Life & Death (album)

Life & Death is the debut studio album by Thud, released in 1992 by Fifth Colvmn Records. In April 2015 the lead track "Ventilator" was played on Diane's Kamikaze Fun Machine: Playlist on WMUC-FM.

Reception
AllMusic gave Life & Death gave three out of five possible stars. Fabryka Music Magazine awarded the album a flawless rating of four out of four stars, describing it as "heaviest Fifth Colvmn album" and "a violent assault of great rock and heavy metal."

Personnel
Adapted from the Life & Death liner notes.

Thud
 * Robert Dotolo – lead vocals, guitars, production, mixing
 * Gregg Hudson – drums, backing vocals
 * Chris Rasley – bass guitar, guitar (1)
 * Adam Rutland – guitar, backing vocals

Additional performers
 * Eli Janney – engineering, piano (3)
 * Barrett Jones – production, mixing, backing vocals (7)
 * Jared Louche – production, mixing, additional guitar (1)

Production and design
 * Craig Albertson (at CyberGrafiks) – photography
 * Zalman Fishman – executive-producer
 * Dave Harris – mastering
 * Phil Merkle – cover art
 * Nikolas H. Huffman – design