Grin (Coroner album)

Last updated
Grin
Coroner - Grin.jpg
Studio album by
Released10 September 1993
RecordedFebruary–April 1993
StudioGreenwood Studios, Switzerland
Genre
Length57:47
Label Noise
Producer Coroner
Coroner chronology
Mental Vortex
(1991)
Grin
(1993)
Coroner
(1995)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar half.svg [1]
Collector's Guide to Heavy Metal 8/10 [2]
Metal Temple8/10 [3]

Grin is the fifth studio album by the Swiss thrash metal band Coroner, released in 1993. It was the band's final album before their fourteen-year break up from 1996 to 2010, and other than several new tracks on the 1995 compilation album Coroner , Grin was the last studio album by the band until the 2025 release of Dissonance Theory . It is also the last Coroner album to feature drummer Marky Edelmann, who left the band in 2014.

Contents

Musical style

Grin is considered a major departure from Coroner's previous works, moving to much greater experimentation. It is more focused on the aspects of progressive and technical metal, as opposed to the traditional thrash metal template of its predecessors. The album also incorporates elements of alternative metal, groove metal and industrial metal, and retains some of the avant-garde influences from the band's previous albums No More Color (1989) and Mental Vortex (1991). [4] [5] [6]

Reissues

After being out of print for many years, Noise/BMG reissued the album in 2018, remastered with additional photographs of the band and memorabilia.

Track listing

All lyrics are written by Marquis Marky.

No.TitleMusicLength
1."Dream Path" (instrumental)Baron1:13
2."The Lethargic Age"Baron4:17
3."Internal Conflicts"Baron6:19
4."Caveat (To the Coming)"Baron, Royce6:39
5."Serpent Moves"Baron7:38
6."Status: Still Thinking"Baron, Royce6:14
7."Theme for Silence" (instrumental)Baron1:32
8."Paralyzed, Mesmerized"Baron8:07
9."Grin (Nails Hurt)"Baron7:21
10."Host"Baron8:24
Total length:57:47

Personnel

Coroner
Additional musicians
Production

Notes

References

  1. Rivadavia, Eduardo. "Coroner Grin review". AllMusic . Retrieved 2011-09-10.
  2. Popoff, Martin (August 1, 2007). The Collector's Guide to Heavy Metal: Volume 3: The Nineties. Burlington, Ontario, Canada: Collector's Guide Publishing. pp. 87–88. ISBN   978-1-894959-62-9.
  3. Stein, Lior. "Coroner - Grin (reissue) review". Metal Temple. Retrieved 2021-06-20.
  4. "CORONER – Grin". Voicesfromthedarkside.de.
  5. "Coroner feature on "Grin": From the Vault". Disposableunderground.com. 18 September 2013.
  6. "Coroner - Grin (Reissue) (CD Review)". Metal-temple.com. Retrieved 22 May 2023.