Vae Solis

Vae Solis is the debut album by Scorn, originally released in 1992 on Earache in the UK, and Relativity in the United States. It features the same musician lineup as Side A of Napalm Death's Scum.

Vae Solis
Studio album by
ReleasedJune 9, 1992
GenreIndustrial metal, dark ambient, industrial, dub, sludge metal
Length55:11 (2LP)
73:53 (CD)
LabelEarache (UK)
Relativity (US)
ProducerNicholas Bullen, Mick Harris
Scorn chronology
Vae Solis
(1992)
Colossus
(1993)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic[1]

It has been said that the cover features a collage of two medical photographs superimposed. One photo is an open throat, probably diseased, while the other is a cancerous cell, taken with microscope[2].

The album is often associated with industrial and experimental music.[3]

Track listing

No.TitleLength
1."Spasm"2:49
2."Suck and Eat You"3:48
3."Hit"7:36
4."Walls of My Heart"7:02
5."Lick Forever Dog"6:29
6."Thoughts of Escape"5:18
7."Deep In - Eaten Over and Over"8:28
8."On Ice"8:00
9."Heavy Blood"5:41

With the following extras on the CD version

  1. "Scum After Death (dub)" – 5:54
  2. "Fleshpile (edit)" – 5:15
  3. "Orgy of Holiness" – 4:48
  4. "Still Life" – 4:13

Personnel

Scorn

References

  1. Raggett, Ned. "allmusic ((( Colossus > Review )))". Allmusic. Retrieved January 10, 2010.
  2. "ASK EARACHE: Scorn- Vae Solis cover explained".
  3. Colin Larkin, ed. (1995). The Guinness Who’s Who of Heavy Metal (Second ed.). Guinness Publishing. pp. 315/6. ISBN 0-85112-656-1.
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