Severed Survival
Severed Survival is the debut album from American death metal band Autopsy, released on 24 April 1989 through Peaceville. It arrived after two demos, Demo 87 and Critical Madness, and opens a studio discography that runs through Mental Funeral in 1991 and Acts of the Unspeakable in 1992, and on to the band's more recent records.
The sound draws on Bay Area thrash and the new death metal coming out of Florida, with strands of doom metal woven in. Lyrically it deals in death and gore. It is regarded as one of the first death metal albums and one of the genre's most important releases, helping to lay the groundwork for death metal itself and for its death-doom offshoot. If you want to hear where those sounds start to take shape, this is the place to begin.
Severed Survival: tracklist and credits
10 tracks · 38:43Tracklist
- 1Charred RemainsChris Reifert and Autopsy3:40
- 2Service for a Vacant CoffinEric Cutler and Chris Reifert2:50
- 3DisembowelEric Cutler and Chris Reifert4:04
- 4Gasping for AirEric Cutler3:19
- 5Ridden With DiseaseChris Reifert4:52
- 6Pagan SaviourChris Reifert4:10
- 7Impending DreadEric Cutler and Chris Reifert4:46
- 8Severed SurvivalChris Reifert3:28
- 9Critical MadnessChris Reifert4:32
- 10EmbalmedEric Cutler and Chris Reifert3:02
- Produced by
- Autopsy, John Marshall
- Recorded at
- Starlight Sound (Richmond, California, US)
- Recorded
- January 1989
- Engineered by
- John Marshall
- Labels
- Peaceville, Peaceville Records
- Length
- 38:43
Line-up
- Danny Coralles · guitar
- Eric Cutler · guitar
- Steve DiGiorgio · bass · guest
- Chris Reifert · drums (drum set), vocals
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How we know the release date wikipedia only
| Source | Date | Note |
|---|---|---|
| MusicBrainz | May 1989 | |
| Wikipedia infobox | 24 April 1989 | |
| Wikidata | 1989 | |
| UK / Europe release | 1989 | earliest UK or European date |
9 editions
| Date | Country | Label | Barcode | Kind |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1989 | GB | Peaceville | 5016557501223 | other |
| May 1989 | GB | Peaceville | 5016557501216 | original |
| 1990 | GB | Peaceville | 5016557501223 | other |
| 1994 | US | Futurist | 090861103620 | other |
| 24 March 2003 | GB | Peaceville | 801056701220 | other |
| 23 February 2009 | GB | Peaceville | 801056725820 | other |
| 16 March 2009 | XW | Peaceville | 801056460769 | deluxe |
| 2017 | GB | Peaceville | 801056726711 | other |
| 9 March 2018 | GB | Peaceville | 801056773029 | remaster |
Cover art sources
deezer · upscaled: major: best source 1200x1200, upscaled to 1500 (x1.25)
| Source | Size | Verdict |
|---|---|---|
| deezer ✓ | 1200×1200 | upscaled: major: best source 1200x1200, upscaled to 1500 (x1.25) |
| fanarttv | 1000×1000 | upscaled |
| coverartarchive | 600×600 | upscaled |