Life & Death (album)

Life & Death
Studio album by Thud
Released	1992 (1992)
Studio	Oz Studio (Baltimore, Maryland)
Genre	Death-doom thrash metal
Length	36:22
Label	Fifth Colvmn
Producer	Robert Dotolo Barrett Jones
Thud chronology
Life & Death (1992) Inevitable (1993)

Life & Death is the debut studio album by Thud, released in 1992 by Fifth Colvmn Records. ^[1] In April 2015 the lead track "Ventilator" was played on Diane's Kamikaze Fun Machine: Playlist on WMUC-FM. ^[2]

Reception

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[1]

AllMusic gave Life & Death gave three out of five possible stars. ^[1] Fabryka Music Magazine awarded the album a flawless rating of four out of four stars, describing it as "heaviest Fifth Colvmn album" and "a violent assault of great rock and heavy metal." ^[3]

Track listing

All tracks are written by Robert Dotolo, Gregg Hudson, Chris Rasley and Adam Rutland, except "Ventilator" co-written by Jared Louche.

No.	Title	Length
1.	"Ventilator"	3:13
2.	"Blind Judgement"	3:44
3.	"Black Whole"	2:38
4.	"Contradiction"	3:40
5.	"Shell Shock"	4:38
6.	"Hustle"	2:03
7.	"Image Pig"	2:27
8.	"Temptation"	3:05
9.	"Rain"	3:11
10.	"Lose"	2:52
11.	"Loaded"	2:28
12.	"Nod"	2:23

Personnel

Adapted from the Life & Death liner notes. ^[4]

Thud

• Robert Dotolo – lead vocals, guitars, production, mixing
• Gregg Hudson – drums, backing vocals
• Chris Rasley – bass guitar, guitar (1)
• Adam Rutland – guitar, backing vocals

Additional performers

• Eli Janney  – engineering, piano (3)
• Barrett Jones – production, mixing, backing vocals (7)
• Jared Louche  – production, mixing, additional guitar (1)

Production and design

• Craig Albertson (at CyberGrafiks) – photography
• Zalman Fishman  – executive-producer
• Dave Harris – mastering
• Phil Merkle – cover art
• Nikolas H. Huffman – design

Release history

Region	Date	Label	Format	Catalog
United States	1992	Fifth Colvmn	CD	FCR 002

References

1. "Thud: Life & Death > Overview". AllMusic . Retrieved August 18, 2020.
2. Kamikaze, Diane (2018). "Diane's Kamikaze Fun Machine: Playlist". WMUC-FM . Retrieved August 18, 2020.
3. Gariboldi, Marco (August 23, 2009). "Life & Death – Fifth Colvmn Records, 1992". Fabryka Industrial Rock & Metal Encyclopedia. Fabryka Music Magazine. Retrieved September 2, 2020.
4. Life & Death (booklet). Thud. Washington, D.C.: Fifth Colvmn Records. 1992.

External links

• Life & Death at Discogs (list of releases)
• Life & Death at iTunes