House by the Cemetery is an EP by Mortician

Mortician (band)

Mortician is a death metal / deathgrind two piece band from Yonkers, New York founded in 1989. They have released most of their albums since the House by the Cemetery EP on Relapse Records but have released their latest album on their own label, Mortician Records. They have toured several times...

. The album is named after cult director Lucio Fulci

Lucio Fulci

Lucio Fulci was an Italian film director, screenwriter, and actor. He is perhaps best known for his directorial work on gore films, including Zombie and The Beyond , although he made films in genres as diverse as giallo, western, and comedy...

's 1981 horror film The House by the Cemetery

The House by the Cemetery

The House by the Cemetery is a 1981 Italian supernatural horror film directed by Lucio Fulci and is the third instalment of the unofficial Gates of Hell trilogy which also includes City of the Living Dead and The Beyond Its plot revolves around a series of murders taking place in a New England...

. The album features samples from various horror movies.

Original release

Originally, Relapse Records

Relapse Records

Relapse Records is an independent record label based in Upper Darby, Pennsylvania. It was founded by Matthew F. Jacobson in 1990.-History:The label was started by Matthew F. Jacobson in August, 1990 in his parents' basement in Aurora, Colorado...

 released House by the Cemetery only as a 7" EP

Extended play

An EP is a musical recording which contains more music than a single, but is too short to qualify as a full album or LP. The term EP originally referred only to specific types of vinyl records other than 78 rpm standard play records and LP records, but it is now applied to mid-length Compact...

 on September 16, 1994. It was pressed on black vinyl, but there was a limited pressing (200 copies) on silver vinyl.^{http://www.metal-archives.com/band.php?id=350} The vinyl version contained the following tracks:

1. "Intro / Defiler of the Dead"
2. "Barbaric Cruelties"
3. "World Domination" (a misprint, as the track is "World Damnation")
4. "Driller Killer"
5. "House by the Cemetery / Outro"

House by the Cemetery was later released as a cd,^{http://www.metal-archives.com/band.php?id=350} which contains the track listing stated below.

Track listing

1. "Intro / Defiler of the Dead" – 2:51 (Deranged
   Deranged
   Deranged is a Canadian/American horror film made in 1974 and directed by Alan Ormsby and Jeff Gillen. It is also known by the title Deranged: The Confessions of a Necrophile in the USA...
   
    (1974))
2. "Barbaric Cruelties" – 0:53
3. "World Domination" – 2:45 (Cyborg
   Cyborg (film)
   Cyborg is a 1989 American martial-arts science fiction film directed by Albert Pyun. Jean-Claude Van Damme stars as Gibson Rickenbacker, a mercenary who battles a group of murderous marauders led by Fender Tremolo along the East coast of the United States in a post-apocalyptic future.-Plot:A...
   
    (1989))
4. "Driller Killer" – 1:59 (Driller Killer
   The Driller Killer
   The Driller Killer is a 1979 slasher film directed by and starring Abel Ferrara. It was on a list of banned so-called video nasties in the United Kingdom...
   
    (1979))
5. "House by the Cemetery / Outro" – 2:53 (The House by the Cemetery
   The House by the Cemetery
   The House by the Cemetery is a 1981 Italian supernatural horror film directed by Lucio Fulci and is the third instalment of the unofficial Gates of Hell trilogy which also includes City of the Living Dead and The Beyond Its plot revolves around a series of murders taking place in a New England...
   
    (1981))
6. "Procreation (Of the Wicked)" – 4:02 (Cover of Celtic Frost
   Celtic Frost
   Celtic Frost was a metal band from Zürich, Switzerland. They are known for their heavy influence on the extreme metal genres. The group was first active from 1984 to 1993, and re-formed in 2001. Following Tom Gabriel Fischer's departure in 2008, Celtic Frost decided to break up again...
   
   )
7. "Scum" – 2:23 (Cover of Napalm Death
   Napalm Death
   Napalm Death are a death metal band formed in Birmingham, England in 1981. While none of its original members remain in the group, the lineup of vocalist Mark "Barney" Greenway, bassist Shane Embury, guitarist Mitch Harris and drummer Danny Herrera has remained consistent for most of the band's ...
   
   )
8. "Intro / Gateway to Beyond" – 2:00 (The Beyond (1981))
9. "Flesh Eaters" – 1:40 (Cannibal Apocalypse
   Cannibal Apocalypse
   Cannibal Apocalypse is a 1980 horror film directed by Antonio Margheriti, written by Margheriti and Dardano Sacchetti, and starring John Saxon.-Plot:...
   
   )
10. "Noturam Demondo / Outro" – 2:48 (Evil Dead
    The Evil Dead
    The Evil Dead is a 1981 horror film written and directed by Sam Raimi, starring Bruce Campbell, Ellen Sandweiss, and Betsy Baker. The film is a story of five college students vacationing in an isolated cabin in a wooded area...
    
     (1981))

The title for track # 3,"World Domination", is a misprint on the CD's back cover, as the title listed in the lyric sheet is "World Damnation". This becomes more evident with the final line in the lyrics — "Damnation of the earth".

Later release

Now out-of-print, House by the Cemetery has been re-released as a two-for-one package. This newer edition includes the tracks found on the House by the Cemetery CD, as well as the tracks found on the Mortal Massacre

Mortal Massacre

Mortal Massacre is the first cd release by New York death metal band Mortician. It consists of their Brutally Mutilated 7" vinyl EP and Mortal Massacre 7" vinyl EP, and live tracks recorded at two separate shows.-Original issuing:...

CD.^{http://www.metal-archives.com/band.php?id=350}