Biohazard (album)

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Biohazard
Biohazard BIOHAZARD.jpg
Studio album by
Released1990
RecordedJune 1990
StudioBroccoli Rabe Studios (Fairfield, New Jersey)
Genre Crossover Thrash [1]
Length41:23
Label Magnetic Air
Producer John Burns
Biohazard chronology
Biohazard
(1990)
Urban Discipline
(1992)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic Star full.svgStar full.svgStar half.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [1]
Collector's Guide to Heavy Metal 6/10 [2]

Biohazard is the debut studio album by American hardcore punk band Biohazard, released in June 1990 by Magnetic Air.

Contents

The intro to the song "Retribution" is from the movie The Godfather Part II .

The songs "Wrong Side of the Tracks" and "Hold My Own" were rerecorded for the band's second album Urban Discipline . The 2004 remaster features a different cover than the original 1990 pressing.

Track listing

No.TitleLength
1."Retribution"4:26
2."Victory"2:29
3."Blue Blood"2:29
4."Howard Beach"2:09
5."Wrong Side of the Tracks"3:54
6."Justified Violence"4:09
7."Skinny Song"2:27
8."Hold My Own"2:38
9."Panic Attack"2:35
10."Pain"3:30
11."Survival of the Fittest"2:16
12."There & Back"4:02
13."Scarred for Life"4:15
Total length:41:23

Personnel

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References

  1. 1 2 Jason Anderson. "Biohazard Review by Jason Anderson". AllMusic . Retrieved March 1, 2023. This suggests that the band was simply tuning up their hardcore stomp on Biohazard, preparing their aggro chops for the eventual rap-rock mating.
  2. Popoff, Martin (2007). The Collector's Guide to Heavy Metal: Volume 3: The Nineties. Burlington, Ontario, Canada: Collector's Guide Publishing. p. 46. ISBN   978-1-894959-62-9.