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Death Metal (split Album)
''Death Metal'' is a 1984 split album by the bands Helloween, Hellhammer, Running Wild, and Dark Avenger. It contains the only recorded material by the German group Dark Avenger. The album offers a snapshot of the Central European metal scene during the end of the early 1980s. At that time, Running Wild had yet to develop their "pirate metal" schtick and considered themselves a black metal band. Helloween were more of a thrashy speed metal act rather than the melodic power metal vehicle into which they would soon develop. Hellhammer were the darker and heavier band of the foursome and would later evolve into the group Celtic Frost. Running Wild's songs appear as Japanese bonus tracks on their 1995 album, '' Masquerade''; Helloween's tracks appear on the second disc of the 2006 remastered and expanded edition of their 1985 album, '' Walls of Jericho''; and Hellhammer's tracks appear on the 1990 re-issue of their 1984 EP, ''Apocalyptic Raids''.Fischer, Thomas Gabriel (2000). ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Helloween
Helloween is a German power metal band founded in 1984 in Hamburg by members of bands Iron Fist, Gentry, Second Hell and Powerfool. Its first lineup consisted of singer and guitarist Kai Hansen, bassist Markus Grosskopf, guitarist Michael Weikath and drummer Ingo Schwichtenberg. By the time Hansen quit Helloween in 1989 to form Gamma Ray, the band had evolved into a five-piece, with Michael Kiske taking over as lead vocalist. Schwichtenberg and Kiske both parted ways with Helloween in 1993; Schwichtenberg died two years later as the result of suicide. Between then and 2016, there had been numerous line-up changes, leaving Grosskopf and Weikath as the only remaining original members. As a septet, their current lineup includes four-fifths of the '' Keeper of the Seven Keys: Parts I'' and '' II''-era (1987–1988) lineup, featuring three additional members, vocalist Andi Deris (who had replaced Kiske in 1994), guitarist Sascha Gerstner and drummer Daniel Löble. Since its incepti ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Apocalyptic Raids
''Apocalyptic Raids'' is an EP by the Swiss extreme metal band Hellhammer. It was recorded and released in March 1984, and was the band's only commercial release. The record was a major influence on the then-emerging death metal and black metal genres. It has served as an inspiration to such varied and respected bands as Napalm Death and Sepultura, both of whom recorded cover versions of "Messiah". Hellhammer split up only three months after recording this EP, and later regrouped as Celtic Frost. The EP would be reissued six years later as ''Apocalyptic Raids 1990 A.D.'', boasting new artwork and two bonus tracks. Artwork The cover art of ''Apocalyptic Raids'' is influenced by German Expressionism's stark aesthetic, combining monochromaticity with the band's blood-red, blackletter-styled logo. Track listings Tracks 5 and 6 were originally part of the now out-of-print ''Death Metal'' (1984) compilation. Credits Original 1984 release *Hellhammer – producers **Satanic S ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1984 EPs
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