Considered Dead

Considered Dead is the debut studio album by Canadian death metal band Gorguts. It was released on October 8, 1991, by Roadrunner Records, whom the band signed with after the release of their 1991 demo ...And Then Comes Lividity. The album features guest vocals by Chris Barnes of Cannibal Corpse on three tracks, as well as a guest guitar solo by James Murphy, who has performed with Death, Obituary, and Testament.

Considered Dead
Studio album by Gorguts
Released	October 8, 1991 (1991-10-08)
Studio	Morrisound Recording, Tampa, Florida
Genre	Death metal
Length	37:54
Label	Roadrunner Records
Producer	Scott Burns, Gorguts
Gorguts chronology
...And Then Comes Lividity (1990) Considered Dead (1991) The Erosion of Sanity (1993)

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[1]
Disposable Underground	Favorable[2]
High Speed Death	Favorable[3]

The track "Hematological Allergy" was first released on the band's demo ...And Then Comes Lividity.^[4]

In 1993, the band took part in the "Blood, Guts and Gore" U.S. tour along with Cannibal Corpse and Atheist.^[5]

Considered Dead was later remastered, reissued and paired with its successor, The Erosion of Sanity, as part of Roadrunner's Two from the Vault series, in 2004. It was reissued alone in 2006 with two demo tracks.

Track listing

No.	Title	Length
1.	"...And Then Comes Lividity" (Music composed by Lemay)	0:43
2.	"Stiff and Cold"	4:27
3.	"Disincarnated"	4:27
4.	"Considered Dead"	3:31
5.	"Rottenatomy"	4:45
6.	"Bodily Corrupted"	3:41
7.	"Waste of Mortality"	4:37
8.	"Drifting Remains"	3:42
9.	"Hematological Allergy"	4:09
10.	"Inoculated Life"	3:52

All lyrics are written by Luc Lemay; all music is composed by Gorguts, except where noted

2006 reissue bonus tracks

No.	Title	Length
11.	"Considered Dead" (Demo)	3:36
12.	"Rottenatomy" (Demo)	4:47
Total length:		46:17

Personnel

Gorguts

• Luc Lemay – rhythm, lead and acoustic guitars, vocals
• Sylvain Marcoux – guitar
• Eric Giguere – bass
• Stephane Provencher – drums

Additional personnel

• James Murphy – guitar solo (on "Inoculated Life")
• Chris Barnes – vocals (on tracks 5, 6, 9)

Technical personnel

• Produced by Scott Burns and Gorguts
• Recorded and mixed by Scott Burns
• Mastered by Michael Sarsfield
• Dan Seagrave – cover illustration
• Logo and cover concept by Luc Lemay
• Ivan-Pierre Dubois – photo
• Patricia Mooney – art direction
• Matt Vickerstaff – 2016 reissue layout

References

1. Rivadavia, Eduardo. Gorguts: Considered Dead at AllMusic. Retrieved December 13, 2020.
2. "Gorguts Considered Dead". Disposable Underground. Vol. 1, no. 3. Sterling, Virginia: Richard Johnson. 1991. p. 45. ISSN 1072-9674. OCLC 29236005.
3. Kieran (April 1992). "Gorguts – Considered Dead" (JPG). High Speed Death. No. 5. Ireland. p. 16. Retrieved May 4, 2021.
4. "Gorguts". Disposable Underground. Vol. 1, no. 3. Sterling, Virginia: Richard Johnson. 1991. p. 7. ISSN 1072-9674. OCLC 29236005.
5. "Interview with Stephan Provencher, Gorguts". Tough Riffs
   Magazine. Retrieved August 27, 2016.