World Downfall
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{{Infobox album
| name = World Downfall
| type = studio
| artist = Terrorizer
| cover = World_Downfall original.jpg
| alt =
| released = {{Start date|1989|11|13}}
| recorded = May 1989
| venue =
| studio = Morrisound Recording
(Tampa, Florida)
| genre = {{flatlist|
}}
| length = {{Duration|m=36|s=14}}
| label = Earache
| producer = David Vincent
| prev_title =
| prev_year =
| next_title = Darker Days Ahead
| next_year = 2006
}}World Downfall is the debut studio album by American grindcore band Terrorizer, released on November 13, 1989, through Earache Records. It was produced by David Vincent of Morbid Angel, who also performed bass on the album, and engineered by Scott Burns at Morrisound Recording in Tampa, Florida.
Reception and legacy
{{Music ratings
| rev1 = AllMusic
| rev1Score = {{Rating|4.5|5}}{{AllMusic|class=album|id=r19881}}
| rev2 = The Encyclopedia of Popular Music
| rev3 = Kerrang!
| rev3score = {{Rating|5|5}} {{small|(1989)}}{{Cite magazine |last=Arnopp |first=Jason |author-link=Jason Arnopp |date=November 18, 1989 |title=Rekordz |magazine=Kerrang! |publisher=Spotlight |issue=265 |page=26}}
{{Rating|4|5}} {{small|(2011)}}{{Cite journal |last=Ruskell |first=Nick |date=November 2011 |title=Terrorizer: World Downfall |journal=Kerrang!: 666 Albums You Must Hear Before You Die! |publisher=Bauer Media Group |page=113}}
| rev4 = Raw
| rev4score = {{Rating|2|5}}{{Cite magazine |last=Alexander |first=Phil |date=November 29, 1989 |title=Albums Round Up: Quickfire Cuts |magazine=Raw |publisher=EMAP |issue=33 |page=45}}
| rev5 = Rock Hard
| noprose = yes
}}
Various publications have listed World Downfall as one of the greatest and most influential grindcore albums of all time.{{Cite web |last=updated |first=Dom Lawsonlast |date=2016-08-31 |title=The 10 essential grindcore albums |url=https://www.loudersound.com/features/the-10-essential-grindcore-albums |access-date=2023-07-09 |website=louder |language=en}}{{Cite web |date=2005-05-01 |title=10 Essential Grindcore Albums |url=https://www.revolvermag.com/music/10-essential-grindcore-albums |access-date=2023-07-09 |website=Revolver |language=en}}{{Cite web |date=2020-08-11 |title=The 22 Most Essential Grindcore Albums |url=https://www.kerrang.com/essential-grindcore-albums-everyone-must-own/ |access-date=2023-07-09 |website=Kerrang! |language=en}} Ex-Fear Factory drummer Raymond Herrera and Dave Witte, ex-Discordance Axis and Municipal Waste drummer, have both cited the album as an influence.{{Cite journal |last=Worley |first=Gail |date=August 2004 |title=Fear Factory's Raymond Herrara: Embracing the New Fear |url=https://archive.org/details/modern-drummer-issue-297/page/n57 |journal=Modern Drummer |issue=297 |page=57 |via=Internet Archive}}{{sfn|Brown|2018|loc=20:35–20:43}}
Track listing
{{track listing
| headline = Side A
| title1 = After World Obliteration
| length1 = 3:30
| title2 = Storm of Stress
| length2 = 1:28
| title3 = Fear of Napalm
| length3 = 3:01
| title4 = Human Prey
| length4 = 2:08
| title5 = Corporation Pull-In
| length5 = 2:22
| title6 = Strategic Warheads
| length6 = 1:38
| title7 = Condemned System
| length7 = 1:22
| title8 = Resurrection
| length8 = 2:59
}}
{{track listing
| total_length = 36:14
| headline = Side B
| title9 = Enslaved by Propaganda
| length9 = 2:14
| title10 = Need to Live
| length10 = 1:17
| title11 = Ripped to Shreds
| length11 = 2:52
| title12 = Injustice
| length12 = 1:28
| title13 = Whirlwind Struggle
| length13 = 2:16
| title14 = Infestation
| length14 = 1:56
| title15 = Dead Shall Rise
| length15 = 3:06
| title16 = World Downfall
| length16 = 2:37
}}
{{Track listing
| headline = Japanese Bonus Tracks
| total_length = 48:17
| title1 = Strategic Warheads
| note1 = Demo Version
| length1 = 1:53
| title2 = After World Obliteration
| note2 = Demo Version
| length2 = 3:24
| title3 = Corporate Takeover
| note3 = Demo Version
| length3 = 2:44
| title4 = Misled System
| note4 = Demo Version
| length4 = 4:02
}}
Personnel
=Terrorizer=
- Oscar Garcia – lead vocals
- Jesse Pintado – guitars
- David Vincent – bass, backing vocals
- Pete Sandoval – drums
=Production=
- David Vincent – production
- Scott Burns – engineering
References
=Notes=
=Citations=
{{Reflist}}
Bibliography
- {{Cite AV media |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JeTVUBn0JnU |title=Slave to the Grind: A Film About Grindcore |date=March 19, 2020 |type=Motion picture |publisher=Death by Digital |place=United States |orig-date=First published 2018 |access-date=July 9, 2023 |ref={{harvid|Brown|2018}} |via=YouTube |people=Brown, Doug Robert (director)}}
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