The Key

by Nocturnus

The Key cover art
  • Type: Album
  • Released: August 1990
  • Label: Earache
  • Country: United States
  • Length: 44:01
  • Community rating: 3.66/5 from 6 ratings

Artists on this release: Mike Browning, Kam Lee, Mike Davis, Jeff Estes, Sean McNenney, Louis Panzer

Album Notes & Community Reviews

A radically innovative album for the Florida death metal scene, 'The Key' famously introduced atmospheric keyboards to highly complex technical death metal. Nocturnus delivers an aggressive, incredibly fast sonic assault structured around dark, futuristic science fiction concepts.

Genres

Descriptors: science fiction, complex, technical, space, sci-fi

Tracklist

  1. Lake of Fire (5:04)
  2. Standing in Blood (4:19)
  3. Visions from Beyond the Grave (4:09)
  4. Neolithic (4:50)
  5. BC/AD (4:56)
  6. Andromeda Strain (3:42)
  7. Droid Sector (4:21)
  8. Destroying the Manger (6:08)
  9. Empire of the Sands (6:28)

Credits

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