No More Color
{{Infobox album
| name = No More Color
| type = studio
| artist = Coroner
| cover = Nomorecolor.jpg
| alt =
| released = 18 September 1989
| recorded = Sky Trak Studio, Berlin, June 1989
| venue =
| studio =
| genre = {{hlist|Technical thrash metal|progressive metal|avant-garde metal}}
| length = 34:22
| label = Noise
| producer = Pete Hinton and Coroner
| prev_title = Punishment for Decadence
| prev_year = 1988
| next_title = Mental Vortex
| next_year = 1991
}}
{{Album ratings
| rev1 =AllMusic
| rev1Score = {{Rating|3|5}}{{cite web | url = http://www.allmusic.com/album/no-more-color-r4580/review | title = Coroner No More Color review | accessdate = 2011-09-10 | last = Rivadavia | first = Eduardo | publisher = AllMusic}}
| rev2 =Collector's Guide to Heavy Metal
| rev2Score = 8/10{{cite book | last1 = Popoff | first1 = Martin | author-link1 = Martin Popoff | title = The Collector's Guide to Heavy Metal: Volume 2: The Eighties | publisher = Collector's Guide Publishing | date = November 1, 2005 | location = Burlington, Ontario, Canada | isbn = 978-1-894959-31-5|page=78}}
| noprose = yes
}}
No More Color is the third album by Swiss thrash metal band Coroner, released on 18 September 1989 by Noise Records.
Musical style
No More Color was the album where Coroner started to truly "progress", as the songs are still similar to their older, speedy, European thrash metal but start to feature elements of the avant-garde progressive thrash of their later albums, akin to the band's then-labelmates Watchtower. This album also features very proficient instrumentation and incorporation of elements from genres such as jazz fusion, progressive rock and classical music, which would later be an influence on the evolution and maturity of the experimental side of heavy metal, including acts such as Death.
Reissues
After being out of print for many years, Noise/BMG reissued the album in 2018, remastered with the same track list in a digipack cd case, with additional photographs of the band and memorabilia.
Track listing
{{tracklist
| all_lyrics = Marquis Marky, except where noted
| all_music = Tommy T. Baron and Ron Royce
| title1 = Die by My Hand
| length1 = 3:46
| title2 = No Need to Be Human
| length2 = 4:31
| title3 = Read My Scars
| length3 = 4:32
| title4 = D.O.A.
| length4 = 4:19
| title5 = Mistress of Deception
| length5 = 5:00
| title6 = Tunnel of Pain
| length6 = 4:30
| title7 = Why It Hurts
| lyrics7 = Martin Ain
| length7 = 3:47
| title8 = Last Entertainment
| length8 = 4:00
| total_length = 34:22
}}
Personnel
All information is taken from the CD liner notes of the 1989 release.No More Color (booklet). Coroner. Noise International. 1989
;Coroner
- Ron Broder (as Ron Royce) – vocals, bass
- Tommy Vetterli (as Tommy T. Baron) – guitars
- Marky Edelmann (as Marquis Marky) – drums, spoken word on "Last Entertainment"
;Production
- Pete Hinton – production
- Steve Rispin – engineer, synth effects
- Dan Johnson, Scott Burns – mixing at Morrisound Studios, Tampa, Florida
- Karl-Ulrich Walterbach – executive producer
- Martin Becker – photography
- Micha Good – skull and blade logo
References
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External links
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20061006124839/http://www.bnrmetal.com/groups/coro.htm BNR Metal Pages' section on Coroner]
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20110612001516/http://coroner.awardspace.us/index.htm Fan page with detailed album information and lyrics]
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