Hexenhaus "A Tribute To Insanity (USA, Metal Blade Records, 7 72422-2)"

Hexenhaus is a Swedish technical thrash metal band. They released four albums, three of them on Active Records.

According to a dedication on the back of A Tribute to Insanity, the band's name, German for "Witch's House", is a reference to the Malefizhaus (aka Drudenhaus, Hexenhaus, Hexengefängnis) in Bamberg, Germany, where hundreds of suspected witches were tortured and executed during the early 17th century.

Their first album, A Tribute To Insanity was released October 17, 1988.

Tracklist:

1. It... 00:57
2. Eaten Alive 05:22
3. Delirious 04:02  
4. As Darkness Falls 10:16   
5. Incubus 05:31
6. Death Walks Among Us 06:07   
7. Memento Moris - The Dead Are Restless 05:06   
8. Requiem 04:48

Time:  42:09

The painting in the cover, The Treasures of Satan by Belgian symbolist painter, writer, and occultist Jean Delville (1894), was also used for Morbid Angel's second album, Blessed Are the Sick (1991), and for Megadeth's 1999 split album with Less than Jake.

Recording information:

Recorded at Pharda Studios, Stockholm, Sweden.

Mixed at Recording House, Stockholm, Sweden.

Various Artists "A Black Mark Tribute (Germany, Black Mark Production, BMCD 117)"

Black Mark Production (founded 1991) is an independent record label originally based in Berlin, later on with offices in Stockholm, Toronto and New York City etc.

A Black Mark Tribute is a Extreme Metal compilation, released in 1997.

Tracklist:

1. Soulquake System  –  Firestarter  3:32
2. Memento Mori  –  Sold My Soul  4:29
3. Necrophobic  –  Ridden With Disease  4:38
4. World Of Silence  –  Strawberry Fields Forever  5:40
5. Quorthon  –  God Save The Queen  3:15
6. Tad Morose  –  Power Of The Night  4:10
7. Divine Sin  –  Eternal Dark  3:03
8. Hexenhaus  –  War  3:36
9. Corporal Punishment  –  It's A Sin  3:56
10. Bathory  –  Ace Of Spades  5:13
11. Nightingale  –  Return To Fantasy 4:23
12. Edge Of Sanity  –  Invisible Sun  3:21
13. Morgana Lefay  –  Parasite   3:26

Released in a standard jewel case with black tray; it comes with a 8-page booklet with label's catalogue and credits.

Tracks originally released by: The Prodigy (Track 1), Nazareth (Track 2), Autopsy (Track 3), The Beatles (Track 4), Sex Pistols (Track 5), Savatage (Track 6), Picture (Track 7), Edwin Starr (Track 8), Pet Shop Boys (Track 9), Motörhead (Track 10), Uriah Heep (Track 11), The Police (Track 12) & Kiss (Track 13).

Hexenhaus "The Edge Of Eternity (France, Active Records, CD ATV 13)"

Hexenhaus is a Swedish technical thrash metal band. They released four albums, three of them on Active Records.

Hexenhaus did not exactly split up after Awakening, they morphed into Memento Mori, and then back into Hexenhaus. Most of the songs on Memento Mori's debut were written for a then new Hexenhaus record.

The Edge of Eternity is their second album, released November 1st, 1990.

Tracklist:

1. Prelude 01:10
2. Toxic Threat 04:13  
3. Prime Evil 04:26   
4. Home Sweet Home (Ward Sweet Ward) 03:50
5. The House of Lies 05:11
6. A Temple for the Soul 01:40
7. The Eternal Nightmare - Act One 04:27  
8. At the Edge of Eternity 13:18

Time:  38:15  

Recording information:

Recorded at Montezuma Studio

Mixed at Stockholm Recording