The Blueprints for Madness is an album by 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....

 band Deceased

Deceased (band)

Deceased is a death/thrash metal band from Virginia, that has attained a dedicated, though cult following throughout a lengthy recording and live career. Founded in 1984, by drummer and vocalist King Fowley, the first band to sign Relapse Records, they released four full albums through the label,...

, originally released in 1995 on Relapse Records

Relapse Records

Relapse Records is an independent record label based in Upper Darby, Pennsylvania. It was founded by Matthew F. Jacobson in 1990.-History:The label was started by Matthew F. Jacobson in August, 1990 in his parents' basement in Aurora, Colorado...

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Track listing

1. "Morbid Shape in Black" - 5:42
2. "The Triangle" - 5:53
3. "Island of the Unknown" - 3:29
4. "The Blueprints for Madness" - 2:36
5. "The Creek of the Dead" - 5:05
6. "Mind Vampires" - 3:48
7. "Into The Bizarre" - 5:59
8. "Alternate Dimensions" - 3:49
9. "Midnight" - 5:15
10. "Negative Darkness" - 4:37
11. "A Reproduction of Tragedy" - 5:55

Release history

The album was originally released in 1995 on Relapse Records

Relapse Records

Relapse Records is an independent record label based in Upper Darby, Pennsylvania. It was founded by Matthew F. Jacobson in 1990.-History:The label was started by Matthew F. Jacobson in August, 1990 in his parents' basement in Aurora, Colorado...

, on CD (on September 19) and Cassette (on September 1). It was remastered and reissued by Thrash Corner Records in 2004, with a bonus track (a cover of The Doors

The Doors

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song "Not to Touch the Earth").

Line-up

• King Fowley - drums, vocals
• Mike Smith - guitars
• Mark Adams - guitars
• Les Snyder - bass, backing vocals

Other credits

• Engineered by Don Zientara
• Cover art by Wes Benscoter