''Embedded'' is the debut studio album by

industrial metal Industrial metal is the fusion of heavy metal and industrial music, typically employing repeating metal guitar riffs, sampling, synthesizer or sequencer lines, and distorted vocals. Prominent industrial metal acts include Ministry, Nine ...

band Meathook Seed, released in March 1993 by

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. The group was founded as a side project by

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guitarist

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in 1992, with the goal to mix industrial metal with

death metal Death metal is an extreme subgenre of heavy metal music. It typically employs heavily distorted and low-tuned guitars, played with techniques such as palm muting and tremolo picking; deep growling vocals; aggressive, powerful drumming, fe ...

. The band was started as a result of collaboration between Harris, and Obituary members Donald Tardy and Trevor Peres, who handled the drums and vocals respectively.

Overview

''Embedded'' is a mix of death metal, industrial metal and

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, while the last track of the recording, "Sea of Tranquility", is an ambient and

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song. Every song in the album is different, in terms of tempo and structure alike.

Reception

AllMusic reviewer Jason Birchmeier gave the album three stars out of five, stating that "this daring album may have only been a one-off side project for the trio", and still praising it as "impressive as anything the three released with Napalm Death and Obituary in the '90s".

Track listing

Personnel

Meathook Seed

* Trevor Peres – vocals *

– guitars, bass guitar, programming * Donald Tardy – drums

Technical personnel

*Meathook Seed – production

References

{{Authority control 1993 debut albums Meathook Seed albums Earache Records albums