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Gorguts - The Erosion Of Sanity
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8.3 | 181 votes |
Release date: 19 January 1993
Style: Technical death metal

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01. With Their Flesh, He'll Create
02. Condemned To Obscurity
03. The Erosion Of Sanity
04. Orphans Of Sickness
05. Hideous Infirmity
06. A Path Beyond Premonition
07. Odors Of Existence
08. Dormant Misery
09. A Path Beyond Premonition [demo] [reissue bonus]
10. Dissecting The Adopted [demo] [reissue bonus]
Guest review Lyrics (8)

Line-up
Luc Lemay - vocals, guitars, piano
Sylvain Marcoux - guitars
Stephane Provencher - drums
Eric Giguere - bass

Additional info
Label: Roadrunner Records (Cat.# RR 9114-2)

Recorded at Studio Victor, Montreal, Quebec, Canada.
Mixed at The Windings, Wrexham, Wales, UK.
Mastered at Future Disc, Hollywood, Los Angeles, California.
Produced by Steve Harris and Gorguts.
Artwork by Dan Seagrave.

Reissued by Roadrunner Records on July 13th 2004 remastered as a part of Roadrunner's Two from the Vault series along with Considered Dead on 1 CD.

Reissued by Metal Mind Productions on November 27th 2006 and digitally remastered using 24-bit process on a golden disc limited edition to 2000 numerated copies in a digipak with the demo bonus tracks.

Guest review by
Cynic Metalhead
Rating:
8.5
I was in awe listening to the brilliant debut album Considered Dead from Gorguts, an apex predator of old school technical death metal from Canada. Two years after the release of the debut album, Gorguts came back with The Erosion Of Sanity. In this brief period, Luc Lemay and his bandmates intentionally outdid the conventional approach, choosing a more complex path by diving into the murky depths of extreme metal.

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22.06.2012 - 03:27
Rating: 9
Mdevil93
I still haven't found a band that produces a similar sound to Gorguts. This album is definitely my favorite of their albums.
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17.11.2012 - 02:00
Illog1cal
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Written by Mdevil93 on 22.06.2012 at 03:27

I still haven't found a band that produces a similar sound to Gorguts. This album is definitely my favorite of their albums.

Malevolent Creation is quite similar, they are good, not on the same level as Gorguts though imo.
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17.11.2012 - 02:37
!J.O.O.E.!
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Written by Mdevil93 on 22.06.2012 at 03:27

I still haven't found a band that produces a similar sound to Gorguts. This album is definitely my favorite of their albums.

This record always makes me think of early Suffocation to be honest. As for 'Obscura', bands such as Baring Teeth, Diskord, Negativa and the new Flourishing EP all sound rather similar.
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20.11.2012 - 17:41
Illog1cal
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I love how in 'Orphans of Sickness' they expose the bare bones of the song for just a few seconds with just the bass and drums hammering away, its a cool little feature.
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10.03.2013 - 23:47
nille
My God .... ^Luc Lemay^ is very high.
There is no doubt one of the best vocals of death metal ...
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19.10.2015 - 15:44
Rating: 8
musicalkaratekid
On par with the band's debut, though the songwriting and musicianship here is generally more concise in my opinion. Nevertheless, this is just as consistent as the band's debut, despite having a shorter length. My personal highlights would be the title track and "Orphans of Sickness".
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19.08.2016 - 21:25
Mikolaj
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I love this album so ridiculously much
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