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Harris Johns
Harris Johns is a German music producer, active since the late-1970s in the heavy metal and punk scene, working for a lot of big-name bands, such as Helloween, Coroner (band), Coroner, Tankard (band), Tankard, Sodom (band), Sodom, Voivod (band), Voivod, Kreator, Exumer, Ratos de Porão, Slime (band), Slime, Daily Terror and many others. Most of his productions were recorded at his studio Music Lab Berlin Studio. After 10 years recording in a former guest house in the countryside near Berlin, which he called Spiderhouse, he reopened the Music Lab Berlin in 2007 and gave it up 2016. He is still producing and teaching music production skills. Some of the hundreds of albums he produced: * Slime – ''Alle gegen Alle'' (1983) * :de:Daily Terror, Daily Terror – ''Aufrecht'' (1984) * Grave Digger (band), Grave Digger – ''Heavy Metal Breakdown'' (1984) * Helloween – ''Walls of Jericho (album), Walls of Jericho'' (1985) * Grave Digger – ''Witch Hunter (album), Witch Hunter'' (198 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Helloween
Helloween is a German power metal band founded in 1984 in Hamburg by members of bands Iron Fist, Gentry, Second Hell and Powerfool. The band has at times been called one of the most influential European heavy metal bands of the 1980s. Its first lineup consisted of singer and guitarist Kai Hansen, bassist Markus Grosskopf, guitarist Michael Weikath and drummer Ingo Schwichtenberg. By the time Hansen left Helloween in 1989 to form Gamma Ray (band), Gamma Ray, the band had evolved into a five-piece, with Michael Kiske taking over as lead vocalist. Schwichtenberg and Kiske both parted ways with Helloween in 1993; Schwichtenberg died two years later as the result of suicide. Between then and 2016, there had been numerous line-up changes, leaving Grosskopf and Weikath as the only remaining original members. As a septet, their current lineup features all of the surviving members of the ''Keeper of the Seven Keys'' lineup (Hansen, Weikath, Kiske, Grosskopf), in addition to the remaining ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tragic Serenades
''Tragic Serenades'' is an EP by Swiss extreme metal Extreme metal is a loosely defined umbrella term for a number of related heavy metal music subgenres that have developed since the early 1980s. It has been defined as a "cluster of metal subgenres characterized by sonic, verbal, and visual tran ... band Celtic Frost, released in July 1986 through Noise Records. The EP features three reworked tracks from previous releases. Overview According to frontman Thomas Gabriel Fischer, the purpose of this EP was to include Martin Eric Ain's bass lines and improve on Horst Müller's original production of two tracks from '' To Mega Therion''. The re-recorded version of "Return to the Eve" shows Reed's habit of loudly goofing off during songs, with Reed loosely sharing lead vocals. The original version was featured on the '' Morbid Tales'' album. Celtic Frost included this "party-like studio jam" of the song on ''Tragic Serenades'' as their "first public display of light-hearted ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Consuming Impulse
''Consuming Impulse'' (stylized as ''Consvming Impvlse'') is the second album by Dutch death metal band Pestilence, released in 1989. While retaining some of the thrash metal elements from its predecessor ''Malleus Maleficarum'' (1988), ''Consuming Impulse'' saw the band progress further towards a pure death metal style. ''Consuming Impulse'' was also their first release with then-new guitarist Patrick Uterwijk, and their last one to feature bassist and vocalist Martin van Drunen. It was reissued along with ''Testimony of the Ancients ''Testimony of the Ancients'' is the third album by the Dutch death metal band Pestilence, released in 1991 on Roadrunner Records. This was their first release with a new lineup, with Tony Choy replacing Martin van Drunen on bass, while guita ...'' on Roadrunner Records' Two from the Vault series. ''Decibel'' gave positive reviews to it as a cult classic. Track listing Credits * Patrick Mameli - guitar, bass *Patrick Uterwijk - guita ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pestilence (band)
Pestilence is a Dutch death metal band founded in Enschede in 1986. They have been through various membership changes throughout their existence, with guitarist-vocalist Patrick Mameli as the sole constant member. After disbanding in order to pursue other musical directions in 1994, Pestilence reunited in 2008, and was put on a "permanent hold" in July 2014. However, the band reunited once again in October 2016. To date, Pestilence has released ten studio albums, and they are one of technical death metal's "big four", along with Death (metal band), Death, Atheist (band), Atheist, and Cynic (band), Cynic. History Early career (1986–1990) Pestilence started in the Netherlands in mid-1986 as a thrash metal band. The lineup, consisting of Patrick Mameli (guitar, vocals), Randy Meinhard (guitar), and Marco Foddis (drums), recorded two demos before gaining the attention of Roadrunner Records. After the first demo, Martin van Drunen (bass, vocals) joined them. After signing with Roa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Brasil (Ratos De Porão Album)
''Brasil'' is the fourth album by Brazilian crossover thrash band Ratos de Porão, which was released in 1989 through Roadrunner Records. Considered by many fans the masterpiece of Ratos' discography, this record was the passport to the world scene. It was recorded in Berlin, and produced by Harris Johns, who produced bands such Tankard and Exumer. This can be considered as a true crossover album, mixing hardcore and metal A metal () is a material that, when polished or fractured, shows a lustrous appearance, and conducts electrical resistivity and conductivity, electricity and thermal conductivity, heat relatively well. These properties are all associated wit .... Available in Portuguese and English versions. Track listing Personnel * Vocals - João Gordo * Guitars - Jão * Bass - Jabá * Drums - Spaghetti * Backing vocals - David Pollack, Archi (Happy Hour) and Frank Preece (Exumer) References 1989 debut albums Ratos de Porão albums Roadrunner Records a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hobbs' Angel Of Death (album)
Hobbs' Angel of Death was an Australian thrash metal band that began in 1987 in Melbourne, and are one of the first Australian groups to perform in that genre. They released two studio albums, ''Hobbs' Angel of Death'' (1988) and ''Inheritance'' (1995) before disbanding in 1996. They reformed in 2002 and released a compilation album, ''Hobbs' Satan's Crusade'' (2003), and a third album ''Heaven Bled'' (2016). History Hobbs' Angel of Death was formed in January 1987 in Melbourne, initially as a solo project for ex-Tyrus guitarist Peter Hobbs. With the help of ex- Nothing Sacred members, Karl Lean (bass guitar), Sham Littleman (drums) and Mark Woolley (guitar), the band recorded two demos, ''Angel of Death'' and ''Virgin Metal Invasion from Down Under'', that attracted interest from overseas labels. They are one of the first Australian groups to perform European style thrash metal. Although playing traditional style thrash metal, Hobbs described his band's sound as "virgin metal" ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Agent Orange (album)
''Agent Orange'' is the third studio album by German thrash metal band Sodom, released on 1 June 1989 by SPV/Steamhammer. It was their last album with guitarist Frank Blackfire (who would later join Kreator) until his return to the band in 2018. The lyrical content delves deeply into Tom Angelripper's fascination with the Vietnam War, with a song dedicated to the ground assault aircraft AC-47 as well as the Agent Orange defoliant-inspired title-track. It was their first album to enter the German album charts where it reached number 36. Agent Orange sold 100,000 copies in Germany alone and marked the commercial break through for the band. The song "Ausgebombt" was released on the EP ''Ausgebombt'' with German lyrics. The album's liner notes carry the message: "This album is dedicated to all people – soldiers and civilians – who died by senseless aggressions of wars all over the world." In March 2010, ''Agent Orange'' was re-released in a digipak with bonus tracks and liner n ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Persecution Mania
''Persecution Mania'' is the second studio album by German thrash metal band Sodom, released on 1 December 1987 by Steamhammer/SPV. The album marked the beginning of the change in sound from having elements of thrash metal, speed metal and black metal to mostly being thrash metal. As well as defining Sodom's sound, it exemplified the thrash metal genre at a time when it arguably peaked in popularity. The album also bore similarity to the music of other German bands such as Destruction and Kreator, and the term "Teutonic" thrash was coined from this. Despite what the cover may imply, the lyrical themes of the album are centred more around politics and war than religion. This is largely due to guitarist Frank "Blackfire" Gosdzik joining the band. He brought new songwriting aspects to the band that gave it a much more organized and clearer sound, as well as helping Sodom to carve a lyrical niche that it still practices to this day. The outro guitar lead in track 9, "Bombenhagel", ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dimension Hatröss
''Dimension Hatröss'' ( ) is the fourth studio album by the Canadian heavy metal band Voivod. It was released in 1988 on Noise Records and is a concept album which narrates the exploits of Voivod’s mascot cyborg Korgull. The cover concept and artwork was produced by drummer Michel Langevin. Estimated sales are more than 70,000 copies, worldwide. The " Batman Theme"'s cover only appears on the CD version, it is not present on the original vinyl and cassette pressings. In 2017, ''Dimension Hatröss'' was added by the US magazine ''Rolling Stone'' to its Top 100 Metal Albums of All Time list at No. 78. The word Hatröss is pronounced by singer Snake ( Denis Bélanger) in French as the word ''atroce'', meaning terrible or horrible. In 2024, a collection of early recordings was released under the title "Latitude" by Blacky's label, Minemine Records. Track listing All songs were written by Voivod, except where indicated. Personnel ;Voivod *Snake ( Denis Bélanger) - vocals ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Killing Technology
''Killing Technology'' is the third studio album by Canadian heavy metal band Voivod. It was released in 1987 on Noise Records and was the first to combine elements of progressive rock in the band's thrash metal sound. According to interviews contemporary to the release of ''Killing Technology'', by 1986 Voivod were more influenced by hardcore punk and crossover bands than by other metal bands, with only Kreator and Motörhead still appreciated by all band members. Estimated sales are more than 60,000 copies worldwide. A music video was made for the song "Ravenous Medicine". The cassette and CD edition includes the two tracks from the Too Scared to Scream / Cockroaches single. Track listing All songs were written by Voivod. Lyrics by Snake. Personnel ;Voivod *Snake (Denis Bélanger) – vocals *Piggy (Denis D'Amour) – guitar, mixing assistant *Blacky ( Jean-Yves Thériault) – bass, mixing assistant *Away (Michel Langevin) – drums, artwork ;Production *Harris John ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Morning After (Tankard Album)
Tankard is a German thrash metal band from Frankfurt, founded in 1982. Alongside Kreator, Destruction and Sodom, Tankard is often considered one of the "Big Four" of Teutonic thrash metal. Stylistically, Tankard have consistently played thrash metal that thematically centres primarily on alcohol reverence, unlike the remaining "Big Teutonic Four" (Kreator, Destruction and Sodom), who are all known for covering such topics related to death, politics, violence and anti-fascism. History Formation and early years (1982–1985) Tankard was formed in 1982 by three classmates, bassist Andreas "Gerre" Geremia, guitarist Axel Katzmann and vocalist Frank Thorwarth. Thorwarth and Gerre soon switched roles; at the same time the trio added drummer Oliver Werner and second guitarist Bernhard Rapprich. They chose their name from a dictionary upon seeing its definition as "beer mug". Their earliest written song was called "Ray Death", a song about nuclear war and their first gig was played ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chemical Invasion
''Chemical Invasion'' is the second studio album by German thrash metal band Tankard A tankard is a form of drinkware consisting of a large, roughly cylindrical, drinking cup with a single handle. In recent centuries tankards were typically made of silver or pewter, but can be made of other materials, for example glass, wood, ..., released in October 1987. Reception Reviews have been "generally positive" after its release. A review from Rock Hard gave it a high review, praising it as an improvement over their debut album; Stating how it's far better in terms of songwriting and playing technique. "Chemical Invasion is certainly anything but boring," they claimed while also praising the riffs, powerful rhythm work, and Gerre's merciless bawling as giving the nine songs character. Track listing Personnel *Andreas "Gerre" Geremia – vocals *Andy Boulgaropoulos – guitar *Axel Katzmann – guitar *Frank Thorwarth – bass, backing vocals *Oliver "O.W." Werner – d ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
