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Deathwish (EP)

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Released
  
1984 (1984)

Artist
  
Christian Death

Label
  
L'Invitation au Suicide

Recorded
  
1981

Release date
  
1984

Genres
  
Gothic rock, Deathrock

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Studio
  
Orange County Studios, California, United States

Deathwish (1984)
  
Catastrophe Ballet (1984)

Deathwish is an EP by American deathrock band Christian Death. It consists of demos recorded by the band in 1981, prior to the release of Christian Death's debut album Only Theatre of Pain, but was not released until 1984 by French record label l'Invitation au Suicide.

Contents

Deathwish was recorded in 1981 at Orange County Studios in California, prior to the band signing to Frontier Records for Only Theatre of Pain (1982).

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Critical reception

In a retrospective review for AllMusic, critic Ned Raggett gave the EP 3 out of 5 stars and wrote that "[the EP is] a great peek into some of the band's roughest beginnings".

Personnel

  • Rozz Williams – lead vocals
  • Rikk Agnew – guitars
  • James McGearty – bass guitars
  • George Belanger – drums
  • Songs

    1Deathwish2:14
    2Romeo's Distress (version)3:22
    3Dogs2:53

    References

    Deathwish (EP) Wikipedia