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CORONER -  Death Cult MLP MARBLED COLORED VINYL 
High Roller Records, white/ black marbled vinyl, ltd 350, 425gsm heavy cardboard cover with 6mm spine, lyric sheet, 8 page 12" size booklet, A5 photo card, A4 insert, A1 double sided poster, album cover poster (580x580mm)

Remastered and restored by Patrick W. Engel at TEMPLE OF DISHARMONY in February 2026.
Cutting by SST Germany on Neumann machines for optimal quality on all levels... The ultimate audiophile edition of this eternal classic!

Tommy T. Baron - Guitars
Ron Royce - Bass
Marquis Marky - Drums, Percussion

Guest Musicians:

Ron Ashley - Keyboards, Effects
Tom G. Warrior -Vocals (lead), Lyrics

01 Spectators of Sin
02 Spiral Dream
03 Aerial Combat
04 The Invincible

The story of one of the most talented power trios in metal begins with a band called Diamond. Before bassist Ron Royce (Ron Broder) and guitarist Tommy T. Baron (Tommy Vetterli) formed Coroner, they were playing in a traditional heavy rock band by the name of Diamond. After only about three gigs in total, Ron and Tommy left because they wanted to start their own band. “That’s why we began looking for a drummer,” explains the guitarist. “A friend of ours, a fellow musician, knew that Marky (Marquis Marky, real name Markus Edelmann) was looking for a guitarist and a bassist, so he introduced us.” So, Coroner as we know them today was born.
The first result of Tommy, Ron and Marky working together was the »Death Cult« demo, featuring “Spectators Of Sin”, “Spiral Dream”, “Aerial Combat” and “The Invincible”. “When I listen to it today, of course, I find it a bit funny at times,” laughs Tommy Vetterli. “But back then, we were still searching for our own sound, and we just composed freely, doing whatever we felt like and what gave us joy. It is what it is.“
Tom Fischer of Celtic Frost sings on three of the four songs, apart from the instrumental “Aerial Combat”. In addition to that, he had also written the lyrics for »Death Cult«. Tommy Vetterli: “We were just focusing on the music so far, not yet thinking about the lyrics. Normally, that's something the singer would do.”
250 copies of »Death Cult« were made, professionally duplicated. The demo did get a lot of coverage in metal magazines back at the time. “Yeah, we got really great reactions to our first release, everywhere in the fanzines,” says the guitarist, “for us, it was just really amazing that anyone even wrote about us at all.”‚
Soon after, in early 1987, Coroner inked a deal with Noise Records. However, Karl Walterbach did not sign the band on the strength of the »Death Cult« demo. Instead, they had mailed Walterbach a crude rehearsal room tape recorded on a ghetto blaster with bassist Ron taking over vocal duties for the first time.

Coroner Band Overview

Formed in Zurich, Switzerland, in 1983, Coroner is widely recognized as one of the most technical, innovative, and influential bands in the history of thrash metal. Originally serving as roadies for their countrymen Celtic Frost, the core trio—guitarist Tommy Vetterli ("Tommy T. Baron"), bassist/vocalist Ron Broder ("Ron Royce"), and drummer Marquis Marky (Markus Edelmann)—developed a signature sound characterized by classical-influenced guitar virtuosity, complex jazz-adjacent time signatures, and clinical precision. Often dubbed "the Rush of thrash metal," Coroner stood out from their 1980s contemporaries by pairing raw speed with avant-garde song structures and sophisticated, intricate musicianship.

The band's early releases on Noise Records—most notably R.I.P. (1987), Punishment for Decadence (1988), and No More Color (1989)—established them as preeminent architects of technical thrash metal alongside European peers like Mekong Delta and Destruction. Vetterli’s inventive riffing and lightning-fast sweep picking set a new technical benchmark for extreme metal guitarists, while Broder’s rasping vocals and prominent, counterpoint basslines gave the power trio a massive sound that belied their small lineup. Rather than retreading familiar territory, Coroner continually evolved, infusing their speed-laden framework with dark, cerebral themes and unmatched structural clarity.

In the 1990s, Coroner further expanded their sonic palette on Mental Vortex (1991) and Grin (1993), pushing their technical thrash roots toward progressive metal, industrial textures, and hypnotic, groove-oriented arrangements. Although they disbanded in 1996, their catalog left an indelible mark on the development of progressive, technical, and death metal worldwide. Reforming in 2010 for select live performances and festival appearances, Coroner's legacy endures as a high-water mark for musical precision, artistic progression, and uncompromising complexity within extreme heavy metal.

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