Warlord "The Holy Empire (Japan, Rubicon Music, RBNCD-1149)"

The Holy Empire is the third album by American Power Metal band Warlord, released March 20th, 2013.

Tracklist:

1. 70,000 Sorrows 06:55  
2. Glory 06:24
3. Thy Kingdom Come 06:49
4. City Walls of Troy 03:34
5. Kill Zone 07:37
6. Night of the Fury 07:14   
7. Father 05:21
8. The Holy Empire 11:30
9. Aliens (live)     04:31 

Time:  01:00:05 

- Cover painting Joshua Commanding the Sun to Stand Still Upon Gibeon by John Martin.

- In Memoriam - Alan C. Zonder (1959-2012).

- Issued with Obi strip.

Recording information:

- Recorded in Florida, California, Ohio, and Australia.

- Track 5 vocals were recorded at Cursing Stone Studios.

- Engineered and mastered at Silvermine Studios, CT.

- Track 9 was recorded on April 18th, 2013 in Dittigheim, Germany.

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.

Various Artists "Metal Massacre III (1994 Reissue Remastered, USA, Metal Blade Records, 3984-14043-2)"

Metal Massacre is a series of compilation albums released through Metal Blade Records. It is famous for "shedding light" on bands such as The Obsessed, Trouble, Overkill, Metal Church, Metallica, Slayer, Virgin Steele, Hellhammer, Voivod, Armored Saint, Lizzy Borden, Possessed and more.

In 1981, Brian Slagel, founder of Metal Blade Records, decided to put out a compilation of unsigned, underground metal bands. Throughout the 1980s and early 1990s he continued to release more volumes of the compilations. Metal Massacre XII was released in 1995 and was the final Metal Massacre album until Metal Massacre XIII, released 11 years later in 2006. Metal Massacre XIII differed from the previous releases which featured primarily unsigned bands, containing mostly established bands on the Metal Blade roster.

Metal Massacre III – 1983 

1. "Aggressive Perfector" – Slayer – 3:29
2. "Riding in Thunder" – Bitch – 3:57
3. "Armageddon" – Tyrant* – 5:14
4. "Piranahs" – Medusa – 2:11
5. "Bite the Knife" – Test Pattern – 5:25
6. "Blitzkrieg" – Black Widow – 2:56
7. "Mrs. Victoria" – Warlord – 5:55
8. "Let's Go All the Way" – Virgin Steele – 3:12
9. "Fire and Wind" – Sexist – 3:00
10. "Hell Bent" – Znowhite – 1:49
11. "The Kid" – Marauder – 3:01
12. "Fist and Chain" – La Mort – 2:37

*Song title renamed to "The Battle of Armageddon" on their debut album.

Tracks A1 to A3 & A5 recorded @ Track Records, Los Angeles, CA.

Track A4 recorded @ Prime Minister Studios, Glendale, CA.

Tracks A6 & B1 recorded @ Sound And Vision Studios, North Hollywood, CA.

Track B2 recorded @ Sonic Sound Studios, Freeport, N.Y.

Track B3 recorded @ Total Access Recording, Redondo Beach, CA.

Track B4 recorded @ Soto Sound, Exanston (i.e. Evanston), Ill.

Track B5 recorded somewhere in Southern California.

Track B6 recorded @ Casbah Studios, Fullerton, CA.

Cover Art - Eso Design Studios, Ltd.

Mastered @ MCA Whitney, Glendale, CA.

© 1983 Metal Blade Records.

Various Artists "Metal Massacre II (1994 Reissue, Remastered, Metal Blade Records, 3984-14042-2)"

Metal Massacre is a series of compilation albums released through Metal Blade Records. It is famous for "shedding light" on bands such as The Obsessed, Trouble, Overkill, Metal Church, Metallica, Slayer, Virgin Steele, Hellhammer, Voivod, Armored Saint, Lizzy Borden, Possessed and more.

In 1981, Brian Slagel, founder of Metal Blade Records, decided to put out a compilation of unsigned, underground metal bands. Throughout the 1980s and early 1990s he continued to release more volumes of the compilations. Metal Massacre XII was released in 1995 and was the final Metal Massacre album until Metal Massacre XIII, released 11 years later in 2006. Metal Massacre XIII differed from the previous releases which featured primarily unsigned bands, containing mostly established bands on the Metal Blade roster.

Metal Massacre II – 1982

1. "Lesson Well Learned" – Armored Saint – 2:51
2. "Mind Invader" – 3rd Stage Alert – 3:51
3. "Rivet Head" – Surgical Steel – 3:03^
4. "Shadows of Steel" – Obsession – 4:31
5. "Scepters of Deceit" – Savage Grace – 3:45
6. "No Holds Barred" – Overkill* – 4:12
7. "Lucifer's Hammer" – Warlord – 3:18
8. "Such a Shame" – Trauma** – 2:53
9. "It's Alright" – Dietrich – 3:26
10. "Inversion" – Molten Leather – 4:04
11. "Kings" – Hyksos – 6:11
12. "Heavy Metal Virgin" – Aloha*** – 3:01

^ Surgical Steel featured Jeff Martin and Greg Chaisson who reunited in Badlands in the early 1990s.

* The Overkill on the compilation is not the same as the East Coast Overkill on Vol. 5.

** Trauma featured Cliff Burton who later became the bassist for Metallica.

*** Aloha featured Marty Friedman, later of Cacophony and Megadeth fame.