Album

Hallowed Ground

Skin Yard

1988 · Rock

Rare pressing on Gatefold

Hallowed Ground by Skin Yard

Hallowed Ground is an Alt/Indie album by Skin Yard, originally released in 1988. On Gatefold: 7 pressings tracked.

About

Released in 1988, Hallowed Ground was the first record with Skin Yard’s new drummer, Scott McCullum (aka Norman Scott). Hallowed Ground showed an enormous leap for Skin Yard both creatively and stylistically. This follow-up to their 1987 self-titled debut showed a band still interested in the complexities of rhythm, texture and time, but interjected a vicious punk aesthetic, a clear step away from the earlier art-rock influences in their music. With Hallowed Ground, the band was able to fully define their musical voice and solidify their place in the Seattle grunge scene. In retrospect, listening to this record reveals a band well ahead of the curve of what would later be unleashed from that scene. Hallowed Ground is an uncompromising vitriolic attack, spanning a broad range from in-your-face scorchers (Stranger, Hallowed Ground) to dark and heavy dirges (G.O.D., Burn and Throb). Players: Ben McMillan: vocal. Jack Endino: guitar and slide; fuzz-wah-slide bass on 3 and 10. Daniel House: ba. Scott McCullum: drum. .

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Tracklist

  1. 1Stranger3:35
  2. 2Open Fist3:56
  3. 3G.O.D.5:25
  4. 4Needle Tree3:10
  5. 5Burn4:55
  6. 6Hallowed Ground3:08
  7. 7In the Black House5:34
  8. 8Throb5:48
  9. 9Op44:48
  10. 10G.O.D. (Extended Remix)6:39

Sound DNA

  • Alt/Indie
  • Grunge
  • gritty
  • brooding
  • southern

Credits

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Performers

Rare pressing on Gatefold · 7 pressings tracked on Gatefold

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