Exhumed of the Earth is the debut album by Paramaecium

Paramaecium

Paramaecium was an Australian death/doom metal band formed in 1991. There is use of instrumentation like flutes, cellos and violins on some albums. Paramaecium is one of the few doom metal bands that focus on Christian lyrical themes and Christian concepts...

. It was released in 1993. Exhumed of the Earth is considered to be one of the landmarks of both doom metal and Christian metal movements.

Recording history

Exhumed of the Earth was recorded from 12 April to 1 May 1993 in Toybox Studios, Northcore, Melbourne, Australia. The band incorporated several classical instrument arrangements on the album, most notably on the 17 minute epic "The Unnatural Conception". Rosemary Sutton played violin and Judy Hellemons flute. Sutton also did the soprano vocals. The storyline of the album based on the Bible: it begins at the birth of Christ, continues through his resurrection, speaks of the disciples, and ends with Christians coming to life from the dead. Because the biblical references in the lyrics are elegantly written, the album has been often compared to old My Dying Bride

My Dying Bride

My Dying Bride are an English doom metal band formed in 1990. To date, My Dying Bride have released eleven full-length studio albums, three EPs, one demo, one box set, four compilation albums, one live album, and one live CD/DVD release. The band released their tenth studio album, For Lies I Sire,...

. Musically, Exhumed of the Earth is mostly slow paced doom metal with few death metal influences, most notably on the death growl vocals of Andrew Tompkins and on tracks like "Injudicial".

Paramaecium self-released Exhumed of the Earth in 1993 and later allowed several labels to distribute the album.

HM magazine wrote that with the album Paramaecium "essentially delivered the most powerful and moving death/doom recording in the history of Christian metal."

Track listing

1. "The Unnatural Conception in Two Parts: The Birth and the Massacre of the Innocents" – 17:00
2. "Injudicial" – 4:38
3. "The Killing" – 6:29
4. "Untombed" – 10:38
5. "The Voyage of the Severed" – 9:24
6. "Haemorrhage of Hatred" – 7:20
7. "Removed of the Grave" – 10:37

Personnel

• Andrew Tompkins
  Andrew Tompkins
  Andrew Tompkins is the lead vocalist and bassist for the Australian doom metal band Paramaecium, which was considered to be the biggest Christian doom metal band.Andrew has a daughter named Enara....
  
   - vocals
  Singing
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   and Four string bass
  Bass guitar
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• Jayson Sherlock
  Jayson Sherlock
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   - drums
  Drum kit
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   and cymbal
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• Jason De Ron
  Jason De Ron
  Jason De Ron is a musician from Melbourne, Australia, most notable for being the former guitarist for the death/doom band Paramaecium and co founder and guitarist of the avant garde/progressive metal band Altera Enigma.-Biography:...
  
   - Six string guitar
  Guitar
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• Rosemary Sutton - Soprano
  Soprano
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   and Violin
  Violin
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• Judy Hellemons - Flute
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External links

• Exhumed of the Earth at Metal-Archives
• Injudical lyrics and musical notes .pdf