| Rigor Mortis | ||||
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| Released | July 19, 1988 | |||
| Recorded | Dallas Sound Lab, Dallas, Texas | |||
| Genre | Thrash metal | |||
| Length | 41:07 | |||
| Label | Capitol | |||
| Producer | Dave Ogilvie | |||
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Rigor Mortis is the debut album by thrash metal band Rigor Mortis released in 1988 through Capitol Records.
| No. | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Welcome to Your Funeral" | 3:31 |
| 2. | "Demons" | 4:04 |
| 3. | "Bodily Dismemberment" | 5:18 |
| 4. | "Condemned to Hell" | 3:41 |
| 5. | "Wizard of Gore" | 3:56 |
| 6. | "Shroud of Gloom" | 2:43 |
| 7. | "Die in Pain" | 3:56 |
| 8. | "Vampire" | 5:00 |
| 9. | "Re-Animator" | 3:23 |
| 10. | "Slow Death" | 5:33 |
| 11. | "Foaming at the Mouth" | 3:45 |
| 12. | "Grudge Fuck" | 1:48 |
| 13. | "Spivey (Previously Unreleased)" | 2:49 |
Rigor mortis, or postmortem rigidity, is the third stage of death. It is one of the recognizable signs of death, characterized by stiffening of the limbs of the corpse caused by chemical changes in the muscles postmortem. In humans, rigor mortis can occur as soon as four hours after death.
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Rigor Mortis was a thrash/speed metal band that formed in 1983 in the Dallas-Fort Worth, Texas metroplex. Two schoolmates, Harden Harrison (drums) and Casey Orr (bass), formed the band when they met Mike Scaccia (guitar). The three young men shared an interest in horror/gore films and very heavy music. With Bruce Corbitt on vocals, they created some of the heaviest thrash metal at the time often flirting with death metal. They were also one of the only major thrash bands from Texas and virtually created the underground metal scene there. The band was signed by Capitol Records in 1987.
Rigor mortis is one of the recognizable signs of death.
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The stages of death of a human being have medical, biochemical and legal aspects. The term taphonomy from palaeontology applies to the fate of all kinds of remains of organisms, with forensic taphonomy concerned for remains of the human body.
