Ethereal Killer Explained

Ethereal Killer
Type:	studio
Artist:	Hammerhead
Cover:	Hammerhead - Ethereal Killer.jpg
Released:	1993
Recorded:	– at Gark Studios, Minneapolis
Genre:	Noise rock
Length:	32:42
Label:	Amphetamine Reptile^[1]
Next Title:	Evil Twin
Next Year:	1993

Ethereal Killer is the debut album of Hammerhead, released in 1993 through Amphetamine Reptile Records.^{[2] [3]}

Critical reception

City Pages called the album an "unrelenting, rage-fueled debut."^[4] The Washington Post wrote: "Thump and squeal is essential to the trio's Ethereal Killer, but close listening reveals actual musicality; buried in the mix, guitarist Paul Sanders and bassist Paul Erickson occasionally trade vocals and even harmonize."^[5]

Personnel

Hammerhead

• Paul Erickson – bass guitar, vocals
• Jeff Mooridian Jr. – drums
• Paul Sanders – guitar, vocals

Production and additional personnel

• Chris Coyne – recording
• Hammerhead – mixing
• Kalal – cover art
• Don Lewis – photography
• David B. Livingstone – mixing, recording
• Bob Pague – mixing and recording on "Tuffskins"
• Jeff Sanders – mixing and recording on "Tuffskins"

Notes and References

1. Web site: AmRep Discography (chronological). amphetaminereptile.com. 2020-10-10. 2021-12-12. https://web.archive.org/web/20211212042302/https://amphetaminereptile.com/discchrono.html. dead.
2. Ira . Robbins . Hammerhead . . 2007 . June 10, 2013.
3. Web site: Hammerhead | Biography & History. AllMusic.
4. Web site: 15 essential Amphetamine Reptile releases. Erik. Thompson. City Pages.
5. Web site: 'HEAD EXPLODES, GROWS ON YOU. Mark. Jenkins. September 24, 1993. www.washingtonpost.com.