Flower of Disease

Summary

Flower of Disease is an album by American doom metal band Goatsnake, released in 2000.[6][2] The LP version was released by Southern Lord Records.

Flower of Disease
Studio album by
ReleasedOctober 31, 2000
GenreStoner metal[1]
Length44:11
LabelMan's Ruin[2]
Southern Lord (SUNN13)
Rise Above Records
ProducerNick Raskulinecz
Goatsnake chronology
Dog Days
(2000)
Flower of Disease
(2000)
Trampled Under Hoof
(2004)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[3]
Chronicles of Chaos8/10[4]
The Encyclopedia of Popular Music[5]

Critical reception edit

AllMusic called the album "an enjoyable listen", writing that it "is a perfect marriage of modern production techniques, excellent riffing, melodic classic doom, and grooving ambience."[3] LA Weekly wrote that "there's a certain slickness here, but an inimitable weirdness too, the combination of which makes this band so distinctly, quintessentially Los Angeles."[7] The Encyclopedia of Popular Music wrote that the album "extended Goatsnake's move towards southern-fried doom leanings, further refining their bludgeoning style."[5]

Track listing edit

No.TitleLength
1."Flower of Disease"6:40
2."Praying for a Dying"4:40
3."Easy Greasy"5:14
4."El Coyote"4:39
5."The Dealer"5:26
6."A Truckload of Mamma's Muffins"5:58
7."Live to Die"3:19
8."The River"8:15

Personnel edit

Goatsnake

Additional personnel

References edit

  1. ^ Kelly, Kim (April 20, 2017). "10 Stoner Metal Albums Ranked by a Metalhead Who Doesn't Smoke Weed". Vice. Retrieved May 21, 2017.
  2. ^ a b Phillips, William; Cogan, Brian (March 20, 2009). Encyclopedia of Heavy Metal Music. ABC-CLIO. ISBN 9780313348013 – via Google Books.
  3. ^ a b "Flower of Disease - Goatsnake | Songs, Reviews, Credits | AllMusic" – via www.allmusic.com.
  4. ^ "CoC : Goatsnake - Flower of Disease : Review". www.chroniclesofchaos.com.
  5. ^ a b Larkin, Colin (2006). The Encyclopedia of Popular Music. Vol. 3. MUZE. p. 784.
  6. ^ "Goatsnake | Biography & History". AllMusic.
  7. ^ "Vinyl of the Week: Greg Anderson's Goatsnake Reissues Doom Metal Classics 'Flower of Disease,' 'Dog Days' and 'Vol. 1' via Southern Lord [MP3]". LA Weekly. July 30, 2010.