Flower of Disease

Flower of Disease
Studio album by Goatsnake
Released	October 31, 2000
Genre	Stoner metal [1]
Length	44:11
Label	Man's Ruin [2] Southern Lord (SUNN13) Rise Above Records
Producer	Nick Raskulinecz
Goatsnake chronology
Dog Days (2000) Flower of Disease (2000) Trampled Under Hoof (2004)

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[3]
Chronicles of Chaos	8/10 [4]
The Encyclopedia of Popular Music	[5]

Flower of Disease is an album by American doom metal band Goatsnake, released in 2000. ^{[6] [2]} The LP version was released by Southern Lord Records.

Critical reception

AllMusic called the album "an enjoyable listen", writing that it "is a perfect marriage of modern production techniques, excellent riffing, melodic classic doom, and grooving ambience." ^[3] LA Weekly wrote that "there's a certain slickness here, but an inimitable weirdness too, the combination of which makes this band so distinctly, quintessentially Los Angeles." ^[7] The Encyclopedia of Popular Music wrote that the album "extended Goatsnake's move towards southern-fried doom leanings, further refining their bludgeoning style." ^[5]

Track listing

No.	Title	Length
1.	"Flower of Disease"	6:40
2.	"Praying for a Dying"	4:40
3.	"Easy Greasy"	5:14
4.	"El Coyote"	4:39
5.	"The Dealer"	5:26
6.	"A Truckload of Mamma's Muffins"	5:58
7.	"Live to Die"	3:19
8.	"The River"	8:15

Personnel

Goatsnake

• Pete Stahl – vocals, harmonica
• Greg Anderson – guitar
• G. Stuart Dahlquist – bass
• Greg Rogers – drums

Additional personnel

• Dave Catching – lap steel on "El Coyote"

References

1. Kelly, Kim (April 20, 2017). "10 Stoner Metal Albums Ranked by a Metalhead Who Doesn't Smoke Weed". Vice . Retrieved May 21, 2017.
2. Phillips, William; Cogan, Brian (March 20, 2009). Encyclopedia of Heavy Metal Music. ABC-CLIO. ISBN   9780313348013 – via Google Books.
3. "Flower of Disease - Goatsnake | Songs, Reviews, Credits | AllMusic" – via www.allmusic.com.
4. "CoC : Goatsnake - Flower of Disease : Review". www.chroniclesofchaos.com.
5. Larkin, Colin (2006). The Encyclopedia of Popular Music. Vol. 3. MUZE. p. 784.
6. "Goatsnake | Biography & History". AllMusic.
7. "Vinyl of the Week: Greg Anderson's Goatsnake Reissues Doom Metal Classics 'Flower of Disease,' 'Dog Days' and 'Vol. 1' via Southern Lord [MP3]". LA Weekly. July 30, 2010.