Coroner "No More Color (2014 Reissue, Switzerland, Death Cult Switzerland, DCS-003)"

No More Color is Coroner's third album. It is the release where they started to truly 'progress', as the songs are still similar to their older, speedy, European thrash metal but start to feature elements of the avant-garde progressive thrash of their later albums. This album features very proficient instrumentation and incorporation of elements from genres such as jazz fusion, progressive rock and classical music, which would later be an influence on the evolution and maturity of the experimental side of heavy metal, including acts such as Death. After being out of print for many years, Noise/BMG reissued the album in 2018, remastered with the same track list in a digipack cd case, with additional photographs of the band and memorabilia.

Track listing

All lyrics are written by Marquis Marky, except where noted; all music is composed by Tommy T. Baron and Ron Royce.

1. "Die by My Hand" 3:46
2. "No Need to Be Human" 4:31
3. "Read My Scars" 4:32
4. "D.O.A." 4:19
5. "Mistress of Deception" 5:00
6. "Tunnel of Pain" 4:30
7. "Why It Hurts" Martin Ain 3:47
8. "Last Entertainment" 4:00

Total length: 34:22

The band had intended to include a cover of Kiss' "Parasite" on the album, and they even partly recorded it, but they decided to drop it when they found out that Anthrax had recently recorded their own version of it.

Music video:

- Last Entertainment

Recording information:

Recorded at Sky Trak Studio (West Berlin, Germany) in June 1989.