Temple Terrace in Hillsborough County, Florida — The American South (South Atlantic)
Morrisound Recording
Photographed by Tim Fillmon, May 22, 2025
1. Morrisound Recording Marker Side 1
From the early 1980s, Morrisound Recording garnered a worldwide reputation for producing high quality recordings in many genres of music. In the 1980s and 1990s, Morrisound also became known as the birthplace of a genre of extreme metal known as Death Metal. Extreme metal artists came from all over the world to record, drawn by the power and clarity of the music they heard on the albums recorded there by producer/engineers Jim Morris, Tom Morris, and Scott Burns. Bands traveled from Germany, Spain, France, England, Switzerland, South Korea, Japan, Brazil, Mexico, New York, Chicago, Los Angeles, and elsewhere. The list of extreme metal artists that came through the doors is extensive. Out of the top 30 selling death metal albums of all time (as of 2022), 25 were recorded at Morrisound. These include albums by artists like Death, Cannibal Corpse, Deicide, Morbid Angel, Obituary, and Sepultura. It was on this site that these albums were recorded.
Erected 2025 by Morrisound Recording & Hillsborough County Historical Advisory Council.
Topics. This historical marker is listed in this topic list: Arts, Letters, Music. A significant historical year for this entry is 1980.
Location. 28° 3.462′ N, 82° 23.609′ W. Marker is in Temple Terrace, Florida, in
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Regionally, this marker is on Florida’s Tampa Bay. It is also in the American South and on the Gulf Coast. Globally, it is in the North Atlantic Region, North America, a Gulf of Mexico state, the Western Hemisphere, the Western World, and the Anglosphere. Historically, it finds itself in what was once New Spain, the territory of the Mississippian Culture, one of the Confederate States of America, and the Antebellum South.
Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within 2 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies: The Largest Orange Grove in the World (approx. 1.1 miles away); Daniel Joseph (approx. 1.3 miles away); Deepika Singh (approx. 1.3 miles away); Jerry Pratt (approx. 1.3 miles away); Joshua Rokach (approx. 1.3 miles away); William Glenn (approx. 1.3 miles away); Thomas H. Maren (approx. 1.3 miles away); Jacqueline W. Quinn (approx. 1.3 miles away).
Also see . . . Morrisound Recording. (Submitted on May 22, 2025, by Tim Fillmon of Webster, Florida.)
Photographed by Tim Fillmon, May 22, 2025
2. Morrisound Recording Marker Side 2
Photographed by Tim Fillmon, May 22, 2025
3. Morrisound Recording Marker
Credits. This page was last revised on May 22, 2025. It was originally submitted on May 22, 2025, by Tim Fillmon of Webster, Florida. This page has been viewed 380 times since then and 80 times this year. Photos: 1, 2, 3. submitted on May 22, 2025, by Tim Fillmon of Webster, Florida.
