Global InformationPraise the Names of the Musical Assassins information
| Praise the Names of the Musical Assassins | ||||
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| Compilation album by Pungent Stench | ||||
| Released | 1997 | |||
| Recorded | April 1988 – October 1993 | |||
| Genre | Death metal | |||
| Length | 69:12 | |||
| Label | Nuclear Blast | |||
| Pungent Stench chronology | ||||
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| Source | Rating |
| Allmusic |   [1] |
| Chronicles of Chaos | (9/10)[2] |
Praise the Names of the Musical Assassins is a compilation album of "rare and unreleased material"[1] by Austrian death metal band Pungent Stench. It was originally released in 1997 through Nuclear Blast, two years after the band had split-up.[3] The album, "which collected all the rare and unreleased Pungent Stench material available,"[3] contains tracks from the band's early demo tapes, Mucous Secretion, and Extreme Deformity, which was released as the group's first EP in 1989.[4] These "infamous" demos, along with a split-LP with Disharmonic Orchestra, caused a considerable amount of interest in the group, eventually leading them to sign a record deal with German label Nuclear Blast.[4]
The compilation comes in special packaging, which consists of a black box with the CD and a 24-page booklet containing all of Pungent Stench's releases, live shows and photos of the band that were taken from around the world.[2] By this package, Jason Birchmeier of Allmusic praised the release stating, "Well packaged, Praise the Names of the Musical Assassins effectively sums up the group's early days when they were strictly a 'brutal splatter metal' group, before they would eventually slow down their music and write songs about sex rather than gore."[1] Birchmeier also defined Praise the Names of the Musical Assassins as a "suitable retrospective for one of the most notorious death metal bands of the 1990s."[4]
Adam Wasylyk of Chronicles of Chaos webzine, gave the album a rating of 9 out of 10, stating that "Praise the Names of the Musical Assassins is composed of hard-to-find, rare and compilation tracks to serve almost as a 'best of,' a quality remembrance to one of Nuclear Blast's better bands."[2]
- ^ a b c Birchmeier, Jason. "Praise the Names of the Musical Assassins - Review". Allmusic. Macrovision. Retrieved 20 June 2009.
- ^ a b c Wasylyk, Adam (10 March 1998). "Pungent Stench - Praise the Names of the Musical Assassins, Review". Chronicles of Chaos. Retrieved 20 June 2009.
- ^ a b Schwarz, Paul (14 January 2002). "Vomit to Vanquish the Vatican". Chronicles of Chaos. Retrieved 20 June 2009.
- ^ a b c Birchmeier, Jason. "Pungent Stench - Biography". Allmusic. Macrovision. Retrieved 20 June 2009.