“Around this time, JC had become slightly bored with the whole horror-thing. He felt he had something more to say than the usual gore-stuff, and frankly I was thinking the same thing. On top of that, there were a lot of bands who were doing that shit so much better than us, like Cannibal Corpse and Obituary, for example. The major change in lyrics came after we did a few shows with Carcass – when it comes to gore, you just can’t beat the masters. Carcass were taking these lyrics to a completely different level, with so much flair AND a great sense of humor, that we just said, to hell with it, let’s do something different. This resulted in “Mental Misery”, the only ‘new’ song we recorded for Mindloss. Mindloss was generally well received and holds up well compared to many of its peers of the day, though not quite getting the international recognition as their Swedish and American peers. With a thick production, Jan Cs deep growls and an emphasis on dark groovy riffs and some hefty rumbles, Mindloss fits the parameters of an early 90s death metal record to a T. Though still lacking a truly dynamic, classic sound, Mindloss showed a band finding their feet and simply playing death metal before death metal had really found its own identity. Many of the songs still have certain rumbling charm that holds up well such as “Tangled In Gore” and long time fan favorite “Horrors In a Retarded Mind”, and Frank himself still seems quite fond of it as he looks back on the record nearly 20 years later:

“It’s all pretty much generic Death Metal, very much rooted in the sounds of all the bands we were listening to at the time. Most of these riffs and ideas can be traced one or two steps back to Autopsy, Death, Obituary, Celtic Frost, Necrophagia, Carcass and even Slayer. Even so, there’s an honesty about these songs that I just can’t deny. I wouldn’t change anything on Mindloss. I think, though I wouldn’t mind having another go at some of my leads. I quite like how it sounds, I think Colin Richardson did a pretty good job considering what and who he had to work with, but I probably prefer the demo-versions of these songs. They’re more direct, and sound pretty much like we sounded live in those days. Good thing Nuclear Blast put both demos on the Mindloss rerelease in 2005. “My favorite songs on Mindloss, even though I really don’t have a particular dislike for any one of them, are “Mental Misery”, “Horrors In A Retarded Mind”, “Loss of Flesh” and “Tangled In Gore”.