Album
The Headless Ritual
The Headless Ritual is the sixth studio album by Autopsy, a death metal band. It came out on 24 June 2013 through Peaceville.
The record is the second the band made after reuniting in 2009, following Macabre Eternal in 2011. It sits between that comeback and Tourniquets, Hacksaws and Graves, which arrived the following year. For anyone who knows Autopsy from the early run of Severed Survival, Mental Funeral and Acts of the Unspeakable, it shows the band back in action and working steadily again after a long gap since Shitfun in 1995.
The Headless Ritual: tracklist and credits
10 tracks · 44:15Tracklist
- 1Slaughter at Beast HouseEric Cutler and Chris Reifert6:33
- 2Mangled Far BelowJoe Trevisano and Chris Reifert3:37
- 3She Is a FuneralChris Reifert7:32
- 4Coffin CrawlersDanny Coralles and Chris Reifert4:32
- 5When Hammer Meets BoneChris Reifert5:34
- 6Thorns and AshesChris Reifert1:45
- 7Arch CadaverDanny Coralles and Chris Reifert4:22
- 8Flesh Turns to DustEric Cutler and Chris Reifert3:27
- 9Running From the GoatheadEric Cutler4:29
- 10The Headless RitualEric Cutler2:24
- Produced by
- Autopsy, Adam Muñoz
- Recorded at
- Fantasy Studios
- Recorded
- April 2013, Fantasy Studios, California
- Mixed by
- Adam Muñoz
- Mixed at
- Fantasy Studios
- Engineered by
- Adam Muñoz
- Labels
- Peaceville, Peaceville Records
- Length
- 44:15
Line-up
- Danny Coralles · guitar family
- Eric Cutler · guitar family, vocals
- Chris Reifert · drums (drum set), vocals
- Joe Trevisano · bass
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Releases and pressings
How we know the release date wikipedia + musicbrainz
| Source | Date | Note |
|---|---|---|
| MusicBrainz | 24 June 2013 | |
| Wikipedia infobox | 24 June 2013 | |
| Wikidata | 2013 | |
| Deezer | 24 June 2013 | |
| UK / Europe release | 24 June 2013 | earliest UK or European date |
4 editions
| Date | Country | Label | Barcode | Kind |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 24 June 2013 | GB | Peaceville | 801056743114 | original |
| 24 June 2013 | XE | Peaceville | 801056843128 | original |
| 24 June 2013 | GB | Peaceville | 801056843029 | original |
| 24 June 2013 | XW | Peaceville | 801056843029 | original |
Cover art sources
coverartarchive · upscaled: major: best source 1200x1200, upscaled to 1500 (x1.25)
| Source | Size | Verdict |
|---|---|---|
| coverartarchive ✓ | 1200×1200 | upscaled: major: best source 1200x1200, upscaled to 1500 (x1.25) |
| deezer | 1200×1200 | upscaled |
| fanarttv | 1000×1000 | upscaled |