Myrkur (Copenhagen, Denmark) featuring World-Class Vocalist Myrkur “Mareridt” CD REVIEW — 100 out of 100 BLOOD DRIPPING FUCKING SKULLS — TIMELESS MASTPERIECE – PERFECT ABLUM — TOP 100 HEAVY METAL ALBUMS OF 2017

Myrkur

Copenhagen, Denmark

featuring World-Class Vocalist

Myrkur

Mareridt

September 15, 2017

Relapse Records

RR 7387

KICK ASS METAL RATING

100 OUT OF 100 BLOOD DRIPPING FUCKING SKULLS

TIMELESS MASTERPIECE

FUCKING ESSENTIAL

TOP 100 HEAVY METAL ALBUMS OF 2017

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Myrkur Discography

Myrkur  “Myrkur”

September 16th 2014

TOP 100 HEAVY METAL ALBUMS OF 2014

KICK ASS METAL HEAVY METAL HALL OFF FAME ALBUM

 

 

 

 

Myrkur “M”

August 21st 2015

TOP 100 HEAVY METAL ALBUMS OF 2015

KICK ASS METAL HEAVY METAL HALL OF FAME ALBUM

 

 

Myrkur “Mausoleum”

August 19th 206

TOP 100 HEAVY METAL ALBUMS OF 2016

KICK ASS METAL HEAVY METAL HALL OF FAME ALBUM

 

 

 

Myrkur “Mareridt”

September 15th, 2017

TOP 100 HEAVY METAL ALBUMS OF 2017

KICK ASS METAL HEAVY METAL HALL OF FAME ALBUM

 

This artist is no stranger to the KICK ASS METAL pages, either in news articles, write-ups or record reviews….So I looked around the actual heavy metal press, fanzines not webZines, if a metal webzine did not have a print edition from 1980-1991 well they are not a metal publication, it is just that simple…!!! There was a beautiful week @ 4:10 PM on August 14th, 2003 there was an electric grid black-out and I enjoyed my stack of Metal Forces, Metal RendeVous, Sounds of Death, Snakepit Heavy Metal France, this lasted for 2 days, and realized to send more time with the actual metal press, and ignore all the webZines around, since most of them are not written by metallers in the first place…..!!!!!

I usually start everyday off with reading the influential publications to this publication, avant garde metal, Sonic Cathedral, Metal Maidens, True Metal Organization, Voices from the Darkside, and look through the publications Snakepit Heavy Metal FRANCE, James L. McHard’s – THE FUTURE OF MODERN MUSIC, Sounds of Death, Anvil Magazine, Death on Arrival and the GODLY Ill-Literature. The actual metal press, so no reviews on this so far….!!!! I have Myrkur back catalogue and gave all the albums a spin again and this album I gave its 150 to 250 spins, that is required to review a albums, most webzines these days crank out thousands of review a day, with scores all over the place and scores pulled out of thin air, I wonder if those reviewers even listen to heavy metal @ all !!!

I never ever review an album review, without purchasing a copy of that album, while most of my readers who meet me in public want to read about ONLY THRASH METAL, and the other half of my fans are fans of artist such as the Birthday Massacre. So as a AVANT-GARD METAL age, DEATH METAL age, GOTHIC METAL age publication. These are the styles and genres that are the most relevant since 1990….especially death metal in my eyes!!!!

 

As a metal fan since the Summer of 1978….I got to see the brilliant first wave of black metal first hand, I have each of those artist classic albums and found successors to each of those legendary artist…!! And after all that is completed, I always l@@k for new ground-breaking artist, those who have there own artistic vision, which can be easily defined by bands who have their own style and own sound!!! Myrkur is one of these artist, i can easily tell who it is from the guitar tone and the timbre of the vocalist alone!!

 

As a classical trained musician myself, it is easy to spot another classically trained musician, because what happens when a metal artist adds MUSIC, to there SUPREME IMMORTAL METALLIC ART OF THE HIGHEST ORDER, evocation occurs, ie being FLOORED, MIND-BLOWN, AND CHILLS UP AND DOWN THE SPINE ……“THE MUSIC I CHERISH THE MOST…can be categorized as bombastic, as well as introspective.  Myrkur “Mareridt” is a deeply rewarding listening experience, as well as being metal as fuck!!!!!!!!!!!!!  THIS is worthy of your attention, trust and respect. KICK ASS METAL’s  recommends Myrkur “Mareridt” to added to your serious metallic metal album collection, so as long as innovation, talent, originality, authenticity are key factors for you to consider alongside the savage factor metal is known for !!!

 

From the darkness of Scandinavia emerges MYRKUR. Hailing from Denmark, the one-woman project signed to renowned independent label Relapse Records in 2014 off the strength of just one EP, its eponymous debut (released September 2014). Envisioned and realized by classically-trained multi-instrumentalist and songwriter Amalie Bruun, MYRKUR combined the rawness of second-wave black metal bands like Ulver and Darkthrone with a natural, ethereal sonic beauty. MYRKURintroduced a wholly unique perspective on the genre of black metal, one that immediately put her on the map and caught the attention of listeners and publications worldwide.

Though the word “myrkur” means “darkness” in Icelandic, Bruun’s music encompasses far more than just that one dimension of music: with its distinct sense of Nordic isolation, MYRKUR is a definitively brutal creation, yet also a delicate and feminine one. Choral and folk elements abound, lending the music a mystical, legendary quality and an untouchable equilibrium between dark and light. MYRKUR’s influences range from nature to traditional Scandinavian folklore to Norse mythology and far beyond. Bruun elaborates, “I always dreamed about becoming a Huldra, an Elver girl, a Valkyrie, the goddess Freja. These powerful women in Norse Mythology have an element of beauty and mystique, but they are also deadly.”

That power was more than evident on MYRKUR’s EP, but fully came into its own on Bruun’s first full-length M, released via Relapse in August 2015. Featuring production and guest appearances from renowned metal legends such as Krystoffer “Garm” Rygg (Ulver), Teloch (Mayhem/Nidingr) and Christopher Amott, M showcased Bruun’s learned and mature perspective on black metal alongside her prodigious compositional and vocal talents. As Decibel Magazine put it in its 8/10 review, M is “a black metal record that respects tradition without drowning in it.” Publications including NPR, Stereogum, Pitchfork, Spin and dozens of other outlets worldwide have shared this sentiment, hailing M and MYRKUR as the very thing they stand for – not a drastic reinvention, not an atavistic homage, but a unique, timeless, and true expression of black metal. Now with two acclaimed releases and several live performances (including one at Denmark’s Roskilde Festival) under her belt, nobody but MYRKUR is in a better place to help Scandinavia reclaim its rightful throne as the global leader of extreme music.

MYRKUR is:
Amalie Bruun – all instruments & composition

The below following list is just our subjective/ objective favorite albums of all-time in the orthodox and innovative death/black realm @ the KICK ASS METAL offices — were a GOTHIC AGE/DEATH METAL/ AVANT-GARDE METAL – AGE PUBLICATION…so no one is really going to agree with this list!! And our articles are never for the metal fans who have been with heavy metal since Friday the 13th -Februay 13th, 1970 0r September 20th, 1980, but for new readers, since Ill-Literature publication is our biggest influence we try to write in there style, and this page is always for the newer fans of heavy metal, since there really are no heavy metal publications around as killer as say Voices from the Darkside. We have to olde NorskSvartMetall webzine top 100 ablums around somewhere in our pages and will add those to this list!!!

Abnormality – Contaminating the Mind Hive

Abnormality – Mechanizations of Omniscience

Amorphis – The Karelian Isthmus

Asphyx – Asphyx

At the Gates – The Red in the Sky is Ours

Atheist – Unquestionable Presence

Autopsy – Mental Funeral

Bathory – Bathory

Bathory – The Return…

Bathory – Blood, Fire, Death

Blasphemy – Fallen Angel of Doom

Burzum – Hvis Lyset Tar Oss

Burzum – Filosofem

Burzum – Burzum/Aske

Burzum – Det Som Engang Var

Carnage – Dark Recollections

Celtic Frost – Morbid Tales/Emperor’s Return

Celtic Frost – To Mega Therion

Darkthrone – Transilvanian Hunger

Darkthrone – Under a Funeral Moon

Darkthrone – Soulside Journey

Enslaved – Vikinglr Veldi

Deteriorate – Rotting In Hell

Deicide -Deicide

Deicide – Legion

Demilich – Nespithe

Dismember – Like an Ever-Flowing Stream…

Emperor – In the Nightside Eclipse

Havohej – Dethrone the Son of God

Hellhammer – Apocalyptic Raids

Ildjarn – Strength & Anger

Ildjarn – Ildjarn

Ildjarn – Det Frysende Nordariket

Ildjarn – Forest Poetry

Immolation – Here In After

Immolation – Failures For Gods

Immortal – Pure Holocaust

Immortal – Diabolical Full Moon Mysticism

Immortal – Blizzard Beasts

Incantation – Onward to Golgotha

Incantation – Forsaken Mourning of Angelic Anguish

Incantation – Diabolical Conquest

Incantation – Tribute to the Goat

Infester – To the Depths… In Degradation

Massacra  –  Massacra

Massacra – Final Holocaust

Massacre – Back From Beyond

Master – Master

Mayhem – De Mysteriis Dom Sathanas

Morbid Angel – Abominations of Desolation

Morbid Angel – Altars of Madness

Morbid Angel – Blessed Are the Sick

Morbid Angel – Covenant

Morpheus Descends – Ritual of Infinity

Mütiilation – Remains of a Ruined, Dead, Cursed Soul

Myrkur – Myrkur

Myrkur – M

Myrkur – Mausoleum

Myrkur – Maeridt

Necrophobic – The Nocturnal Silence

Necrophobic – Satanic Blasphemies

Obituary – Slowly We Rot

Obituary – Cause of Death

Pestilence – Consuming ImpulsePestilence – Spheres

Possessed – Seven Churches

Profanatica – Profanatitas de Domonatia

Sepultura – Morbid Visions/Bestial Devastation

Sarcófago – I.N.R.I.

Sinister – Hate

Sinister – Diabolical Summoning

Sinister – Cross the Styx

Slayer – Show No Mercy

Slayer – Haunting the Chapel

Slayer – Hell Awaits

Slayer – South of Heaven

Slayer – Season in the Abyss

Suffocation – Effigy of the Forgotten

Suffocation – Breeding the Spawn

Suffocation – Human Waste

Suffocation – Pierced From Within

Summoning – Dol Guldur

Summoning – Nightshade Forests

Summoning – Minas Morgul

Summoning – Let Mortal Heroes Sing Your Fame

Summoning – Lugburz

Summoning – Lost Tales

Summoning – Oath Bound

Summoning – Stronghold

Therion – Of Darkness

Therion – Beyond Sanctorum

Vader – The Ultimate Incantation

Zyklon – World of Worm

Zyklon – Aeon

Zyklon – Disintegrate

 

 

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Cradle of Filth

(Ipswich, United Kingdom)

WORLD’S GREATEST HEAVY METAL BAND OF ALL-TIME #1 RANKING — INTERNATIONAL — SINCE FEBRUARY 24TH, 1994

Cradle of Filth has 21 RELEASES ON OUR TOP 100 ALL-TIME GREATEST RELEASES OF ALL-TIME IN THE GOLD STANDARD OF HEAVY METAL, NO ARTIST IN HEAVY METAL’S TOP-TIER OF THE UPPER ECHELON IN METALLIC MAYHEMIC HISTORY HAS EVER HAD 25% THERE RELEASES as part of THE GOLD STANDARD of heavy metal — IN 4 MORE ALBUMS CRADLE OF FILTH WILL ACHIEVE THIS FEAT   —- Cryptoriana—  The Seductiveness of Decay IS THE 12TH FULL LENGTH SPLATTER PLATTER Full length from Metal’s Greatest Extreme metal band of all-time 

….as a specialized press for True Norwegian GOTHIC Metal/ Avant-Garde Metal/ Dark Metal / Horror Metal there is a #1 ranking for a Norwegian National artist….

Cryptoriana—  The Seductiveness of Decay

TOP 10 HEAVY METAL ALBUM OF 2017

TOP 100 HEAVY METAL ALBUMS OF THE 21ST CENTURY

TOP 100 HEAVY METAL ALBUMS OF ALL-TME

Unleashed on Planet Metal

September 22nd, 2017

NUCLEAR BLAST GmbH RECORDS / Radiation

NB 3805-2/ 27361 38052

 

THE METAL GODS AND METAL LEGENDS AND IMMORTALS OF METAL ON THIS TIMELESS MASTERPIECE ARE

Dani Filth * Vocals

Lindsay Schoolcraft * Keyboards and Vocalist

Rich Shaw * Guitars

Ashok * Guitars

Daniel Firth * Bass

Marthus * Drums

 

Liv Kristine  * Guest Vocalist on “Vengeful Spirit

 

 

THE SONGS YOU LOVE AND KNOW BY HEART AND FOREVER BURNED ON TO YOUR DNA ARE

 

Exquisite Torment Awaits

Heartbreak and Seance

Achingly Beautiful

Wester Vespertine

The Seductiveness of Decay

Vengeful Spirit

You Will Know the Lion By His Claws

———-Digipack bonus tracks————

The Night at Catafalque Manor

Alison Hell

 

 

The year is 1994 and the boss of the publication that I worked for previous to this one, walks in the offices and takes down from the offices heavy metal hall of fame, the greatest album of all-time at the time which was Deicide’s “Deicide” since this was the beginning of the Death Metal AGE, as all the thrash bands, minus a half a dozen were all washed up and all about to sell out, on or around August 12th, 1991, all the thrash clubs were about to close down. The boss takes down the Deicide Press Photo and Deicide “Deicide” album, and puts up the Cradle of Filth “The Principle of Evil Made Flesh” and points to me, since I always compiled top 100 heavy metal albums list, and say to me “World’s Greatest Heavy Metal Band” and “World’s Greatest Heavy Metal Album”

That was 22 years ago !!!!!!!! …….. And our offices has 22 stacks of the 21 Cradle of Filth FUCKING ESSENTIAL Cradle of Filth releases !!! I have a second job always to make sure this done with in a calendar year, because as soon as January of each year comes I recollect the top 100 heavy metal albums of the golden age of heavy metal August 1st, 1981 to October 31st, 1986 as well as the top 100 heavy metal albums of the death metal age 1990 —present. So yesterday the new Cradle of Filth “Cryptoriana —The Seductiveness of Decay” was Unleashed on Planet Metal…..I bought 2 copies of this on digipack yesterday…!!!! And I was really excited, and of course this is a contender for album of the year alongside Infernäl Mäjesty “No God”

And the GODLY Major Ragers Torture Squad who hail from São Paulo, Brazil

So the album of the year publish the first list by October 30th of each year so you know what CD’s to pass out for Halloween, since every day is always Halloween @ every GOTHIC and GOTHIC METAL publication world-wide !!! I am starting to take pride in the fact I have survived publications such as Ill-literature, Industrialized Metal Webzine, Goth Metal World, and Avant Garde Metal…..!!!! If your a fan of the social network Vampire Freaks, then we hope we live up to our potential, of being the successors to Goth Metal World !!!!!!!!!!! Celtic Frost “Into The Pandemonium” is the album which gave this webZine its direction, alongside Avant-Garde Metal and Ill-Literature webZines…..As a heavy metal fan since August 1st, 1978, there was no gothic metal until November 2nd, 1987 and of course there was only traditional metal and underground metal to listen too and innovation were only in small and safe increments..!! So Cradle of Filth “The Principle of Evil Made Flesh” was the godsend…..be the change in the world you want to see and be strange !!

GOTHIC METAL AND AVANT-GARDE Metal yeah MAKE IT….. we don say “Weird” we say KICK ASS…The two genres HAVE the same birthday from the same progenitor release

http://www.avantgarde-metal.com

 

 

I was already listenting to Celtic Frost “Into The Pandemonium” and Sabbat’s “History of a Time to Come” on a daily basis. Since I always love the more KICK ASS METAL RELEASES in heavy metal

 

 

As a Annihilator fan since day 1 with the first demos….!!!! I love the digipack version of this album, because one of the two bonus tracks is

Annihilator “Alison Hell”

Cradle of Filth’s “Cryptoriana — The Seductiveness of Decay” is the 2nd full length Lindsay Schoolcraft has been on as the metal legends and metal gods keyboard player and backing vocalist….and while I worship hard every era of Cradle of Filth…the last 2 albums she has been on are total KICK ASS METAL ALL THE WAY…and is in the fucking essential realm when talking about SUPREME IMMORTAL METAL ART OF THE HIGHEST ORDER !!!!! …aka the KICK ASS METAL stuff ie, the true metal, the actual metal !!!!! !!!! But as the ONLY METAL PUBLICATION that specializes in KEYBOARD-centic heavy metal or heavy metal featuring the best of the best bands with the WORLD’S GREATEST KEYBOARD players….!!!!! You know the future this page will be stamped with all-things Lindsay Schoolcraft !!!!! Because while all day every-day is Halloween, i will still add to my collection the greatest albums of all-time no matter the genre, especially avant-garde, classical, avant-garde classical, gothic, gothic metal and all things bad ass and kick ass !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

 

It should be obvious to the oblivious that 2 of my major influences

Metal MaidenS

http://www.metalmaidens.com

and

Sonic Cathdral

http://www.soniccathedral.com

 

Are stamped all-over this page !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

 

 

You can trust ONLY YOUR SELF, THE FIRST 6 BLACK SABBATH ALBUMS, (i also have a few choice ones, after this fact, the first 6) AND THE 21 CRADLE OF FILTH RELEASES THAT are Studio albums, live albums, compilations, DVDs.

 

And for those who disagree with our 22 years onslaught coverage of Cradle of Filth. Here is the world’s smallest violin ….!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Cry me a river of blood &  Play me a song FUCKERS !!!!!!!!!!!………………In 2024 i am psyched to feature the whole year of  2024…..CRADLE OF FILTH 30 YEARS OF THE WORLDS GREATEST HEAVY METAL BAND OF ALL-TIME !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! For those who are thinking what if they “Sell-Out” well i will catch you up to speed….cause your slowwwwwww ….. the gothic culture does not have a “concept” of bands “selling out”. Posers in the true metal community invented that bullshit story with a million of holes I can poke fun of and mock, endless for a million hours at a time  !!!!!!

 

And I froth @ the mouth knowing I have bought every record collection of Cradle of Filth’s detractors……!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! And I enjoy that each of the of those assholes are now, soft rock fans, and worse …….!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

Earlier today, a KICK ASS MEAL fan wanting to finance me a book, asked how much I would need to write a book in the vein of the Gary Sharpe-Young book….I Said 2 Million dollars….because I only do thinks i right and real way !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Metallic altars of heavy metal mayhem and heavy metal hall of fames are built around artist such as Cradle of Filth and “Cryptoriana — The Seductiveness of Decay” !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! With stunning artwork from Arthur Berzinsh, this album is a true “must have” and FUCKING ESSENTIAL ALBUM …………..BUY OR FUCKING DIE !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

THRASH AND RAGE AND BANG YOUR HEAD UNTIL YOUR BRAIN L@@KS LIKE A BLOODY PANCAKE !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

BIRTH * LIFE * CRADLE OF FILTH * DEATH

BIRTH * LIFE * CRADLE OF FILTH * DEATH 

BIRTH * LIFE * CRADLE OF FILTH * DEATH 

BIRTH * LIFE * CRADLE OF FILTH * DEATH 

BIRTH * LIFE * CRADLE OF FILTH * DEATH 

 

Cradle of Filth Select Discography

Cradle of Filth SELECT DISCOGRAPHY all TOP 100 HEAVY METAL ALBUMS OF THE YEARS THEY WERE UNLEASHED ON PLANET METAL and ALL-ON OUR TOP 100 HEAVY METAL ALBUMS OF ALL-TIME LIST !!!

 

The Principle  of Evil Made Flesh February 24th, 1994

V Empire or Dark Faerytales in Phallustein *  April 22nd, 1996

Dusk and Her Embrace * August 18th, 1996

Cruelty and the Beast *April 27th, 1998

PanDaemonAeon * July 27th, 1999

From the Cradle to Enslave  * November 2nd, 1999 — Music For NationS Pressing

From the Cradle to Enslave * December 14th, 1999 — Metal Blade Records Pressing

Midian *October 30th, 2000

Bitter Suites to Succubi *June 18th, 2001

Heavy Left-Handed and Candid * November 25th, 2001

Lovecraft & Witch Hearts *May 13th, 2002

Live Bait for the Dead * August 19th, 2002

Damnation and a Day * March 10th, 2003

Nymphetamine * September 27th, 2004

Peace Through Superior Firepower * November 22nd, 2005

Thornography *October 16th, 2006

Eleven Burial Masses *May 5th, 2007

Godspeed on the Devil’s Thunder * October 20th, 2008

Darkly, Darkly Venus  Aversa * November 1st, 2010

Evermore Darkly * October 17th, 2011

Midnight in the Labyrinth *April 21st, 2012

The Manticore and Other Horrors * October 30th, 2012

Hammer of the Witches * July 10th, 2015

Dusk… and Her Embrace – The Original Sin *July 8th, 2016

Cryptoriana – The Seductiveness of Decay *  September 22nd, 2017

 

The Oath.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Chastain (Cincinnati, Ohio) METAL LEGENDS TOP 100 HEAVY METAL ALBUMS OF ALL-TIME FEATURE —-GOLDEN AGE OF HEAVY METAL AUGUST 1ST 1981 — TO — OCTOBER 31ST 1986

TOP 100 HEAVY METAL ALBUMS OF ALL-TIME…TRADITONAL HEAVY METAL.

(9 albums) CHASTAIN + (4…2 albums and 2 extended plays)  NERVOSA + LABEL SPOTLIGHTS ON SHARPNEL RECORDS & MEGAFORCE RECORDS OF THE GOLDEN AGE OF HEAVY METAL AUGUST 1ST 1981 TO OCTOBER 31ST 1986

Anthrax -Fistful of Metal

Anthrax – Armed & Dangerous

Anthrax – Spreading the Disease

Blessed Death – Kill or Be Killed

Cacophony – Speed Metal Symphony

Chastain – Mystery Of Illusion 

Chastain – Ruler Of The Wasteland 

Chastain – The 7th of Never

Chastain – The Voice of the Cult

Chastain – For those Who Dare

Chastain – In An Outrage

Chastain – Surrender to No One

Chastain – We Bleed Metal

Chastain – We Bleed Metal17

Culprit – Guilty As Charged

Exciter – Heavy Metal Maniac 

Exciter – Violence & Force

Exciter – Heavy Metal Maniac + Violence & Force 1989 — CAROL CD 1397

Grave Digger – Heavy Metal Breakdown

Grave Digger – Witch Hunter

Griffin – Flight Of The Griffin

Hawaii – One Nation Underground 

Manowar – Into Glory Ride

Mercyful Fate  – Melissa

Metallica – Kill ’em All

Metallica – Ride the Lightning

Nervosa “2012”

Nervosa “Time of Death”

Nervosa “Victim of Yourself”

Nervosa “Agony”

S.O.D: Stromtroopers of Death – Speak English or Die

Overkill- Feel the Fire

Raven – All for One

Testament – The Legacy

Vicious Rumors – Soldiers Of The Night 

Vicious Rumors – Digital Dictator 

 

 

 

 

Yesterday working on ones (yours I have all these albums in every world-wide press and some albums I own 30 copies of) top 100 traditional heavy metal collection albums of all-time…..!!!!

 

Without going into it There is a 3 way tie for which Chastain album goes on our top 100 albums of all-time list….!!! And since the last two albums are PERFECT ALBUMS, ie KICK ASS METAL HEAVY METAL HALL OF FAME ALBUMS….I am not having just “We Bleed Metal” on our best of the best list, since they have one of the best discographies in heavy metal…30 YEARS OF ONE OF THE GREATEST HEAVY METAL BANDS OF ALL-TIME !!!! So with the Chastain select discographies of ….. and yesterday we did a label special and tribute to Mike Varney of Shrapnel Records….today were doing Megaforce Records duing the GOLDEN AGE OF HEAVY METAL. August 1st 1981 to OCTOBER 31ST 1986….IN THE LEGENDARY MRI-SERIES WITH THE CAT# SYSTEM BEING THE SUFFIX IN THE 69SERIES!

 

SH-1003 Wild Dogs – Same

SH-1004 Exciter – Heavy Metal Maniac 

SH-1007 Steeler – Same

SH-1008 Culprit – Guilty As Charged

SH-1009 Hawaii – One Nation Underground 

SH-1014 Keel – Lay Down The Law

Icon “Icon” July 7th, 1984

WASP “WASP” August 17th, 1984

SH-1015 Griffin – Flight Of The Griffin

SH-1016 Hexx – No Escape

SH-1017 Trauma – Scratch And Scream

SH-1018 Chastain – Mystery Of Illusion 

SH-1020 Vicious Rumors – Soldiers Of The Night 

SH-1022 Fifth Angel – Same

SH-1024 Chastain – Ruler Of The Wasteland 
 
SH-1031 Cacophony – Speed Metal Symphony
 
SH-1033 Vicious Rumors – Digital Dictator 

SH-1035 Marty Friedman – Dragon’s Kiss 

SH 1043 Phantom Blue – Same 

 

ABOVE IS THE SHARPNEL RECORDS LABEL KICK ASS METAL HEAVY METAL HALL OF FAME ALBUMS, AND CHOICE RECOMMENDATIONS!!

THE Megaforce MRI series ran from July 25th 1983 to October 31st 1985. and at first glance it looks like the did 6 top 100 heavy metal albums back to back after a superfluous compilation. The series starts off With Metallica “Kill ’em All” @ MRI 069 AND ENDS WITH COMPILATION called from the Megavault… BUT with the first 6 MEGAFORCE RECORD TITLES THE RECORD LABEL RELESES 6 BACK TO BACK TIMELESS MASTEPIECE CLASSICS OF ALBUMS WHICH ARE IN THE TOP 100 HEAVY METAL ALBUMS OF ALL-TIME…A FEAT METAL BLADE DOES IN 1985 6 BACK TO BACK CLASSIC ALBUMS IN THE TOP 100 HEAVY METAL ALBUMS OF ALL-TIME , BUT MEGAFORCE DID IF FIRST . THE 13 MEGAFORCE KICK ASS METAL HEAVY METAL HALL OF FAME ALBUMS AND 2 ALBUMS FROM THE MEGAFORCE WORLDWIDE SERIES MAKES 15 FUCKING ESSENTIAL ALBUMS IN THE TOP 100 HEAVY METAL ALBUMS OF ALL-TIME, AT SOME POINT IN HISTORY, AND IMMORTALS OF METAL IN THE GOLDEN AGE OF HEAVY METAL. August 1st 1981 to October 31st 1986. For Megaforce We added 2 Choice selections from Megaforce Worldwide and Megaforce/Caroline circa 1989….Most importantly the Exciter “Heavy Metal Maniac + Violence & Force” Collectors CD

 

BELOW IS THE MEGAFORCE RECORDS LABEL KICK ASS METAL HEAVY METAL HALL OF FAME ALBUMS, AND CHOICE RECOMMENDATIONS!!

MRI 069 Metallica – Kill ’em All

MRI 169 -666 Manowar – Into Glory Ride

MRI 269 Raven – All for One

MRI 369 Mercyful Fate  – Melissa

MRI 469 Anthrax -Fistful of Metal

MRI 569 Exciter – Violence & Force

MRI 769 Metallica – Ride the Lightning

MRI 869 Grave Digger – Heavy Metal Breakdown

MRI 969 Raven — Live At The Inferno

MRI 1169 Grave Digger – Witch Hunter

MRI 1269 S.O.D: Stromtroopers of Death – Speak English or Die

MR1 1369 Blessed Death – Kill or Be Killed

MR1 1469 Overkill- Feel the Fire

90480 Anthrax – Spreading the Disease

81741 Testament – The Legacy

CAROL CD 1397 Exciter – Heavy Metal Maniac + Violence & Force

 

COMBAT RECORDS

88561–8029 Agent Steel “Skeptics Apocalypse”

88561-8080 Agent Steel “Mad Locust Rising”

88561-8011 Mercyful Fate — Don’t Break The Oath

88561-8014 Abattoir — Vicious Attack

88561-8018 Savatage — Sirens

88561-8019 Exodus  — Bonded By Blood

88561-8020 Slayer — Hell Awaits

88561-8021 Trouble — the Skull

88561-8024 Possessed — Seven Churches

88561-8028 Nasty Savage — Nasty Savage

88561-8038 Exodus/Slayer/Venom — Combat Ultimate Revenge VHStape

88561-8050 Bathory — Bathory  

88561-8091 Celtic Frost — To Megatherion

88561-MRI169-666 Manowar “Into Glory Ride” 2nd Pressing

88561-8098 Tension  Breaking Point

88561-8104 Onslaught –The Force

88561-8105 Kreator — Pleasure To Kill

88561-8114 Dark Angel –Darkness Descends

8561-8117 Have Mercy — Armageddon Descends

 

 

TOP 100 HEAVY METAL ALBUMS OF ALL-TIME

Abattoir- Vicious Attack

Accept- Restless and Wild

Acid- Acid

ACID * MANIAC

ACID LIVE IN BELGIUM ’84 A

Agent Steel- Skeptics Apocalypse

Agent Steel * Mad Locust Rising

Anacrusis- Screams and Whispers.

ANGEL DUST- INTO THE DARK PAST

Angel Witch * Angel Witch

ANNIHILATOR * ALICE IN HELL

Annihilator * Never, Neverland

ANTHRAX- FISTFUL OF METAL * MEGAFORCE RECORDS

Anthrax * ARMED AND DANGEROUS * MEGAFORCE RECRODS

Anthrax * Spreading the Disease … features songs written by Neil Turbin…

Anvil- Metal on Metal

ANVIL- FORGED IN FIRE

Anvil- Live in concert

Anvil-Worth the weight

ANVIL CHORUS * THOUGHT CRIMES

Anvil Chorus * The Killing Sun

Artillery * Fear Of Tomorrow

ARTILLERY * TERROR SQUAD

ARTILLERY * By Inheritance

ATHEIST- PIECE OF TIME

ATHEIST- UNQUESTIONABLE PRESENCE

Attacker-Battle at Helms Deep

Attacker-Second Coming

BATHROY * BATHORY

Bathory * The Return…

Bitch * Damnation Alley

Bitch- Be My Slave

Black Death * Black Death * Auburn Records

Black Sabbath- Mob Rules

BLIND ILLUSION- THE SANE ASYLUM

Bloodlust – Guilty As Sin

BLESSED DEATH * KILL OR BE KILLED * MEGAFORCE RECORDS

BLITZKRIEG * A TIME OF CHANGES

CACOPHONY- SPEED METAL SYMPHONY

Cage- Astrology

Candlemass-Nightfall

Carnivore * Carnivore

Cathedral- Supernatural Birth Machine

CELTIC FROST- MORBID TALES

Celtic Frost- Emperors Return

Celtic Frost- To Mega therion

CELTIC FROST- INTO THE PANDEMONIUM

Chastain * Mystery of Illusion

Chastain * Ruler of the Wasteland

Chastain * The 7th of Never

Chastain * The Voice of Cult

Chastain- For those who Dare

CHASTAIN- IN A OUTRAGE

CHASTAIN – SURRENDER TO NO ONE

CHASTAIN * WE BLEED METAL

Chastain * We Bleed Metal17

 COVEN * WITCHCRAFT REAPS MINDS AND DESTROYS SOULS…direct influence on MERCYFUL FATE

COVEN * Worship New Gods…Coven …aka Coven13

CIRITH UNGOL * FROST AND FIRE

CIRITH UNGOL * KING OF THE DEAD

Crimson Glory- Crimson Glory

CRYPTIC SLAUGHTER * CONVICTED

Crucified Barbara “In Distortion We Trust”

Culprit- Guilty As Charged

CYNIC * FOCUS

Dark Age- Dark Age 1984 Gnarly Records/ Greenworld

Dark Angel * We Have Arrived

DARK ANGEL * DARKNESS DESCENDS

DARK ANGEL * LEAVE SCARS

Darkness “The Gasoline Solution”

DEF DEALER * KEEPER OF THE FLAME

DEF DEALER * JOURNEY INTO FEAR

DEATH- SCREAM BLOODY GORE

DEATH * LEPORSY

DEATH- SPIRITUAL HEALING

DEATH- HUMAN

DEATH-INDIVIDUAL THOUGH PATTERNS

DEATH * Symbolic

Death Angel- The Ultra-Violence

DEATH ANGEL- ACT III

Death Strike-Fuckin’ Death

Ded Engine * Ded Engine … aka ” Hot Shot ” in Europe

Ded Engine * Hot Shot

Ded Engine * Hold A Grudge

Deep Switch- Nine inches of God

DESTRUCTION- INFERNAL OVERKILL

Diamond Head * Diamond Head…1980 …aka Lightning to the Nations

Diamond Head- Lightning to the Nations

Diamond Head- Behold the Beginning

Discharge * Hear Nothing, See Nothing, Say Nothing

Dream Death- Journey Into Mystery

DOCTOR BUTCHER- DOCTOR BUTCHER

EXCITER- HEAVY METAL MANIAC

Exciter- VIOLENCE AND FORCE * ON MEGAFORCE RECORDS

EXCITER HEAVY METAL MANIAC/ VIOLENCE AND FORCE …1989 CD …ON MEGAFORCE RECORDS

Exhorder- Slaughter in the Vatican

EXODUS- A LESSON IN VIOLENCE- 1984 ADVANCE CASSETTE

EXODUS- BONDED BY BLOOD

EXODUS- PLEASURES OF THE FLESH

EXODUS- A LESSON IN VIOLENCE (LIVE @ STUDIO 54 + 1986 demo with Paul Baloff)

EXODUS-ANOTHER LESSON IN VIOLENCE (LIVE)

EXODUS- BONDED BY BALOFF (A.L.I.V::REMASTERED)

Exorcist * Nightmare Theatre

EXUMER * POSSESSED BY FIRE

FATES WARNING * NIGHT ON BROKEN

Fear of God * Within The Veil

FORBIDDEN- FORBIDDEN EVIL

FORBIDDEDN * TWISTED INTO FORM

THE GATHERING * MANDYLION

THE GATHERING * NIGHTTIME BIRDS

GRAVE DIGGER * HEAVY METAL BREAKDOWN * ON MEGAFORCE RECORDS

GRAVE DIGGER * WITCH KILLER * MEGAFORCE RECORDS

THE GREAT KAT- WORSHIP ME OR DIE!

THE GREAT KAT- BEETHOVEN ON SPEED

THE GREAT KAT- BEETHOVEN SHREDS

Griffin- Flight of the Griffin

Hawaii- One Nation Underground

HALLOWEEN * DON’T METAL WITH EVIL * 1984 ADVANCE ALBUM ON CASSETTE WITH ORIGINAL ARTWORK

HALLOWEEN- DON’T METAL WITH EVIL

HALLOWEEN – No One Gets Out! 

Halloween – No One Gets Out! Molten Metal Records Version featuring The Vicious Demo

Hell- Hell (1982)…1982-1986 Compilation that come with 2 disc version of 2011 CD

H-Bomb- Attaque

HEATHEN- BREAKING THE SILENCE

HEATHEN- VICTIMS OF DECEPTION

HEATHEN-RECOVERED

HIRAX- RAGING VIOLENCE

HIRAX * NOT DEAD YET … RAGING VIOLENCE ON CD

HOLOCAUST- THE NIGHTCOMERS

Holy Moses * The New Machine of Lichtenstien

Holy Moses * Strength, Will, Power, Passion

Holy Moses * In the Power of Now

Imagika * Imagika

Imagika * Worship

IMAGIKA * And So it Burns

 Infernäl Mäjesty * None Shall Defy

Infernäl Majesty * No God

Insanity- Death after Death

IRON MAIDEN- IRON MAIDEN

IRON MAIDEN- KILLERS

Iron Maiden- The Number of the Beast

Jaguar- Power Games

JAG PANZER- AMPLE DESTRUCTION

Judas Priest * Killing Machine

Judas Priest * Hellbent for Leather * aka Killing Machine

JUDAS PREIST * UNLEASHED IN THE EAST

Judas Priest- British Steel

Judas Priest- Painkiller

King Diamond-Fatal Portrait

King Diamond- Abigail

King Diamond- Them

Kreator- Endless Pain

Kreator – Pleasure to Kill

Liege Lord- Master Control

Macbre- Gloom

Malediction- Condamnes

Manowar * Battle Hymns

MANOWAR- INTO GLORY RIDE * MEGAFORCE RECORDS

MANOWAR * HAIL TO ENGLAND

MASSACRE “FROM BEYOND”

MASSACRE “BACK FROM BEYOND”

MASTER- MASTER

MASTER- 1985 ALBUM UNRELEASED

MEDIEVAL- MEDIEVAL …aka 1983 Medieval Cassette album

Medieval- ALL KNOBS TO THE RIGHT

MEDIEVAL * MEDIEVAL …aka Reign of Terror 1986 EP

MEDIEVAL- MEDIEVAL KILLS

MEGADETH- RUST IN PEACE

The Mentors “You Axed for It”

MERCYFUL FATE- 1982 EP

MERCYFUL FATE- MELISSA

MERCYFUL FATE- DON’T BREAK THE OATH

MERCYFUL FATE- CURSE OF THE PHARAOHS

MERCYFUL FATE- THE BEGINNING

MERCYFUL FATE- RETURN OF THE VAMPIRE

MERCYFUL FATE- INTO THE SHADOWS

METAL CHURCH * METAL CHURCH * 1984 Ground Zero with extra track BIG GUNS

METAL CHRCH * METAL CHURCH * 1986 CD of the 1984 LP

METALLICA- KILL EM ALL * MEGAFORCE RECORDS

METALLICA  RIDE THE LIGHTNING * MEGAFORCE RECORDS

MORBID ANGEL – ABOMINATIONS OF DESOLATION

MORBID ANGEL- ALTARS OF MADNESS

MORBID ANGEL BLESSED ARE THE SICK

MORBID ANGEL * COVENANT

MORDBID ANGEL * DOMINATION

MORBID ANGEL* ENTANGLED IN CHAOS

Motorhead- Ace of Spades

MOTORHEAD- NO SLEEP TIL HAMMERSMITH

Motorhead * Iron Fist

Motorhead * Another Perfect Day

Motorhead * No Remorse

Motorhead * Orgasmatron

Nasty Savage- Nasty Savage

NASTY SAVAGE- INDULGENCE

Nervosa “2012”

Nervosa  TIME OF DEATH

Nervosa  *VICTIM OF YOURSELF

Nervosa “Agony”

Nightmare * Astral Deliverance

OBITUARY * SLOWLY WE ROT

OBITUARY * Cause of Death

Obilevon * From this Day Forward

Obliveon * Nemesis

ONSLAUGHT- THE FORCE

Original Sin * Sin Will Find You Out

OVERKILL- FEEL THE FIRE * MEGAFORCE RECORDS

OZ- Fire in the Brain

OZ – III Warning

Ozzy Osbourne- Blizzard of Ozz

Ozzy Osbourne-Diary of a Madman

Ozzy Osbourne * Tribute

Pagan Altar * 1982 Demo Cassette

Pagan Altar- Pagan Altar Volume 1

PAGAN ALTAR * Judgment of the Dead …* aka Voulume 1

PILE DRIVER- METAL INQUISITION

PILE DRIVER * STAY UGLY

Pentagram- Pentagram

Pentagram- Day of Reckoning

Pentagram * Relentless 1985 debut Retitled

Pentagram- Be forewarned

POSSESSED- SEVEN CHURCHES

Raven * Rock Until You Drop

RAVEN * Wiped Out

RAVEN- ALL FOR ONE * MEFGAFORCE RECORDS

RAVEN * LIVE AT THE INFERNO * MEGAFORCE RECORDS

RAZOR- EXECUTIONERS SONG

RAZOR- EVIL INVADERS

REPULSION * SLAUGHTER OF THE INNOCENT

REPULSION – HORRIFIED

Riot- Fire Down Under

Riot- Thunder Steel

Riot- Privilege of Power

RUSH * A FARWELL TO KINGS

RUSH * PEMANENT WAVES

RUSH- MOVING PICTURES

RUSH * EXIT…STAGE LEFT

RUSH- SIGNALS

RUSH- GRACE UNDER PRESSURE

RUSH- POWER WINDOWS

RUSH * HOLD YOUR FIRE

RUSH * A SHOW OF HANDS

RUSH * PRESTO

RUSH * CHRONICLES

RUSH * TEST FOR ECHO

RUSH * DIFFERENT STAGES–LIVE

SABBAT- HISTORY OF A TIME TO COME

SATAN * INTO THE FIRE * 1982 CASSETTE DEMO

SATAN- COURT IN THE ACT

SAVATAGE * Sirens

SAVATAGE * The Dungeons are Calling

SACRIFICE * TORMENT IN FIRE

SACRIFICE * FORWARD TO TERMINATION

SACRIFICE * SOLIDERS OF MISFORTUNE

SACRIFICE * APOCALYPSE INSIDE

SCORPIONS * TAKEN BY FORCE

SEPULTURA- BENEATH THE REMAINS

Skullview- Kings of the Universe

Sindrome- Sindrome (2 demos on CD)

SINDROME “RESURECTION….”

SLAUGHTER- STRAPPADO

SLAUTER XSTROYES * WINTERKILL

SLAUTER XSTROYES * FREE THE BEAST

SLAYER- SHOW NO MERCY

SLAYER- HAUNTING THE CHAPEL

SLAYER- LIVE UNDEAD

SLAYER- HELL AWAITS

Slayer- Reign in Blood

SODOM * IN THE SIGN OF EVIL

SODOM * OBSESSED BY CRUELTY

STORMTROOPERS OF DEATH * SPEAK ENGLISH OR DIE * MEGAFORCE RECORDS

SUICDIAL TENDENCIES * SUICIDAL TENDENCES

SYRIS * Unseen Forces

Tank- Filth Hounds of Hades

Tank- Power of the Hunter

TANK- THIS MEANS WAR

TERRORIZER-WORLD DOWNFALL

Testament- The Legacy

 THRUST * Fist Held High

TROUBLE * LIVE…. 1983 CASSETTE

TROUBLE- PSALMS 9

TROUBLE * THE SKULL

TYGERS OF PAN TANG- WILD CAT

Tygers of Pan Tang- Spell Bound

TWISTED SISTER–UNDER THE BLADE.

UFO- The Wild, The Willing, The Innocent

Unseen Terror- Human Error

Vainglory * Vainglory

Venom- Welcome to Hell

Venom- Black Metal

Venom * At War with Satan

 VICIOUS RUMORS * Soldiers of the Night

VICIOUS RUMORS * Digital Dictator

VIO-LENCE * ETERNAL NIGHTMARE

Voi Vod- War and Pain

Voi Vod- RRRROOOOAAAARRR

Wargasm- Why Play Around ?

Warfare * Pure Filth

WARFARE-METAL ANARCHY

Warfare * Mayhem Fucking Mayhem

Warlock * Burning The Witches

Warlock * Hellbound

Warlock * True As Steel

WARLOCK * TRIMPH AND AGONY”

Warlord-Deliver Us

Warlord * And The Cannons Of Destruction Have Begun

Warlord * Thy Kingdom Come * 1st EP and LP on CD

Warhead * Speedy Way

WARHEAD- THE DAY AFTER

Warning- Aftermath

WATCHTOWER- ENERGETIC DISASSEMBLY

Watchtower * Control and Resistance

WITCHCROSS- FIT FOR FIGHT

WITCHFINDER GENERAL- DEATH PENALTY

WITCHFINDER GENERAL- FRIENDS OF HELL

Witchkiller- Day of the Saxon

 Zoser Mez- Vizer of Wasteland

 

KILLER CONTACTS

OneLine

http://www.leviathanrecords.com/

http://www.webleedmetal.com/

Leather

https://www.facebook.com/LeatherLeone/

https://www.facebook.com/leatherleoneband/

youTube

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCKBhQFjPKz3w9p4PxCpQ79g

 

 

 

CHASTAIN’s “Surrender To No One” marks the return of original vocalist Leather Leone. Long considered one of the originators of the female power metal vocal style, Leather proves on the new CD she hasn’t lost anything from her glory days. Leather was the vocalist on the classic CHASTAIN albums: Mystery of Illusion, Ruler of the Wasteland, The 7th of Never, The Voice of the Cult, For Those Who Dare

Also returning to the band is original bassist Mike Skimmerhorn. The drums are now being handled by Stian Kristoffersen (Pagan’s Mind, Firewind).

Guitarist David T. Chastain states, “Leather and I picked up right from where we left off as if no time had elapsed since the For Those Who Dare tour. We have been working on this material for nearly a year and it was difficult to choose from all of the songs we had written. Our goal was to keep one foot in the ‘old days’ and one foot in 2013. Stian’s drumming helped modernize the sound. I think Leather is basically the same vocalist as she was in our earlier days. Judging from her recent Keep It True concert it is obvious she still has what it takes in the live arena. I feel ‘Surrender To No One’ fits right in with her other CHASTAIN albums.”

Leather further adds, “After our absence through the years, the title of this work says it all! I find much of it to be classic CHASTAIN. There are undeniably some modern concepts involved, life changes, we grow!! But I guarantee it will not disappoint, it is a CHASTAIN Cd!”

 

CHASTAIN’s “We Bleed Metal” is the follow up to the band’s 2013 reunion Cd “Surrender To No One.” That release marked the return of original vocalist Leather Leone. She has long been considered one of the originators of the female power metal vocal style. Leather was the vocalist on the classic CHASTAIN albums: Mystery of Illusion, Ruler of the Wasteland, The 7th of Never, The Voice of the Cult and For Those Who Dare.
Also returning to the band is original bassist Mike Skimmerhorn. The drums are now being handled by Stian Kristoffersen (Pagan’s Mind, Firewind).
Guitarist David T. Chastain states, “This new album is a continuation of the sound we created on Surrender To No One. We still have a foot in the past but we are also embracing the future. I have my style of writing metal and it isn’t ever going to change to any major degree. I tried to write on some subjects that are important to me: The financial systems inevitable downfall, religious insanity, mankind’s self-destructive nature, our own self-preservation and few other esoteric topics. Leather proves on the new CD she hasn’t lost anything from her glory days. Stian’s kicks the band to the next level, as he is the youngest member with the most modern influences. I think this is my most ‘shredtastic’ CHASTAIN guitar work since ‘The 7th of Never’ era. I think all in all this is one of the best CHASTAIN releases in the catalog. Of course it is hard for me to be objective about a Cd until about 10 years after it comes out.”
Leather adds, “After our absence through the years, the response has been fantastic! I find much of it to be classic CHASTAIN. There are undeniably some modern concepts involved!! But I guarantee it will not disappoint, it is 100% a CHASTAIN Cd!”
The title track “WE BLEED METAL” should be a battle cry for all who live and love Metal! The song is about the comradery between Metal lovers and overcoming the struggle, barriers and stigmas society places on the music. “We will sacrifice and we will pay the price cause WE BLEED METAL!”

 

CHASTAIN’s We Bleed Metal 17 is the next generation of the band’s 2015 Cd We Bleed Metal. Guitarist David T Chastain explains the new release: “As everyone knows I don’t tour any longer and spend all of my time in the studio. So I experiment a lot with both new and old material. We Bleed Metal 17 has the same drums and vocals as the original We Bleed Metal but it has 100% new and completely different music. A totally different sound and feel from the original version. Also on most CHASTAIN albums there are always at least 5 guitar tracks per song. However on We Bleed Metal 17 there is only 1 guitar track per song. So this is a very live sounding release with actually more lead guitar than the original. This is as close as anyone is ever going to get to a high quality live CHASTAIN album. There is 1 guitar, bass, drums, lead vocal and a couple of harmony vocals. Also We Bleed Metal 17 has a very live sound with more drum room mics incorporated into the mix. You can hear Stian Kristoffersen’s drums more as they are front and center on this release without a massive wall of rhythm guitars taking up space in the mix.”
Returning vocalist Leather Leone adds: “This is my favorite CHASTAIN release since Mystery of Illusion!”
David continues, “As time goes on I have learned to enjoy the more stripped down sounds. In the early days sometimes there would be 20 guitar tracks on a song. Needless to say it was impossible to replicate that live and a major reason I never liked to tour. To me there was too much missing from the recorded versions for me to enjoy myself.”
Vocalist Leather Leone was the vocalist on the classic CHASTAIN albums: Mystery of Illusion, Ruler of the Wasteland, The 7th of Never, The Voice of the Cult and For Those Who Dare. Leather rejoined the band in 2013 with the release of the impressive Surrender To No One. She has just recently toured Europe as a solo artist with her new Brazilian backing band being billed as “Leather Leone: The Voice of Chastain.” Leather is putting the finishing touches on her new solo album that should be out later in 2017. Leather adds, “The response has been fantastic on my live concerts! I have been signing autographs for 20-year-old boys whose parents had turned them on to us. They come up to me crying. The boys from Brazil are so blown away by our fans. Spain, Germany and Sweden were crazy. I feel like I’m 20. The female fans are so hot and the boys in the band are loving it!”
Also returning for We Bleed Metal 17 is original CHASTAIN bassist Mike Skimmerhorn who once again lays the foundation so that the rest of the band can explore and create.
Guitarist David T. Chastain states, “This one live guitar sound is something I have been use to most of my professional life in concert situations but never recorded a metal record in that format. We still have a foot in the past but we are also embracing the future. I have my style of writing metal and it isn’t ever going to change to any major degree. Leather proves she hasn’t lost anything from her glory days. Stian’s kicks the band to the next level, as he is the youngest member with the most modern influences. For me this album is one of my favorite CHASTAIN releases in the catalog because it could be replicated100% in concert. I find myself being able to listen to We Bleed Metal 17 over and over.”
As the title track declares: “We will sacrifice and we will pay the price cause WE BLEED METAL!”