V is the fifth album

Album

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 by the American

United States

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 doom metal

Doom metal

Doom metal is an extreme form of heavy metal music that typically uses slower tempos, low-tuned guitars and a much "thicker" or "heavier" sound than other metal genres...

 band Saint Vitus

Saint Vitus (band)

Saint Vitus is an American doom metal band from Los Angeles, formed in 1978. They consist of founding members Dave Chandler and Mark Adams , alongside sporadic singer Scott Weinrich and recently added drummer Henry Vasquez...

, which was released in 1990. Its title is a reference to the Roman numeral

Roman numerals

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 five, not the letter "V" from the English alphabet

English alphabet

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. This album was also the band's first release not on SST Records

SST Records

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 and the last studio album to feature singer Scott "Wino" Weinrich

Scott Weinrich

Robert Scott "Wino" Weinrich is a doom metal guitarist and vocalist. Active since 1976, when he started his first band War Horse, Weinrich is best known for being the frontman and guitarist of the doom metal bands The Obsessed and Saint Vitus...

 (until 2012's Lilly F65

Lilly F65

Lilly F65 is the upcoming eighth studio album by the American doom metal band Saint Vitus, which is due for release in early 2012. This will be the first Saint Vitus studio album since 1995's Die Healing and the first to feature Scott "Wino" Weinrich on vocals in 22 years, since 1990's V...

).

In 2004, Southern Lord Records

Southern Lord Records

Southern Lord is an American record label that was founded in 1998 by Greg Anderson, specializing in what could broadly be classified as experimental heavy metal, particularly the doom metal, stoner rock, and drone metal sub-genres. Some of the more notable artists on the label include Earth, Om,...

 (SUNN32

Southern Lord Records discography

Southern Lord Records is an American independent record label founded by Greg Anderson in 1998. The Los Angeles-based label was initially formed "just to put out" the debut albums by Thorr's Hammer and Burning Witch...

) re-released this album on CD and LP. The reissue CD contains bonus live footage from The Palm Springs Community Center on May 16th, 1986.

Track listing

All songs written by Dave Chandler, except where noted.

1. "Living Backwards" – 2:30
2. "I Bleed Black" – 5:10
3. "When Emotion Dies" (Chandler, Weinrich) – 2:00
4. "Patra (Petra)" – 7:28
5. "Ice Monkey" (Weinrich) – 4:02
6. "Jack Frost" – 7:12
7. "Angry Man" (Adams, Chandler) – 4:23
8. "Mind - Food" – 3:07

Bonus live footage

1. "Saint Vitus"
2. "Prayer for the (M)Asses"
3. "Clear Windowpane"
4. "Zombie Hunger"
5. "White Stallions"

Credits

• Scott "Wino" Weinrich
  Scott Weinrich
  Robert Scott "Wino" Weinrich is a doom metal guitarist and vocalist. Active since 1976, when he started his first band War Horse, Weinrich is best known for being the frontman and guitarist of the doom metal bands The Obsessed and Saint Vitus...
  
   - Vocals
• Dave Chandler - Guitar
• Mark Adams - Bass
• Armando Acosta - Drums