Season of the Dead

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Season of the Dead
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Studio album by Necrophagia
Released February, 1987
Recorded SeptemberNovember 1986 at Aircraft Studios in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Genre Death metal
Length41:36
Label New Renaissance Records
Necrophagia chronology
Season of the Dead
(1987)
Death Is Fun
(1995) Death Is Fun1995
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Season of the Dead is the first full length studio album by the death metal band Necrophagia. It was released in 1987 on New Renaissance Records. It is the only album to feature Joe Blazer on drums, Larry Madison on guitar, and Bill James on bass. It is also the band's last album until 1998. The album was released a few months before Death's Scream Bloody Gore debut release which makes it one of the first full-length death metal albums and is therefore seen as being important to collectors.

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Contents

Track listing

  1. "Season of the Dead/Forbidden Pleasure" - 6:05
  2. "Bleeding Torment" - 4:50
  3. "Insane for Blood" - 3:10
  4. "Reincarnation" - 2:20
  5. "Ancient Slumber" - 5:15
  6. "Mental Decay" - 3:35
  7. "Abomination" - 4:31
  8. "Terminal Vision" - 4:30
  9. "Painful Discharge" - 3:10
  10. "Beyond and Back" - 4:10

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References

  1. Henderson, Alex. "Season of the Dead - Necrophagia". Allmusic. Retrieved 12 July 2009.