Blackened Images

Mortuary | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (May 19, 1992)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Relativity
• ASIN: B00008FNU2
• Also Available in: Audio Cassette
• Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #73,079 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars LOST MEXICAN THRASH DEATH METAL CLASSIC!!!, September 8, 2004

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T. Kasuboski (Winneconne, Wisconsin United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Blackened Images (Audio CD)

WOW!!! What an album!!! Mortuary from Mexico were kind of like a blend of Massacra, Dead Head, Necrodeath, Ripping Corpse, Hydra Vein, and Amon(early-Deicide). A blistering album which perfectly blends late-80's speed metal with early death metal. Find this album while it is still available, because if you're an extreme metal fan and pass this one up, you will be eternally damned by the metal gods!!!! Long live Mexican thrash!!!

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars DEATH METAL MEXICAN GODS ¡¡¡¡, January 11, 2004

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This review is from: Blackened Images (Audio CD)

Killing, frenetic and maniac death metal band from Mexico that makes an aggresive but intelligent form of metal.
When you listen to the apocalyptic Abyss Angel you relly feel the hell out of it, Satan coming up to earth to take your body and soul ¡¡¡¡
The energy and power from this band is really something different to the rest of mexican death metal bands, you just listen to Sacrilegious, Asphyxiation, Blood Storm and all the rest of the songs, they really show a freneticism and speed, an effectiveness never showed in any other mexican band.
If you ask me, I'd really reccomend this album, if you wanna know what a mexican death metal band can do, this is your chance ¡¡¡¡

4.0 out of 5 stars One of the earliest and best J.L. releases, May 9, 2009

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Tom P. the Underground Navigator (Park Forest, IL USA) - See all my reviews

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This review is from: Blackened Images (Audio CD)

In 1992, a fledgling new underground label out of Massachusetts (later of Indianapolis, Indiana), with the cooperation of Turbo U.S.A., gave a young Mexican band named Mortuary a chance to be heard, when they released the band's debut "Blackened Images." Judging by the thank list in the liner notes, the Mexican death metal underground was thriving in the early '90s and Mortuary were a good choice for the label to sign.

"Blackened Images" is actually more deathrash than straight death metal. The band most recall the early work of Sepultura, and this is a good thing, as the band took the road less traveled for 1992 (most bands were more apt to mimic Cannibal Corpse during this time). One of the band members sports a Terrorizer shirt in the band photo to the CD and they seem to be another possible influence, as the build-up to opener "Abyss Angel" recalls them somewhat. But for the most part, this material is very energetic and interesting deathrash that went against the grain of what everyone else was doing at the time.

I really like the cover art of vocalist/bassist Joel Alanis. It somewhat recalls that of Morbid Angel's "Altars of Madness," but the purple color of the cover and layout of the CD is very cool and pleasing to the eye.

This was recorded at a small studio in Monterrey, Mexico and I must say that the band (who also in part produced the album) achieved a really good sound. All instruments are always discernible and along with the energy of the material itself, it really packs a wallop.

The J.L. America releases are all long out of print and hard to come by and "Blackened Images" is no exception. Having only had the cassette years ago, I was lucky enough to find a mint copy of the CD here on Amazon recently. I don't regret my purchase and neither will you. Strongly recommended to metal fans who appreciate equal parts death and thrash.