Description

Still sealed double cd. Limited 200 copies

In early 1985, Warlock signed a contract with the major label Phonogram and recorded their second album Hellbound, produced by Henry Staroste and released in May 1985 on Vertigo Records in Europe. The band started to receive attention from the media and appeared in TV shows in the UK and Germany. Their first full European tour started in May of 1985. The tour stopped in what seems to be every German city possible but also shows in Holland, Belgium, France, Switzerland and England were performed. The shows in England received rave review by the British magazine Kerrang! and the group was elected Best New Band of 1985 in the Readers’ Poll of that magazine. This double album is from a show at Stadthalle in Cologne, Germany on the 11th of December and here you will experience a young Warlock still with their original line-up having a ball in front of their loyal followers in their home country. The band seem quite on form as they blast through tunes like Hellbound, Homicide Rocker, Evil and Metal Racer. The pace doesn’t ever really let up – Out Of Control, Sign Of Stan all tearing the place up a bit while some semblance of respite is provided by the ballad Without You with its nice rhythmic cadence and plaintive lyrics. Ending this night with Burning The Witches, Time To Die and Earthshaker Rock. As a bonus we have 7 tracks from the legendary Metal Hammer festival at the Freilichtbuhne in Loreley, St Goarshausen in Germany on the 14th of September 1985. The German metal magazine Metal Hammer was founded in 1983 and the first issue was released in January of 1984 and it was printed in 50 000 copies. The Metal Hammer festival that was held on the 14th of September of 1985 was the first festival arranged by the magazine and it had approx 30 000 visitors. The line-up for the day included Venom, Running Wild, Nazareth, Heavy Pettin, Wishbone Ash, Pretty Maids, Warlock, Savage Grace, Restless, Tyran Pace and the still little-known Metallica. And after that we have 3 tracks from a 1985 TV appearance. This gives you the chance to hear Doro Pesch in her prime with a passionate set of musicians behind her belting away. You also have Recommended for fans of Warlock and Doro Pesch.

Track list:
1. Intro
2. Hellbound
3. Homicide Rocker
4. Wrathchild
5. Hateful Guy
6. Evil
7. Shout It Out
8. Metal Racer
9. Out Of Control
10. Drum Solo
11. All Night
12. Sign Of Satan
13. Turn It On
14. Without You
15. After The Bomb
16. Burning The Witches
17. Time To Die
18. Earthshaker Rock