Lizzy Borden releases My Midnight Things album, Primordial re-issues ‘Spirit The Earth Aflame’ and ‘Storm Before Calm’ albums, Siege Of Power sign to Metal Blade, King Diamond re-issues ‘In Concert 1987: Abigail’, ‘The Graveyard’ and ‘The Spider’s Lullabye’ albums.
For decades, Lizzy Borden has been one of theatrical rock’s top front-men. And TODAY Borden will issue his first album in 11 years, My Midnight Things, via Metal Blade Records.
The extended layoff between albums has not dulled his desire to rock and shock. “Although we have stayed busy touring all over the world, I missed being a recording artist. I look at the new album as a new beginning, I pushed the restart button on my career,” Borden comments.
Having signed a new contract with Metal Blade on the strength of three demo tracks, Borden opted to produce My Midnight Things himself, with Joey Scott as co-producer, who also handled all the drumming duties. “I knew what I was going for and had doubts that I could find a producer who would understand that,” Borden explains. “My approach is very different than what is happening in today’s current sound.”
The album was also mixed by Greg Fidelman (Metallica, Black Sabbath, Adele, U2) and mastered by Tom Baker (David Bowie, Rob Zombie, Marilyn Manson, Tom Petty).
Out now!
nervegas.com.au/MetalBlade
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Out of print for awhile, two classic Primordial albums will be re-issued on vinyl on July 13th:
Spirit The Earth Aflame and Storm Before Calm! These are without a doubt the best vinyl versions you will get from these titles! Both albums have been remastered by Patrick W. Engel for the best sound quality possible and include posters.
Primordial comments: “Finally after a long, long time we are able to announce the vinyl re-issues of both our third album, ‘Spirit The Earth Aflame’, and fourth, ‘Storm Before Calm’, treated with the respect they deserve after all these years, and those are many years indeed! Remastered for vinyl with restored and complete artwork and finally an aesthetic vision that compliments, defines and emboldens the music instead of the cheap, instant and nasty version that appeared all those years ago – and a special mention to ‘Storm…’, which now has the proper artwork it was always meant to have! We are proud to stand behind these versions and to realize an ambition long held by the band to give people the definitive vinyl versions of these albums!”
Pre-order your copies now at Indie Merch, or EMP
Primordial released their new album, Exile Amongst The Ruins, earlier this year through
Metal Blade Records.
www.nervegas.com.au/metalblade
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No bullshit compromises of any kind whatsoever. That’s what Siege Of Power is all about! Siege Of Power started in 2013 as a project without any expectations.
Shortly after releasing a split album it was left for dead, buried and almost forgotten until the rotten corpse was exhumed in 2017.
This resulted in a no-nonsense extreme metal album mixed with several doomdozers. Influences vary from Carnivore and SOD to Discharge and Amebix, done in their own style.
Siege Of Power is:
Chris Reifert – Vocals (Autopsy, Violation Wound, Abscess, Painted Doll)
Paul Baayens – Guitars (Asphyx, ex-Hail of Bullets, Thanatos)
Theo van Eekelen – Bass (ex-Hail of Bullets, ex-Houwitser, ex-Grand Supreme Blood Court)
Bob Bagchus – Drums (ex-Asphyx, Soulburn, ex-Grand Supreme Blood Court)
Comments Chris Reifert on the Metal Blade signing: “Well, this is pretty fucking cool. Metal Blade was one of the early metal labels I discovered as a young teenager while questing for the next heavy thing and I discovered tons of bands through their regular album and EP releases as well as the highly influential Metal Massacre series. My history with MB is deep, whether they know it or not and here we are now working together at last. Hell yeah!”
Bob Bagchus: “The name Metal Blade is metal magic to me. Always has been since my early pubic years. Names such as Metallica, Slayer, Trouble, Hallows Eve are as strongly connected to Metal Blade as to my childhood when I first got into metal. Being signed by them with Siege of Power is a great feeling and perhaps the crown of my ‘musical’ career!”
The Siege Of Power debut album, Warning Blast, will drop in September and more information about it will be revealed shortly. Stay tuned!
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On August 3, King Diamond will release LP re-issues of the classic albums In Concert 1987: Abigail, The Graveyard, and The Spider’s Lullabye via Metal Blade Records.
Available as 180g picture discs, these exclusive editions can be purchased now at:
nervegas.com.au/king-diamond
“You can spiral yourself into darkness with these classic King Diamond albums, or you can exhibit them on your wall like I will. Either way, enjoy.” – King
See below for the albums’ track-listings, and stay tuned for more King Diamond re-issues coming soon!
In Concert 1987: Abigail track-listing
Side A
1. Funeral
2. Arrival
3. Come to the Sabbath
4. The Family Ghost
5. The 7th Day of July 1777
6. The Portrait
Side B
7. Guitar Solo by Andy
8. The Possession
9. Abigail
10. Drum Solo
11. The Candle
12. No Presents for Christmas
The Spider’s Lullabye track-listing
Side A
1. From the Other Side
2. Killer
3. The Poltergeist
4. Dreams
5. Moonlight
Side B
6. Six Feet Under
7. The Spider’s Lullabye
8. Eastmann’s Cure
9. Room 17
10. To the Morgue
The Graveyard track-listing
Side A
1. The Graveyard
2. Black Hill Sanitarium
3. Waiting
4. Heads on the Wall
Side B
5. Whispers
6. I’m Not a Stranger
7. Digging Graves
8. Meet Me at Midnight
Side C
9. Sleep Tight Little Baby
10. Daddy
11. Trick or Treat
Side D
12. Up from the Grave
13. I Am
14. Lucy Forever
