Various Artists "A Tribute To Judas Priest: Legends Of Metal - Vol. II (Japan, Victor Entertainment, VICP-5790)"

A Tribute to Judas Priest: Legends of Metal Vol. II is a tribute album, released in 1997 by Century Media Records. It includes several rock and metal bands such as Forbidden, Angra, Nevermore, Heavens Gate, Blind Guardian, Kreator, and Iced Earth, covering songs by British heavy metal band Judas Priest. Some of the songs included in this album have been previously released by the artists.

Tracklist:

Volume 2

1. "The Ripper" Iced Earth 2:44
2. "Beyond the Realms of Death" Blind Guardian 7:02
3. "The Sentinel" Heavens Gate 5:00
4. "Love Bites" Nevermore 5:21
5. "Exciter" Gamma Ray 5:01
6. "Dissident Aggressor" Forbidden 2:45
7. "Painkiller" Angra 6:04
8. "Tyrant" Overkill 4:00
9. "Grinder" Kreator 3:57
10. "Dreamer Deceiver" Skyclad 4:05
11. "Bloodstone" Stratovarius 3:55
12. "Screaming for Vengeance" Virgin Steele 5:11
13. "Night Comes Down" Leviathan 4:19

Issued in a standard jewel case with a clear tray. Includes a 20-page booklet with English credits, release information and lyrics, Japanese commentary, and English/Japanese track list. Also includes an obi printed on both sides.

The commentary is credited as: 1996年8月21日 前田岳彦/BURRN!

Vocals credit for track 12 incorrectly credited on release as Mille Halford.

From the back cover and obi:

Digital Recording

Track information from the booklet:

1 - Recorded at: Morrisound Studios, Tampa, Florida

2 - Recorded at: The Twilight Hall, Krefeld

Mixed at: Central Sound Studios, Hamburg

3 - Recorded & mixed at: Gate Studios, Wolfsburg

4 - Recorded at: Village Productions, Tornity, TX.

5 - Recorded at: Hansen Studios, Hamburg

6 - Recorded at: The Music Annex, Menlo Park, CA.

7 - Produced & engineered [...] for S.C. & Services

Recorded at: Be Bop Studio, Sao Paulo

Mixed [...] at: Sky Studio, Munich

8 - Recorded at: Filthy Tracks, Rochester, N.Y.

The Carriage House, Standford, CT

Mixed at: The Carriage House

9 - Recorded at: Woodhouse Studios, Hagen

10 - Recorded & mixed at: Jacobs Studios, Surrey

11 - Recorded at: Crownhill Studios & Finnvox Studios

12 - Recorded & mixed at: Media Recording, Babylon, LI, N.Y.

13 - Recorded at: Colorado Sound Studios

Overkill "The Wings Of War (Limited Edition Digipak)"

The Wings of War is the 19th studio album by American thrash metal band Overkill, released on February 22, 2019. It is the band's first album to feature drummer Jason Bittner, making it their first one without Ron Lipnicki since ReliXIV (2005), as he had left Overkill shortly after the release of its predecessor The Grinding Wheel (2017).

About a year after the release of The Grinding Wheel, Overkill announced that they were in the studio working on demos for their nineteenth studio album. Two months later, Bittner announced on his Facebook page that they were "in pre-production" for the album, writing, "And were in pre production this week.......been awhile since I dusted the 'ol Rolands off but we're pressed for space..."

When asked in an April 2018 interview with Jimmy Kay of Canada's The Metal Voice what fans could expect to hear from the album, frontman Bobby "Blitz" Ellsworth stated, "I think we caught a wave on the last four records. Part of that wave was Ron Lipnicki behind the drums, and Ron is now gone, so I don't know what to expect. But the beauty of it is that when you're inside the writing team, that's what becomes motivational. Now, obviously, it's gonna be a heavy metal record; we don't deviate so much from our formula, but what is that record gonna sound like? At this point, it sounds like a metal record to me. I think Jason Bittner's addition to the band is gonna make it bombastic in some cases; he's the state of the art when it comes to hitting the skins. So I really think that we have an opportunity here to make something that is great. Who knows? It could be a new chapter, and somewhere in that realm of unknown is what excites me now." Ellsworth also stated that the album was expected to be released in February 2019, and ten songs were written "but they're all up for change. The way we kind of write is it evolves from a riff and then it becomes a song and then it becomes arranged."

On June 1, 2018, the band announced that they had begun recording their nineteenth studio album. During an interview with Eddie Trunk on Trunk Nation on October 10, 2018, bassist D. D. Verni announced that the album was finished; he was quoted as saying, "I just got the final sequencing and all that, so that's all buttoned up. We're working on the cover now. We still don't have a title — we're gonna have to come up with that soon — but we have a lot of things floating around. And the new release will probably be in February."

On November 28, 2018, Overkill announced that their nineteenth studio album was titled The Wings of War and would be released on February 22, 2019. On the making of the album, Ellsworth stated: "It was a blast making The Wings of War! It is something old feeling new again, as our chemistry was altered by the addition of Jason Bittner. I was curious from the get-go, how would it pan out? I think what we accomplished here is a new, upgraded Overkill that embraced the new chemistry, while taking our roots into the present. The new formula produced not only more raw power, but more places to go with melody, a win, win. The key is being not only interested in the change, but part of it. I'll tell you what, it's still fun as hell making Overkill records."

On January 3, 2019, the band released the first trailer of the album in the form of a documentary series entitled "Welcome to the Garden State", which tells about the history of the band.[15] On January 28, 2019, the band announced the Wings over the USA tour, which began on April 25 in Baltimore and included support by Death Angel and Act of Defiance.

The Wings of War has received positive reviews by music critics. Blabbermouth.net writer Jay H. Gorania gave the album a rating of seven-and-a-half out of ten, and called it "everything that longtime fans would hope for." He concluded his review, writing, "It's an impressive feat for an aging thrash metal band to release one of its best efforts three decades into the game, and that's exactly what they did with 2010's Ironbound. Now, the band is nearly 40 years old, and even though The Wings of War doesn't quite pack Ironbound's punch, it is marginally better than the three albums sandwiched between the two: The Electric Age, White Devil Armory and The Grinding Wheel. While The Wings of War isn't essential nor mandatory listening, per se, it's most certainly good and entertaining, and it serves as a fine soundtrack for working out or getting ready for a night on the town."

Nathan Dufour from KNAC.com gave The Wings of War a rating of four out of five and called it "a sparkling gem," while Agoraphobic News referred to it as Overkill's best album since Ironbound. Loudwire named it one of the 50 best metal albums of 2019.

Despite receiving positive reviews, The Wings of War was considered something of a commercial disappointment in light of its predecessors—The Electric Age, White Devil Armory and The Grinding Wheel—having entered the top 100 on the Billboard 200. The album peaked at number 158 on the chart, making it Overkill's third lowest chart position behind Taking Over and Ironbound. However, The Wings of War was well-received in Europe, particularly on the German charts where it debuted at number five, making it Overkill's highest-ever chart position.

Track listing

All tracks are written by D. D. Verni and Bobby Ellsworth.

1. "Last Man Standing" 5:49
2. "Believe in the Fight" 5:03
3. "Head of a Pin" 5:56
4. "Bat Shit Crazy" 4:33
5. "Distortion" 6:09
6. "A Mother's Prayer" 3:58
7. "Welcome to the Garden State" 4:42
8. "Where Few Dare to Walk" 5:25
9. "Out on the Road-Kill" 4:41
10. "Hole in My Soul" 4:47
11. "In Ashes" (CD bonus track) 5:35

Total length: 56:38

CD packaged in tri-fold digipak. Includes 16 page booklet with photos, lyrics, and credits.

500 copies of limited digipak were available for purchase only in Nuclear Blast Europe Distro (Mailorder Edition) as an exclusive bundle - limited digipak + patch.

Official video:

- Welcome to the Garden State.

Official lyric videos:

- Last Man Standing.

- Head of a Pin.

Recording information:

Produced by Overkill.

Recorded at: Gear Recording Studio in Shrewsbury, New Jersey, spring 2018; SKH Studio in Stuart, Florida; JRod Productions in Pomona, New York.

Drums recorded at Shorefire studio in Long Branch, New Jersey.

V.A. "Get Thrashed: The Story Of Thrash Metal"

Get Thrashed is a 2006 American documentary directed by Rick Ernst and starring Lars Ulrich, Sully Erna, Frank Bello, Death Angel, Dave Mustaine and many others.

Get Thrashed traces the impact of thrash metal. It is the story of the hardest metal music of the 1980s and 1990s as told by the bands who lived it.

The GET THRASHED journey begins in the early 80s, where Metallica and several other bands laid the groundwork for what would become a lasting impression on the face of heavy metal music. These bands helped ignite local scenes in Los Angeles, the Bay area of California and New York City, which helped fuel a worldwide thrash metal movement. By the dawn of the 1990's, thrash bands had gone from playing backyard barbeque parties to headlining arenas and Metallica were on their way to becoming one of the biggest metal acts of all time. But as legions of headbanging, stage diving and moshing metalheads were flocking to see their favorite bands, the tides had begun to change. In the early 1990's, a changing musical landscape sent thrash spiraling back into the underground. Some of the musicians passed away, some returned to their day jobs and some bands broke up. While the music lived on, the scene was forever changed. 

Here is the list of bands & songs as they appear in GET THRASHED ...

EXODUS  - Bonded By Blood

OSMIUM  - Massacre

ULYSSES SIREN  - Leviathan

URTO - Second Coming

EXIT TO ETERNITY - Coming Down

OSMIUM - World of Anguish

CONCRETE COFFIN - Stoned to Death

THE LAW - The Lawman & The Law

KAOS  - Paralyzed By Fear

STEVE CONE - Rest in Peace

KRONIN - Womb to Tomb

VISCID - Cycle of Evil

STEVE CONE - I Live My Life Like I Wanna Live

OSMIUM  - Kind Suicide

METALLICA - Hit the Lights

METALLICA - Whiplash

OSMIUM - The Consecration

MEGADETH - Wake Up Dead

MEGADETH - Killing is My Business ... And Business is Good

MEGADETH  - Peace Sells ... But Who's Buying?

STEVE CONE  - She Will Survive

SLAYER  - Hell Awaits

SLAYER  - Raining Blood

SLAYER  - Angel of Death

OSMIUM  - World of Anguish

ULYSSES SIREN - Lake of Fire

EXIT TO ETERNITY - Coming Down

EXODUS - And Then There Were None

EXODUS  - Bonded By Blood

CONCRETE COFFIN  - Concrete Coffin

EXODUS  - Toxic Waltz

STEVE CONE - High Roller

KRONIN - Aman, Amen

OSMIUM - The Overcoming

ULYSSES SIREN - Leviathan

RESPONSE NEGATIVE - Faithless

CONCRETE COFFIN - Betrayal

RESPONSE NEGATIVE - Etched in Sickness

STEVE CONE - This Is Not the End

EXIT TO ETERNITY - Mindless Pawns

ANTHRAX  - A.I.R.

ANTHRAX - Indians

KAOS - Burning Scars

OSMIUM - Disciplined Love

KAOS - Kaos Among Us

SUICIDAL TENDENCIES -  Institutionalized

CONCRETE COFFIN - Death Shake

EXIT TO ETERNITY - From the Depths

URTO - Numbers

THE LAW - Can U Not Talk

KREATOR - Pleasure to Kill

NOCTURNAL FEAR -  Pagan Rites

URTO - Bugger Off

OSMIUM - Jesus Lover

VISCID - Random Acts of Lunacy

PANTERA - Cowboys From Hell

STEVE CONE  - Free / Mental Breakdown

KAOS - Paralyzed By Fear

STEVE CONE - Face It

KRONIN - Aman, Amen

NOCTURNAL FEAR - Grave Hill

THE LAW  - The Lawman & The Law (end credits)

Here is a list of all the artists & journalists in order of appearance:

Corey Taylor  / SLIPKNOT 

Gene Hoglan / DARK ANGEL 

Dave Mustaine  /MEGADETH 

Sean Killian / VIO-LENCE 

Gary Holt /  EXODUS 

Zetro Souza / EXODUS  

Tom Hunting / EXODUS 

Kirk Hammett / METALLICA 

Jim LaMarca / CHIMAIRA 

Rob Arnold / CHIMAIRA  

Frank Bello / ANTHRAX 

Blitz / OVERKILL 

Sully Erna / GODSMACK 

Chris Jericho / FOZZY  

Kerry King / SLAYER 

Tom Araya / SLAYER 

Rat Skates / EX OVERKILL  

Bobby Gustafson / EX OVERKILL 

Dan Lilker / NUCLEAR ASSAULT 

Eddie Trunk / THAT METAL SHOW  

DJ Will / KNAC  

Lars Ulrich / METALLICA 

Todd Gordon / TORRID RECORDS 

Tom Angelripper / SODOM

Rich Bienstock / GUITAR WORLD MAGAZINE 

Ian Christie / SOUND OF THE BEAST 

Brian Slagel / METAL BLADE RECORDS 

Marten Hagstrom / MESHUGGAH 

Phil Anselmo / PANTERA-DOWN-SUPERJOINT RITUAL 

Ron Quintana / RAMPAGE RADIO 

LAMB OF GOD 

DEATH ANGEL

Katon W. De Pena / HIRAX

Harald Oimoen/ PHOTGRAPHER

Brian Fair / SHADOWS FALL

Jason Bitner / SHADOWS FALL

Paul Romanko / SHADOWS FALL

Mille Petrozza / KREATOR

Danny Shipman / REALITY CHECK TV

The Zazulas / EX-MEGAFORCE RECORDS

Steven Blush / AMERICAN HARDCORE

Anders Friden / IN FLAMES

Opie / METAL DJ

Eric Peterson / TESTAMENT

Chuck Billy / TESTAMENT

Evan Seinfeld / BIOHAZARD

Billy Graziadei / BIOHAZARD

Lee Altus/ EXODUS-HEATHEN

David White / HEATHEN

Jed Simon/ STRAPPING YOUNG LAD

VISCID

KITTIE

CONCRETE COFFIN

THE OLD BRIDGE MILITIA

Jamey Jasta / HATEBREED

KILLSWITCH ENGAGE

CHARLIE BENANTE / ANTHRAX

Spike Cassidy / DRI

Kurt Brecht / DRI

SEPULTURA

David Ellefson / MEGADETH

John Connelly / NUCLEAR ASSAULT 

Sjors / EX OCCULT

Bjorn Strid / SOILWORK

Mike Sifringer / DESTRUCTION

Per Jensen / THE HAUNTED

Overkill "Wrecking Everything – An Evening in Asbury Park"

Wrecking Everything – An Evening in Asbury Park is a 2002 live DVD by thrash metal band Overkill. It was recorded at The Paramount, Asbury Park, New Jersey on March 23, 2002. This is the very first Overkill DVD/VHS and the video counterpart to their Wrecking Everything live album.

Track listing

Disc 1: An Evening in Asbury Park – Live

1. "Necroshine"
2. "Thunderhead"
3. "Evil Never Dies"
4. "Deny the Cross"
5. "Wrecking Crew"
6. "Powersurge"
7. "Gasoline Dream"
8. "I Hate"
9. "Coma"
10. "Shred"
11. "Hello from the Gutter"
12. "Bleed Me"
13. "Long Time Dyin"
14. "It Lives"
15. "Battle"
16. "Spiritual Void"
17. "The Years of Decay"
18. "In Union We Stand"
19. "Overkill"
20. "Horrorscope"
21. "Rotten to the Core"
22. "Elimination"
23. "Fuck You/War Pigs"

Disc 2: Special Features

• Batmen: The Return (Chaly Speaks Documentary) – 85 min.
• Behind the Scenes – 5 min.
• Photo Gallery