{{Use mdy dates|date=May 2025}} {{Infobox album| | name = Beating Dead Horses | type = studio | artist = [[16volt]] | cover = Beating Dead Horses.jpg | venue = | released = {{Start date|2011|5|10}} | recorded = | studio = [[Murder Creek (record label)|Murder Creek]]<br /> {{small|([[Portland, Oregon]])}} | genre = {{hlist|[[Industrial rock]]|[[alternative metal]]}} | length = 49:13 | label = [[Metropolis Records|Metropolis]] | producer = [[Eric Powell (musician)|Eric Powell]] | prev_title = [[American Porn Songs: Remixed]] | prev_year = 2010 | next_title = [[The Negative Space]] | next_year = 2016 }}

'''''Beating Dead Horses''''' is the seventh [[studio album]] by American [[industrial rock]] band [[16volt]], released on May 5, 2011 by [[Metropolis Records]].<ref name="allmusic">{{cite web |url={{AllMusic|class=album|id=mw0001979387|pure_url=yes}}|title=16 Volt: ''Beating Dead Horses'' > Overview |publisher=Allmusic |accessdate=August 15, 2020}}</ref><ref>{{cite journal|first=Dom |last=Smith |url=https://www.soundspheremag.com/news/world/16volt-announce-new-album-release/ |title=16volt Announce New Album Release |journal=Soundsphere Magazine |date=2011 |accessdate=August 15, 2020}}</ref><ref name="regenmagint1">{{cite journal|first=Ilker |last=Yücel |url=https://regenmag.com/interviews/16volt-interview-well-oiled-machine-rock/ |title=16volt InterView: Well Oiled Machine Rock! |journal=ReGen |date=January 19, 2017 |accessdate=August 15, 2020}}</ref><ref name="regenmagint2">{{cite journal|first=Ilker |last=Yücel |url=https://regenmag.com/interviews/16volt-interview-well-oiled-machine-rock/ |title=16volt InterView: Defiant to the End |journal=ReGen |date=November 2, 2017 |accessdate=August 15, 2020}}</ref>

==Reception== Brutal Resonance commended the production quality and composition variety of ''Beating Dead Horses'', saying "there are some tracks on this album that vary but most of the tracks follow the same line and it's a pretty straight forward album."<ref name="brutalresonance">{{cite journal|first=Fredrik |last=Croona |url=https://www.brutalresonance.com/review/16-volt-beating-dead-horses/ |title=16 Volt - ''Beating Dead Horses'' |journal=Brutal Resonance |date=June 21, 2011 |accessdate=August 15, 2020}}</ref> COMA Music Magazine called the album the band's best work and said "fans are sure to find ''Beating Dead Horses'' to be very enjoyable while new listeners should appreciate the dynamic soundscapes offered by [[16volt|16Volt]]."<ref name="comamusic">{{cite journal |first=William |last=Dashiell Hammett |url=http://coma-online.com/?p=13182 |title=CD Review: 16Volt – ''Beating Dead Horses'' |journal=COMA Music Magazine |date=March 25, 2012 |accessdate=August 15, 2020 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120325072256/http://coma-online.com/?p=3291 |archive-date=March 25, 2012}}</ref> ReGen commended the band for remaining successful composers through their existence and said "with ''Beating Dead Horses'' presenting a leaner, meaner, more stripped down and more amped up 16volt, the band stands tall at the forefront of machine rock."<ref name="regen">{{cite journal|first=Ilker |last=Yücel |url=http://regenmag.com/reviews/16volt-beating-dead-horses/ |title=16volt – ''Beating Dead Horses'' |journal=ReGen |date=September 6, 2016 |accessdate=August 15, 2020}}</ref> Soundsphere Magazine gave the album four out of five stars and said "utilising a blend of the classic band set-up (guitar, drums, vocal and bass) alongside electronic gear (synthesizers, samplers, drum machines and more), this band has come to perfect the skill of mixing of these different sounds that give us the songs we know and love."<ref name="soundspheremag">{{cite journal|first=Dom |last=Smith |url=https://www.soundspheremag.com/reviews/cd/cd-review-16volt-beating-dead-horses/ |title=CD Review: 16Volt – ''Beating Dead Horses'' |journal=Soundsphere Magazine |date=April 15, 2011 |accessdate=August 15, 2020}}</ref>

==Track listing== {{Track listing | all_writing = [[Mike Peoples]] and [[Eric Powell (musician)|Eric Powell]] | title1 = Beating Dead Horses | length1 = 3:46 | title2 = The Wasteland That Is Me | length2 = 4:03 | title3 = Fight or Flight | length3 = 2:55 | title4 = Burn | length4 = 4:16 | title5 = You Will All Go Down | length5 = 4:14 | title6 = Breathing Water | length6 = 3:23 | title7 = Ghost | length7 = 4:25 | title8 = We Disintegrate | length8 = 3:02 | title9 = Dissembler | length9 = 3:54 | title10 = Sick Sick Sick | length10 = 3:34 | title11 = The Carrion | length11 = 4:22 | title12 = Veins | length12 = 3:06 | title13 = Somewhere New | length13 = 4:13 }}

==Personnel== Adapted from the ''Beating Dead Horses'' liner notes.<ref name="linearnotes">{{cite AV media notes |title=Beating Dead Horses |title-link=Beating Dead Horses |others=[[16volt]] |year=2011 |type=booklet |publisher=[[Metropolis Records]] |location=Chicago, Illinois}}</ref>

'''16volt''' * [[Mike Peoples]]&nbsp;– [[bass guitar]], [[guitars]] * [[Eric Powell (musician)|Eric Powell]]&nbsp;– [[Singing|lead vocals]], guitars, [[Programming (music)|programming]], [[Keyboard instrument|keyboards]], [[record producer|production]], [[Sound recording and reproduction|recording]], [[design]]

'''Additional performers''' * Clint Carney&nbsp;– [[Programming (music)|additional programming]] <small>(3, 9, 13)</small> * Bill Sarver&nbsp;– additional programming <small>(4, 8, 9, 13)</small>

'''Production and design''' * Josh Asselstine&nbsp;– [[Audio engineering|engineering]] * Pyra Draculea&nbsp;– [[Audio engineering|assistant engineering]] * Ryan Foster&nbsp;– [[Audio mastering|mastering]] * Shaun Thingvold&nbsp;– [[Audio mixing (recorded music)|mixing]]

==Release history== {|class="wikitable" ! Region ! Date ! Label ! Format ! Catalog |- | United States | 2011 | [[Metropolis Records|Metropolis]] | [[compact disc|CD]], [[Music download|DL]] | MET 706 |}

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== External links == * {{Official website|https://16volt.com/}} * [https://16volt.bandcamp.com/album/beating-dead-horses ''Beating Dead Horses''] at [[Bandcamp]] * {{Discogs master |master=348725 |name=Beating Dead Horses |type=album}}

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