The Underworld (album)

The Underworld
Studio album by Evildead
Released	June 1991
Recorded	February–March 1991
Studio	Sound City Studios, Los Angeles, California
Genre	Thrash metal, crossover thrash
Length	42:46
Label	SPV/Steamhammer
Producer	Warren "King" Croyle, Juan Garcia, Evildead
Evildead chronology
Annihilation of Civilization (1989) The Underworld (1991) United States of Anarchy (2020)

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Source	Rating
Rock Hard

The Underworld is the second studio album by the American thrash metal band Evildead, released in June 1991 on Steamhammer Records. While the album was a mild success, it did not maintain the same popularity as Annihilation of Civilization, likely due to its release coinciding with the advent of the grunge era, which ultimately resulted in a dramatic decline in the popularity of heavy metal in general. This would be their final album with founding vocalist Phil Flores (who left in 1993) and their only featuring guitarist Dan Flores (though he would stay in Evildead until their breakup and played on their 1994 demo EP Terror), bassist Karlos Medina (who also left in 1993, although he would return in 2016) and drummer Doug Clawson (who left not long after the album was released).

Although the band had made several attempts to make a third album during early-to-mid 1990s, and again during their initial reunion from 2008 to 2012, The Underworld would be Evildead's last studio album for nearly three decades, until the release of United States of Anarchy in 2020.

Track listing

All tracks by Evildead, except "He's a Woman/She's a Man" by Rudolf Schenker, Klaus Meine, Herman Rarebell

1. "Intro (Comshell 5)" – 1:34
2. "Global Warming" – 3:14
3. "Branded" – 4:44
4. "Welcome to Kuwait" – 3:44
5. "Critic/Cynic" – 4:03
6. "The Hood" – 3:49
7. "The Underworld" – 4:35
8. "He's a Woman/She's a Man" (Scorpions cover) – 3:20
9. "Process Elimination" – 3:50
10. "Labyrinth of the Mind" - 4:23
11. "Reap What You Sow" - 5:19

Credits

Band members

• Phil Flores – lead and backing vocals
• Juan Garcia – guitars, acoustic guitar, backing vocals, producer, cover concept
• Dan Flores – guitars, talk box, backing vocals
• Karlos Medina - bass, backing vocals

Additional musicians

• Doug 'The Claw' Clawson – drums
• Gene Hoglan - fade solo on "Welcome to Kuwait"
• David Wayne - chorus vocals on "He's a Woman/She's a Man"

Production

• Warren Croyle - producer, engineer, mixing
• Jeff Park - assistant engineer, mixing
• Jack Hayback - assistant engineer
• Jeff Weller - executive producer
• Edward J. Repka - cover art
• Neil Zlozower - photography