Mercyless "C.O.L.D."

C.O.L.D. is the third album by French Death Metal band Mercyless, originally released in 1996, and re-released in 1999.

Track list:

1. Abortive Attempt 04:37   
2. If They Live in Ecstasy 03:24   
3. Fluids 05:58   
4. Dorian 04:07   
5. Neutral 04:27   
6. A Nice Day to Survive 03:38   
7. AP4PN 04:41   
8. Personality on Relief 04:18   
9. Servant 04:42  
10. Still Life 04:00  

Total time:   43:52  

Released as Cold in the United States.

Various Artists "Total Virulence"

Total Virulence is a 1990 French compilation.

Mercyless "Abject Offerings"

Mercyless is a French Death Thrash Metal band from Mulhouse. During their demo period, the band was called Merciless. Around 1991, they changed the name to Mercyless due to the existence of the band Merciless.

Most of the band members were in a project called Day Off Sin that is experimental electro/trip rock. This project was created in 2001, as Mercyless members lost interest in death metal and wanted to explore new musical territories.

Abject Offerings is their first full length, released June 2nd, 1992.

Track list:

1. Nyarlathotep 00:47
2. Abject Offerings 03:50
3. A Message for All Those Who Died 04:16
4. Substance of Purity 04:22
5. Flesh Divine 03:38
6. Without Christ 04:08
7. Unformed Tumors 03:20
8. Burned at the Stake 04:13
9. Selected Resurrection 05:10  

Total time:   33:44

Front cover detail is from “Christ of St. John on the Cross” by Salvador Dalí.

Reproduced by kind permission of Glasgow Museums.

Recording information:

Recorded and mixed at Herisson Studio (France), 1991.