Considered Dead is the debut studio album by Canadian death metal band Gorguts. It was released on October 8, 1991, by Roadrunner Records, whom the band signed with after the release of their 1991 demo ...And Then Comes Lividity. The album features guest vocals by Chris Barnes of Cannibal Corpse on three tracks, as well as a guest guitar solo by James Murphy, who has performed with Death, Obituary, and Testament.
| Considered Dead | ||||
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| Studio album by | ||||
| Released | October 8, 1991 | |||
| Studio | Morrisound Recording, Tampa, Florida | |||
| Genre | Death metal | |||
| Length | 37:54 | |||
| Label | Roadrunner Records | |||
| Producer | Scott Burns, Gorguts | |||
| Gorguts chronology | ||||
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| Review scores | |
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| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic |    [1] |
| Disposable Underground | Favorable[2] |
| High Speed Death | Favorable[3] |
The track "Hematological Allergy" was first released on the band's demo ...And Then Comes Lividity.[4]
In 1993, the band took part in the "Blood, Guts and Gore" U.S. tour along with Cannibal Corpse and Atheist.[5]
Considered Dead was later remastered, reissued and paired with its successor, The Erosion of Sanity, as part of Roadrunner's Two from the Vault series, in 2004. It was reissued alone in 2006 with two demo tracks.
Track listing
editAll lyrics are written by Luc Lemay; all music is composed by Gorguts, except where noted
| No. | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | "...And Then Comes Lividity" (Music composed by Lemay) | 0:43 |
| 2. | "Stiff and Cold" | 4:27 |
| 3. | "Disincarnated" | 4:27 |
| 4. | "Considered Dead" | 3:31 |
| 5. | "Rottenatomy" | 4:45 |
| 6. | "Bodily Corrupted" | 3:41 |
| 7. | "Waste of Mortality" | 4:37 |
| 8. | "Drifting Remains" | 3:42 |
| 9. | "Hematological Allergy" | 4:09 |
| 10. | "Inoculated Life" | 3:52 |
| No. | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 11. | "Considered Dead" (Demo) | 3:36 |
| 12. | "Rottenatomy" (Demo) | 4:47 |
| Total length: | 46:17 | |
Personnel
editGorguts
edit- Luc Lemay – rhythm, lead and acoustic guitars, vocals
- Sylvain Marcoux – guitar
- Eric Giguere – bass
- Stephane Provencher – drums
Additional personnel
edit- James Murphy – guitar solo (on "Inoculated Life")
- Chris Barnes – vocals (on tracks 5, 6, 9)
Technical personnel
edit- Produced by Scott Burns and Gorguts
- Recorded and mixed by Scott Burns
- Mastered by Michael Sarsfield
- Dan Seagrave – cover illustration
- Logo and cover concept by Luc Lemay
- Ivan-Pierre Dubois – photo
- Patricia Mooney – art direction
- Matt Vickerstaff – 2016 reissue layout
References
edit- ^ Rivadavia, Eduardo. Gorguts: Considered Dead at AllMusic. Retrieved December 13, 2020.
- ^ "Gorguts Considered Dead". Disposable Underground. Vol. 1, no. 3. Sterling, Virginia: Richard Johnson. 1991. p. 45. ISSN 1072-9674. OCLC 29236005.
- ^ Kieran (April 1992). "Gorguts – Considered Dead" (JPG). High Speed Death. No. 5. Ireland. p. 16. Retrieved May 4, 2021.
- ^ "Gorguts". Disposable Underground. Vol. 1, no. 3. Sterling, Virginia: Richard Johnson. 1991. p. 7. ISSN 1072-9674. OCLC 29236005.
- ^ "Interview with Stephan Provencher, Gorguts". Tough Riffs
Magazine. Retrieved August 27, 2016.
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