Harem Scarem "Mood Swings (Canada, WEA, CD 93139)"

Mood Swings is a 1993 album by the Canadian hard rock band Harem Scarem. A music video was shot for the song "No Justice". The album charted at No. 85 on the Canadian charts.

In December 2012, it was announced that a reunited Harem Scarem would headline the 10th Firefest festival in Nottingham, UK in October 2013. Harry Hess had been approached by Firefest's promotor to perform the Mood Swings album in its entirety for its twentieth year anniversary. Following that appearance, Harem Scarem re-recorded the Mood Swings album, adding three newly written 'in-keeping' tracks to Mood Swings II, 'World Gone To Piece's, 'Anarchy' and 'A Brighter Day'.

In 2023, and to celebrate the 30th anniversary of Mood Swings the band announced they would be releasing an anniversary edition of the album as Mood Swings Bundle - Limited Edition. The package included a 180-gram purple LP, a CD with five bonus acoustic tracks, and numerous other items of physical and digital memorabilia and similar. Retail price was $89.95.

Track listing 

All tracks are written by Harry Hess and Pete Lesperance, except where noted.

1. "Saviors Never Cry" 4:03
2. "No Justice" 4:39
3. "Stranger Than Love" 3:59
4. "Change Comes Around" 5:02
5. "Jealousy" 4:10
6. "Sentimental Blvd." (Hess) 4:24
7. "Mandy" (Lesperance) 1:55
8. "Empty Promises" 4:19
9. "If There Was a Time" 4:58
10. "Just Like I Planned" (Hess) 3:18
11. "Had Enough" 3:56

Recording information:

Produced by Peter Lesperance & Harry Hess with Kevin Doyle

Kevin Doyle: engineer.

Stephen Marcussen – mastering.

Andrew MacNaughtan – photography.

Package design by Stanford Communications.

Harem Scarem "Harem Scarem (Japan, WEA, WPCP-5831)"

Harem Scarem is the 1991 debut album by the Canadian hard rock band of the same name. Music videos were shot for the songs; "Slowly Slipping Away", "Honestly", and "With a Little Love". The album charted at No. 68 on the Canadian charts. However two singles from the album, "Honestly" and "Something to Say", were big hits in Indonesia and the Philippines.

The album includes guest appearances by fellow Canadian stars such as Ray Coburn of Honeymoon Suite, Carl Dixon of Coney Hatch and Paul MacAusland of Haywire. It also boasted a co-writing credit by award-winning songwriter Christopher Ward of "Black Velvet" fame.

In 1992, Harem Scarem was able to gain some notoriety when 8 songs from their debut album were predominantly featured in the Canadian teen series Degrassi Junior High and Degrassi High's farewell TV movie, School's Out.

Track listing

1. "Hard to Love" Christopher Ward, Harry Hess, Pete Lesperance 4:28
2. "Distant Memory" Hess, Lesperance, Marc Ribler 4:29
3. "With a Little Love" Hess, Lesperance 4:00
4. "Honestly" Hess 4:02
5. "Love Reaction" Hess, Lesperance, Ray Coburn 3:53
6. "Slowly Slipping Away" Hess, Ribler 3:45
7. "All Over Again" Hess 3:07
8. "Don't Give Your Heart Away" Hess, Lesperance 3:29
9. "How Long" Hess, Lesperance, Dean McTaggart 5:03
10. "Something to Say" Hess, Lesperance 4:42
11. "Slowly Slipping Away (Acoustic Session)"
12. "How Long (Acoustic Session)"
13. "Hard To Love (Acoustic Session)"

Tracks 11-13 are Japanese bonus tracks.

Recording information:

Kevin Doyle – producer, engineer and mixing

Stephen Marcussen – mastering

Greg Torrington – cover artist

Julie Rich – repertoire

Produced at Sounds Interchange Studios, Cabin Fever Studios, Phase One Studios During March - June 1991, Ontario, Canada.

Produced, Engineered and Mixed, August 1992 Cabin Fever Studios.

Gorelust "Reign Of Lunacy (Canada, New World Symphony Records, UMGC002/NWR495)"

Gorelust is a Canadian Brutal Death Metal band formed in 1991, in Rimouski, Quebec.

Their debut album, Reign Of Lunacy, was released January 15th, 1995.

Tracklist:

1. Gorelust 02:57   
2. Abhorrence Beyond Repugnance 02:28
3. Sclerosed Brain Eater 03:07   
4. Reign of Lunacy 03:08
5. Indigestible Human Remains 02:22   
6. Bleed upon the Cross 03:28   
7. Anthropophagist 04:10
8. Extreme Aggressions (Kreator cover) 04:20
9. Infant Devourment 03:47  

Time:  29:47  

Distributed by Universal Music Group in Canada, USA, Italy, France and by Repulse in Spain.

Recording information:

Recorded, mixed, and mastered at Le Studio Victor, Montreal, Quebec, Canada.

Forteresse "Thèmes Pour La Rébellion (Canada, Sepulchral Productions, SP044)"

Thèmes Pour La Rébellion is the fifth album by Canadian Ambient/Black Metal band Forteresse, released June 24th, 2016.

Tracklist:

1. Aube de 1837 00:46
2. Spectre de la rébellion 05:33  
3. Là où nous allons 06:09
4. Par la bouche de mes canons 06:14   
5. Le sang des héros 06:51  
6. Forêt d'automne 05:20   
7. Vespérales 06:59  
8. Le dernier voyage 04:55

Time:  42:47  

The cover artwork is a segment of the painting "The Fire in the Saint-Jean Quarter, Seen Looking Westward" (1845) by Canadian painter Joseph Légaré.

English translation:

"Themes for the Rebellion"

01. "Dawn of 1837"

02. "Specter of the Rebellion"

03. "Where We Are Going"

04. "By the Mouths of My Cannons"

05. "The Blood of Heroes"

06. "Autumn Forest"

07. "Vesperal"

08. "The Last Journey"

Recording information:

Recorded by Forteresse during Winter 2016.

Mixed and mastered at Necromorbus Studio, Stockholm, Sweden.

Forteresse "Crépuscule d'Octobre (Canada, Sepulchral Productions, SP023)"

Crépuscule d'Octobre is the fourth album by Canadian Ambient/Black Metal band Forteresse, released November 22nd, 2011.

Tracklist:

1. Silence d'octobre 02:31   
2. Le triomphe des douze 07:21
3. La lame du passé 09:28   
4. Mon esprit rôde toujours 06:58  
5. Spectres du solstice 09:21  
6. Enfants du lys 09:06

Time:  44:45

There was also a "Die Hard" edition of the release available. Limited to 100 copies, this edition came with an exclusive long-sleeved shirt designed by Tony Roberts.

"Crépuscule d'Octobre" was written in 2006, just before "Les hivers de notre époque".

English translations:

- Title: October Twilight

- #1: October Silence

- #2: The Triumph of the Twelve

- #3: The Blade of the Past

- #4: My Mind Is Still Wandering

- #5: Specters of Solstice

- #6: Children of the Lilly

Recording information:

"Enregistré par Forteresse au printemps et à l'été 2011."