Protestant (album)

Protestant
Studio album by Rorschach
Released	1993
Recorded	August–November, 1992
Studio	Platinum Sound (Boston, Massachusetts)
Genre	Hardcore punk, metalcore, powerviolence
Length	37:41
Label	Wardance, Gern Blandsten
Producer	David Locke, Peter Nusbaum
Rorschach chronology

Protestant is the second and final studio album by American hardcore punk band Rorschach. It was released in 1993 through Wardance Records and Gern Blandsten. The most of the tracks off the album were written during the band's Europe tour.[1]

The band's complex combination of metal and hardcore[1][2] influenced many artists in the metalcore genre,[3] including Converge guitarist Kurt Ballou.[4]

The tracks on the album were featured on the 1995 compilation album, Autopsy.[2] The track "Traditional" was covered by Krallice.[5]

Critical reception

The album was inducted to Decibel's Hall of Fame. Decibel wrote: "Protestant's incendiary nature and bleach-into-open-wound sound—a metaphor for cramming Voivod angularity and the Jesus Lizard skronk into Judge hardcore and Melvins’ noise-doom—belies the fact that the album was created and recorded under less-than-ideal conditions."[1]

Track listing

No.	Title	Length
1.	"Mandible"	2:40
2.	"In Ruins"	2:28
3.	"Traditional"	3:15
4.	"Drawn and Quartered"	3:21
5.	"Shanks"	3:23
6.	"Recurring Nightmare #105"	3:44
7.	"Blinders"	3:30
8.	"Hemlock"	2:23
9.	"Raw Nerve"	1:25
10.	"Skin Culture"	4:41
11.	"Cut the Wheel"	2:37
12.	"Ornaments"	4:14

Personnel

Rorschach

Tom Rusnak — bass
Andrew Gormley — drums
Keith Huckins — guitars
Nick Forté — guitars
Charles Maggio — vocals

Other staff

Justine DeMetrick — cover art
Cynthia MacAdams — cover art
David Locke — engineering
Peter Nusbaum — engineering
OM-IS — layout
Rick Essig — mastering

References

"Rorschach - Protestant". Decibel. August 4, 2011. Retrieved January 20, 2016.
D'Angelo, Peter J. "Rorschach - Autopsy". Allmusic. Retrieved January 20, 2016.
"Rorschach - Live at Italy 6/18/92". Maximumrocknroll. 239. 2003.
Breihan, Tom (January 7, 2010). "5-10-15-20: Converge's Kurt Ballou". Pitchfork. Retrieved January 20, 2016.
BONAZELLI, Andrew (2011-08-04). "Fear, Emptiness, Decibel: Rorschach's Protestant Gets A Tongue Bath". metalsucks.net. MetalSucks. Retrieved 2017-05-24.

External links

Protestant (album) at Discogs (list of releases)

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[decibel-protestant-1] "Rorschach - Protestant". Decibel. August 4, 2011. Retrieved January 20, 2016.

[autopsy-allmusic-2] D'Angelo, Peter J. "Rorschach - Autopsy". Allmusic. Retrieved January 20, 2016.

[3] "Rorschach - Live at Italy 6/18/92". Maximumrocknroll. 239. 2003.

[4] Breihan, Tom (January 7, 2010). "5-10-15-20: Converge's Kurt Ballou". Pitchfork. Retrieved January 20, 2016.

[MS-5] BONAZELLI, Andrew (2011-08-04). "Fear, Emptiness, Decibel: Rorschach's Protestant Gets A Tongue Bath". metalsucks.net. MetalSucks. Retrieved 2017-05-24.