Length 36:14 Release date 13 November 1989 Label Earache Records | Artist Terrorizer Producer David Vincent | |
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Released November 13, 1989 (1989-11-13) Recorded May, 1989 at Morrisound Recording, Tampa, Florida World Downfall
(1989) Darker Days Ahead
(2006) Genres Grindcore, Death metal, Thrash metal Similar Darker Days Ahead, Hordes of Zombies, Before the Downfall, Scum, Harmony Corruption | ||
Terrorizer world downfall 1989 full album
World Downfall is the debut album by American grindcore band Terrorizer. It was released by Earache Records on November 13, 1989.
Contents
Background
World Downfall is regarded as one of the most influential grindcore albums ever: it showcases crunchy, heavily distorted guitar riffs and extremely fast and precise blast beats in addition to growling, harsh vocals and lyrics dealing with social issues, features that would become a standard among grindcore music, as of the cover art, which is similar to Napalm Death's Scum depicting a collage of Islamic terrorists, nuclear power plant, dead bodies and Jesus rising. About a third of the songs were actually Nausea material, the previous band of vocalist Oscar Garcia. The album was released in 1989 when the band had already split up, with Jesse Pintado joining Napalm Death, and Pete Sandoval joining Morbid Angel. David Vincent was not an original member of Terrorizer but filled in on bass due to his connection to Sandoval in Morbid Angel, because their original bassist Alfred "Garvey" Estrada was in jail at the time.
The song "Fear of Napalm" was featured in the video game Grand Theft Auto IV: The Lost and Damned, and the song "Dead Shall Rise" was on the soundtrack for the video game Splatterhouse.
Personnel
Songs
1After World Obliteration3:30
2Storm of Stress1:28
3Fear of Napalm3:01