Saint Vitus "Die Healing"

Die Healing is the seventh studio album by the American doom metal band Saint Vitus, released in 1995 by Hellhound Records. In addition to being their final album before disbanding in 1996, Die Healing saw the band reunite with the original lineup of vocalist Scott Reagers, guitarist Dave Chandler, bassist Mark Adams and drummer Armando Acosta. It would, however, be the last Saint Vitus album to feature Acosta before his death in 2010, and Reagers for 20 years until his return to the band in 2015.

In 2010, the album was reissued on limited-edition vinyl by Buried By Time And Dust Records.

Track listing

All songs written by Dave Chandler.

1. "Dark World" - 4:57
2. "One Mind" - 4:34
3. "Let the End Begin" - 7:36
4. "Trail of Pestilence" - 5:10
5. "Sloth" - 8:10
6. "Return of the Zombie" - 6:42
7. "In the Asylum" - 8:11
8. "Just Another Notch" - 4:29

An album's worth of unreleased material was written (and scrapped), before Saint Vitus started writing for "Die Healing", as a trio, with Dave Chandler on vocals. Scott Reagers was then convinced to return, on the premise that this would be their final album and tour, to "bring things full circle". The already written material was slightly adapted to a style more fitting for Reagers and they flew to Germany to record it. Reagers, however, quit the band again 10 days into the subsequent tour, leaving the band to cancel the remaining dates and split unceremoniously.

According to Dave Chandler, this is Saint Vitus' "best produced album" of their first run. He picked producer Harris Johns based on his work with Sodom.

A video was made for "One Mind".

Recording information:

Recorded at Music Lab. Berlin, October-November 1994.

Co-Produced Saint Vitus.

All songs were written by D. Chandler and arranged by Saint Vitus.