Embodiment: Collapsing Under the Weight of God
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Embodiment: Collapsing Under the Weight of God is the third studio album by the band Sculptured
. The cover artwork is designed by John Haughm
; he used images borrowed with permission from the National Library of Medicine. Haughm also designed the layout for the booklet using similar imagery and the photography of Veleda Thorrson. The album also contains samples of speech from the 1981 film Possession
in Taking My Body Apart , and from the 2000 short film Camera
in Embodiment is the Purest Form of Horror.
Sculptured
Sculptured is an American experimental heavy metal band, mixing classic death and doom metal riffs and vocals to atonal segments and brass sections.-Biography:...
. The cover artwork is designed by John Haughm
John Haughm
John Haughm is a heavy metal musician and an artist from the United States. He is most famous for being the vocalist and guitarist of the band Agalloch...
; he used images borrowed with permission from the National Library of Medicine. Haughm also designed the layout for the booklet using similar imagery and the photography of Veleda Thorrson. The album also contains samples of speech from the 1981 film Possession
Possession (1981 film)
Possession is a 1981 cult horror film directed by Andrzej Żuławski.-Plot:Mark returns home to Berlin to find his wife Anna is leaving him for unclear reasons. He initially suspects an affair and hires detectives to track her, but gradually discovers clues that something far stranger is afoot...
in Taking My Body Apart , and from the 2000 short film Camera
Camera (2000 short film)
Camera is a 2000 Canadian short film written and directed by David Cronenberg. The six minute short was one of several made in celebration of the 25th anniversary of the Toronto International Film Festival...
in Embodiment is the Purest Form of Horror.
Track listing
- "Taking My Body Apart" – 8:31
- "The Shape of Rage" – 6:04
- "A Moment of Uncertainty" – 6:31
- "Bodies Without Organs" – 7:37
- "Embodiment is the Purest Form of Horror" – 10:36
Personnel
- Don Anderson - guitars,vocals
- Jason William Walton - bass
- Andy WinterAndy Winter (musician)Andy Winter is a Norwegian keyboardist that is a founding member of the Norwegian bands Winds and Age of Silence and is part of the American bands Sculptured and formerly Subterranean Masquerade....
- keyboards - David MurrayDavid Murray (drummer)David Murray is a Californian musician, best known for his career as a drummer, although he is also a composer and didjeriduist. He was the original drummer for Estradasphere and both performed and composed on all of the band's albums up until the new 2004 lineup...
- drums - Thomas Walling - vocals