Death Erotica is the fourth full-length studio album from English

England

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 thrash metal

Thrash metal

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 band, Cerebral Fix

Cerebral Fix

Cerebral Fix are an English thrash/death metal band formed in Birmingham in 1986. They became members of the UK thrash metal and death metal scenes through four albums, three of which were on major labels before finally disbanding in 1993...

. It was released on Music For Nations

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 in 1992 and follows the previous year's album, Bastards

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. It is their final album to date. Guest musician spots were taken by members of Napalm Death

Napalm Death

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, Pop Will Eat Itself

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, and Marshall Law on cover version

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s of songs by Discharge

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 and Judas Priest

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. To support the album, the band toured the UK with Paradise Lost

Paradise Lost (band)

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. They also toured Europe with Cancer

Cancer (band)

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, but with two new members because Fellows and Healy had left after the UK tour.

Track listing

• All songs written by Cerebral Fix
  Cerebral Fix
  Cerebral Fix are an English thrash/death metal band formed in Birmingham in 1986. They became members of the UK thrash metal and death metal scenes through four albums, three of which were on major labels before finally disbanding in 1993...
  
  , unless otherwise stated

1. "Death Erotica" – 1:03
2. "World Machine" – 5:10
3. "Clarissa" – 5:45
4. "Haunted Eyes" – 5:43
5. "Mind within Mine" – 4:31
6. "Angel's Kiss" – 4:39
7. "Still in Mind" – 1:43
8. "The Raft of Medusa" – 6:17
9. "Splintered Wings" – 5:45
10. "Creator of Outcasts" – 5:52
11. "Never Again" (Discharge
    Discharge (band)
    Discharge is a British hardcore punk band formed in 1977 by Terry "Tezz" Roberts and Roy "Rainy" Wainwright. They are often considered among one of the very first bands to play hardcore punk, and to mix punk with metal...
    
    ) – 2:37
12. "Too Drunk to Funk" – 2:59
13. "Burning" – 1:12
14. "Livin' after Midnight" (Judas Priest
    Judas Priest
    Judas Priest are an English heavy metal band from Birmingham, England, formed in 1969. The current line-up consists of lead vocalist Rob Halford, guitarists Glenn Tipton and Richie Faulkner, bassist Ian Hill, and drummer Scott Travis. The band has gone through several drummers over the years,...
    
    ) – 3:54

Credits

• Simon Forrest – vocals
• Tony Warburton – guitar
• Gregg Fellows – guitar
• Frank Healy
  Frank Healy
  Frank Healy was born in Handsworth, Birmingham, UK, he is a former Napalm Death guitarist. Healy also was the bass player for Cerebral Fix. He also played bass in the first live Anaal Nathrakh session for the John Peel show. He is currently the bassist in the band Benediction.-References:...
  
   – bass
• Kev Frost – drums

• Clint Mansell
  Clint Mansell
  Clinton Darryl "Clint" Mansell, is an English musician, composer, and former lead singer and guitarist of the band Pop Will Eat Itself....
  
   (Pop Will Eat Itself
  Pop Will Eat Itself
  Pop Will Eat Itself are an English alternative rock band, originally formed in Stourbridge in 1986, with members from Birmingham, Coventry and the Black Country. Initially known as a Grebo act, their style changed to incorporate sample driven indie and industrial rock...
  
  ) – backing vocals on "Never Again"
• Mark "Barney" Greenway
  Mark Greenway
  Mark "Barney" Greenway is a British extreme metal singer, who has been a member of Napalm Death, Extreme Noise Terror, and Benediction....
  
   (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 ...
  
  ) – backing vocals on "Never Again"
• Shane Embury
  Shane Embury
  Shane Embury is a British bassist and member of Napalm Death.-Napalm Death:Embury is the only member left who has been in the band since the Scum tour, replacing previous bassist Jim Whitley in 1987...
  
   (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 ...
  
  ) – vocals on "Too Drunk to Funk"
• Tony Mills (Slam) – vocals on "Livin' After Midnight"
• Andy Pike (Marshall Law) – vocals on "Livin' After Midnight"
• Recorded at Rhythm Studios, Leamington Spa
  Leamington Spa
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  , England
  England
  England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Scotland to the north and Wales to the west; the Irish Sea is to the north west, the Celtic Sea to the south west, with the North Sea to the east and the English Channel to the south separating it from continental...
  
  
• Produced by Paul Johnson

External links

• Encyclopaedia Metallum album entry