Dark Recollections

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Dark Recollections
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Studio album by
ReleasedNovember 26, 1990
RecordedFebruary 1990
Studio Sunlight Studio, Stockholm
Genre Death metal
Length38:10
Label Earache
Producer Tomas Skogsberg, Carnage
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Dark Recollections is the only studio album by Swedish death metal band Carnage, released in 1990 by Earache Records. It was originally released as a split CD with Cadaver's debut album Hallucinating Anxiety by Earache Records sublabel Necrosis. Some of the songs were later re-recorded by Dismember. Dark Recollections is the only album released by Carnage; the band had broken up by the time the album hit the streets. It was later reissued by Earache Records with eight additional tracks, taken from the demos for The Day Man Lost and Infestation of Evil.

Contents

"Deranged From Blood", "Death Evocation", "Blasphemies Of The Flesh" and "Self Dissection" previously appeared on Dismember demos circa 1988–1989, before Fred Estby and David Blomqvist joined Carnage. Dismember also officially recorded "Death Evocation" (a bonus track on reissues of Like an Ever Flowing Stream ) and "Torn Apart" (on the Pieces EP).

Track listing

No.TitleLength
1."Dark Recollections"3:45
2."Torn Apart"4:46
3."Blasphemies of the Flesh"3:46
4."Infestation of Evil"4:37
5."Gentle Exhuming"2:55
6."Deranged from Blood"5:00
7."Malignant Epitaph"3:18
8."Self Dissection"3:30
9."Death Evocation"4:30
10."Outro"1:40
Total length:38:10
Reissue bonus tracks
No.TitleLength
1."Crime against Humanity" (The Day Man Lost (Demo '89)1:52
2."Aftermath" (The Day Man Lost (Demo '89)1:24
3."The Day Man Lost" (The Day Man Lost (Demo '89)1:23
4."Crime against Humanity" (The Day Man Lost (rough mix)1:51
5."Aftermath" (The Day Man Lost (rough mix)1:26
6."The Day Man Lost" (The Day Man Lost (rough mix)1:24
7."Torn Apart" (Infestation of Evil (Demo '89)4:47
8."Infestation of Evil" (Infestation of Evil (Demo '89)4:56
Total length:58:13

Personnel on original release

Personnel on bonus tracks

Production

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References

  1. Rivadavia, Eduardo. "Dark Recollections - Carnage - Songs, Reviews, Credits, Awards - AllMusic". AllMusic. Retrieved 2011-12-20.
  2. Release Information as found at discogs; retrieved 12-21-19