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Zurich, Switzerland (1983 – 1996, 2010 – present)

Coroner is a Swiss technical thrash metal band from Zurich, Switzerland formed in 1983. They garnered relatively little attention outside of Europe. Coroner’s music combines elements of thrash, progressive rock, jazz, and industrial metal with suitably gruff vocals. With their increasingly complex style of progressive rock-infused thrash, they are often labeled as “the Rush of thrash metal” by music critics. Coroner’s sound then progressed and the production became more refined, resulting in the more progressive No More Color, Mental Vortex and Grin albums.

The Swiss thrash trio Coroner were originally road crew for Celtic Frost. They eventually formed their own group, recording their demo Death Cult in 1986 with Tom G. Warrior of Celtic Frost on vocals. Their first full-length album R.I.P., released in 1987, featured bass player Ron Broder on vocals and he assumed the role for the rest of the group’s existence.

The group released several albums through to 1993, ending with a greatest hits collection, Coroner, in 1995. Lack of media exposure brought this band to disbanding in 1995 — and to their farewell tour consequent to their self-titled album in January and February 1996.

In March 2005, talks of a reunion were in the works, but later retracted. The main reason was that neither Marky, Ron, nor Tommy had the time it would require to do this properly, and also that none of them liked to, quote, “reheat things, except spaghetti sauce.
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  • Siffie91

    Try to Join if you think you listen to Killer Metal! http://www.lastfm.de/group/Underground+Metal+Maniac%C2%B4s

    12 May 3:55pm Reply

  • defnoob

    Killer guitarist.

    12 May 7:49am Reply

  • BobiScarecrow

    I just got hold och the Mental Vortex CD. Good times!

    5 May 9:22pm Reply

  • schizoid_man77

    Listening to Mental vortex for the first time after owning it for a year, I can barely contain my enthusiasm! It's so fucking good!

    18 Apr 3:05pm Reply

  • Inner-Conflict

    Coroner IS about killer riffs [2]

    16 Apr 1:36pm Reply

  • skoro1975

    German old school (1988) speed/thrash metal band: - S.D.I. - MEGAMOSH mosh mosh mosh mosh listen: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SezopZSHK04

    15 Apr 11:50am Reply

  • Prentatis

    Nanotechnical thrash.

    15 Apr 8:17am Reply

  • ikd-sj

    "reborn through hate" COMPLETELY C(•ټ•)Ɔ

    11 Apr 5:29am Reply

  • moissonneuse

    Coroner IS about killer riffs, after all.

    8 Apr 7:21am Reply

  • Mazzerin

    The last 2 albums make a nice atmosphere, are more professional and well produced. R.I.P., Punishment For Decadence and No More Color have godlike riffs, and the "show no mercy" thrash mood: that's what I prefer.

    27 Mar 11:40am Reply

  • Sharp-Ton

    Thrash made by exquisite minds.

    24 Mar 4:39am Reply

  • flaviovigatto

    HAIL CORONER

    11 Mar 3:36pm Reply

  • off_topic

    ✝ their music never ages ✝

    8 Mar 3:08am Reply

  • metalinvader34

    Masked Jackal!

    8 Mar 2:23am Reply

  • metal_gimp

    "And that's far more important than any amount of 'killer riffs'" whaaaaa?

    3 Mar 9:11pm Reply

  • ricz_dm

    Coroner have no weak albuns at all.

    26 Feb 3:57am Reply

  • ricz_dm

    Grin isn't their best release, but a wonderful album, indeed.

    26 Feb 3:55am Reply

  • AndreDias164

    Their best i wouldn't say but it is a great album indeed!

    24 Feb 7:05pm Reply

  • sssssssev

    "I must be the only person who thinks Grin is their best release." Well, you're not. I mean, I used to be all about Punishment For Decadence, but the truth is that if I feel like giving Coroner a spin these days, it's usually Grin. That album is their most hypnotic and atmospheric release, and it establishes a mood that I happen to really like. And that's far more important than any amount of "killer riffs". But that's not to say that their earlier albums fail to create a mood of their own.

    24 Feb 1:41pm Reply

  • SSMT

    One cannot say enough good things about Coroner.

    23 Feb 7:41pm Reply
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