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Coroner

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Although most fans and critics will commonly point to 1991’s Mental Vortex as Coroner’s best all-around effort, the adventurous Swiss trio had yet to deliver one last semi-masterpiece before going their separate ways. Ultimately Coroner’s last will and testament, 1993’s multi-faceted Grin drew strong criticism from some of the band’s more extreme fan contingent upon release — these being of the opinion that its experimental songwriting was simply too “out there,” even for Coroner. But while they showed the band embracing melody and strange sonic effects on an unprecedented scale, outstanding tracks like “Internal Conflicts,” “Caveat (To the Coming),” “Serpent Moves,” and “Grin (Nails Hurt)” validate the experiment more often than not, thanks to the band’s startling imagination in doing so. Admittedly, rather long, ambient sound-tinged excursions like “Status: Still Thinking” and “Host” may have pro