Give 'Em Hell
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February 1980 |
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| Label (s) | Rondelet Records | |||
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7th |
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35 min. 52 sec. |
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Give 'Em Hell is the debut album of the NWoBHM band Witchfynde . The album was released in February 1980 via Rondelet Records. In 2004 Lemon Records released a re-release of the album with three bonus tracks.
History of origin
In 1979 the metal band Witchfynde , which had been founded three years earlier, won a recording contract with Rondolet Records. Before the album was released, the single Give 'Em Hell / Gettin' Heavy was released in December 1979 . Both songs were part of the debut album, which was released in the spring of 1980. The album was distributed in Germany through Bellaphon . The band then toured the United Kingdom in support of Def Leppard .
Album cover
The album shows a goat's head with long hair and a beard against a black background and with a pentagram above it . The band name, album title and eyes are marked in red, as well as another pentagram on the goat's forehead. The band Venom may have borrowed from this album for their artwork .
Track list
- Ready to Roll - 4:15
- The Divine Victim - 5:03
- Leaving Nadir - 6:12
- Gettin 'Heavy - 3:52
- Give 'Em Hell - 4:03
- Unto the Ages of the Ages - 8:54
- Pay Now - Love Later - 3:33
The 2004 re-release also includes The Devil's Gallop , Tetelestai and Wake Up Screaming .
style
In the Tales of the Macabre , the music of earlier Witchfynde albums was described as an obscure version of Black Sabbath in conjunction with the early works of Judas Priest . In their lyrics, the band referred to occult and satanic topics before the black metal pioneer band Venom did so. Like many bands of the early NWOBHM, the band combined their hard rock with punk elements. In contrast to the simultaneously active Venom and Angel Witch , the band also took borrowings from progressive rock .
reception
At the time of publication, the album was recorded mixed. Associated with Black Sabbath and Ozzy Osbourne, many reviewers criticized the artificial satanism and occultism that featured on the album. Other reviewers, such as Jaspers and Oliviers in their book Encyclopedia of Hard Rock and Heavy Metal , as well as Matthias Mader ( New Wave of British Heavy Metal Vol. 2 ), on the other hand, praised the album for the mixture of "short, aggressive metal tracks ( ...) and sedate, almost eerie experimental songs ”.
Lars Ulrich von Metallica put together the sampler NWOBHM '79 Revisited in 1990 , on which the title Leaving Nadir is included. Although the band took up occult themes even before Venom and Bathory and, like them on their debut album, featured a goat's head and a dog's foot on the cover , the later black metal scene did not attach any importance to them.
literature
- Matthias Mader: Witchfynde . In: Matthias Mader, Otgar Jeske, Manfred Kerschke et al. (Ed.): New Wave of British Heavy Metal Vol. 2 . IP Verlag Jeske / Mader, Berlin 1997, ISBN 3-931624-03-X , p. 279-281 .
Web links
- Give 'Em Hell on Discogs.com
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b c Matthias Mader: Witchfynde . S. 280 .
- ↑ Witchfynde biography at allmusic.com. Accessed November 20, 2011.
- ↑ a b Luther Beltz - The Lord of Sin returned… In: Tales of the Macabre , No. 6, pp. 9f.
- ↑ Give 'Em Hell at Allmusic (English). Retrieved May 25, 2011.