Prone Mortal Form

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{{Infobox album

| name = Prone Mortal Form

| type = studio

| artist = Only Living Witness

| cover =Prone Mortal Form.jpg

| alt =

| released = May 21, 1993

| recorded = February 1993

| venue =

| studio = Fort Apache Studios, Cambridge, Massachusetts

| genre = Heavy metal, hardcore punk, alternative metal, stoner Metal

| length = {{Duration|m=35|s=28}}
{{Duration|m=50|s=23}} (European digipak)

| label = Century Media

| producer = Tim O'Heir

| prev_title =

| prev_year =

| next_title = Innocents

| next_year = 1996

}}

{{album ratings

| rev1 = AllMusic

| rev1score = {{rating|3|5}}{{cite web |publisher=AllMusic |last=Henderson |first=Alex |url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/prone-mortal-form-mw0000621105 |title=Prone Mortal Form - Only Living Witness |access-date=March 20, 2025}}

}}

Prone Mortal Form is the first album by American metal band Only Living Witness. It was released on May 21, 1993 on CD and audio cassette. A European digipak was also released, which added a cover song of Hüsker Dü and three bonus tracks (from the Complex Man 7" single). Blabbermouth.net described it as combining influences from hardcore punk, the Seattle sound, and early Helmet.{{cite web|url=http://www.blabbermouth.net/cdreviews/prone-mortal-form-innocents/|title=Prone Mortal Form/Innocents|last=Bergman|first=Keith|publisher=Blabbermouth|accessdate=December 7, 2017}}

CD version

;Track listing

{{Track listing

| total_length = 35:28

| title1 = Prone Mortal Form

| length1 = 5:17

| title2 = Root

| length2 = 3:17

| title3 = Voice of Disrepair

| length3 = 4:54

| title4 = Silo

| length4 = 1:18

| title5 = VTA (Veracity, Tenacity and Aspirin)

| length5 = 2:01

| title6 = Slug

| length6 = 4:03

| title7 = Twitching Tongues

| length7 = 3:39

| title8 = Nineveh

| length8 = 4:35

| title9 = Darkly

| length9 = 1:39

| title10 = December

| length10 = 4:45

}}

;European digipak bonus tracks

;Track listing

{{Track listing

| total_length = 50:23

| title11 = Too Far Down

| note11 = Hüsker Dü cover

| length11 = 3:48

| title12 = Complex Man

| length12 = 3:58

| title13 = Dying System

| length13 = 4:35

| title14 = Bad Blood

| length14 = 2:34

}}

Audio cassette version

{{tracklist

| headline = Side A

| title1 = Prone Mortal Form

| length1 = 5:17

| title2 = Root

| length2 = 3:17

| title3 = Voice of Disrepair

| length3 = 4:54

| title4 = Silo

| length4 = 1:18

| title5 = VTA (Veracity, Tenacity and Aspirin)

| length5 = 2:01

}}

{{tracklist

| total_length = 35:28

| headline = Side B

| title6 = Slug

| length6 = 4:03

| title7 = Twitching Tongues

| length7 = 3:39

| title8 = Nineveh

| length8 = 4:35

| title9 = Darkly

| length9 = 1:39

| title10 = December

| length10 = 4:45

}}

Personnel

;Only Living Witness

  • Jonah Jenkins – vocals
  • Craig Silverman – guitars
  • Chris Crowley – bass guitar
  • Eric Stevenson – drums

;Additional musicians

  • Jon Key – bass
  • John Burnstead – cello
  • Trisha Mathews – violin

;Production

  • Tim O'Heir – producer, engineer, mixing
  • Greg Fulginiti – mastering

References

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Category:1993 debut albums

Category:Century Media Records albums

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