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on 1 June 1987. This album marks the first chapter of the band's progression (thus it is less focused) and is characterized by raw speed and power (save for the instrumentals), representing an early progressive blend of

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Track listing

All songs written and arranged by Ron Broder & Tommy Vetterli, except where noted. All lyrics written by Marky Edelmann, except where noted.

Personnel

;Coroner *Ron Broder (as Ron Royce) – vocals, bass *Tommy Vetterli (as Tommy T. Baron) – guitars *Marky Edelmann (as Marquis Marky) – drums ;Production *

Harris Johns Harris Johns is a European music producer, active since the late-1970s in the heavy metal and punk scene, working for a lot of big-name bands, such as Helloween, Coroner, Tankard, Sodom, Voivod, Kreator, Exumer, Ratos de Porão, Slime, Daily Te ...

– producer, engineer, mixing *M. Marky – cover design, pictures *Micha Good – skull logo *Alex Solca – band photos

Notes

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is a synonym for vampire and is the title of film by F.W. Murnau, though it is not known whether this film had a direct influence on Coroner. *The intro of "Totentanz" is actually a cover of a

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(c.1650 – 1725), and was written by A.M. Siegrist. *The 12" vinyl and cassette releases by former Canadian record label Cobra Records cuts the track listing short to 8 songs, excluding "Spiral Dream" and the instrumentals and keeping only Nosferatu. *The 1993 cassette release by former Italian record label Armando Curcio Editore excludes "Spiral Dream" and the "Outro" song.

References

External links

* THE DEATH CULT LODGE GREEC

BNR Metal Pages' section on Coroner

Coroner @ Last.fm
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