The Church Within

The Church Within
Studio album by The Obsessed
Released	1994
Genre	Doom metal
Length	48:25
Label	Hellhound Records Columbia Records
Producer	M.C. Snoob and The Obsessed
The Obsessed chronology
Lunar Womb (1991) The Church Within (1994) Incarnate (1999)

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The Church Within is the third album by The Obsessed. It was released in 1994 by Columbia Records and Hellhound Records, and was their final album before their 16-year breakup, from 1995 to 2011. The back reads "No Love Stronger/No Pain Greater/No Hate Deeper/The Church Within". Columbia released two singles to support this album, "Streetside"/"Blind Lightning" and "To Protect and to Serve"/"Mental Kingdom". This album was reissued on CD and 2LP in 2013 on Real Gone Music with unseen photos, liner notes and two bonus tracks from the same sessions in 1994.

Track listing

All songs by Scott "Wino" Weinrich.

1. "To Protect and to Serve" – 3:05
2. "Field of Hours" – 5:38
3. "Streamlined" – 2:09
4. "Blind Lightning" – 3:39
5. "Neatz Brigade" – 6:49
6. "A World Apart" – 1:32
7. "Skybone" – 3:50
8. "Streetside" – 3:25
9. "Climate of Despair" – 3:04
10. "Mourning" – 4:05
11. "Touch of Everything" – 4:37
12. "Decimation" – 4:08
13. "Living Rain" – 2:24
14. "Mental Kingdom (1994 version, bonus track on 2013 edition)" – 2:54
15. "Melancholy Grey (1994 version, bonus track on 2013 edition)" – 3:03

Personnel

• Scott "Wino" Weinrich – vocals and guitar
• Guy Pinhas – bass
• Greg Rogers – drums