The Rack

by Asphyx

The Rack cover art
  • Type: Album
  • Released: 13 April 1991
  • Label: Century Media
  • Country: Netherlands
  • Length: 37:32
  • Community rating: 3.67/5 from 5 ratings

Artists on this release: Bob Bagchus, Eric Daniels, Martin Van Drunen

Album Notes & Community Reviews

Asphyx's debut full-length, 'The Rack', is a ferociously heavy and deeply agonizing monument of European death doom metal. The Dutch trio blends Martin van Drunen's tortured, harsh vocals with impossibly slow, aggressive doom riffs, forging a dark, raw, and incredibly somber atmosphere.

Genres

Descriptors: death, atmospheric, harsh-vocals, brutal, punishing

Tracklist

  1. The Quest of Absurdity (1:20)
  2. Vermin (4:02)
  3. Diabolical Existence (3:55)
  4. Evocation (5:32)
  5. Wasteland of Terror (2:16)
  6. The Sickening Dwell (4:15)
  7. Ode to a Nameless Grave (2:55)
  8. Pages in Blood (4:08)
  9. The Rack (9:05)

Credits

  • Asphyx - primary artist
  • Axel Hermann - cover
  • Bob Bagchus - drums, music by
  • Robert Kampf - executive-producer
  • Eric Daniels - guitar, music by
  • Martin Van Drunen - lyrics by, music by, vocals, bass
  • Theo Loomans - lyrics by
  • Harry Wijering - mixed by, producer
  • Marion Wiggers - photography by
  • Martin Schr枚r - synthesizer [session]

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