The Obsessed- The Church Within

Label: Century Media

Reissued 2013, Originally Released 1994

Biker metal, doom metal, stoner metal... whatever metal subgenre you want to fit him into, Scott "Wino" Weinrich has been at the forefront of it!. The unmistakable rasp of his lead vocals and thick, fuzzy Gibson guitar tone have spearheaded bands ranging from Saint Vitus to Spirit Caravan to Probot, but for many his crowning achievement (and most accessible one) was The Church Within, the last album he made with his first band, The Obsessed, for Columbia in 1994. His lone major label release, The Church Within features the dark vision and crushing, slow-motion riffs beloved by fans of Black Sabbath, but the driving intensity and atonal guitar solos recall Motörhead and Black Flag, respectively; in short, this album transcends genre classifications even as it defines them.

Track Listing:

1. To Protect And To Serve 
   
2. Field Of Hours 
   
3. Streamlined 
   
4. Blind Lightning 
   
5. Neatz Brigade
6. A World Apart 
   
7. Skybone 
   
8. Streetside 
   
9. Climate Of Despair 
   
10. Mourning
    
11. A Touch Of Everything
    
12. Decimation
    
13. Living Rain
    
14. Mental Kingdom (1994 Version)
    
15. Melancholy Grey (1994 Version)