The_Nightcomers_(album)

<i>The Nightcomers</i> (album)

The Nightcomers (album)

1981 studio album by Holocaust


The Nightcomers is the debut studio album by Scottish heavy metal band Holocaust, released in 1981 at the apex of the new wave of British heavy metal phenomenon. The album was released by Holocaust's own label Phoenix Record And Filmworks and re-issued on CD by Edgy Records only in 2000. It was remastered and re-issued as a double CD by Castle/Sanctuary in 2003, including all the tracks from the "Smokin' Valves", "Heavy Metal Mania", and "Coming Through" singles and from the Live from the Raw Loud 'n' Live Tour EP.[3]

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The song "Death or Glory" was covered by American death metal band Six Feet Under on their 1997 album Warpath, as well as by German power metal Band Gamma Ray in their 2013 EP Master of Confusion. Gamma Ray also covered the song "Heavy Metal Mania" in 1995 in their single "Rebellion in a Dreamland" (later included as bonus track on the album Land of the Free re-issued).

Personnel

Band members
  • Gary Lettice – vocals
  • John Mortimer – guitars
  • Ed Dudley – guitars
  • Robin Begg – bass
  • Paul Collins – drums
Additional musicians
  • Raymond Marciano – drums on tracks 20-22
Production
  • Robert Bell – producer
  • Calum Malcom – engineer

References

  1. Rivadavia, Eduardo. "Holocaust The Nightcomers review". AllMusic. Rovi Corporation. Retrieved 6 October 2011.
  2. Popoff, Martin (1 November 2005). The Collector's Guide to Heavy Metal: Volume 2: The Eighties. Burlington, Ontario, Canada: Collector's Guide Publishing. pp. 161–162. ISBN 978-1894959315.

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