Prone Mortal Form

Prone Mortal Form
Prone Mortal Form
Studio album by Only Living Witness
Released	May 21, 1993
Recorded	February 1993
Studio	Fort Apache Studios, Cambridge, Massachusetts
Genre	Heavy metal, hardcore punk, alternative metal, stoner Metal
Length	35:28; 50:23 (European digipak)
Label	Century Media
Producer	Tim O'Heir
Only Living Witness chronology

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	^[1]

Prone Mortal Form is the first album by American metal band Only Living Witness. It was released on May 21, 1993 on CD and audio cassette. A European digipak was also released, which added a cover song of Hüsker Dü and three bonus tracks (from the Complex Man 7" single). Blabbermouth.net described it as combining influences from hardcore punk, the Seattle sound, and early Helmet.^[2]

CD version

Track listing

No.	Title	Length
1.	"Prone Mortal Form"	5:17
2.	"Root"	3:17
3.	"Voice of Disrepair"	4:54
4.	"Silo"	1:18
5.	"VTA (Veracity, Tenacity and Aspirin)"	2:01
6.	"Slug"	4:03
7.	"Twitching Tongues"	3:39
8.	"Nineveh"	4:35
9.	"Darkly"	1:39
10.	"December"	4:45
Total length:		35:28

European digipak bonus tracks
Track listing

No.	Title	Length
11.	"Too Far Down" (Hüsker Dü cover)	3:48
12.	"Complex Man"	3:58
13.	"Dying System"	4:35
14.	"Bad Blood"	2:34
Total length:		50:23

Audio cassette version

Side A
No.	Title	Length
1.	"Prone Mortal Form"	5:17
2.	"Root"	3:17
3.	"Voice of Disrepair"	4:54
4.	"Silo"	1:18
5.	"VTA (Veracity, Tenacity and Aspirin)"	2:01

Side B
No.	Title	Length
6.	"Slug"	4:03
7.	"Twitching Tongues"	3:39
8.	"Nineveh"	4:35
9.	"Darkly"	1:39
10.	"December"	4:45
Total length:		35:28

Personnel

Only Living Witness

Jonah Jenkins – vocals
Craig Silverman – guitars
Chris Crowley – bass guitar
Eric Stevenson – drums

Additional musicians

Jon Key – bass
John Burnstead – cello
Trisha Mathews – violin

Production

Tim O'Heir – producer, engineer, mixing
Greg Fulginiti – mastering

References

^ Henderson, Alex. "Prone Mortal Form - Only Living Witness". AllMusic. Retrieved March 20, 2025.
^ Bergman, Keith. "Prone Mortal Form/Innocents". Blabbermouth. Retrieved December 7, 2017.

[1] Henderson, Alex. "Prone Mortal Form - Only Living Witness". AllMusic. Retrieved March 20, 2025.

[2] Bergman, Keith. "Prone Mortal Form/Innocents". Blabbermouth. Retrieved December 7, 2017.

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