All Topics  
Death Metal (Split album)

 

 
   Email Print
   Bookmark   Link
 

 

Death Metal (Split album)
 
 
  Topics Death Metal (Split album) Topic Home

Death Metal is a split album
Split album

A split album is a music album which includes tracks by two or more separate artists. There have been Single and Extended play released in the same nature, which can be referred to as split singles and split EPs respectively....
 by the bands Helloween
Helloween

Helloween are a Germany power metal/speed metal band founded in the mid 1980s by members of Iron Fist and Powerfool. The band is known as one of the pioneering power metal bands, being part of the German Heavy metal music/speed/power metal scene that included Accept, Running Wild , Blind Guardian, Grave Digger , Sinner , and Rage ....
, Hellhammer
Hellhammer

Hellhammer was an influential extreme metal band from Switzerland, active during 1982?1984. They are regarded as a key influence on black metal, and one of the founders of death metal....
, Running Wild
Running Wild (band)

Running Wild are a Germany Heavy metal music band, formed in 1976 in Hamburg. They were part of the German heavy/speed/power metal scene to emerge in the early to mid 1980s, along with bands such as Helloween, Rage , Accept, Sinner , and Grave Digger ....
 and Dark Avenger. It contains the only recorded material of the German band Dark Avenger.

The album offers an interesting point of view of the ebullience and creativity of the Central European metal scene in the mid-80s. At that time Running Wild
Running Wild

Running Wild may refer to:Film* Running Wild , Duncan McLachlan's 1992 South African animal adventure film, starring Brooke Shields and Martin Sheen...
 had yet to develop their pirate metal schtick and considered themselves a black metal
Black metal

Black metal is an extreme metal subgenre of Heavy metal music. It often employs fast tempos, shrieked vocals, highly distorted guitars played with tremolo picking, double-kick drumming, and unconventional song structure....
 band. Helloween
Helloween

Helloween are a Germany power metal/speed metal band founded in the mid 1980s by members of Iron Fist and Powerfool. The band is known as one of the pioneering power metal bands, being part of the German Heavy metal music/speed/power metal scene that included Accept, Running Wild , Blind Guardian, Grave Digger , Sinner , and Rage ....
 themselves were more of a thrashy speed metal
Speed metal

Speed metal is a sub-genre of heavy metal music originating in the early 1980s, rooted in the New Wave of British Heavy Metal and hardcore punk....
 act rather than the melodic power metal
Power metal

Power metal is a style of heavy metal music combining characteristics of traditional heavy metal with thrash metal or speed metal, often within symphonic context....
 vehicle they'll develop into.






Discussion
Ask a question about 'Death Metal (Split album)'
Start a new discussion about 'Death Metal (Split album)'
Answer questions from other users
Full Discussion Forum



Encyclopedia


Death Metal is a split album
Split album

A split album is a music album which includes tracks by two or more separate artists. There have been Single and Extended play released in the same nature, which can be referred to as split singles and split EPs respectively....
 by the bands Helloween
Helloween

Helloween are a Germany power metal/speed metal band founded in the mid 1980s by members of Iron Fist and Powerfool. The band is known as one of the pioneering power metal bands, being part of the German Heavy metal music/speed/power metal scene that included Accept, Running Wild , Blind Guardian, Grave Digger , Sinner , and Rage ....
, Hellhammer
Hellhammer

Hellhammer was an influential extreme metal band from Switzerland, active during 1982?1984. They are regarded as a key influence on black metal, and one of the founders of death metal....
, Running Wild
Running Wild (band)

Running Wild are a Germany Heavy metal music band, formed in 1976 in Hamburg. They were part of the German heavy/speed/power metal scene to emerge in the early to mid 1980s, along with bands such as Helloween, Rage , Accept, Sinner , and Grave Digger ....
 and Dark Avenger. It contains the only recorded material of the German band Dark Avenger.

The album offers an interesting point of view of the ebullience and creativity of the Central European metal scene in the mid-80s. At that time Running Wild
Running Wild

Running Wild may refer to:Film* Running Wild , Duncan McLachlan's 1992 South African animal adventure film, starring Brooke Shields and Martin Sheen...
 had yet to develop their pirate metal schtick and considered themselves a black metal
Black metal

Black metal is an extreme metal subgenre of Heavy metal music. It often employs fast tempos, shrieked vocals, highly distorted guitars played with tremolo picking, double-kick drumming, and unconventional song structure....
 band. Helloween
Helloween

Helloween are a Germany power metal/speed metal band founded in the mid 1980s by members of Iron Fist and Powerfool. The band is known as one of the pioneering power metal bands, being part of the German Heavy metal music/speed/power metal scene that included Accept, Running Wild , Blind Guardian, Grave Digger , Sinner , and Rage ....
 themselves were more of a thrashy speed metal
Speed metal

Speed metal is a sub-genre of heavy metal music originating in the early 1980s, rooted in the New Wave of British Heavy Metal and hardcore punk....
 act rather than the melodic power metal
Power metal

Power metal is a style of heavy metal music combining characteristics of traditional heavy metal with thrash metal or speed metal, often within symphonic context....
 vehicle they'll develop into. Hellhammer
Hellhammer

Hellhammer was an influential extreme metal band from Switzerland, active during 1982?1984. They are regarded as a key influence on black metal, and one of the founders of death metal....
 were the darker and heavier band of the foursome and would later be regarded as pioneers and inspirators by generations of European extreme metallers.

Track listing

Running Wild
1. "Iron Heads" - 3:38
2. "Bones to Ashes" - 5:07


Hellhammer
3. "Revelations of Doom" - 2:46
4. "Messiah" - 4:30


Dark Avenger
5. "Black Fairies" - 3:33
6. "Lords of the Night" - 3:47


Helloween
7. "Oernst of Life" - 4:41
8. "Metal Invaders" - 4:27


Credits

Running Wild line-up:
  • RockīnīRolf Kasparek - Vocals, Guitars
  • Gerald "Preacher" Warnecke - Guitars
  • Stephan Boriss - Bass
  • Wolfgang "Hasche" Hagemann - Drums


Hellhammer line-up:
  • Tom "Satanic Slaughter" Warrior
    Thomas Gabriel Fischer

    Thomas Gabriel Fischer , earlier known by his stage name of "Tom Gabriel Warrior", is a Switzerland singer and guitarist. He is considered to be one of the pioneers of the death metal style of singing or growling....
     - Vocals, Guitars
  • Martin "Slayed Necros" Ain
    Martin Eric Ain

    Martin Eric Ain is the left-handed bassist of Swiss thrash metal band Celtic Frost. According to a recent interview, Ain is, in fact, an Pseudonym....
     - Bass
  • Bruce "Denial Fiend" Day - Drums


Dark Avenger line-up:
  • Siegfried Kohmann - Vocals
  • Bernd Piontek - Guitars
  • Claus Johannson - Guitars
  • Uwe Neff - Bass
  • Andreas Breindl - Drums


Helloween line-up:
  • Kai Hansen
    Kai Hansen

    Kai Michael Hansen is a power metal guitarist and vocalist.Serving as founding member, lead guitarist, and vocalist of power metal band Helloween, and his own formed band Gamma Ray, Kai Hansen has been proven to be one of the most influential figures in power metal, and has sold millions of albums worldwide....
     - Vocals, Guitars
  • Michael Weikath
    Michael Weikath

    Michael Weikath is the guitarist of the Germans Power metal band called Helloween."Weiki" is one of the Helloween founding members, and along with the musicians Kai Hansen , Markus Grosskopf and Ingo Schwichtenberg , Weikath integrated the first Helloween line up in 1982 in music....
     - Guitars
  • Markus Grosskopf
    Markus Grosskopf

    Markus Gro?kopf, born September 21 1965 in Hamburg, Germany, is the bass guitarist, and one of only two remaining original members of the German power metal band Helloween ....
     - Bass
  • Ingo Schwichtenberg
    Ingo Schwichtenberg

    Ingo Schwichtenberg was one of the founding members of German power metal band Helloween and was famous for his high-energy drumming and ear-to-ear smile....
     - Drums