Considered Dead
Considered Dead is the debut full-length studio album by Canadian death metal band Gorguts. It was released on October 8, 1991, by Roadrunner Records, whom the band signed with after the release of their 1991 demo ...And Then Comes Lividity. The album features guest vocals by Chris Barnes of Cannibal Corpse on three tracks, as well as a guest guitar solo by James Murphy, who has played with Death, Obituary, and Testament. The following year, the band took part in the "Blood, Guts and Gore" U.S. tour along with Cannibal Corpse and Atheist.[3]
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| Released | October 8, 1991 | |||
| Studio | Morrisound Recording, Tampa, Florida | |||
| Genre | Death metal | |||
| Length | 37:54 | |||
| Label | Roadrunner Records | |||
| Producer | Scott Burns | |||
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| Review scores | |
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| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic |    [1] |
| High Speed Death | Favorable[2] |
Considered Dead was later remastered, reissued and paired with its successor, The Erosion of Sanity, as part of Roadrunner's Two from the Vault series, in 2004. It was reissued alone in 2006 with two demo tracks.
Track listing
All lyrics are written by Luc Lemay; all music is composed by Gorguts, except where noted
| No. | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | "...And Then Comes Lividity" (Music composed by Lemay) | 0:43 |
| 2. | "Stiff and Cold" | 4:27 |
| 3. | "Disincarnated" | 4:27 |
| 4. | "Considered Dead" | 3:31 |
| 5. | "Rottenatomy" | 4:45 |
| 6. | "Bodily Corrupted" | 3:41 |
| 7. | "Waste of Mortality" | 4:37 |
| 8. | "Drifting Remains" | 3:42 |
| 9. | "Hematological Allergy" | 4:09 |
| 10. | "Inoculated Life" | 3:52 |
| No. | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 11. | "Considered Dead" (Demo) | 3:36 |
| 12. | "Rottenatomy" (Demo) | 4:47 |
| Total length: | 46:17 | |
Personnel
Gorguts
- Luc Lemay – vocals, guitar, cover concept, logo, production
- Sylvain Marcoux – guitar, production
- Eric Giguere – bass, production
- Stephane Provencher – drums, production
Additional personnel
- James Murphy – guitar solo (on "Inoculated Life")
- Chris Barnes – vocals (on tracks 5, 6, 9)
Technical personnel
- Scott Burns – production, engineering, mixing
- Michael Sarsfield – mastering
- Dan Seagrave – cover illustration
- Ivan-Pierre Dubois – photo
- Patricia Mooned – art direction
- Matt Vickerstaff – 2016 reissue layout
References
- Rivadavia, Eduardo. Gorguts: Considered Dead at AllMusic. Retrieved December 13, 2020.
- Kieran (April 1992). "Gorguts – Considered Dead" (JPG). High Speed Death. No. 5. Ireland. p. 16. Retrieved May 4, 2021.
- "Interview with Stephan Provencher, Gorguts". Tough Riffs
Magazine. Retrieved August 27, 2016.
