlieck – vocal engineering, editing • Johnny Andrews and Gaiapatra – composition • Dave Rath – A&R • Kim Schon – management • Zach Dunn – cover art • Sean Smith – design, layout • Lindsay Adler – photography ==Charts==