Death Metal (Dismember album)

Death Metal
Studio album by
Released8 August 1997
RecordedOctober–December 1996
StudioSunlight Studios
GenreDeath metal, melodic death metal
Length40:11
LabelNuclear Blast
ProducerTomas Skogsberg
Dismember chronology
Massive Killing Capacity
(1995)
Death Metal
(1997)
Hate Campaign
(2000)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusicStarStarStar[1]
Rock HardStarStarStarStarStarStarStarStar[2]
Metal.deStarStarStarStarStarStarStarStar[3]
Powermetal.de[4]

Death Metal is the fourth album by Swedish death metal band Dismember. It was released on 8 August 1997. The fourth track, "Let The Napalm Rain", opens with a sample from the movie Apocalypse Now.

Track listing

No.TitleMusicLength
1."Of Fire"David Blomqvist, Richard Cabeza, Matti Karki3:41
2."Trendkiller"Fred Estby2:11
3."Misanthropic"Cabeza, Estby, Karki2:59
4."Let the Napalm Rain"Estby, Karki3:27
5."Live for the Fear (Of Pain)"Blomqvist, Estby, Robert Senneback2:36
6."Stillborn Ways"Estby4:15
7."Killing Compassion"Estby, Senneback1:49
8."Bred for War"Blomqvist, Estby, Karki4:19
9."When Hatred Killed the Light"Cabeza, Estby, Karki3:31
10."Ceremonial Comedy"Blomqvist, Estby, Karki3:25
11."Silent Are the Watchers"Blomqvist, Cabeza, Karki3:54
12."Mistweaver"Blomqvist, Estby, Karki4:07
Reissue bonus tracks
No.TitleLength
13."Pagan Saviour" (Autopsy cover)3:54
14."Shadowlands"3:31
15."Afterimage"4:31
16."Shapeshifter"4:40

Personnel

Dismember
Production
  • Dismember – producer
  • Peter in de Betou – mastering
  • Anders Lindström – engineer
  • Tomas Skogsberg – engineer
  • Alvaro Tapia – art direction

References

  1. ^ Death Metal at AllMusic
  2. ^ "DISMEMBER - Death Metal". Rock Hard (review) (in German). No. 123. 23 July 1997. Retrieved 18 January 2026.
  3. ^ "Dismember - Death Metal" (review) (in German). Metal.de. 7 June 2005. Retrieved 18 January 2026.
  4. ^ Backes, Björn (15 June 2005). "DISMEMBER - Death Metal (Re-Release)" (review) (in German). Powermetal.de [de]. Retrieved 18 January 2026.