• Founded in 1978 by John Mortimer, according to their official website, "Holocaust was so named with the idea in mind that a Heavy Metal band should have an impact like that of a nuclear bomb exploding". Holocaust might have been a small, albeit important and influential footnote in the annals of the New Wave Of British Heavy Metal (NWOBHM) if it wasn't for the patronage of one very famous group of fans when Metallica acknowledged their influence in 1987, when they released 'The $5.98 E.P. - Garage Days Re-Revisited EP'. The EP included their faithful cover of Holocaust's 'The Small Hours', and later featured it on the 1998 multi-platinum 'Garage Inc.'
• Originally forming in Scotland in 1977, and influenced by the heavy metal greats of the 1970s, while fuelled with a punky exuberance, the first line-up of the band featured founder member John Mortimer. Holocaust set out their stall to spread 'Heavy Metal Mania', the fitting title of their debut 45 in 1980, championed by Geoff Barton in the pages of Sounds and Kerrang!, they released their full length debut in 1981. Songs such as 'Death Or Glory', 'The Small Hours' and of course 'Heavy Metal Mania' have been covered by acts as diverse as the aforementioned Metallica, as well as Gamma Ray, Six Feet Under and Meat Puppets.
• The NWOBHM era represents the first phase of the band, as a gap of five years separated their 1984 album, 'No Man's Land', and 'The Sound Of Souls' (CD1) in 1989, by which time vocalist and guitarist John Mortimer, joined by Steve Cowen on drums and Graham Hall on bass, had moved away from their NWOBHM roots, to adopt a more technical thrash sound, taking inspiration from some of the bands that they had once influenced, such as Voivod. 'The Sounds Of Souls' was followed in 1992 by 'Hypnosis Of Birds', re-issued in expanded form in 1996 as 'Spirits Fly' (CD2). Moving towards a more progressive sound. 1997's 'Covenant' (CD3) balanced the more traditional metal sounds with newer thrash influences, while 2000's more personal 'The Courage To Be' (CD4) was followed by a return to a more progressive thrash-orientated sound for 'Primal' (CD5) in 2003, featuring darker lyrical themes, and a line-up that now included guitarist John McCullim, bassist Bryan Bartley and drummer Ron Levine, joining original member John Mortimer.
TRACK LIST
DISC ONE: The Sound Of Souls (1989) 1. This Annihilation 2. I Smash The Void 3. Dance Into The Vortex 4. Curious
5. Three Ways To Die 6. Death Or Glory 7. Heavy Metal Mania 8. The Small Hours
DISC TWO: Spirits Fly (Hypnosis Of Birds) (1992/1996) 1. Into Lebanon 2. The Small Hours 3. Hypnosis Of Birds 4. The Tower 5. Book Of Seasons 6. Mercier & Camier 7. Summer Tides 8. Mortal Mother 9. Cairnpapple Hill 10. In The Dark Places Of The Earth 11. Caledonia 12. Heavy Metal Mania 13. Death & Glory 14. Master Of Puppets 15. War In Heaven
DISC THREE: Covenant (1997) 1. Leper's Progress 2. Salt Heart 3. Return To Dust 4. Paradox 5. The Battle Of Soaring Woodhelven 6. Valley Of Megiddo 7. Mount Thunder 8. We Shall See Him As He Is 9. Alexander 10. The Infinite
11. Absent Friend
DISC FOUR: The Courage To Be (2000) 1. The Collective 2. A Gentleman's Penny-Farthing 3. Neurosis 4. When Penelope Dreams (Part One) 5. When Penelope Dreams (Part Two) 6. From The Mine Shaft To The Bike Shed 7. Fundamentalist
8. Spanner Omlette 9. Home From Home 10. The Age Of Reason
DISC FIVE: Primal (2003) 1. Iron Will 2. Black Box 3. Hell On Earth 4. Transcendence 5. Fools (Bring On The Light)
6. Made Righteous 7. It's Your Dream 8. They Colonize 9. Colossus 10. Lost Horizons
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| Item weight: | 0,35 kg |
Importer/responsible:
Name: High Roller Records
Address: Bertolt-Brecht-Str. 1a, 08412 Werdau, Germany
E-Mail: info@hrrshop.de
