Mental Vortex

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Mental Vortex
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Studio album by
Released12 August 1991
RecordedApril–June 1991
StudioSky Trak Studio, Berlin
Genre
Length47:30
Label Noise
Producer Tom Morris
Coroner chronology
No More Color
(1989)
Mental Vortex
(1991)
Grin
(1993)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar half.svg [1]
Collector's Guide to Heavy Metal 9/10 [2]

Mental Vortex is the fourth album by the Swiss thrash metal band Coroner, released on 12 August 1991.

Contents

Musical style

Mental Vortex continues Coroner's experimental approach established in its predecessor, No More Color (1989), blending thrash metal with progressive, jazz fusion, and avant-garde influences. [3] "Unbridled speed and aggression were replaced by highly technical and unconventional songwriting." [1]

Reissues

After being out of print for many years, Noise/BMG reissued the album in 2018, remastered with the same track list in a digipack CD case, including additional photographs of the band and memorabilia.

Track listing

All lyrics are written by Marquis Marky, except where noted.

No.TitleLyricsMusicLength
1."Divine Step (Conspectu Mortis)" Baron, Royce7:05
2."Son of Lilith" Baron, Royce6:55
3."Semtex Revolution" Baron5:31
4."Sirens" Baron, Royce4:56
5."Metamorphosis" Baron, Royce5:35
6."Pale Sister" Baron4:55
7."About Life" Baron5:18
8."I Want You (She's So Heavy)" (The Beatles cover)Lennon, McCartneyLennon, McCartney7:15
Total length:47:30

Personnel

Coroner
Additional musicians
Production

Notes

References

  1. 1 2 Rivadavia, Eduardo. "Coroner Mental Vortex review". AllMusic . Rovi Corporation . Retrieved 10 September 2011.
  2. Popoff, Martin (1 August 2007). The Collector's Guide to Heavy Metal: Volume 3: The Nineties. Burlington, Ontario, Canada: Collector's Guide Publishing. p. 87. ISBN   978-1-894959-62-9.
  3. Rowella, Chris (12 August 2016). "Coroner's 'Mental Vortex' Turns 25". Invisible Oranges . Archived from the original on 14 August 2016. Retrieved 9 February 2023.