Grin (Coroner album)

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Grin
Coroner - Grin.jpg
Studio album by
Coroner
Released10 September 1993
RecordedFebruary–April 1993
StudioGreenwood Studios, Switzerland
GenreExperimental metal, industrial metal, alternative metal
Length57:47
LabelNoise
ProducerCoroner
Coroner chronology
Mental Vortex
(1991) 		Grin
(1993) 		Coroner
(1995)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic4.5/5 stars[1]
Collector's Guide to Heavy Metal8/10[2]
Metal Temple8/10 stars[3]

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, moving to much greater experimentation. 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 additional photographs of the band and memorabilia.

Track listing[]

All lyrics are written by Marquis Marky.

No.TitleMusicLength
1."Dream Path" (instrumental)Baron1:13
2."The Lethargic Age"Baron4:17
3."Internal Conflicts"Baron6:19
4."Caveat (To the Coming)"Baron, Royce6:39
5."Serpent Moves"Baron7:38
6."Status: Still Thinking"Baron, Royce6:14
7."Theme for Silence" (instrumental)Baron1:32
8."Paralyzed, Mesmerized"Baron8:07
9."Grin (Nails Hurt)"Baron7:21
10."Host"Baron8:24
Total length:57:47

Personnel[]

Coroner
  • Ron Broder (as Ron Royce) – vocals, bass
  • Tommy Vetterli (as Tommy T. Baron) – guitars
  • Marky Edelmann (as Marquis Marky) – drums, spoken word on "Host", art direction
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
  • Tom Morris – engineer, mixing
  • Gerhard Woelfe – engineer
  • Voco Faux–Pas – drum engineer
  • Mark Prator – assistant engineer
  • Eddy Schreyer – mastering
  • Istvan Vizner – art direction, photography
  • Martin Becker – photography
  • Peter Vahlefeld – graphics
  • Karl–U. Walterbach – executive producer

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.
  2. ^ Popoff, Martin (August 1, 2007). The Collector's Guide to Heavy Metal: Volume 3: The Nineties. Burlington, Ontario, Canada: Collector's Guide Publishing. pp. 87–88. ISBN 978-1-894959-62-9.
  3. ^ Stein, Lior. "Coroner - Grin (reissue) review". Metal Temple. Retrieved 2021-06-20.

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