''Death Metal'' is a 1984

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by the bands Helloween, Hellhammer, Running Wild, and Dark Avenger. It contains the only recorded material by the German group Dark Avenger. 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" schtick and considered themselves a

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band. Helloween were more of a thrashy speed metal act rather than the melodic power metal vehicle into which they would soon develop. Hellhammer were the darker and heavier band of the foursome and would later evolve into the group

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. Running Wild's songs appear as Japanese bonus tracks on their 1995 album, ''

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''; Helloween's tracks appear on

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of the 2006 remastered and expanded edition of their 1985 album, '' Walls of Jericho''; and Hellhammer's tracks appear on the 1990 re-issue of their 1984 EP, '' Apocalyptic Raids''.Fischer, Thomas Gabriel (2000). ''Are You Morbid? Into the Pandemonium of Celtic Frost''. London: Sanctuary Publishing Limited. p. 8.

Track listing

Credits

;Running Wild * Rock 'n' Rolf Kasparek – vocals, guitars * Gerald "Preacher" Warnecke – guitars * Stephan Boriss – bass * Wolfgang "Hasche" Hagemann – drums ;Hellhammer * Tom "Satanic Slaughter" Warrior – vocals, guitars * Martin "Slayed Necros" Ain – bass * Bruce "Denial Fiend" Day – drums ;Dark Avenger * Siegfried Kohmann – vocals * Bernd Piontek – guitars * Claus Johannson – guitars * Uwe Neff – bass * Andreas Breindl – drums ;Helloween * Kai Hansen – vocals, guitars *

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– guitars * Markus Grosskopf – bass * Ingo Schwichtenberg – drums

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Death Metal (Split Album) Helloween albums Hellhammer albums Running Wild (band) albums 1984 EPs Split EPs Noise Records EPs