Death Metal (split album)

Death Metal is a 1984 split album by the bands Helloween, Hellhammer, Running Wild, and Dark Avenger. It contains the only recorded material by the German group Dark Avenger besides their 1985 demo tape.[1]

Death Metal
Compilation album by
Helloween, Hellhammer, Running Wild, and Dark Avenger
ReleasedMay 1984
RecordedFebruary–March 1984 at Caet Studio, Berlin
Genre
Length32:29
LabelNoise

The album offers a snapshot of the Central European metal scene during the end of the early 1980s. At that time, Running Wild had yet to develop their "pirate metal" focus[2] and considered themselves a black metal band. Helloween had more of a thrash or speed metal sound compared to the more melodic power metal style they would soon develop. Hellhammer were the darkest and heaviest band of the foursome and would later evolve into the group Celtic Frost.[3]

Running Wild's songs appear as Japanese bonus tracks on their 1995 album, Masquerade;[4] Helloween's tracks appear on the second disc of the 2006 remastered and expanded edition of their 1985 album, Walls of Jericho;[5] and Hellhammer's tracks appear on the 1990 re-issue of their 1984 EP, Apocalyptic Raids.[6]

Track listing
Running Wild[7]
No.TitleLength
1."Iron Heads"3:38
2."Bones to Ashes"5:07
Hellhammer[7]
No.TitleLength
3."Revelations of Doom"2:46
4."Messiah"4:30
Dark Avenger[7]
No.TitleLength
5."Black Fairies"3:33
6."Lords of the Night"3:47
Helloween[7]
No.TitleLength
7."Oernst of Life"4:41
8."Metal Invaders"4:27

Credits
Running Wild
  • Rock 'n' Rolf Kasparek – vocals, guitars
  • Gerald "Preacher" Warnecke – guitars
  • Stephan Boriss – bass
  • Wolfgang "Hasche" Hagemann – drums
Hellhammer
Dark Avenger
  • Siegfried Kohmann – vocals
  • Bernd Piontek – guitars
  • Claus Johannson – guitars
  • Uwe Neff – bass
  • Andreas Breindl – drums
Helloween

References
  1. "Dark Avenger (2)". Discogs. Retrieved 22 April 2023.
  2. "Yes, Pirate Metal Is a Real Thing and Here Are 5 of the Best Bands". iHeart. Retrieved 22 April 2023.
  3. Grow, Kory (15 August 2019). "The Triumph of Tom G. Warrior". Rolling Stone. Retrieved 22 April 2023.
  4. Running Wild – Masquerade Album Reviews, Songs & More | AllMusic, retrieved 22 April 2023
  5. Helloween – Walls of Jericho, retrieved 22 April 2023
  6. Fischer, Thomas Gabriel (2000). Are You Morbid? Into the Pandemonium of Celtic Frost. London: Sanctuary Publishing Limited. p. 8.
  7. "Running Wild / Hellhammer / Helloween - Death Metal [Split] [Demo]". Metal Storm. Retrieved 5 November 2012.
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