Riot "Inishmore (2017, CD, Metal Blade Records, Digipak, Reissue, Remastered)"

Inishmore is the tenth studio album by American heavy metal band Riot. It was released in Japan only on November 11, 1997 two months before it was eventually released in the USA on January 27, 1998. 

The album is based on conceptual sagas of Celtic & Irish myths.

Has an extended version of the beautiful "Inishmore Suite" that ends with an interpretation of the Irish folk song "Danny Boy" that is not available anywhere else. It is, however, missing the song "Turning the Hands of Time" that is on the American Metal Blade version, is available on the Angel Eyes EP.

Track listing

All tracks by Mark Reale and Mike DiMeo, except where indicated.

1. "Black Water" (instrumental) Reale 2:42
2. "Angel Eyes" Reale, DiMeo, Mike Flyntz 4:27
3. "Liberty" 5:08
4. "Kings Are Falling" 4:33
5. "The Man" 3:52
6. "Watching the Signs" 4:35
7. "Should I Run" Flyntz, DiMeo 4:40
8. "Cry for the Dying" 4:39
9. "Turning the Hands of Time" Flyntz, DiMeo 5:08
10. "15 Rivers 05:18
11. "Red Reign"    05:27
12. "Gypsy" 5:20
13. "Inishmore (Forsaken Heart)" Reale 1:45
14. "Inishmore" (instrumental) Reale 4:32
15. "Danny Boy"  03:39   
16. "15 Rivers (acoustic demo)"  03:45  

Time:   01:09:30  

Tracks 10 and 11 originally from the Angel Eyes EP. Track 15 originally a Japanese bonus track. Track 16 previously unreleased.

Recording information:

Remastered by Patrick W. Engel for Temple of Disharmony in March 2017.