Life & Death (album)

{{Infobox album

| name = Life & Death

| type = album

| artist = Thud

| cover = Thud - Life & Death.jpg

| alt =

| released = {{Start date|1992}}

| recorded =

| venue =

| studio = Oz Studio
{{small|(Baltimore, Maryland)}}

| genre = {{hlist|Death-doom|thrash metal}}

| length = 36:22

| label = Fifth Colvmn

| producer = {{hlist|Robert Dotolo|Barrett Jones}}

| prev_title =

| prev_year =

| next_title = Inevitable

| next_year = 1993

}}

Life & Death is the debut studio album by Thud, released in 1992 by Fifth Colvmn Records.{{cite web |first= |last= |url={{AllMusic|class=album|id=mw0000096168|pure_url=yes}}|title=Thud: Life & Death > Overview |publisher=AllMusic |date= |accessdate=August 18, 2020}} In April 2015 the lead track "Ventilator" was played on Diane's Kamikaze Fun Machine: Playlist on WMUC-FM.{{cite web|first=Diane |last=Kamikaze |url=https://www.wfmu.org/playlists/shows/14748 |title=Diane's Kamikaze Fun Machine: Playlist |publisher=WMUC-FM |date=2018 |accessdate=August 18, 2020}}

Reception

{{Album ratings

|rev1 = AllMusic

|rev1score = {{rating|3|5}}

}}

AllMusic gave Life & Death gave three out of five possible stars. Fabryka Music Magazine awarded the album a flawless rating of four out of four stars, describing it as "heaviest Fifth Colvmn album" and "a violent assault of great rock and heavy metal."{{cite journal|first=Marco |last=Gariboldi |url=http://fabryka.darknation.eu/php-files_en/articles.php?article_id=292&rowstart=0 |title=Life & Death – Fifth Colvmn Records, 1992 |journal=Fabryka Industrial Rock & Metal Encyclopedia |publisher=Fabryka Music Magazine |date=August 23, 2009 |accessdate=September 2, 2020}}

Track listing

{{tracklist

| all_writing = Robert Dotolo, Gregg Hudson, Chris Rasley and Adam Rutland, except "Ventilator" co-written by Jared Louche

| title1 = Ventilator

| length1 = 3:13

| title2 = Blind Judgement

| length2 = 3:44

| title3 = Black Whole

| length3 = 2:38

| title4 = Contradiction

| length4 = 3:40

| title5 = Shell Shock

| length5 = 4:38

| title6 = Hustle

| length6 = 2:03

| title7 = Image Pig

| length7 = 2:27

| title8 = Temptation

| length8 = 3:05

| title9 = Rain

| length9 = 3:11

| title10 = Lose

| length10 = 2:52

| title11 = Loaded

| length11 = 2:28

| title12 = Nod

| length12 = 2:23

}}

Personnel

Adapted from the Life & Death liner notes.{{cite AV media notes |title=Life & Death |others=Thud |year=1992 |type=booklet |publisher=Fifth Colvmn Records |location=Washington, D.C.}}

Thud

Robert Dotolo – lead vocals, guitars, production, mixing
Gregg Hudson – drums, backing vocals
Chris Rasley – bass guitar, guitar (1)
Adam Rutland – guitar, backing vocals

Additional performers

Eli Janney – engineering, piano (3)
Barrett Jones – production, mixing, backing vocals (7)
Jared Louche – production, mixing, additional guitar (1)

Production and design

Craig Albertson (at CyberGrafiks) – photography
Zalman Fishman – executive-producer
Dave Harris – mastering
Phil Merkle – cover art
Nikolas H. Huffman – design

Release history

class="wikitable"

! Region

! Date

! Label

! Format

! Catalog

United States

| 1992

| Fifth Colvmn

| CD

| FCR 002

References

External links

[https://www.discogs.com/Thud-Life-Death/release/1331533 Life & Death] at Discogs (list of releases)
[https://music.apple.com/us/album/life-death/1526055503 Life & Death] at iTunes

Category:1992 debut albums

Category:Thud (band) albums

Category:Fifth Colvmn Records albums