Warlord "Thy Kingdom Come (USA, Metal Blade Records, MBRCD 1072)"

Warlord is an American heavy metal band, formed in 1980 and based in Los Angeles, California. Since its formation the band was led by guitarist William J Tsamis and drummer Mark Zonder.

Warlord is the brainchild of guitarist/songwriter Bill Tsamis and drummer Mark Zonder, who had made their way down from San Jose, California to Los Angeles. The new band caught the attention of fledgling record company owner, Brian Slagel, whose label, Metal Blade Records, had recently issued Metal Massacre, a compilation featuring up and coming local metal bands such as Malice, Steeler, Ratt, and Metallica. An aficionado of the new wave of British heavy metal and admirer of the European metal aesthetic, Slagel was impressed by Warlord's semi-progressive style inspired by such diverse acts as Rainbow, Angel Witch, and Jethro Tull. Slagel decided to offer the band a spot on his next compilation and Warlord would make their vinyl debut with "Lucifer's Hammer" on 1982's Metal Massacre II. Earning rave reviews, Warlord made a repeat appearance with "Mrs. Victoria" on Metal Massacre III and were signed to Metal Blade for their 1983 Deliver Us 6-song mini-album which got the band featured in important publications such as Kerrang!.

Adding further intrigue to the growing Warlord mystique was the band members' use of pseudonyms such as 'Destroyer' (Tsamis), 'Thunderchild' (Zonder), 'Damien King' (vocalist Jack Rucker), and 'Sentinel' (keyboardist Diane Kornarens) as well as Warlord's refusal to become just another LA club act, opting to present themselves on a grander scale instead.

Thy Kingdom Come is a compilation album, released in 1986.

Tracklist:

1. Mrs. Victoria 05:58   
2. Aliens 04:21
3. Child of the Damned 04:04  
4. Beginnings 00:29
5. Lucifer's Hammer 03:50
6. Black Mass 05:09  
7. Lost and Lonely Days 04:10   
8. Soliloquy 04:31   
9. Deliver Us from Evil 06:07  
10. Hands and Feet (Thunderchild's Farewell) 04:04   

Time:  42:43  

- Track 1 taken from the 1983 Metal Massacre III compilation.

- Tracks 2 & 7 taken from the 1984 Lost and Lonely Days single.

- Tracks 3, 5, 6 & 9 taken from the 1983 Deliver Us ep.

- Tracks 4 & 8 taken from the 1984 And the Canons of Destruction Have Begin... lp.

- Track 10 is a previously unreleased track and features a drum solo by Mark Zonder.

Recording information:

- Produced by Warlord.