Autopsy (2)The Headless Ritual

Label:

Peaceville – VILELP431

Format:

Vinyl , LP, Album

Country:

UK

Released:

Genre:

Rock

Style:

Death Metal

Tracklist

A1 Slaughter At Beast House
A2 Mangled Far Below
A3 She Is A Funeral
A4 Coffin Crawlers
B1 When Hammer Meets Bone
B2 Thorns And Ashes
B3 Arch Cadaver
B4 Flesh Turns To Dust
B5 Running From The Goathead
VocalsEric Cutler
B6 The Headless Ritual

Companies, etc.

  • Phonographic Copyright ℗Peaceville Records
  • Copyright ©Peaceville Records
  • Recorded AtFantasy Studios
  • Mixed AtFantasy Studios
  • Mastered AtKen Lee Mastering
  • Lacquer Cut AtOptimal Media GmbH
  • Pressed ByOptimal Media GmbH – BD11835

Credits

  • Artwork [Additional Art]Gary Ronaldson
  • BassJoe Trevisano
  • Cover [Cover Art]Joe Petagno
  • Drums, VocalsChris Reifert
  • GuitarEric Cutler
  • Lacquer Cut ByHL*
  • Layout, Design [Refurbished Band Logo]Matt Vickerstaff*
  • Mastered ByKen Lee
  • Photography By [Band Photos]Courtney McCutcheon
  • ProducerAutopsy (2)
  • Recorded By, Mixed ByAdam Munoz*

Notes

Comes in gatefold sleeve. Includes printed inner sleeve and poster.

Initial copies came with a patch.

Recorded April 1st-5th, 2013 and mixed April 10th-13th, 2013 at Fantasy Studios in Berkeley, California.
Mastered at Ken Lee Mastering in Oakland, California, on April 15th 2013.

Runouts: "1⋀" and "1T" are mirrored.

Barcode and Other Identifiers

  • Barcode: 8 01056 74311 4
  • Label Code: LC 01702
  • Matrix / Runout (Runout side A, stamped): BD11835-01 A1 HL
  • Matrix / Runout (Runout side B, stamped): BD11835-01 B1 HL
  • Matrix / Runout (Runout side A, hand-etched): Those we despise... 1⋀
  • Matrix / Runout (Runout side B, hand-etched): ...will get fries in their eyes ! 1T

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The Headless Ritual (CD, Album, Digibook) Peaceville CDVILEF430 UK & Europe 2013
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The Headless Ritual (CDr, Album, Promo) Peaceville none UK & Europe 2013
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The Headless Ritual (10×File, MP3, Album, 320 kbps) Peaceville none 2013
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The Headless Ritual (CD, Album, Reissue) Peaceville CDVILED732 Europe 2018

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Reviews

  • Full-of-Hate's avatar
    Full-of-Hate
    Edited one year ago
    "The Headless Ritual" is something like a modern classic performed by Autopsy - a band that cannot fail to meet expectations. The manner and musical forms are well-established and allow you to create more and more disgusting creative ages in a superlative degree. Probably, in the post-reunion period, this is one of the most intense releases, a lot of blood-red spots and unchanged horror content. At the same time, the album has a consistently high-quality and maximally natural sound, creating the effect of presence and contemplation of what is happening, there is some kind of chamber theatricality in this. Autopsy are unique in their vision of music.

    The first edition turned out great - heavy vinyl, good design with a gatefold, a printing envelope and a fairly large poster. In of sound, everything is perfectly balanced and very lively. Real DR10, which is not bad, but in fact the album is very cool recorded and there is not even a hint of compression in the vinyl version. In of playback, everything is very good and clean enough, although occasionally uncritical light clicks from the masses are heard. The first press definitely deserves five stars, albeit with a slight minus.

    IMPORTANT: Not so long ago, at the end of 2022 or at the beginning of 2023, a reprint of the album version was released, but it has a stripped-down design - only a single envelope and a printed innersleeve there are completely no texts and painted images of musicians, and vinyl has a regular weight of 120-140 grams. Also, the design looks much paler. And similar fate befell "Tourniquets, Hacksaws And Graves" - the design has also been cut in half. These versions are sold in many stocks without specifying the year of manufacture. On the plus side, I was able to compare the sound and it didn't get worse compared to the first press. But polygraphy does not stand up to any criticism. Be careful, if possible - try to find a copy from the first edition, or wait for the next normal reprint.
    • Markus_Krispler's avatar
      Markus_Krispler
      There is a reissue that comes in a standard vinyl cover and without the poster

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