Dawn of Possession

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Dawn of Possession
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Studio album by
Immolation
ReleasedJuly 19, 1991
April 24, 2006 (re-issue)
RecordedMusiclab Studios, Berlin, Germany
Genre Death metal
Length42:44
Label Roadrunner
Producer Harris Johns
Immolation chronology
Dawn of Possession
(1991)		 Stepping on Angels... Before Dawn
(1995)
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Dawn of Possession is the debut album by Immolation. It was released on July 19, 1991; it was their first and only album released on Roadrunner Records. The album was re-issued and re-mastered by Metal Mind Productions as a limited-edition digipak, on April 24, 2006, with bonus videos. The album was recorded at Musiclab Studios in Berlin, Germany and was produced by Harris Johns.

Contents

Composition

Dawn of Possession has been described as a "frightening and wraith-like condemnation of Christianity." [1] The guitars on the album are tuned to C Standard, though the band members did not know what their guitars were tuned to during writing and rehearsals, due to them not having guitar tuners. Guitarists Ross Dolan and Robert Vigna had the ability to tune guitars by ear, and Wilkinson would emulate their intonation. Vigna explained, "I knew how to tune the guitar itself, and we could all tune our instruments, but never really paid attention to what key we were in. We knew we wanted to make things heavier, so we probably just tuned down more and more as time went on, not realizing just how much we did. That being said, whatever it was that I was tuning to, that's what it was." [2]

Legacy

Greg Prato of AllMusic assessed, "Although it will never go down in metal history as a landmark album à la Master of Puppets or Reign in Blood, Dawn of Possession does show a band mastering a style that would eventually become quite commonplace in metal. [...] Looking back on it years later, Dawn of Possession was certainly a notable release in what would eventually be known as the "extreme metal" style." [3]

Track listing

No.TitleLength
1."Into Everlasting Fire"5:10
2."Despondent Souls"4:13
3."Dawn of Possession"3:04
4."Those Left Behind"5:13
5."Internal Decadence"2:59
6."No Forgiveness (Without Bloodshed)"4:11
7."Burial Ground"3:36
8."After My Prayers"5:51
9."Fall in Disease"3:47
10."Immolation"4:05
Total length:42:44

Personnel

Immolation
Production

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References

  1. ↑ Purcell, Natalie J. Death Metal Music: The Passion and Politics of a Subculture. McFarland. p. 62.
  2. ↑ Kennelty, Greg (2024-11-15). "What Did IMMOLATION Tune Down To On Dawn Of Possession? They Had No Idea". Metal Injection. Retrieved 2024-12-27.
  3. ↑ Dawn of Possession - Immolation | Album | AllMusic , retrieved 2025-01-02


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