Protestant (album)

Protestant
Studio album by Rorschach
Released 1993
Genre
Length 37:41
Label Wardance
Rorschach chronology
Rorschach / Neanderthal
(1991)		 Protestant
(1993)		 Close Your Eyes and See Death...
(1993)

Protestant is the second and final studio album by American hardcore punk band Rorschach. It was released in 1993 through Wardance Records. The most of the tracks off the album were written during the band's Europe tour.[1]

The band's complex combination of metal and hardcore[1][2] influenced many artists in the metalcore genre,[3] including Converge guitarist Kurt Ballou.[4]

The tracks on the album were featured on the 1995 compilation album, Autopsy.[2]

Critical reception

The album was inducted to Decibel's Hall of Fame. Decibel wrote: "Protestant's incendiary nature and bleach-into-open-wound sound—a metaphor for cramming Voivod angularity and the Jesus Lizard skronk into Judge hardcore and Melvins’ noise-doom—belies the fact that the album was created and recorded under less-than-ideal conditions."[1]

Track listing

  1. "Mandible" — 2:40
  2. "In Ruins" — 2:28
  3. "Traditional" — 3:15
  4. "Drawn and Quartered" — 3:21
  5. "Shanks" — 3:23
  6. "Recurring Nightmare #105" — 3:44
  7. "Blinders" — 3:30
  8. "Hemlock" — 2:23
  9. "Raw Nerve" — 1:25
  10. "Skin Culture" — 4:41
  11. "Cut the Wheel" — 2:37
  12. "Ornaments" — 4:14

Personnel

Rorschach
Other staff

References

  1. 1 2 3 "Rorschach - Protestant". Decibel. August 4, 2011. Retrieved January 20, 2016.
  2. 1 2 D'Angelo, Peter J. "Rorschach - Autopsy". Allmusic. Retrieved January 20, 2016.
  3. ↑ "Rorschach - Live at Italy 6/18/92". Maximumrocknroll. 239. 2003.
  4. ↑ Breihan, Tom (January 7, 2010). "5-10-15-20: Converge's Kurt Ballou". Pitchfork. Retrieved January 20, 2016.
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