FATAL BLOW

1. Force Walls (4:16)
2. No Recall (3:21)
3. Closed Eyes Die (2:59)
4. Spewed Thoughts (1:31)
5. Hate Cry (3:15)
6. Alone (4:41)
7. Calling For You (3:18)
8. Purifying Flame (4:30)
9. Change (3:50)
10. Safety in Luminance (3:26)
11. Cry for the Dying (4:30)
12. Free Them All (2:55)
13. Play It Safe (3:35)
14. Amidst the Destruction (3:07)
15. Battlefield: Hell (4:52)
16. My Own Master (3:38)

Total Time 57:44

- Mason Jones / Yamaha RX-15 drum machine, guitar, bass, metal and cardboard percussion, Sequential Circuits Six-Trak synthesizer, Alesis Midiverb II effects, pedals, vocals
- Evan Pert / answering machine message (4)

Artist statement:
"Fatal Blow was the first cassette I released under the name Trance, and is in a decidedly noise-rock vein. This was 1988, and following some weird 4-track experiments, I recorded this before, during, and after moving to California. It's clearly inspired by Big Black, Swans, Stick Dog, and similar things I was listening to at the time though it's got an industrial tinge to it thanks to SPK, Test Dept and so on. The original was a pretty muddy thing recorded on my trusty Tascam Porta-2 cassette 4-track, bouncing tracks to make room for everything. I've done some cleanup mastering but...it's still muddy and rough but that's okay."

All lyrics by Mason Jones except "Force Walls" and "Free Them All", written by Drew Shell.

Charnel Music - CHC- 2 (Cassette) October 1, 1988