Act III (Death Angel album)

Act III is the third studio album by the thrash metal band Death Angel, released in 1990 on Geffen Records. Regarded by many critics and fans as the band's finest effort, the album was produced by famed metal producer Max Norman (Ozzy Osbourne, Megadeth, Savatage, Fates Warning and Loudness), and marked the first (and only) major label release by Death Angel. The album is listed as number 328 in the 2010 reference book, The Top 500 Heavy Metal Albums of All Time.[3] The album spawned the singles "Seemingly Endless Time" and "A Room with a View", with both songs receiving music videos and airplay on MTV's Headbangers Ball. This is the final Death Angel studio album to feature guitarist Gus Pepa.

Act III
Studio album by Death Angel
Released	April 10, 1990
Recorded	September–October 1989
Studio	Dodge City Sound, Burbank, California
Genre	Thrash metal
Length	44:54
Label	Geffen
Producer	Max Norman, Tom Zutaut
Death Angel chronology
Frolic Through the Park (1988) Act III (1990) Fall from Grace (1990)
Singles from Act III
"Seemingly Endless Time" Released: 1990 "A Room with a View" Released: 1990

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[1]
Collector's Guide to Heavy Metal	9/10[2]

On tour in support of Act III in 1991, the band suffered a serious tour bus crash in which drummer Andy Galeon was critically injured. During his year-long recovery, singer Mark Osegueda left the band, effectively ending Death Angel and making Act III their last proper studio album for more than a decade. The band would reunite in 2001 and has continued to release more albums. In October 2020, Death Angel released an almost entirely acoustic version of A Room With A View on their Under Pressure EP.[4]

Track listing

No.	Title	Lyrics	Music	Length
1.	"Seemingly Endless Time"	Rob Cavestany	Cavestany	3:49
2.	"Stop"	Cavestany, Mark Osegueda	Cavestany	5:10
3.	"Veil of Deception"	Cavestany	Cavestany	2:35
4.	"The Organization"	Andy Galeon	Galeon, Cavestany	4:16
5.	"Discontinued"	Galeon	Cavestany, Galeon, Gus Pepa, Dennis Pepa	5:50
6.	"A Room with a View"	Cavestany	Cavestany	4:42
7.	"Stagnant"	Cavestany	Galeon, Cavestany	5:33
8.	"EX-TC"	Osegueda	Cavestany	3:06
9.	"Disturbing the Peace"	Cavestany	Cavestany	3:53
10.	"Falling Asleep"	Cavestany	Cavestany	5:54

Personnel

Death Angel

• Mark Osegueda – lead vocals
• Rob Cavestany – lead guitar, backing vocals, mixing
• Gus Pepa – rhythm guitar
• Dennis Pepa – bass, backing vocals on track 6
• Andy Galeon – drums, backing vocals, mixing

Production

• Max Norman – producer, engineer, mixing in November 1989 at Skip Saylor Recording, Los Angeles, California
• Stoli Jaeger – engineer
• Chris "Holmes" Puram – second engineer
• George Marino – mastering at Sterling Sound, New York City
• Tom Zutaut – executive producer

References

1. Rivadavia, Eduardo. "Death Angel - Act III review". AllMusic. All Media Network. Retrieved 2018-05-24.
2. Popoff, Martin (August 1, 2007). The Collector's Guide to Heavy Metal: Volume 3: The Nineties. Burlington, Ontario, Canada: Collector's Guide Publishing. p. 106. ISBN 978-1-894959-62-9.
3. Popoff, Martin, ed. (2010). The top 500 heavy metal albums of all time. ECW Press. p. 277. ISBN 9781554902453.
4. "Death Angel Surprise Release New EP Under Pressure Featuring a Cover of Queen and David Bowie's "Under Pressure" -". mxdwn Music. 2020-10-10. Retrieved 2020-10-24.