Morrisound Recording (also Morrisound Studios) is an audio recording facility in

Tampa, Florida Tampa () is a city on the Gulf Coast of the U.S. state of Florida. The city's borders include the north shore of Tampa Bay and the east shore of Old Tampa Bay. Tampa is the largest city in the Tampa Bay area and the seat of Hillsborough C ...

, United States, owned and operated by brothers Jim and Tom Morris. Since its opening in 1981, Morrisound has been responsible for the popularization of

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 ...

, but caters to other genres.Morrisound Studios wurden Opfer eines Einbruchs
Metal.de. (2011). Notable albums recorded at Morrisound include works by bands such as

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Sepultura Sepultura (, "grave")Barcinski & Gomes 1999, page 17. is a Brazilian heavy metal band from Belo Horizonte. Formed in 1984 by brothers Max and Igor Cavalera,Barcinski & Gomes 1999, page 16. the band was a major force in the groove metal, thras ...

Savatage Savatage () was an American heavy metal band founded by brothers Jon and Criss Oliva in 1979 in Tarpon Springs, Florida. The band was first called Avatar, but, shortly before the release of their debut album ''Sirens'' (1983), they changed t ...

Morbid Angel Morbid Angel is an American death metal band based in Tampa, Florida, formed in 1983 by guitarist, primary composer and sole remaining original member Trey Azagthoth, vocalist and bassist Dallas Ward, and drummer Mike Browning. Widely considered ...

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, Control Denied,

Napalm Death Napalm Death are an English grindcore band formed in 1981 in Meriden, West Midlands. None of the band's original members has been in the group since 1986. But since ''Utopia Banished'' (1992), the lineup of bassist Shane Embury, guitarist Mitch ...

, Obituary,

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Cannibal Corpse Cannibal Corpse is an American death metal band formed in Buffalo, New York in 1988, now based out of Tampa, Florida. The band has released fifteen studio albums, two box sets, four video albums, and two live albums. The band has had little rad ...

Deicide Deicide is the killing (or the killer) of a god. The concept may be used for any act of killing a god, including a life-death-rebirth deity who is killed and then resurrected. Etymology The term deicide was coined in the 17th century from ...

Iced Earth Iced Earth is an American heavy metal band formed in Tampa, Florida and currently based in Columbus, Indiana. They were formed in 1984 under the name the Rose, then Purgatory, by guitarist and main songwriter Jon Schaffer and original drummer ...

, Six Feet Under, End-Time Illusion,

Trans-Siberian Orchestra Trans-Siberian Orchestra (TSO) is an American rock band founded in 1996 by producer, composer, and lyricist Paul O'Neill, who brought together Jon Oliva and Al Pitrelli (both members of Savatage) and keyboardist and co-producer Robert Kinkel ...

Atheist Atheism, in the broadest sense, is an absence of belief in the existence of deities. Less broadly, atheism is a rejection of the belief that any deities exist. In an even narrower sense, atheism is specifically the position that there no ...

Kamelot Kamelot is an American power metal band from Tampa, Florida, formed by Thomas Youngblood, in 1987. The Norwegian vocalist Roy Khan joined for the album '' Siége Perilous'', and shared songwriting credit with Youngblood until his departure in ...

Seven Mary Three Seven Mary Three (occasionally abbreviated to 7 Mary 3 or 7M3) was an American rock band. They released seven studio albums and one live album, and are best known for their hit single (music), single "Cumbersome". Career Formation Seven Mary T ...

and Demons and Wizards.

Selected albums recorded

* Agent Steel - '' Unstoppable Force'' (1987) *

Atrocity Atrocity or ''Atrocities'' or ''Atrocious'' may refer to: * Atrocity (band), a German metal band * ''Atrocities'' (album), the fourth album by Christian Death * Mass atrocity crimes, international crimes of genocide, war crimes, and crimes again ...

- ''

Hallucinations A hallucination is a perception in the absence of an external stimulus that has the qualities of a real perception. Hallucinations are vivid, substantial, and are perceived to be located in external objective space. Hallucination is a combinati ...

'' (1990) *

- ''

Piece of Time ''Piece of Time'' is the debut album by American technical death metal band Atheist, recorded in 1988 but not released officially until 1990. This was because the label that Atheist had initially signed with, Mean Machine Records, was going bank ...

'' (1990) *Atheist - '' Unquestionable Presence'' (1991) * Brooke Hogan - '' About Us'' ft.

Paul Wall Paul Michael Slayton (born March 11, 1981), better known by his stage name Paul Wall, is an American rapper and DJ. He has spent much of his career affiliated with Swishahouse Records, and has released several albums under the label and collabo ...

(2006) *

Cancer Cancer is a group of diseases involving abnormal cell growth with the potential to invade or spread to other parts of the body. These contrast with benign tumors, which do not spread. Possible signs and symptoms include a lump, abnormal bl ...

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Death Shall Rise ''Death Shall Rise'' is the second album by British death metal band Cancer. It was released on 24 May 1991 through Vinyl Solution. Track listing All tracks by Cancer Personnel ;Cancer * James Murphy - Lead Guitar * Carl Stokes - Drums ...

'' (1991) *

- '' Eaten Back to Life'' (1990) *Cannibal Corpse - '' Butchered at Birth'' (1991) *Cannibal Corpse - '' Tomb of the Mutilated'' (1992) *Cannibal Corpse - '' The Bleeding'' (1994) *Cannibal Corpse - '' Vile'' (1996) *Cannibal Corpse - '' Gallery of Suicide'' (1998) * Control Denied - '' The Fragile Art of Existence'' (1999) *

Crimson Glory Crimson Glory was an American heavy metal band that formed in 1983 in Sarasota, Florida. They started in 1979 under the monikers 'Pierced Arrow', then 'Beowulf', before settling on Crimson Glory. The classic line-up consisted of vocalist Midnig ...

- ''

Transcendence Transcendence, transcendent, or transcendental may refer to: Mathematics * Transcendental number, a number that is not the root of any polynomial with rational coefficients * Algebraic element or transcendental element, an element of a field exten ...

'' (1988) * Cynic - ''

Focus Focus, or its plural form foci may refer to: Arts * Focus or Focus Festival, former name of the Adelaide Fringe arts festival in South Australia Film *''Focus'', a 1962 TV film starring James Whitmore * ''Focus'' (2001 film), a 2001 film based ...

'' (1993) *

- ''

Leprosy Leprosy, also known as Hansen's disease (HD), is a long-term infection by the bacteria '' Mycobacterium leprae'' or '' Mycobacterium lepromatosis''. Infection can lead to damage of the nerves, respiratory tract, skin, and eyes. This nerve da ...

'' (1988) *Death - ''

Spiritual Healing Energy medicine is a branch of alternative medicine based on a pseudo-scientific belief that healers can channel "healing energy" into a patient and effect positive results. Practitioners use a number of names including various synonyms for m ...

'' (1990) *Death - ''

Human Humans (''Homo sapiens'') are the most abundant and widespread species of primate, characterized by bipedalism and exceptional cognitive skills due to a large and complex brain. This has enabled the development of advanced tools, culture, ...

'' (1991) *Death - '' Individual Thought Patterns'' (1993) *Death - '' Symbolic'' (1995) *Death - '' The Sound of Perseverance'' (1998) *

- ''Sacrificial'' demo *Deicide - ''

'' (1990) *Deicide - ''

Legion Legion may refer to: Military * Roman legion, the basic military unit of the ancient Roman army * Spanish Legion, an elite military unit within the Spanish Army * Legion of the United States, a reorganization of the United States Army from 179 ...

'' (1992) *Deicide - ''

Once upon the Cross ''Once upon the Cross'' is the third studio album by American death metal band Deicide. It was released on April 18, 1995, by Roadrunner Records. The samples at the beginning of the opening track "Once upon the Cross" and "Trick or Betrayed" ar ...

'' (1995) *Deicide - '' Serpents of the Light'' (1997) *Deicide - '' In Torment in Hell'' (2001) * Demolition Hammer - '' Tortured Existence'' (1991) * Demons & Wizards - '' Demons and Wizards'' (2000) *Demons & Wizards - ''

Touched by the Crimson King ''Touched by the Crimson King'' is the second album by the power metal supergroup Demons and Wizards, released in June 2005. The album contains a cover of Led Zeppelin's " Immigrant Song." It was also released as a limited edition digipak in ...

'' (2005) *Doctor Butcher - ''( Doctor Butcher ''(1994) *

Exhorder Exhorder is an American heavy metal band from New Orleans, Louisiana. They are considered progenitors of the groove-oriented thrash sound later made famous by bands such as Pantera, Lamb of God, White Zombie and Machine Head, and their music ...

- '' Slaughter in the Vatican'' (1990) *

- ''

'' (1990) *Iced Earth - '' Night of the Stormrider'' (1991) *Iced Earth - '' Burnt Offerings'' (1995) *Iced Earth - '' The Dark Saga'' (1996) *Iced Earth - '' Days of Purgatory'' (1997) *Iced Earth - '' Something Wicked This Way Comes'' (1998) *Iced Earth - '' The Glorious Burden'' (2004) *Iced Earth - ''

Dystopia A dystopia (from Ancient Greek δυσ- "bad, hard" and τόπος "place"; alternatively cacotopiaCacotopia (from κακός ''kakos'' "bad") was the term used by Jeremy Bentham in his 1818 Plan of Parliamentary Reform (Works, vol. 3, p. 493). ...

'' (2011) *

- ''

Eternity Eternity, in common parlance, means infinite time that never ends or the quality, condition, or fact of being everlasting or eternal. Classical philosophy, however, defines eternity as what is timeless or exists outside time, whereas sempitern ...

'' (1995) *Kamelot - ''

Dominion The term ''Dominion'' is used to refer to one of several self-governing nations of the British Empire. "Dominion status" was first accorded to Canada, Australia, New Zealand, Newfoundland, South Africa, and the Irish Free State at the 1926 ...

'' (1997) *Kamelot - '' Siége Perilous'' (1998) *

Kreator Kreator is a German thrash metal band from Essen, formed in 1982. Their current lineup consists of lead vocalist and rhythm guitarist Miland "Mille" Petrozza, drummer Jürgen "Ventor" Reil, lead guitarist Sami Yli-Sirniö, and bassist Fréd� ...

- '' Renewal'' (1992) * Master - ''Master'' (1990) *

- '' Altars of Madness'' (1989) *Morbid Angel - ''

Blessed Are the Sick ''Blessed Are the Sick'' is the second studio album from American death metal band Morbid Angel. Though the album features some fast sections, the overall sound is markedly slower than the debut and features marked classical music undertones (ma ...

'' (1991) *Morbid Angel - ''

Covenant Covenant may refer to: Religion * Covenant (religion), a formal alliance or agreement made by God with a religious community or with humanity in general ** Covenant (biblical), in the Hebrew Bible ** Covenant in Mormonism, a sacred agreement b ...

'' (1993) *Morbid Angel - ''

Formulas Fatal to the Flesh ''Formulas Fatal to the Flesh'' is the fifth full-length studio album by death metal band Morbid Angel. The Satanic-themed lyrics of previous albums had been replaced with lyrics about the Old Ones, which would become the primary source of Morbid ...

'' (1998) *

- '' Harmony Corruption'' (1990) * Nocturnus - '' The Key'' (1990) * Nocturnus - '' Thresholds'' (1992) * Obituary - '' Slowly We Rot'' (1989) *Obituary - ''

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'' (1990) *Obituary - '' The End Complete'' (1992) *Obituary - '' World Demise'' (1994) *

- ''

Sirens Siren or sirens may refer to: Common meanings * Siren (alarm), a loud acoustic alarm used to alert people to emergencies * Siren (mythology), an enchanting but dangerous monster in Greek mythology Places * Siren (town), Wisconsin * Siren, Wisco ...

'' (1983) *Savatage - '' Edge of Thorns'' (1993) *Savatage - ''

Handful of Rain ''Handful of Rain'' is the eighth studio album by American heavy metal band Savatage, released in 1994. This is the first album since the death of the band's founding member and lead guitarist Criss Oliva who in turn had contributed to writing ...

'' (1994) *

- '' American Standard'' (1995) *Seven Mary Three - '' Orange Ave.'' (1998) *Seven Mary Three - '' The Economy of Sound'' (2001) *

- ''

Arise Arise or arose may refer to: *'' Ghost in the Shell: Arise'', a 2013 series of films based on the manga by Masamune Shirow *Arise (horse) (born 1946), American Thoroughbred racehorse * ''Arise'' (film), a 2010 feature film documentary *'', Arise!: ...

'' (1991) *

Saigon Kick Saigon Kick is an American hard rock band from Miami, Florida, that formed in 1988. When they recorded their debut album and second album the band consisted of lead vocalist Matt Kramer, lead guitarist Jason Bieler, bassist Tom Defile, and drum ...

- ''

Water Water (chemical formula ) is an inorganic, transparent, tasteless, odorless, and nearly colorless chemical substance, which is the main constituent of Earth's hydrosphere and the fluids of all known living organisms (in which it acts as ...

'' (1993) *

- '' Devil in the Details'' (1995) * Six Feet Under - '' Haunted'' (1995) *Six Feet Under - '' Bringer of Blood'' (2003) *Six Feet Under - '' Death Rituals'' (2008) *

- '' The Introduction'' (1984) *

Toxik Toxik is an American thrash metal band formed in 1985 in Peekskill, New York. After breaking up for the first time in 1992 and briefly reuniting in 2007, the band reformed once again in 2013. Toxik has gone through several lineup changes over ...

- '' World Circus'' (1987) * Warrant - '' Dog Eat Dog'' (1992)

References

External links

Official website
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