Flotsam And Jetsam "Cuatro (Japan, MCA Records, MVCM-242)"

Cuatro (meaning "four" in Spanish) is the fourth studio album by American heavy metal band Flotsam and Jetsam, released on October 13, 1992 via MCA Records. This was the band's first album with bassist Jason Ward, who had replaced Troy Gregory the year before.

While Cuatro continued the experimentation with a progressive/technical sound that began on Flotsam and Jetsam's previous album, When the Storm Comes Down, it saw them move away from thrash metal to a rather slower, slightly more melodic approach. Similar to its predecessor, Cuatro's lyrical themes are more about politics and society as opposed to the occult and evil themes that were used on the band's first two albums, Doomsday for the Deceiver and No Place for Disgrace.

The album was re-released on May 13, 2008 by Metal Mind Productions, remastered with five bonus tracks and limited to 2,000 copies. The re-release also contains new packaging and liner notes from band members Eric A.K., Jason Ward and Ed Carlson.

Chris Cornell of Soundgarden co-wrote "The Message" and is credited as Christopher Cornell.

Track listing

All songs written by Edward Carlson, Eric A. Knutson, Jason Ward, Kelly Smith, Michael Gilbert and Eric Braverman, except where noted.

1. "Natural Enemies" – 3:35
2. "Swatting at Flies" – 4:03
3. "The Message" – 4:32 (Carlson, Knutson, Ward, Smith, Gilbert, Cornell)
4. "Cradle Me Now" – 4:04 (Carlson, Knutson, Ward, Smith, Gilbert)
5. "Wading Through the Darkness" – 6:06
6. "Double Zero" – 3:43
7. "Never to Reveal" – 4:16
8. "Forget About Heaven" – 4:47
9. "Secret Square" – 5:21
10. "Hypodermic Midnight Snack" – 3:46
11. "Are You Willing" – 4:00
12. "(Ain't Nothing Gonna) Save This World" – 3:45

Time:  51:58

Produced by Neil Kernon

Eric Braverman – co-producer, production co-ordinator and the sixth Flotsam

mixed at Pakaderm Studios, Los Alamitos, California

recorded, engineered and mixed by Neil Kernon. Assistant engineers: Michelle Schindler, A.J. Justico

Doug Beiden, J.R. McNeely – mixing assistants

Howie Weinberg – mastering

Flotsam And Jetsam "Doomsday For The Deceiver (1992 Reissue, Japan, F.E.M.S., APCY-8101)"

Doomsday for the Deceiver is the debut album by Flotsam and Jetsam. It was released on July 4, 1986, on a budget of $12,000, and recorded in two weeks. It is the only album by Flotsam and Jetsam with Jason Newsted before his departure for Metallica. Most lyrics were written by Newsted; his songwriting contributions also appeared on the band's next album No Place for Disgrace and their 2012 album Ugly Noise. The album was re-released in 2006, including a re-mastered version, DVD, and original release. This album was the first of only a handful to ever receive a 6k rating from the influential British magazine Kerrang!. The album cover can be seen in the 1988 movie Sleepaway Camp II: Unhappy Campers.

Doomsday for the Deceiver was ranked at number six on Loudwire's top ten list of "Thrash Albums NOT Released by the Big 4".

Track listing

All songs written by Kelly David-Smith, Edward Carlson, Eric A.K., Jason Newsted, Michael Gilbert. All lyrics by Jason Newsted except "Iron Tears" by Jason Newsted and Jennifer Lowe, "Metalshock" by Jason Newsted and Eric A.K., "U.L.S.W." by Jason Newsted and Edward Carlson.

1. Hammerhead 06:15   
2. Iron Tears 03:52
3. Desecrator 03:50
4. Fade to Black 02:05   
5. Doomsday for the Deceiver 09:11
6. Metalshock 08:18
7. She Took an Axe 05:14   
8. U.L.S.W. 04:23  
9. Der Führer 05:46  
10. Flotzilla 06:08   
11. I Live You Die 06:18   

Time:  01:01:20  

"She Took An Axe" relates the story of Lizzie Borden who had been suspected of murdering her parents in 1892. The song has a jump-rope rhyme written about her at the time as a refrain.

"Der Fuhrer" refers to Adolf Hitler. The lyrics are more or less a story about Hitler, in which he is portrayed as being evil and a 'demon'. The lyrics were not meant to be sympathetic towards Hitler or the Nazi Party.

The original version of this album, vinyl/cassette/European CD, had the first nine songs. An extra track, "Flotzilla", appears on the American CD version and the 1992 remastered CD re-release by Metal Blade Records, while the European CD edition on Roadrunner Records in 1987 contained just the first nine tracks.

On the back cover of the French CD from 1992 the letters of songtitle 8 are mixed up as U.S.L.W.

A picture disc version was released in June 1987.

There was a 3-disc box-set version of "Doomsday For The Decevier" released in 2006, for the 20th Anniversary.

Disc one consists of the album and bonus tracks from the '85 Iron Tears demo:

11. Iron Tears (demo) (4:05)

12. I Live You Die (demo) (6:06)

Disc two has the album remixed and released and with bonus tracks from the '85 Metal Shock demo:

11. Hammerhead (demo) (6:34)

12. The Evil Sheik (demo) (5:26)

13. I Live You Die (demo) (6:26)

14. The Beast Within (demo) (4:09)

Disc three is a DVD with a live recording from Bootleggers 1985, with a tracklist as follows:

1. Iron Tears

2. Fade To Black

3. Metal Shock

4. She Took An Axe

5. Children Of The Night (Unreleased)

6. The Executionar (Unreleased)

7. Those Who Defy (Unreleased)

8. On The Attack (Unreleased)

9. I Live You Die

10. Hammerhead

11. The Beast Within

The Early Years:

01. Interview Part 1 (1983-84)

02. Iron Tears (Live at Palace West, New Years 1984)

03. Interview Part 2 (1983-84)

04. Hammerhead (Live in Jason's apartment 1985)

05. She Took an Axe (Live at The Pony Express 1985)

06. Photo History

Recording information:

Recorded at Music Grinder Recording Studios, Eldorado Recording Studios & Track Recording Studios, all in Hollywood, CA.

Mastered at Holland Cutting Room, Netherlands.

Fleischmann "Fleischwolf"

Fleischmann was a band from Germany, founded about 1990, that released several albums, their most popular one being "Hunger", which made its debut in 1995.

A single was released from the album titled "Ohne Traurigkeit". They received help on the "Hunger" album from Farin Urlaub (from Die Ärzte), who assisted in the backing vocals and chorus.

Fleischmann pioneered a style called "Neue Deutsche Härte", being ancestors of successful bands like Rammstein. Their style is a kind of a "missing link" between Metal and NDH.

Fleischmann is German for "Meat man" or "Flesh man".

All musicians were formerly members of East German punk rock bands.

Fleischwolf is their second album, released in 1993.

Track list:

1. Hölle 03:05   
2. Fleischwolf 04:49   
3. Projektor 03:25  
4. Kind der Depression 04:09   
5. Insekt 04:36  
6. Krieg 02:48  
7. Dreck 03:02   
8. Ordnung der Dinge III 02:43  
9. Krebs 04:15  
10. Alles ist gut (Deutsch Amerikanische Freundschaft cover) 05:04  
11. Praeteritum 02:03  

Total time:  39:59  

Also available on advanced Promo CD in cardboard sleeve, released in 1992 and produced by Sven Conquest.

Album title translation (from German): Meatgrinder

Song title translations (from German):

1. Hell

2. Meatgrinder

3. Projector

4. Child of depression

5. Insect

6. War

7. Filth/Dirt

8. Order of things III

9. Cancer/Crab

10. All is good (Deutsch Amerikanische Freundschaft cover)

11. Preterite

Fjoergyn "Monument Ende"

Monument Ende is the fourth album by German Epic/Symphonic Black Metal band Fjoergyn, released May 1st, 2013.

Track list:

1. Genesis 2.0 02:41   
2. Betonlethargie 07:13   
3. Leiermann 08:01   
4. Der Monolog des Antichristen 05:17   
5. Thanatos 06:48   
6. Antimensch 06:37   
7. S.I.N. 08:00  
8. Kyrie Eleison 03:45  
9. Monument Ende 12:18  
10. - 03:32  

Total time:  01:04:12  

"Betonlethargie" was released on October 12, 2012 as a promotional piece.

S.I.N. stands for "Suizid ist Nächstenliebe".

Recording information:

Recorded at All Orange Studio between May & December 2012.