𝐅𝐑𝐎𝐌 𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝐂𝐑𝐘𝐏𝐓𝐒 - 𝐂𝐄𝐋𝐄𝐁𝐑𝐀𝐓𝐈𝐍𝐆 𝐏𝐀𝐒𝐓 𝐀𝐋𝐁𝐔𝐌 𝐑𝐄𝐋𝐄𝐀𝐒𝐄𝐒 𝐢𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐇𝐈𝐒𝐓𝐎𝐑𝐘 𝐨𝐟 𝐇𝐀𝐑𝐃 𝐑𝐎𝐂𝐊 & 𝐇𝐄𝐀𝐕𝐘 𝐌𝐄𝐓𝐀𝐋…
August 12, 1991 — Coroner released their fourth studio album, Mental Vortex via Noise Records. (Listen: Apple Music or Spotify)
The album was recorded at Sky Trak Studio, Berlin (April and June 1991) mixed at Morrisound Recording, Tampa (Florida).
Mental Vortex was produced by Tom Morris with executive production by Karl-U Walterbach. It was mixed by Tom Morris with Sven Conquest. Cover concept by Marquis Marky.
Like their previous releases, Mental Vortex was acclaimed by critics and the public alike. Other than having toured relentlessly for more than half a decade (including the US three times), and all of their music videos receiving airplay on MTV's HeadBangers Ball (Masked Jackal, Last Entertainment and their cover version of the Beatles' I Want You (She's So Heavy) (Watch video) which appears on Mental Vortex), Coroner never achieved much commercial success, which had contributed to the band slowly falling apart during the mid-1990s.
Coroner officially disbanded after a farewell tour consequent (1994) to their self-titled album in January and February 1996, but eventually reunited 15 years after their initial breakup.
Mental Vortex Reissue:
After being out of print for many years, Noise/BMG reissued the album in 2018, remastered with the same track list in a digipack CD format, with additional photographs of the band and memorabilia.
Did You Know?:
• The intro on Divine Step (the Emergency Room intro) is from the movie Re-Animator.
• Lilith is a female demon of the Mesopotamian mythology.
• The sample at the end of Semtex Revolution is from a Dallas news broadcast covering the assassination of John F. Kennedy.
• About Life samples the line '𝚆𝚎 𝚑𝚊𝚟𝚎 𝚝𝚘 𝚜𝚎𝚎, 𝚠𝚎 𝚑𝚊𝚟𝚎 𝚝𝚘 𝚔𝚗𝚘𝚠' from the film Hellraiser II: Hellbound.
• The cover image is a modified photograph of Anthony Perkins as Norman Bates in the 1960 Alfred Hitchcock film Psycho.
• A music video was made for song I Want You (She's So Heavy). (Watch video)
From BNR Music:
“𝙲𝚘𝚛𝚘𝚗𝚎𝚛 𝚠𝚊𝚜 𝚘𝚗𝚎 𝚘𝚏 𝚝𝚑𝚘𝚜𝚎 𝚋𝚊𝚗𝚍𝚜 𝚝𝚑𝚊𝚝 𝚘𝚗𝚎 𝚌𝚘𝚞𝚕𝚍𝚗‘𝚝 𝚑𝚎𝚕𝚙 𝚋𝚞𝚝 𝚊𝚍𝚖𝚒𝚛𝚎, 𝚚𝚞𝚒𝚎𝚝𝚕𝚢 𝚐𝚘𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚊𝚋𝚘𝚞𝚝 𝚝𝚑𝚎𝚒𝚛 𝚋𝚞𝚜𝚒𝚗𝚎𝚜𝚜 𝚙𝚛𝚘𝚍𝚞𝚌𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚚𝚞𝚊𝚕𝚒𝚝𝚢 𝚊𝚕𝚋𝚞𝚖 𝚊𝚏𝚝𝚎𝚛 𝚚𝚞𝚊𝚕𝚒𝚝𝚢 𝚊𝚕𝚋𝚞𝚖, 𝚖𝚊𝚝𝚞𝚛𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚙𝚛𝚘𝚐𝚛𝚎𝚜𝚜𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚠𝚒𝚝𝚑 𝚎𝚊𝚌𝚑 𝚛𝚎𝚕𝚎𝚊𝚜𝚎 𝚠𝚒𝚝𝚑𝚘𝚞𝚝 𝚕𝚘𝚜𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚝𝚑𝚎𝚒𝚛 𝚋𝚊𝚜𝚎 𝚒𝚍𝚎𝚗𝚝𝚒𝚝𝚢, 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚛𝚎𝚝𝚒𝚛𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚋𝚎𝚏𝚘𝚛𝚎 𝚘𝚟𝚎𝚛𝚜𝚝𝚊𝚢𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚝𝚑𝚎𝚒𝚛 𝚠𝚎𝚕𝚌𝚘𝚖𝚎. 𝙻𝚘𝚘𝚜𝚎𝚕𝚢 𝚕𝚊𝚋𝚎𝚕𝚕𝚎𝚍 𝚊 𝚃𝚑𝚛𝚊𝚜𝚑 𝚋𝚊𝚗𝚍, 𝚋𝚞𝚝 𝚛𝚎𝚊𝚕𝚕𝚢 𝚖𝚞𝚌𝚑 𝚖𝚘𝚛𝚎 𝚝𝚑𝚊𝚗 𝚝𝚑𝚊𝚝, 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚂𝚠𝚒𝚜𝚜 𝚝𝚛𝚒𝚘 𝚙𝚛𝚘𝚐𝚛𝚎𝚜𝚜𝚎𝚍 𝚏𝚛𝚘𝚖 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚛𝚊𝚠 𝚜𝚙𝚎𝚎𝚍 𝚘𝚏 𝚁.𝙸.𝙿. 𝚝𝚘 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚖𝚘𝚛𝚎 𝚕𝚊𝚒𝚍𝚋𝚊𝚌𝚔 𝚜𝚝𝚢𝚕𝚎 𝚘𝚏 𝙶𝚛𝚒𝚗, 𝚛𝚎𝚕𝚎𝚊𝚜𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚏𝚒𝚟𝚎 𝚊𝚕𝚋𝚞𝚖𝚜 (𝚗𝚘𝚝 𝚌𝚘𝚞𝚗𝚝𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚜𝚎𝚖𝚒-𝚌𝚘𝚖𝚙𝚒𝚕𝚊𝚝𝚒𝚘𝚗 𝙲𝚘𝚛𝚘𝚗𝚎𝚛 𝚊𝚕𝚋𝚞𝚖) 𝚝𝚑𝚊𝚝 𝚊𝚛𝚎 𝚊𝚕𝚕 𝚍𝚒𝚏𝚏𝚎𝚛𝚎𝚗𝚝 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚢𝚎𝚝 𝚊𝚕𝚕 𝚊𝚛𝚎 𝚞𝚗𝚍𝚎𝚗𝚒𝚊𝚋𝚕𝚢 𝚛𝚎𝚕𝚊𝚝𝚎𝚍, 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚞𝚗𝚍𝚎𝚗𝚒𝚊𝚋𝚕𝚢 𝙲𝚘𝚛𝚘𝚗𝚎𝚛. 𝚃𝚑𝚎 𝚋𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚌𝚊𝚕𝚕𝚎𝚍 𝚒𝚝 𝚊 𝚍𝚊𝚢 𝚒𝚗 𝟷𝟿𝟿𝟺, 𝚊𝚌𝚝𝚞𝚊𝚕𝚕𝚢 𝚋𝚎𝚏𝚘𝚛𝚎 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚛𝚎𝚕𝚎𝚊𝚜𝚎 𝚘𝚏 𝙲𝚘𝚛𝚘𝚗𝚎𝚛, 𝚠𝚒𝚝𝚑 𝙼𝚊𝚛𝚔𝚢 𝙴𝚍𝚎𝚕𝚖𝚊𝚗𝚗 𝚓𝚘𝚒𝚗𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝙰𝚙𝚘𝚕𝚕𝚢𝚘𝚗 𝚂𝚞𝚗 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚃𝚘𝚖𝚖𝚢 𝚃. 𝙱𝚊𝚛𝚘𝚗 𝚐𝚘𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚝𝚘 𝙺𝚛𝚎𝚊𝚝𝚘𝚛, 𝚝𝚑𝚘𝚞𝚐𝚑 𝚗𝚎𝚒𝚝𝚑𝚎𝚛 𝚊𝚛𝚎 𝚜𝚝𝚒𝚕𝚕 𝚠𝚒𝚝𝚑 𝚝𝚑𝚘𝚜𝚎 𝚋𝚊𝚗𝚍𝚜. 𝚃𝚑𝚎 𝚋𝚊𝚗𝚍‘𝚜 𝚏𝚒𝚛𝚜𝚝 𝚍𝚎𝚖𝚘, 𝙳𝚎𝚊𝚝𝚑 𝙲𝚞𝚕𝚝 (𝚏𝚎𝚊𝚝𝚞𝚛𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚃𝚘𝚖 𝚆𝚊𝚛𝚛𝚒𝚘𝚛 𝚘𝚗 𝚐𝚞𝚎𝚜𝚝 𝚟𝚘𝚌𝚊𝚕𝚜), 𝚑𝚊𝚜 𝚛𝚎𝚌𝚎𝚗𝚝𝚕𝚢 𝚋𝚎𝚎𝚗 𝚜𝚎𝚎𝚗 (𝚞𝚗𝚘𝚏𝚏𝚒𝚌𝚒𝚊𝚕𝚕𝚢?) 𝚒𝚗 𝙲𝙳 𝚏𝚘𝚛𝚖. 𝙾𝚗𝚎 𝚘𝚏 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚝𝚛𝚞𝚎 𝚐𝚛𝚎𝚊𝚝𝚜 𝚒𝚗 𝚞𝚗𝚍𝚎𝚛𝚐𝚛𝚘𝚞𝚗𝚍 𝙼𝚎𝚝𝚊𝚕”.
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