Coroner - Grin (1993, Switzerland) Progressive/Industrial Metal

The unfortunate outcome of the boundary pushing and forward thinking metal artists like Coroner, Pestilence and Cynic (until recently) is that they release an album that completely shatters all expectation and is without comparison then they break up. Grin was Coroner's swansong and with that their journey from hyperactive tech-thrashers to crushing atmospheric industrialists was complete.

Grin is a complete extension and extrapolation of the grim and depressing atmosphere contained on Mental Vortex. Songs like the untouchable 'Paralysed Mesmerized' get their point across with extended atmospheric dirges juxtaposed with jarring industrial soundscapes with prog timing and chord changes. When you think about it the amount of different approaches on this album is quite remarkable. There are the long extended songs like the aformentioned as well as 'Serpent Moves'. Then there are songs like 'Grin (Nails Hurt)' and 'Internal Conflicts' with their repetitive rhythmic oppression. Then there are schizophrenic numbers like the stellar 'Status: Still Thinking' which don't know whether they're major or minor, groovy or stuttering, atmospheric or tech.

I wouldn't hesitate to call this a masterpiece, it's quite clearly the full realisation of the Coroner sound and I would be surprised if the trio left any musical ambitions unfulfilled with this release.

Tracklisting:

1		Dream Path (1:10)
		Didgeridoo - Tim Chatfield
2		The Lethargic Age (4:16)
		Drums [Intro], Composed By, Programmed By - Roger Dupont
3		Internal Conflicts (6:19)
4		Caveat (To The Coming) (6:38)
		Written-By - Royce* , Baron*
5		Serpent Moves (7:37)
6		Status: Still Thinking (6:14)
		Didgeridoo - Tim Chatfield Written-By - Royce* , Baron*
7		Theme For Silence (0:58)
8		Paralized, Mesmerized (7:54)
9		Grin (Nails Hurt) (7:18)
		Vocals [Additional] - Paul Degalyer
10		Host (8:22)
		Voice [Female] - Bettina Klöti Voice [Spoken] - M. Marky*

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