Obedience Thru Suffering
Occupation
- Vocals: Kirk Windstein
- Guitar: Kevin Noonan
- Bass: Todd Strange
- Drums: Craig Nunenmacher
Obedience Thru Suffering (English: " obedience through suffering " ) is the debut album by the American doom metal and sludge band Crowbar. It was released in the summer of 1992 on the label Grind Core International, but was later re-released by Pavement Records.
Style
Musically, the band figured despite influences from bands such as Black Sabbath, Carnivore, Type O Negative, Trouble, Saint Vitus and The Obsessed not full of doom scene, since otherwise processed and hardcore influences such as Biohazard and Sick of It All were. With the latter, the album has in common is that not a single solo is heard. The later referred to as Sludge sound is still slow and cumbersome, although the singing is mostly melodic, there are usually not very long lines of text sung. The song also thrash influences were seen. In particular, Exhorder, also from New Orleans, to call, although the band drew even more on Doom and Hardcore. But even The Melvins and Helmet were used as comparison.
Formation
After the band recorded their first and only demo in April 1990 and had their original drummer replaced by Craig Nunenmacher, the band went in October 1991 in Palatine (Illinois ) into the studio to record their debut. Three songs were re-recorded from the demo: A Breed Apart, My Agony and subversion. For the latter piece, a video was made, which showed Headbangers Ball now and then.
Reception
Rock-Hard - editor Frank Albrecht called the style at the time as "Power - Doom". He said to particularly the production and Kirk Windstein stone powerful vocals. Bradley Torreano of Allmusic criticized, however, that the bass is too loud, the guitars were so robbed of their penetrating power. The follow-up albums were impressive, but on Obedience Thru Suffering for the first time you would get to hear the "Louisiana sound " of Metal.
Title list
Artwork
Did the original version of the cover of Mitch Nawara reproduction of a fresco with a reminiscent of Sisyphus or Heracles depiction of a muscular man carrying a large ball, the album was later re-released with a cover picture showing a rooting in the bottom head, from whose eyes flames beat.