''K5 – The War of Words Demos'' is a compilation album by heavy metal band

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, released on November 28, 2007. It mostly consists of demo recordings originally made in July 1992 in

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, of what would become their 1993 debut release ''

War of Words War is an intense armed conflict between State (polity), states, governments, Society, societies, or paramilitary groups such as Mercenary, mercenaries, Insurgency, insurgents, and militias. It is generally characterized by extreme violenc ...

'', and also includes five new songs.

Track listing

Notes

* "Beast Denies" is an early version of "Reality, a New Beginning" from ''

'', but with different lyrics * "Dead Men Talk" contains some parts that would later end up in the song "Human Crate" from ''

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'' * "Psycho Suicide" would be re-recorded and be featured as a hidden track after a two-minute silence on "In a World of My Own Making" from ''A Small Deadly Space''

Personnel

;Fight *

Rob Halford Robert John Arthur Halford (born 25 August 1951) is an English heavy metal singer. He is the lead vocalist of Judas Priest, which was formed in 1969 and has received accolades such as the 2010 Grammy Award for Best Metal Performance. He has b ...

– vocals * Brian Tilse – guitars *

Russ Parrish Russell John Parrish (born November 24, 1970), better known as Satchel, is an American musician. He is the lead guitarist for the comedic glam metal band Steel Panther. Early life Russell John Parrish was born in Redwood City, California ...

– guitars * Jay Jay – bass *

Scott Travis Mark Scott Travis (born September 6, 1961) is an American metal musician, best known as the drummer for the English heavy metal band Judas Priest, the Irish rock band Thin Lizzy and the supergroup Elegant Weapons. He was also a longtime member ...

– drums ;Production * Produced by Rob Halford * Executive producer – John Baxter *Tracks 1–4, 6, 8–10, and 15–16 are multitrack mixes, mixed by

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in 2006 *Tracks 5, 7, and 11–14 are DAT demos, mixed by Rob Halford in 1992 *

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by Tom Baker *Cover illustration/art design – Marc Sasso *Booklet layout/additional art – Attila Juhasz *Photography – Neil Zlozower, William Hames, John Baxter {{DEFAULTSORT:K5 - The War of Words Demos Fight (band) albums