World Downfall Explained

World Downfall
Type:studio
Artist:Terrorizer
Cover:World_Downfall original.jpg
Recorded:May 1989
Studio:Morrisound Recording
(Tampa, Florida)
Label:Earache
Producer:David Vincent
Next Title:Darker Days Ahead
Next Year:2006

World Downfall is the debut studio album by American grindcore band Terrorizer, released on November 13, 1989, through Earache Records. It was produced by David Vincent of Morbid Angel, who also performed bass on the album, and engineered by Scott Burns at Morrisound Recording in Tampa, Florida.

Reception and legacy

Various publications have listed World Downfall as one of the greatest and most influential grindcore albums of all time.[1] [2] [3] Ex-Fear Factory drummer Raymond Herrera and Dave Witte, ex-Discordance Axis and Municipal Waste drummer, have both cited the album as an influence.[4]

Use in media

The song "Fear of Napalm" was featured in the video game . The song "Dead Shall Rise" was on the soundtrack for the video game Splatterhouse.

Personnel

Adapted from liner notes.[5]

Terrorizer

Production

References

Notes

  1. Web site: updated . Dom Lawsonlast . 2016-08-31 . The 10 essential grindcore albums . 2023-07-09 . louder . en.
  2. Web site: 2005-05-01 . 10 Essential Grindcore Albums . 2023-07-09 . Revolver . en.
  3. Web site: 2020-08-11 . The 22 Most Essential Grindcore Albums . 2023-07-09 . Kerrang! . en.
  4. Worley . Gail . August 2004 . Fear Factory's Raymond Herrara: Embracing the New Fear . . 297 . 57 . Internet Archive.
  5. World Downfall . . 1989 . booklet . . MOSH 16.

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