''Horrified'' is the only full-length studio album to date by American
grindcore
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band
Repulsion. This album was influential on later
goregrind
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bands.
[Badin, Olivier (2009). "Goregrind". ''Terrorizer'', 181, p.41.] Although the album was originally recorded in 1986, it remained unreleased until three years later. It was originally released on Necrosis Records, a
sublabel
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of
Earache Records
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run by Jeff Walker and Bill Steer of the band
Carcass
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*Dressed carcass, the body of a livestock animal ready for butchery, after removal of skin, visceral organs, head, feet etc.
*Carrion, the decaying dead body of an animal or human being
*The str ...
.
Album information
The album was originally released in 1986 as a demo called ''Slaughter of the Innocent''. Necrosis Records officially released the album as ''Horrified'' in 1989. The tracks were recorded in June 1986 at a basement studio in
Flint, Michigan
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. They were then remixed in March 1989 at Silver Tortoise Soundlab,
Ann Arbor, Michigan
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by Jonas Berzanskis,
Scott Carlson
Scott Carlson is an American musician, who most notably worked as the lead vocalist and bassist of pioneering grindcore band Repulsion. Additionally, he was briefly the bassist and one of the vocalists of pioneering death metal band Death, as ...
and Aaron Freeman, and produced by Doug Earp and Repulsion.
In 1991, Repulsion got back together and recorded a demo titled ''Rebirth'', some of which appeared on the ''Excruciation'' 7" released through
Relapse Records
Relapse Records is an American independent record label based in Upper Darby, Pennsylvania. It was founded by Matthew F. Jacobson in 1990. The label features many grindcore, death metal, metalcore and sludge metal artists.
History
The label was ...
. After the success of the 7", Relapse
reissue
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Reasons for reissue
New aud ...
d ''Horrified'' in 1992.
In 2002, ''Horrified'' was reissued again by Relapse, this time with a bonus CD consisting of various demos and other recordings titled ''Rarities''.
Track listing
''Horrified''
# "The Stench of Burning Death" – 1:33
# "Eaten Alive" – 1:38
# "Acid Bath" – 1:30
# "Slaughter of the Innocent" – 1:32
# "Decomposed" – 1:21
# "Radiation Sickness" – 2:04
# "Splattered Cadavers" – 1:24
# "Festering Boils" – 1:52
# "Pestilent Decay" – 1:03
# "Crematorium" – 1:29
# "Driven to Insanity" – 1:39
# "Six Feet Under" – 1:11
# "Bodily Dismemberment" – 1:45
# "Repulsion" – 1:44
# "The Lurking Fear" – 1:09
# "Black Breath" – 2:16
# "Maggots in Your Coffin" – 1:45
# "Horrified" – 2:04
1992 Relapse CD Bonus Track:
# "Black Nightmare" – 2:08
Bonus CD: ''Rarities''
# "Armies of the Dead" – 2:24 (Genocide rehearsal demo, Nov. '84)
# "Satan's Whores" – 2:36 (Genocide rehearsal demo, Nov. '84)
# "Crack of Doom" – 2:30 (Genocide rehearsal demo, Nov. '84)
# "Armies of the Dead" – 1:43 (Genocide ''Violent Death'' demo, Autumn '85)
# "Six Feet Under" – 1:33 (Genocide ''Violent Death'' demo, Autumn '85)
# "Violent Death" – 1:05 (Genocide ''Violent Death'' demo, Autumn '85)
# "The Lurking Fear" – 1:34 (Genocide ''Violent Death'' demo, Autumn '85)
# "Crack of Doom" – 2:00 (Genocide ''Violent Death'' demo, Autumn '85)
# "Horrified" – 2:32 (Genocide ''Violent Death'' demo, Autumn '85)
# "The Stench of Burning Death" – 1:30 (Genocide ''WFBE'' demo, 26 Jan. '86)
# "Decomposed" – 1:34 (Genocide ''WFBE'' demo, 26 Jan. '86)
# "Slaughter of the Innocent" – 1:50 (Genocide ''WFBE'' demo, 26 Jan. '86)
# "Eaten Alive" – 1:50 (Genocide ''WFBE'' demo, 26 Jan. '86)
# "Six Feet Under" – 1:19 (Genocide ''WFBE'' demo, 26 Jan. '86)
# "Crypt of Terror" – 1:48 (Genocide ''WFBE'' demo, 26 Jan. '86)
# "The Lurking Fear" – 1:19 (Genocide ''WFBE'' demo, 26 Jan. '86)
# "Festering Boils" – 1:56 (Genocide ''WFBE'' demo, 26 Jan. '86)
# "Pestilent Decay" – 1:14 (Genocide ''WFBE'' demo, 26 Jan. '86)
# "Black Nightmare" – 2:03 (Genocide ''WFBE'' demo, 26 Jan. '86)
# "Bodily Dismemberment" – 1:55 (Genocide ''WFBE'' demo, 26 Jan. '86)
# "Horrified" – 2:14 (Genocide ''WFBE'' demo, 26 Jan. '86)
# "Radiation Sickness" – 2:06 (Genocide Live, 14 May '86)
# "Black Breath" – 2:17 (Genocide Live, 14 May '86)
# "Excruciation" – 3:31 (Repulsion ''Excruciation'' EP/demo)
# "Helga (Lost Her Head)" – 3:25 (Repulsion ''Excruciation'' EP/demo)
# "Rebirth" – 3:06 (Repulsion ''Excruciation'' EP/demo)
# "House of Freaks" – 2:42 (Repulsion ''Excruciation'' EP/demo)
# "Depraved" – 2:59 (Repulsion final demos, 1991)
# "Face of Decay" – 3:15 (Repulsion final demos, 1991)
# "Something Dead" – 3:31 (Repulsion final demos, 1991)
References
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1989 debut albums
Repulsion (band) albums
Southern Lord Records albums
Earache Records albums