Stillborn (album)

{{Short description|1993 studio album by Malevolent Creation}} {{more citations needed|date=December 2022}} {{Use mdy dates|date=May 2025}} {{Infobox album | name = Stillborn | type = studio | artist = [[Malevolent Creation]] | cover = Stillborn album.jpg | alt = | released = October 26, 1993 | recorded = | venue = | studio = Pro Media Studios, [[Gainesville, Florida]] | genre = [[Death metal]] | length = 42:29 | label = [[Roadrunner Records|Roadrunner]] | producer = Mark Pinske | prev_title = [[Retribution (Malevolent Creation album)|Retribution]] | prev_year = 1992 | next_title = [[Eternal (Malevolent Creation album)|Eternal]] | next_year = 1995 }}

'''''Stillborn''''' is the third studio album by American [[death metal]] band [[Malevolent Creation]], released in 1993 on [[Roadrunner Records]].

==Background== Larry Hawke from the band HatePlow originally played drums on the album but Phil wanted the drum tracks re-done; Alex Marquez ended up playing on the album due to Larry's incarceration for a [[DUI]].<ref>{{Cite web | title=MIDWEST METAL | url=http://www.midwestmetalmagazine.com/interviewmalevolent2.html | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070629200328/http://www.midwestmetalmagazine.com/interviewmalevolent2.html | archive-date=2007-06-29 | access-date=2024-12-15}}</ref> Roadrunner also requested that Brett to re-do his vocals but the band could not get him to and Roadrunner ended up dropping the band from their label. They ended up getting licensing deals for the subsequent labels they dealt with. In 2024, the band retains rights to all their post-Roadrunner albums.{{citation needed|date=August 2024}}

==Track listing== {{track listing | all_lyrics = [[Bret Hoffmann]], all music composed by Phil Fasciana, except where noted. | total_length = 42:29 | title1 = Dominated Resurgency | length1 = 4:16 | music2 = Jon Rubin, Phil Fasciana | title2 = The Way of All Flesh | length2 = 4:25 | title3 = Dominion of Terror | length3 = 4:32 | music4 = Phil Fasciana, Jon Rubin | title4 = Geared For Gain | length4 = 3:05 | title5 = Stillborn | length5 = 4:44 | title6 = Ordain the Hierarchy | length6 = 2:47 | title7 = Carnivorous Misgivings | length7 = 3:17 | title8 = Genetic Affliction | length8 = 4:41 | title9 = Ethnic Cleansing | length9 = 4:23 | lyrics10 = Brett Hoffmann, Peter Lilienthal | music10 = Phil Fasciana, Jon Rubin | title10 = Disciple of Abhorrence | length10 = 6:19 }}

==Personnel== '''Malevolent Creation''' * Bret Hoffmann - vocals * Jon Rubin - guitar * Phil Fasciana - guitar, producer * Alex Marquez - drums * Jason Blachowicz - bass, logo

'''Guest musicians''' * Dave Smadbeck - keyboards, samples

'''Production''' * Mark Pinske - executive producer, mixing, engineering, recording * Eddy Schreyer - mastering

'''Artwork''' * [[Dan Seagrave]] - cover art * Jeff Juszkiewicz - logo * SMAY - art direction

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