Dead Soul is the second studio album by Chile

Chile

Chile ,officially the Republic of Chile , is a country in South America occupying a long, narrow coastal strip between the Andes mountains to the east and the Pacific Ocean to the west. It borders Peru to the north, Bolivia to the northeast, Argentina to the east, and the Drake Passage in the far...

an thrash and death metal band Criminal. It was launched in 1997 on Inferno Records and featured production by Vincent Wojnar who had worked with bands like Kreator

Kreator

Kreator is a thrash metal band from Essen, Germany, formed in 1978, but formalized in 1982 under the name Tormentor. They originally performed a speed metal style with Venom influences. Their style of music is similar to their compatriots Destruction and Sodom, the other two big German thrash metal...

 and connoted Machine Head

Machine Head (band)

Machine Head is an American heavy metal band from Oakland, California. Formed on October 12, 1991, the group was founded by Robb Flynn and Adam Duce. There have been 4 member changes since their inception. The current lineup of the band comprises Flynn , Duce , ex-Vio-Lence guitarist Phil Demmel ,...

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The album was released in Santiago de Chile with a concert where they shared stage with Napalm Death

Napalm Death

Napalm Death are a death metal band formed in Birmingham, England in 1981. While none of its original members remain in the group, the lineup of vocalist Mark "Barney" Greenway, bassist Shane Embury, guitarist Mitch Harris and drummer Danny Herrera has remained consistent for most of the band's ...

, noting the time Mitch Harris (ND) up to play "Demoniac Possession" Pentagram with Criminal.

The promotional tour included countries such as Argentina

Argentina

Argentina , officially the Argentine Republic , is the second largest country in South America by land area, after Brazil. It is constituted as a federation of 23 provinces and an autonomous city, Buenos Aires...

, Peru

Peru

Peru , officially the Republic of Peru , is a country in western South America. It is bordered on the north by Ecuador and Colombia, on the east by Brazil, on the southeast by Bolivia, on the south by Chile, and on the west by the Pacific Ocean....

, Uruguay

Uruguay

Uruguay ,officially the Oriental Republic of Uruguay,sometimes the Eastern Republic of Uruguay; ) is a country in the southeastern part of South America. It is home to some 3.5 million people, of whom 1.8 million live in the capital Montevideo and its metropolitan area...

, Venezuela

Venezuela

Venezuela , officially called the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela , is a tropical country on the northern coast of South America. It borders Colombia to the west, Guyana to the east, and Brazil to the south...

 and Colombia

Colombia

Colombia, officially the Republic of Colombia , is a unitary constitutional republic comprising thirty-two departments. The country is located in northwestern South America, bordered to the east by Venezuela and Brazil; to the south by Ecuador and Peru; to the north by the Caribbean Sea; to the...

, where the band performed at the festival Rock the Park in front of 50 thousand people.

The video clips of the tracks "Collide", "Victimized" and "Slave Masters" were broadcast on major television channels.

Style

According to the Rock Hard magazine, the album is clearly rooted in Death Metal

Death metal

Death metal is an extreme subgenre of heavy metal. It typically employs heavily distorted guitars, tremolo picking, deep growling vocals, blast beat drumming, minor keys or atonality, and complex song structures with multiple tempo changes....

 and reminds of early pieces by Sepultura

Sepultura

Sepultura is a Brazilian heavy metal band from Belo Horizonte, formed in 1984. The band was a major force in the death metal, thrash metal and ultimately groove metal realms during the late 1980s and early 1990s, with their later experiments melding nu metal, hardcore punk and industrial.Sepultura...

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Reception

Dead Soul sold over 10,000 copies in Chile so Metal Blade Records took over the distribution in the United States and Europe, earning very positive reviews in topic magazines such as Rock Hard in Germany and the American Metal Maniacs.

Tracklist

All songs written and composed by Criminal.

1. Denial: 3:00
2. Scapegoat: 3:11
3. Collide: 3:04
4. Terror: 2:31
5. Life Is Agony: 4:36
6. No Salvation: 3:15
7. Victimized: 3:01
8. S.S.S.: 2:43
9. Hijos De La Miseria: 4:36
10. Slave Master: 2:21
11. Nation Of Hate: 3:01
12. Guilt: 4:48