The Church Within

The Church Within is the third studio album by American metal band The Obsessed. It was released in 1994 by Columbia Records and Hellhound Records, and was their final album before their 16-year breakup from 1995 to 2011. Columbia Records released two promo singles to support the album, "Streetside"/"Blind Lightning" and "To Protect and to Serve"/"Mental Kingdom".

The Church Within
Studio album by
The Obsessed
Released1994
StudioAlpha & Omega Recording, San Rafael and SPL Studios, Van Nuys, California
GenreStoner rock, doom metal
Length48:25
LabelHellhound, Columbia
ProducerM.C. Snoob and The Obsessed
The Obsessed chronology
Lunar Womb
(1991)		 The Church Within
(1994)		 Incarnate
(1999)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[1]
Collector's Guide to Heavy Metal8/10[2]

The album was reissued on CD and 2LP in 2013 on Real Gone Music with unseen photos, liner notes, and two bonus tracks from the same sessions in 1994.

Track listing

All lyrics written by Scott "Wino" Weinrich, all music by the Obsessed

  1. "To Protect and to Serve" – 3:05
  2. "Field of Hours" – 5:38
  3. "Streamlined" – 2:09
  4. "Blind Lightning" – 3:39
  5. "Neatz Brigade" – 6:49
  6. "A World Apart" – 1:32
  7. "Skybone" – 3:50
  8. "Streetside" – 3:25
  9. "Climate of Despair" – 3:04
  10. "Mourning" – 4:05
  11. "Touch of Everything" – 4:37
  12. "Decimation" – 4:08
  13. "Living Rain" – 2:24
  14. "Mental Kingdom" – 2:54 (1994 version, bonus track on 2013 edition)
  15. "Melancholy Grey" – 3:03 (1994 version, bonus track on 2013 edition)

Personnel
Production
  • Mathias Schneeberger (M.C. Snoob) – producer, engineer
  • Curt Kroeger, Gregg Schnitzer, Pat Lydon, Terry Weeks – assistant engineers
  • Joshua Sarubin – executive producer

References
  1. Kantor, Matt. "The Obsessed - The Church Within review". AllMusic. All Media Network. Retrieved 2021-07-10.
  2. Popoff, Martin (August 1, 2007). The Collector's Guide to Heavy Metal: Volume 3: The Nineties. Burlington, Ontario, Canada: Collector's Guide Publishing. p. 324. ISBN 978-1-894959-62-9.
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