Mental Vortex
by Coroner
- Type: Album
- Released: 12 August 1991
- Label: Noise
- Country: Switzerland
- Length: 47:31
- Community rating: 4.15/5 from 10 ratings
Artists on this release: Janelle Sadler, Ron Royce, Tommy Vetterli, Kent Smith, Steve Gruden, Ron Broder, Lennon-McCartney, Tommy T. Baron
Album Notes & Community Reviews
'Mental Vortex' is an incredibly precise, cold, and calculated masterpiece of technical thrash metal. The Swiss trio utilizes highly complex, progressive song structures and off-kilter time signatures to deliver a heavy, deeply philosophical, and atmospheric exploration of madness.
Genres
Descriptors: complex, dissonant, existential, male-vocalist, progressive, rhythmic, technical, uncommon-time-signatures
Tracklist
- Divine Step (Conspectu Mortis) (7:05)
- Son of Lilith (6:55)
- Semtex Revolution (5:30)
- Sirens (4:56)
- Metamorphosis (5:34)
- Pale Sister (4:55)
- About Life (5:18)
- I Want You (She's So Heavy) (7:14)
Credits
- Coroner - primary artist
- Marquis Marky - artwork [cover concept & design], drums, lyrics by
- Robbie M眉ller - artwork [digital image processing]
- Micha Good - artwork [skull logo]
- Ron Royce - bass, lead vocals
- Tom Morris - engineer, mixed by, producer
- Sven Conquest - engineer [second engineer]
- Karl-Ulrich Walterbach - executive-producer
- Tommy T. Baron - guitar
- Kent Smith - keyboards, keyboard
- Martin Becker - photography by [cover & sleeve pictures], graphic design, photography
- Lennon-McCartney - written-by
- Marky Edelmann - art direction, design, drums (drum set)
- Ron Broder - bass, lead vocals vocal
- Tommy Vetterli - guitar
- Steve Gruden - background vocals guest vocal
- Janelle Sadler - background vocals guest vocal