Season of the Dead

Season of the Dead
Studio album by Necrophagia
Released	February 1987
Recorded	September–November 1986 at Aircraft Studios in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Genre	Death metal
Length	41:36
Label	New Renaissance Records
Necrophagia chronology
Season of the Dead (1987) Death Is Fun (1995)

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Season of the Dead is the first full length studio album by the death metal band Necrophagia. It was released in 1987 on New Renaissance Records. It is the only album to feature Joe Blazer on drums, Larry Madison on guitar, and Bill James on bass. It is also the band's last album until 1998.

Track listing

1. "Season of the Dead/Forbidden Pleasure" - 6:05
2. "Bleeding Torment" - 4:50
3. "Insane for Blood" - 3:10
4. "Reincarnation" - 2:20
5. "Ancient Slumber" - 5:15
6. "Mental Decay" - 3:35
7. "Abomination" - 4:31
8. "Terminal Vision" - 4:30
9. "Painful Discharge" - 3:10
10. "Beyond and Back" - 4:10

Influences

• The introduction of "Mental Decay" is the theme from Night on Bald Mountain by Modest Mussorgsky.
• The album's closing track, "Beyond and Back", was apparently inspired by a sequence from the 1978 Sunn Classic Pictures' 'deathsploitation' film Beyond and Back. Like the song, part of the film tells the story of a person who endures a near death experience after committing suicide. The person visits hell, only to be spared to return to the world of the living shortly thereafter.

References

1. Henderson, Alex. "Season of the Dead - Necrophagia". Allmusic. Retrieved 12 July 2009.

External links

• Metal Archives
• Official website of the band