''From Beyond'' is the debut studio album by American

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band

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, released in 1991 on

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. The album was re-released with a different cover (original is red) and the ''

Inhuman Condition ''Inhuman Condition'' is an EP by the American death metal band Massacre. It was released in 1992 by Earache Records. Track listing # "Inhuman Condition" – 5:41 # "Plains of Insanity" – 4:48 # "Warhead" – 5:16 (Venom cover) # "Provoke ...

'' EP as bonus tracks. The album was recorded in March 1991 at

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. "Corpsegrinder" was originally recorded by the band

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, of which all members of Massacre have been a part in the past. The album's title is based on H. P. Lovecraft's the short story of the same name, and the cover art was painted by Ed Repka. The band's vocalist, Kam Lee, hates the original pink album cover art done by Ed Repka and the changing of the band logo as he claims it "looks like the Superman logo."

Critical reception

In 2005, ''From Beyond'' was ranked number 288 in ''

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'' magazine's book ''The 500 Greatest Rock & Metal Albums of All Time''.

Track listing

All lyrics written by

Kam Lee Barney Kamalani "Kam" Lee is an American death metal vocalist. He is best known for his vocal contributions to an early incarnation of Death (called Mantas) from 1983 to 1984, and later joined Massacre in 1985. Career Massacre recorded two d ...

, all music by

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, unless stated. The original vinyl release had a bonus 7" single:

Personnel

Massacre *

– vocals *

– guitar *

Terry Butler Terry Butler is an American bassist who currently performs with the death metal bands Obituary and Inhuman Condition. He was also a member of Six Feet Under, Massacre and Death. He was credited on the Death album ''Spiritual Healing'', and ba ...

– bass * Bill Andrews – drums Additional musicians * Walter Trachsler – rhythm guitar (uncredited) Production *

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and

– production * Scott Burns – engineering * Edward J. Repka – artwork and logo According to Mike Borders, Robby Goodwin wrote the song "Biohazard" but was not credited.

References

1991 debut albums Massacre (metal band) albums Albums with cover art by Ed Repka Earache Records albums {{1990s-death-metal-album-stub