Grin (Coroner album)

Grin is the fifth studio album by the Swiss thrash metal band Coroner, released in 1993. It was the band's final album before their fourteen-year break up from 1996 to 2010 (although their compilation album, 1995's Coroner featured several new tracks). The album is considered a major departure from Coroner's early work, consisting of elements of groove metal and industrial metal, with much less emphasis on speed and technicality. Grin is the last Coroner album to feature drummer Marky Edelmann, who left the band in 2014. After being out of print for many years, Noise/BMG reissued the album in 2018, remastered with the same track list in a digipack cd case, with additional photographs of the band and memorabilia.

Grin
Studio album by
Released10 September 1993
RecordedGreenwood Studios, Switzerland, February–April 1993
GenreGroove metal, progressive metal, avant-garde metal, industrial metal
Length57:47
LabelNoise
ProducerCoroner
Coroner chronology
Mental Vortex
(1991)
Grin
(1993)
Coroner
(1995)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic[1]

Track listing

Side A
No.TitleLength
1."Dream Path" (Instrumental)1:13
2."The Lethargic Age"4:17
3."Internal Conflicts"6:19
4."Caveat (To the Coming)"6:39
5."Serpent Moves"7:38
Side B
No.TitleLength
6."Status: Still Thinking"6:14
7."Theme for Silence" (Instrumental)1:32
8."Paralyzed, Mesmerized"8:07
9."Grin (Nails Hurt)"7:21
10."Host"8:24
Total length:57:47

Credits

Band members
  • Ron Broder (as Ron Royce) - vocals, bass
  • Tommy Vetterli (as Tommy T. Baron) - guitars
  • Marky Edelmann (as Marquis Marky) - drums, spoken word on "Host"
Additional Musicians
  • Kent Smith - keyboards & synthesizer
  • Roger Dupont - Programming on "The Lethargic Age" and the instrumentals
  • Tim Chatfield - didgeridoo on "Status: Still Thinking" and the instrumentals
  • Paul Degoyler - additional vocals on "Grin (Nails Hurt)"
  • Bettina Klöti - additional vocals on "Host"
Production
  • Istvan Vizner - art direction, photography
  • Martin Becker - photography
  • Mark Prator - engineering (assistant)
  • Eddy Schreyer - mastering
  • Gerhard Woelfe - engineering
  • Marquis Marky - art direction
  • Tom Morris - engineering, mixing
  • Peter Vahlefeld - graphics
  • Karl-U. Walterbach - executive producer
  • Voco Faux-Pas - drum engineering

Notes

  • The film Aliens is sampled at the start of "Internal Conflicts". The voices are Bill Paxton and Colette Hiller.
  • Polish technical death metal band Sceptic covered the song "Paralyzed, Mesmerized" for their 2005 album Internal Complexity.

References

  1. Rivadavia, Eduardo. "Coroner Grin review". Allmusic. Rovi Corporation. Retrieved 2011-09-10.
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