Demons & Wizards "III (Limited Edition, Japan, Sony Records Intl., SICP-6308)"

Demons & Wizards was a power metal band conceived as a side-project by Blind Guardian vocalist Hansi Kürsch and Jon Schaffer, the guitarist for Iced Earth. Schaffer wrote the music and Kürsch wrote the lyrics. The band's line-up during the recording of their first album in 1999 (Demons & Wizards) featured Mark Prator, who was the drummer on a few Iced Earth albums, and Jim Morris, who has engineered for Iced Earth before, on lead guitar. The personnel for the second album (Touched by the Crimson King), released in 2005, included Morris on lead guitar and Bobby Jarzombek on drums. The band released a third studio album, III, in 2020, and disbanded in early 2021.

In December 2019, the band announced their third studio album, III. It was released on February 21, 2020. The album was cited as one of Paul Stenning's albums of the year for Brave Words.

Tracklist:

1. Diabolic 08:01  
2. Invincible 04:34
3. Wolves in Winter 04:18   
4. Final Warning 03:46   
5. Timeless Spirit 09:16
6. Dark Side of Her Majesty 04:38   
7. Midas Disease 04:36   
8. New Dawn 04:22
9. Universal Truth 05:05  
10. Split 06:02
11. Children of Cain 10:07
12. Final Warning (Demo) 04:02  
13. Children of Cain (Demo) 08:21  

Time:  01:17:08  

Limited first press includes sticker.

Recording information:

All music recorded at Independence Hall, spring 2019.

All vocals recorded at Twilight Hall and Morrisound, summer 2019.

Classical choir recorded at Sand Lane Recording Facilities.

Demo recordings:

All music recorded at Independence Hall, winter 2018/2019.

All vocals recorded at Twilight Hall and Morrisound, winter 2018/2019.

Mastered at LSD-Studio, winter 2019.

Demon "Night Of The Demon [1992 Reissue, Japan, All Fired Up!, Do You Remember Those Brilliant Days? N.W.O.B.H.M. Series, Canyon International, PCCY-00378]"

Demon is an English heavy metal band, formed in 1979 by vocalist Dave Hill and guitarist Mal Spooner, both hailing from Leek, Staffordshire. The band is considered important to the new wave of British heavy metal movement.

The original lineup was completed by former Hunter members Les Hunt (lead guitar), Chris Ellis (bass), and John Wright (drums). The band were signed by Mike Stone's Clay Records in 1980 and licensed to Carrere Records to join their stable of metal bands. Their debut album, Night of the Demon, was released in 1981.

Tracklist:

1. Full Moon 01:35  
2. Night of the Demon 03:17  
3. Into the Nightmare 03:57  
4. Father of Time 04:20  
5. Decisions 03:40
6. Liar 03:14
7. Big Love 04:15  
8. Ride the Wind 02:48
9. Fool to Play the Hard Way 04:01  
10. One Helluva Night 04:00
11. On the Road Again (previously unreleased) 03:06  
12. Wild Woman (b-side single) 01:52
13. Night of the Demon (1988 remix) 03:22  

Time:  43:27  

From the label's All Fired Up! series.

Comes with sticker.

Recording information:

Co-produced and co-mixed by Demon.

Engineered and mixed at Cargo Studios, Rochdale, Lancashire, UK, and Rampart Studio, London in 1981.

Recorded at Clay Studios.

Mastered at Translab Mastering Studio, Paris, France.

Demolition Hammer "Time Bomb (USA, Century Media, 77071-2)"

Time Bomb is the third album by the American metal band Demolition Hammer, Released on August 23, 1994. It is the only Demolition Hammer album to feature drummer Alex Marquez, as well as the only one not to feature guitarist James Reilly and drummer Vinny Daze, the two of whom had left the band in order to form the short-lived group Deviate NY. Time Bomb was not originally intended to be released under the Demolition Hammer name, given its musical difference from the band's earlier work. It was their last studio album before their 21-year breakup from 1995 to 2016.

The entirety of the album's brief, untitled opening track was taken from the 1981 film Prince Of The City. "Under The Table" features a number of samples taken from movies including the 1973 film Serpico and the 1983 film Scarface.

The album presented a change in style for the band, from the death/thrash metal sound of the first two albums to a slower groove metal style.

Track listing

1. "Untitled" 0:16
2. "Under the Table" 3:23
3. "Power Struggle" 5:00
4. "Mindrot" 3:16
5. "Bread and Water" 3:42
6. "Missing: 5/7/89" 3:51
7. "Waste" 3:36
8. "Unidentified" 3:48
9. "Blowtorch" 3:43
10. "Mongoloid" (Devo cover) 3:32
11. "Time Bomb" 3:15

Time:  37:26

Originally recorded to be released under a new band name, but Century Media refused to release it unless it was by Demolition Hammer.

All songs by Demolition Hammer except ‘Mongoloid’ by Gerald V. Casale.

All songs administered by Magic Arts Publishing & Mongrel Hound Music Productions except ‘Mongoloid’ by Devo Music / Virgin Music BMI.

Recording information:

Recorded at Trax East Studios, South River, NJ.

Mastered at West West Side Music, Tenafly, New Jersey, USA.

Demolition Hammer "Epidemic Of Violence (2008 Reissue, Remastered, USA, Century Media, 9977332/XX)"

Demolition Hammer is an American thrash metal band formed in 1986 in the Bronx, New York by bassist and lead vocalist Steve Reynolds, guitarist James Reily and drummer John Salerno.

Epidemic of Violence is the second album by American thrash metal band Demolition Hammer. It was released in early 1992 to critical acclaim and is considered a cult classic in the thrash metal and death metal genres.

Epidemic of Violence uses a Michael Whelan painting for its cover artwork: Lovecraft's Nightmare B. The first half of the painting, Lovecraft's Nightmare A, was used for Obituary's Cause of Death.

In 2017, Loudwire placed Epidemic of Violence at number 49 on their "Top 50 Thrash Metal Albums" list. Eduardo Rivadavia noted how Demolition Hammer managed to sustain their thrash metal sound during the rise of grunge, comparing them to other bands in the thrash genre who were going for a more commercial sound. Loudwire also named Epidemic of Violence the best thrash metal album of 1992 and called it a cult classic.

On June 24, 2017, Demolition Hammer performed Epidemic of Violence in its entirety at the Gramercy Theater in New York City in celebration of the album's 25th anniversary.

Track listing

1. "Skull Fracturing Nightmare" 5:44
2. "Human Dissection" 5:04
3. "Pyroclastic Annihilation" 4:55
4. "Envenomed" 3:14
5. "Carnivorous Obsession" 5:52
6. "Orgy of Destruction" (instrumental) 0:51
7. "Epidemic of Violence" 4:20
8. "Omnivore" 4:36
9. "Aborticide" 4:57

2008 re-release live bonus tracks

1. "Mercenary Aggression" 3:02
2. "Cataclysm" 5:32
3. "Crippling Velocity" 5:34
4. "Carnivorous Obsession" 4:59

Time:  58:47

Collector's item released as part of Century Media Records' Death Certificate series with the number XX on the spine.

Recording information:

Recorded at Normandy Sound, Warren, Rhode Island, January 1992.

Produced by Tom Soares and Demolition Hammer

Mixed by Tom Soares and Demolition Hammer

Recorded and Engineered by Tom Soares

Red "Lunchbox" Bortolotti – assistant engineer

Mastered by Howie Weinberg at Masterdisk, New York

All songs by Demolition Hammer.

Remastered at DNA Mastering.