V (Saint Vitus album)

Infobox Album |
Name = V
Type = studio
Artist = Saint Vitus


Released = 1989
Recorded = 1989
Genre = Doom metal
Length = 35:52
Label = Hellhound
Producer =
Reviews = *Allmusic Rating|3.5|5 [http://allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:5mf8zfj8eh7k~T1 link] |
Last album = "Mournful Cries"
(1988)
This album = "V"
(1989)
Next album = "Live"
(1990)

"V" is the fifth album by the American doom metal band Saint Vitus, which was released in 1989.Its title is a reference to the Roman numeral five, not the letter "V" from the English alphabet.

This album was also the band's first release not on SST Records and the last studio album to feature singer Scott "Wino" Weinrich. Wino's final appearance is on "Live" (1990).

In 2004, Southern Lord Records re-released this album on CD and LP. The reissue CD contains bonus live footage from The Palm Springs Community Center on May 16th, 1986.

Track listing

All songs written by Dave Chandler, except where noted.

# "Living Backwards" – 2:30
# "I Bleed Black" – 5:10
# "When Emotion Dies" (Chandler, Weinrich) – 2:00
# "Patra (Petra)" – 7:28
# "Ice Monkey" (Weinrich) – 4:02
# "Jack Frost" – 7:12
# "Angry Man" (Adams, Chandler) – 4:23
# "Mind - Food" – 3:07

Bonus live footage

# "Saint Vitus"
# "Prayer for the (M)Asses"
# "Clear Windowpane"
# "Zombie Hunger"
# "White Stallions"

Credits

* Scott "Wino" Weinrich - Vocals
* Dave Chandler - Guitar
* Mark Adams - Bass
* Armando Acosta - Drums