Various Artists "Scandinavian Metal Attack II"

Scandinavian Metal Attack II is a compilation album, released in May 1985.

Track list:

Side A

1. Oz - Third Warning 05:24   
2. Biscaya - Howl in the Sky 04:54   
3. Bathory - Hades 02:48  
4. Mentzer - Voodoo 03:47  
5. Highscore - Knock the Boss 03:08  
6. Trash - Bombay-Mail 04:10  

Side B

1. Biscaya - Rockin' Vehicles 03:45   
2. Oz - Turn the Cross Upside Down 04:31   
3. Trash - Drop and Die 05:48  
4. Bathory - War 02:15   
5. Highscore - Power of Drinks 03:02  
6. Mentzer - Russian Roulette 04:24  

Total time:    47:56

Cover painting by Philip Carl Wahlbom (1810-1858) - Gustav II Adolf's Death at the Battle of Lutzen. 1885.

Recording information:

Track A1:

- Recorded at Electra Studios, Stockholm, Sweden.

- Mixed at Sonet Studios, Stockholm, Sweden.

Track B2:

- Recording information unknown.

Track A2 & B1:

- Recorded in August 1983 at Electra Studio, Stockholm, Sweden.

- Mastered at the Cutting Room, Stockholm, Sweden.

- Co-produced & co-mixed by Biscaya.

Tracks A3 & B4:

- Recorded at Heaven Shore Studio, Stockholm, Sweden.

- Mixed at Electra Studio, Stockholm, Sweden.

Tracks A4 & B6:

- Recording information unknown.

Tracks A5 & B5:

- Recording information unknown.

Tracks A6 & B3:

- Recorded at Electra Studio, Stockholm, Sweden.

- Mixed at Stockholm Recording Studios, Stockholm, Sweden.

- Co-produced by Trash.

(p) & (c) Tyfon Grammofon AB, Stockholm Sweden.

Printed in W. Germany. Imprimé en Allemagne.

Various Artists "Scandinavian Metal Attack"

Scandinavian Metal Attack es una álbum split de las bandas Oz, Trash, Spitfire, Zero Nine, y los conocidos Bathory. Todas las canciones fueron producidas por The Boss (Borje Forsberg).

La pintura de de la portada es "Thor's fight with the giants" de Mårten Eskil Winge, 1872.

Remasterizado y re-lanzado en cd de 1996 por Black Mark Productions.

Lista de canciones

1. "Fire in the Brain" - 02:56
2. "Watch Out" - 04:58
3. "Sacrifice" - 04:15
4. "Eyes of Storm" - 05:29
5. "Under the Sun" - 03:37
6. "No More Rock Tonight" - 03:43
7. "Walk Away" - 03:57
8. "Search Lights" - 03:20
9. "Crazy Living" - 03:52
10. "The Return of Darkness and Evil" - 04:55

Canciones 1 y 8 de Oz

Canciones 2 y 6 de Trash

Canciones 3 y 10 de Bathory

Canciones 4 y 9 de Spitfire

Canciones 5 y 7 de Zero Nine

Trash line up:

Tony Hellander - Vocals

Gene Ball - Guitars

Mike "Mojo" Mocadem - Guitars

Pete "P-J" Jägerhult - Bass

Rudy "Runner" Fluch - Drums

The Bathory tracks are different versions from those that appear on the Bathory and The Return...... albums.

Recording information:

Recorded and mixed at Electra Studio and Stockholm Recording (Stockholm, Sweden).

Lacquer cut at Cutting Room (Stockholm, Sweden).

Oz "Roll The Dice"

Oz (styled as OZ) is a heavy metal band originally from Nakkila, Finland. It was formed in 1977, split in 1991 and re-established 2010.

Since 1983 OZ has been active mostly in Sweden as the band members moved to Stockholm after the release of their second album. In 2010 drummer Mark Ruffneck (born Pekka Mark), bassist and main songwriter Jay C. Blade (born Jukka Homi, but has changed his name to Jukka Lewis) and vocalist Ape De Martini (born Tapani Hämäläinen) re-formed the band together with Costello Hautamäki and Markku Petander. As of 2017, Oz is consisted of four different members with Ruffneck being the original sole member.

After Oz got a royalty check for Turn the Cross Upside Down in the amount of 666 SEK, Jay C. Blade decided to stop writing Satanic songs.

The band was previously inactive from 1991 to February 2010.

Roll The Dice is the fifth album, released in 1991.

Recording information:

- Recorded at Sky Trak Studio, Berlin (June-July 1990)

- Mixed at Montezuma Studio, Stockholm (Jan-Feb 1991)

- Co-produced by Oz.