In the Nightside Eclipse was the first full-length album and fourth official release by Norwegian symphonic black metal band Emperor. It features one of Emperor's best-known songs, "I Am the Black Wizards". It was recorded in July, 1993 at Grieghallen and released in 1994 by Candlelight Records. The cover was drawn by "Necrolord", also known as Kristian Wåhlin. The album is considered a landmark in the black metal scene, with some considering it to be one of the best black metal albums ever made. This was also the last album to feature drummer Faust and the only one to feature one-time bassist Tchort.
In 1999, the album was remastered and re-released, with two cover songs as bonus tracks. The first bonus track is the Bathory song "A Fine Day to Die". The second is the song "Gypsy" by Mercyful Fate. For the re-release, the opening tracks "Intro" and "Into the Infinity of Thoughts" were combined, and the album came packed in a paper slipcase to cover the traditional jewel case, both featuring the same artwork.
Track listing 1. "Intro" - 0:51 2. "Into the Infinity of Thoughts" -- 8:14 3. "The Burning Shadows of Silence" -- 5:36 4. "Cosmic Keys to My Creations and Times" -- 6:06 5. "Beyond the Great Vast Forest" -- 6:01 6. "Towards the Pantheon" -- 5:57 7. "The Majesty of the Night Sky" -- 4:54 8. "I Am the Black Wizards" -- 6:01 9. "Inno a Satana" -- 4:48
Credits * Ihsahn -- guitars, vocals, keyboards * Samoth -- guitars * Tchort - bass * Faust - drums * Charmand Grimloch - keyboards ("Gypsy" only) * Trym - Drums ("Gypsy" and "A Fine Day to Die" only) * Alver - bass ("Gypsy" and "A Fine Day to Die" only) * Music written by Ihsahn & Samoth. * Lyrics by Mortiis, Ihsahn & Samoth
Gates to Purgatory is the first album by Running Wild. It predates their piracy themes and mostly has satanically influenced lyrics but also features song with anarchic and libertarian (in the sense of European libertarianism) themes.
The following tracks appeared on the CD release: 1. "Walpurgis Night" -- 4:09 (This track is cut off very close to the end due to the condition of the master tape on most releases) 2. "Satan" -- 5:00
Trivia * The sludge metal band Kingdom of Sorrow made a cover of the song "Soldiers of Hell" in their album Behind the Blackest Tears.
Rocka Rolla is the debut album by the British heavy metal group Judas Priest, released in 1974. It was produced by Rodger Bain, who had made a name for himself as the producer of Black Sabbath's first three albums.
This album was played entirely "live" (i.e. all musicians playing simultaneously as in a concert, vs. the more popular method of each musician's parts being recorded separately and then mixing them).
According to the band there were technical problems in the studio, resulting in poor sound quality and a hiss through the album. The band further claims that the producer had too much control over track selection, and omitted their more popular stage classics- in particular, Tyrant, Genocide and Victim Of Changes. These songs were eventually included on their next album. In addition, the songs "Winter", "Deep Freeze", and "Winter Retreat" form a suite, however they are listed as separate tracks and divided as such on the CD release. The song Dying To Meet You contains a clear break before an unlisted song (often known as Hero Hero) begins. It may be possible that the record company insisted on there being ten tracks on the album which led to these decision. Many of the songs were written before Rob Halford joined the band. The track "Caviar and Meths" was originally a 14-minute epic penned by Halford's predecessor, Al Atkins, but due to time constraints, only the intro is recorded for the album. A longer version of the song appears on original vocalist Al Atkins's 1998 album Victim of Changes. Though not the full-length version, it is notably longer at seven minutes. The album also contains covers of the songs "Winter" and "Never Satisfied".
At this point of the band's career, they had not yet developed their signature look of leather and studs. They had appeared on a British television programme called The Old Grey Whistle Test in 1975, performing "Rocka Rolla" and "Dreamer Deceiver", and their wardrobe was very "hippified" as journalist Malcolm Dome put it. This footage was included on the "Electric Eye" DVD. In addition, the album has some slight progressive rock influences that would continue through to Stained Class, but to a lesser extent, and would be abandoned in later releases. Although those same progressive rock influences are resumed again and can be heard on their latest albums Angel of Retribution and Nostradamus.
Drummer John Hinch would be dismissed in 1975, before the next record was to begin being recorded, for what Glenn Tipton would later call him being "musically inadequate".
The album was reissued in 1987 with a different cover. Reportedly the band was unhappy with the original cover art and logo, as it did not fit with their image as a heavy metal band. There are also rumours that the Coca Cola Company brought legal pressure because the original album art too closely resembled their most famous brand. The re-issue cover art (By artist Mel Grant, and originally used as the cover for the novel The Steel Tsar) was also used for the US cover of Ballistix for the Turbo Grafx 16 and Commodore Amiga.
Since the album was released during the period when K.K. Downing was the band's frontman, this remains the only album on which he is the primary songwriter. On future albums, songs were usually written by Halford, Downing and Tipton, most songs being written by either two or all three of them.
Judas Priest haven't performed any of the songs from Rocka Rolla live since the mid-late 1970s, although Rob Halford's band Halford performed "Never Satisfied" during live shows in 2003.
Track listing No. Title Writer(s) Length 1. "One for the Road" Rob Halford, K.K. Downing 4:34 2. "Rocka Rolla" Halford, Downing, Glenn Tipton 3:05 3. "Winter" Al Atkins, Downing, Ian Hill 1:42 4. "Deep Freeze" Downing 1:21 5. "Winter Retreat" Halford, Downing 3:28 6. "Cheater" Halford, Downing 2:59 7. "Never Satisfied" Atkins, Downing 4:50 8. "Run of the Mill" Halford, Downing, Tipton 8:34 9. "Dying to Meet You/Hero, Hero" Halford, Downing 6:23 10. "Caviar and Meths" Atkins, Downing, Hill 2:02
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