Flower of Disease

Flower of Disease is an album by American doom metal band Goatsnake, released in 2000.[6][2] The LP version was released by Southern Lord Records.

Flower of Disease
Studio album by Goatsnake
Released	October 31, 2000
Genre	Stoner metal[1]
Length	44:11
Label	Man's Ruin[2] Southern Lord (SUNN13) Rise Above Records
Producer	Nick Raskulinecz
Goatsnake chronology
Dog Days (2000) Flower of Disease (2000) Trampled Under Hoof (2004)

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[3]
Chronicles of Chaos	8/10[4]
The Encyclopedia of Popular Music	[5]

Critical reception

AllMusic called the album "an enjoyable listen," writing that it "is a perfect marriage of modern production techniques, excellent riffing, melodic classic doom, and grooving ambience."[3] LA Weekly wrote that "there's a certain slickness here, but an inimitable weirdness too, the combination of which makes this band so distinctly, quintessentially Los Angeles."[7] The Encyclopedia of Popular Music wrote that the album "extended Goatsnake's move towards southern-fried doom leanings, further refining their bludgeoning style."[5]

Track listing

1. "Flower of Disease" - 6:40
2. "Prayer for a Dying" - 4:40
3. "Easy Greasy" - 5:14
4. "El Coyote" - 4:39
5. "The Dealer" - 5:26
6. "A Truckload of Mamma's Muffins" - 5:58
7. "Live to Die" - 3:19
8. "The River" - 8:15

Line up

Goatsnake

• Pete Stahl – vocals, harmonica
• Greg Anderson – guitar
• G. Stuart Dahlquist – bass
• Greg Rogers – drums

Additional personnel

• Dave Catching – lap steel on "El Coyote"

References

1. Kelly, Kim (20 April 2017). "10 Stoner Metal Albums Ranked by a Metalhead Who Doesn't Smoke Weed". Vice. Retrieved 21 May 2017.
2. Phillips, William; Cogan, Brian (March 20, 2009). "Encyclopedia of Heavy Metal Music". ABC-CLIO – via Google Books.
3. "Flower of Disease - Goatsnake | Songs, Reviews, Credits | AllMusic" – via www.allmusic.com.
4. "CoC : Goatsnake - Flower of Disease : Review". www.chroniclesofchaos.com.
5. Larkin, Colin (2006). The Encyclopedia of Popular Music. Volume 3: MUZE. p. 784.CS1 maint: location (link)
6. "Goatsnake | Biography & History". AllMusic.
7. "Vinyl of the Week: Greg Anderson's Goatsnake Reissues Doom Metal Classics 'Flower of Disease,' 'Dog Days' and 'Vol. 1' via Southern Lord [MP3]". LA Weekly. July 30, 2010.