Gore Metal (album)

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Gore Metal is the debut full-length album from American death metal band Exhumed. It was released on October 27, 1998, by Relapse Records. It has been described as "totally disgusting". The only album to feature bassist Ross Sewage.

Background

According to founding member Matt Harvey, Gore Metal was the album where Exhumed developed its vision, although he conceded that "we were still very loose and sloppy and didn't really have a handle on recording at all. Listening back to that record, I like most of the songs, but the production is awful sounding."

The band recorded several songs for the album that were lost when producer James Murphy, then suffering from brain cancer and acting "erratically", was evicted from his studio in Oakland.

Track listing

All songs written by Matt Harvey, except where noted.

1. "Necromaniac" – 2:32
2. "Open the Abscess" – 3:18
3. "Postmortem Procedures" – 3:21
4. "Limb from Limb" (Harvey, Ross Sewage) – 2:32
5. "Enucleation" (Harvey, Sewage, Alex Lopez) – 4:00
6. "Casketkrusher" – 3:25
7. "Deathmask" – 2:52
8. "In My Human Slaughterhouse" – 2:02
9. "Sepulchural Slaughter" – 3:03
10. "Vagitarian II" – 3:41
11. "Blazing Corpse" – 2:05
12. "Deadest of the Dead" – 5:52
13. "Sodomy and Lust" (Tom Angelripper) – 4:48

Legacy

MetalStorm wrote:"Gore Metal features a more melodic sound with catchy riffs and often involves three distinct vocalists, sort of like old Carcass.This album would soon go on to inspire thousands of clone bands who would play the same type of music."

Personnel

Exhumed

• Matt Harvey – guitars, high vocals
• Col Jones – drums
• Ross Sewage – bass, low vocals
• Mike Beams – guitars

Additional personnel

• Dave Shirk – mastering
• James Murphy – mixing
• Maurice Acevedo – engineering
• Brian Henry – design, layout