Act III (Death Angel album)
Act III is the third studio album by the thrash metal band Death Angel, released in 1990 on Geffen Records. Regarded by many critics and fans as the band's finest effort, the album was produced by famed metal producer Max Norman (Ozzy Osbourne, Megadeth, Savatage, Fates Warning and Loudness), and marked the first (and only) major label release by Death Angel. The album is listed as number 328 in the 2010 reference book, The Top 500 Heavy Metal Albums of All Time.[3] The album spawned the singles "Seemingly Endless Time" and "A Room with a View", with both songs receiving music videos and airplay on MTV's Headbangers Ball. Songs like "Discontinued" incorporate elements of funk. This is also the final Death Angel studio album to feature guitarist Gus Pepa.
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| Released | April 10, 1990 | |||
| Recorded | September–October 1989 | |||
| Studio | Dodge City Sound, Burbank, California | |||
| Genre | Thrash metal | |||
| Length | 44:54 | |||
| Label | Geffen | |||
| Producer | Max Norman, Tom Zutaut | |||
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| Collector's Guide to Heavy Metal | 9/10[2] |
On tour in support of Act III in 1991, the band suffered a serious tour bus crash in which drummer Andy Galeon was critically injured. During his yearlong recovery, singer Mark Osegueda left the band, effectively ending Death Angel and making Act III their last proper studio album for more than a decade. The band would reunite in 2001 and has continued to release more albums.
Track listing
| No. | Title | Lyrics | Music | Length |
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| 1. | "Seemingly Endless Time" | Rob Cavestany | Cavestany | 3:49 |
| 2. | "Stop" | Cavestany, Mark Osegueda | Cavestany | 5:10 |
| 3. | "Veil of Deception" | Cavestany | Cavestany | 2:35 |
| 4. | "The Organization" | Andy Galeon | Galeon, Cavestany | 4:16 |
| 5. | "Discontinued" | Galeon | Cavestany, Galeon, Gus Pepa, Dennis Pepa | 5:50 |
| 6. | "A Room with a View" | Cavestany | Cavestany | 4:42 |
| 7. | "Stagnant" | Cavestany | Galeon, Cavestany | 5:33 |
| 8. | "EX-TC" | Osegueda | Cavestany | 3:06 |
| 9. | "Disturbing the Peace" | Cavestany | Cavestany | 3:53 |
| 10. | "Falling Asleep" | Cavestany | Cavestany | 5:54 |
Personnel
- Death Angel
- Mark Osegueda – lead vocals
- Rob Cavestany – lead guitar, backing vocals, mixing
- Gus Pepa – rhythm guitar
- Dennis Pepa – bass, backing vocals on track 6
- Andy Galeon – drums, backing vocals, mixing
- Production
- Max Norman – producer, engineer, mixing in November 1989 at Skip Saylor Recording, Los Angeles, California
- Stoli Jaeger – engineer
- Chris "Holmes" Puram – second engineer
- George Marino – mastering at Sterling Sound, New York City
- Tom Zutaut – executive producer
References
- Rivadavia, Eduardo. "Death Angel - Act III review". AllMusic. All Media Network. Retrieved 2018-05-24.
- Popoff, Martin (August 1, 2007). The Collector's Guide to Heavy Metal: Volume 3: The Nineties. Burlington, Ontario, Canada: Collector's Guide Publishing. p. 106. ISBN 978-1-894959-62-9.
- Popoff, Martin, ed. (2010). The top 500 heavy metal albums of all time. ECW Press. p. 277. ISBN 9781554902453.