Dead Soul

Dead Soul
Studio album by Criminal
Released	1997 (1997)
Recorded	May to July, 1997
Genre	Thrash/Death Metal
Length	50:09
Label	Inferno Records
Producer	Criminal
Criminal chronology
Live Disorder (1996) Dead Soul (1997) Slave Masters (1998)

Dead Soul is the second studio album by Chilean thrash and death metal band Criminal. It was launched in 1997 on Inferno Records and featured production by Vincent Wojnar who had worked with bands like Kreator and connoted Machine Head.

The album was released in Santiago de Chile with a concert where they shared stage with Napalm Death, noting the time Mitch Harris (ND) up to play "Demoniac Possession" Pentagram with Criminal.

The promotional tour included countries such as Argentina, Peru, Uruguay, Venezuela and Colombia, where the band performed at the festival Rock the Park in front of 50 thousand people.^{[citation needed]}

The video clips of the tracks "Collide", "Victimized" and "Slave Masters" were broadcast on major television channels.^{[citation needed]}

Style

According to the Rock Hard magazine, the album is clearly rooted in Death Metal and reminds of early pieces by Sepultura.^[1]

Reception

Dead Soul sold over 10,000 copies in Chile so Metal Blade Records took over the distribution in the United States and Europe, earning very positive reviews in topic magazines such as Rock Hard in Germany^[1] and the American Metal Maniacs.^{[citation needed]}

Tracklist

All songs written and composed by Criminal.

1. Denial: 3:00
2. Scapegoat: 3:11
3. Collide: 3:04
4. Terror: 2:31
5. Life Is Agony: 4:36
6. No Salvation: 3:15
7. Victimized: 3:01
8. S.S.S.: 2:43
9. Hijos De La Miseria: 4:36
10. Slave Master: 2:21
11. Nation Of Hate: 3:01
12. Guilt: 4:48

References

1. ^ ^{a b} Albrecht, Frank. "Review" (in German). Rock Hard (143). http://www.rockhard.de/megazine/reviewarchiv/review-anzeigen.html?tx_rxsearch_pi1%5Breview%5D=2392. Retrieved 7 November 2011.