Pestilence "Obsideo"

Obsideo is the seventh studio album by Dutch death metal band Pestilence. It was released on October 21, 2013 via Candlelight Records. The album was produced by the vocalist/guitarist Patrick Mameli, and their last before their two-year hiatus from 2014 to 2016. According to Mameli, the album's overall lyrical theme is "the journey of the human soul." This is the final Pestilence album to feature lead and rhythm guitarist Patrick Uterwijk, who had been with the band since Consuming Impulse in 1989.

Track listing

All lyrics are written by Patrick Mameli. Music as indicated.

1. "Obsideo" Mameli 4:00
2. "Displaced" Mameli 3:17
3. "Aura Negative" Mameli, Uterwijk 3:38
4. "Necromorph" Mameli 3:17
5. "Laniatus" Mameli, Uterwijk 3:09
6. "Distress" Mameli 3:53
7. "Soulrot" Mameli 3:22
8. "Saturation" Mameli 3:07
9. "Transition" Mameli, Uterwijk 3:08
10. "Super Conscious" Mameli 3:27

Recording information:

Recorded at Spacelab Studio.

Mastered at Turan Audio U.K.

Patrick Mameli - producer

Christian Moos - engineering, mixing

Tim Turan - mastering

Stefan Schipper - photography

Santiago Jaramillo - design, layout, art direction, cover art

Pestilence "Malleus Maleficarum (1998 Reissue, Displeased Records)"

Malleus Maleficarum (stylized as Mallevs Maleficarvm) is the debut studio album by the Dutch death metal band Pestilence, released in 1988. Although the sound of this album is technically death metal, its direction is notably different from the band's subsequent work, leaning more towards the thrash metal genre with punk influences, known as crossover thrash. This is the only Pestilence album to include guitarist Randy Meinhard, who was replaced by Patrick Uterwijk prior to the making of their next album Consuming Impulse (1989).

Tracklist:

1. Malleus Maleficarum / Antropomorphia 04:12
2. Parricide 03:49
3. Subordinate to the Domination 04:18  
4. Extreme Unction 01:30
5. Commandments 05:18   
6. Chemo Therapy 04:49   
7. Bacterial Surgery 05:04   
8. Cycle of Existence 03:18   
9. Osculum Infame 01:54  
10. Systematic Instruction 04:07   
11. Against the Innocent 04:04  
12. Delirical Life 04:45  
13. Traitor’s Gate 04:22  
14. Throne of Death 04:03  
15. Into Hades (intro) 01:05   
16. Before the Penance 06:42  
17. Affectation 03:26  
18. Fight the Plague 04:00   

Time:   01:10:46

 

- Bonus tracks 11-14 taken from their 1987 Dysentery demo.

- Bonus tracks 15-18 taken from their 1987 The Penance demo.

- Two tracks are listed as track 14 on the rear cover: "Throne of Death" and "Into Hades (intro)".

Under license from Roadrunner Records.

Recording information:

- Tracks 11-18 recorded, mixed & mastered in '87 at Frans K Studios, Germany.

Pestilence "Spheres (2007 Reissue, Metal Mind Productions, Digipak, Remastered, Limited Edition)"

Spheres is the fourth album by Dutch death metal band Pestilence, released in 1993. It was their final album before a 14-year hiatus from 1994 to 2008. On this album, the band experimented with a more progressive sound, utilizing guitar synthesizers as well as some jazz influences.

Decibel rated it positively, appreciating the "ear-candy at every turn" and the superb basswork. However, the quality of the drums work by Marco Foddis was criticised as unsuited to the range of styles present in the album. In the hiatus before 2008 Mameli started to criticise his own album.

Tracklist:

1. Mind Reflections 03:21  
2. Multiple Beings 04:05
3. The Level of Perception 03:49   
4. Aurian Eyes 01:32  
5. Soul Search 03:19
6. Personal Energy 04:09   
7. Voices from Within 01:12
8. Spheres 03:29
9. Changing Perspectives 03:24   
10. Phileas 01:17
11. Demise of Time 03:40  
12. Demise of Time (Remix) 03:40  
13. Soul Search (Remix) 03:18  
14. Mind Reflections (Live) 03:34  
15. Multiple Beings (Live) 04:09  

Time:   47:58  

• 4-panel digipak with 8-page booklet.

• Limited Edition to 2000 copies.

Recording information:

Recorded at Studio Arnold Mühren, except tracks 14-15 recorded at VPRO Villa 65, August 26, 1993.

Pestilence "Resurrection Macabre (Limited Edition Digipak)"

Resurrection Macabre is the fifth studio album by Dutch death metal band Pestilence, which was released on 16 March 2009. It is the band's first album of original material in 16 years, since 1993's Spheres and this fact is referenced in the album's title; hence resurrection. Re-recordings of earlier Pestilence songs make appearances as bonus tracks on the record.

Pestilence were broken up between 1994 and early 2008. In January 2008, frontman Patrick Mameli revealed to Blabbermouth.net that the band was planning on making a return because "people/fans keep asking me for this. The time is right now and Mascot is giving me the opportunity to do so. As you know, I have always been the driving force behind Pestilence, writing all the music and so forth, so that I can state: I will bring back Pestilence to life. More tech and way more brutal than ever before."

In October 2008, Mameli revealed to UK's Terrorizer magazine that Pestilence would enter a studio in Denmark on 17 October with both the producers. By 31 October Mameli states, "everything will have to be recorded and mixed. Then the album will come out somewhere around March 2009. And by April, we'll do a three-week European tour before doing as much shows as possible on the summer festivals circuit."

Tracklist:

1. Devouring Frenzy 02:54   
2. Horror Detox 03:20   
3. Fiend 03:29
4. Hate Suicide 04:18
5. Synthetic Grotesque 03:57
6. Neuro Dissonance 03:28   
7. Dehydrated II 03:47  
8. Resurrection Macabre 03:47  
9. HangMan 02:52
10. Y2H 03:39   
11. In Sickness and Death 05:00   
12. Chemo Therapy (Rerecorded) 04:59   
13. Out of the Body (Rerecorded) 04:31   
14. Lost Souls (Rerecorded) 04:33

Time:   54:34  

Chemo Therapy is a re-recorded song from the Malleus Maleficarum album.

Out of the Body is a re-recorded song from the Consuming Impulse album.

Lost Souls is a re-recorded song from the Testimony of the Ancients album.

Recording information:

Recorded October 17th-31st, at the Hansen Studios, Ribe, Denmark.