Remain Sedate

Band	Rorschach
Type	Album (Studio full-length)
Released	1990
Genres	Hardcore Punk, Powerviolence Metalcore
Labels	Vermiform
Length	23:50

Reviews : 1
Comments : 0

Total votes : 1
Rating : 85 / 100

Have : 1 Want : 0

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Remain Sedate Information

Track listing (Songs)

	title		rating	votes
1.	Pavlov's Dogs	2:22	80	1
2.	In the Year of Our Lord	2:01	75	1
3.	Someone	2:17	80	1
4.	Impressions	1:16	80	1
5.	Clenching	2:07	80	1
6.	So It Goes	1:32	80	1
7.	Lightning Strikes Twice	1:41	85	1
8.	No One Dies Alone	3:06	85	1
9.	My Mind's in a Vice (And It's Being Cranked Real Tight)	0:34	80	1
10.	Checkmate	1:31	85	1
11.	Exist	1:40	80	1
12.	Oppress	3:40	-	0

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Line-up (members)

Andrew Gormley : Drums
Keith Huckins : Guitars
Nick Forté : Guitars
Charles Maggio : Vocals
Chris Laucella : Bass

Production staff / artist

Melissa York : Layout
MJS : Mastering
Keith Huckins : Mixing
Allan Speers : Mixing, Engineering
Jan Saudek : Photography

Remain Sedate Reviews

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Reviewer :

SilentScream213 85/100

Date : Feb 13, 2021

The first real Metalcore album is, quite surprisingly to me, a fully mature and realized work of fantastic material. Usually when genres are just starting out, they go through a rough patch before hitting a sweet spot… not Rorschach. Rorschach aced the game day 1, and though the production is rough, the songwriting and musicianship are strong. Lyrically, Rorschach set the bar very high, and they take the conscious social lyrics of Hardcore Punk and give them a very dark, metallic edge that results in some seriously grim yet sharp writing.

The album is extremely short, and all the better for it. 12 tracks of dissonant aggression with simple but effective melodies is over in a flash with many songs under 2 minutes. Rorschach say an awful lot in that span, and leave an impact strong enough to birth a new genre, though they don’t seem to get this credit and remain strictly underground.