Let Us Pray

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Let Us Pray
Vitalremains-letuspray.jpg
Studio album by
ReleasedAugust 21, 1992
RecordedDecember, 1991 at Fat Trax Studios, Pawtucket, Rhode Island
Genre Death metal
Length56:13
Label Peaceville Records
Producer Vital Remains, Tony Ricci
Vital Remains chronology
Let Us Pray
(1992)
Into Cold Darkness
(1995)

Let Us Pray is the debut album by the American death metal band Vital Remains. It was released by Deaf Records/Peaceville Records in 1992. It is the only album to feature Ace Alonzo on drums.

Contents

Track listing

No.TitleLength
1."War in Paradise"7:44
2."Of Pure Unholiness"6:39
3."Ceremony of the Seventh Circle"6:58
4."Uncultivated Grave"7:01
5."Malevolent Invocation"4:10
6."Isolated Magick"5:13
7."Cult of the Dead"7:09
8."Frozen Terror"5:47
9."Amulet of the Conquering" (bonus track)5:32
Total length:56:13

Personnel

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