''Northwest Metalfest'' is a compilation album of songs by ten different

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-area metal bands, first released in 1984 by Ground Zero Records in the U.S. and Steamhammer Records in Germany.

Track listing

The length listed is taken from the CD edition.

Personnel

Bands

Lipstick *Paul Passarelli – vocals *Brock Graue – guitar *Brett Miller – bass *Jeff Cardelli – drums Open Fire *Greg Costa – vocals *Phil See – guitar, keyboard *Bob Fisher – guitar *Mark Stella – bass *Kevin Merriam – drums Koda Khan *Bill Ackron – vocals *Doug Roberts – guitar *Cory Sandahl – bass *Jay Roberts – drums Overlord *Steve Van Liew – vocals *Glen Logan – guitar *Kurt Lofstrom – guitar *Doug Blake – bass *Kenny Kubsen – drums Rottweiller *Paul Crisman – vocals *Michael Winston – guitar *Tim Wolfe – bass *Doug Marrapodi – drums Bondage Boys * Vaun Hammer – vocals *Geode V. Winson – guitar *Rexx D’Le’Roxx – bass *Father Onray – drums Sato *Dean Jeffries – vocals *Terry Lee – guitar *Ken Kramer – guitar * Mike Starr – bass *Dave Jensen – drums Strike *Joe Milner – vocals *Gregg Stock – guitar *Scott Piteo – bass *

Ken Mary Ken K. Mary is an American musician who has worked as a drummer, producer, engineer, and record executive on over thirty-five albums. He has worked in genres from heavy rock to choral music. Mary is best known for his work with acts such as ...

– drums Mace *Vence Larose – vocals, drums *Dave Hillis – guitar *Kirk Verhay – bass Metal Church *

David Wayne David Wayne (born Wayne James McMeekan; January 30, 1914 – February 9, 1995) was an American stage and screen actor with a career spanning over 50 years. Early life and career Wayne was born in Traverse City, Michigan, the son of Helen M ...

– vocals *

Kurdt Vanderhoof Kurdt Vanderhoof (born June 28, 1961) is an American guitarist, best known as the rhythm guitarist and founding member of the heavy metal band Metal Church. Biography As early as 1976, Vanderhoof actively networked with local musicians in ...

– guitar *Craig Wells – guitar *Duke Erickson – bass *Kirk Arrington – drums

Production

Individual tracks/bands * Produced and engineered by Tom Hall (A1); Open Fire, David Thompson, and Brad Spur (A2); Koda Khan and Gordy Kjellberg (A3); Overlord and Tom Bertoldi (A4); Bondage Boys and Don Dodge (B1); Sato and Tom Hall (B2); Mace and Tom Bertoldi (B4); Metal Church and Richard Rogers (B5) *Produced by Goldy McJohn, Gordy Kjellberg, Rottweiler (A5); Gregg Stock (B3) *Engineered by

Terry Date Terry Date (born January 31, 1956) is an American record producer and audio engineer specializing in rock genres, especially heavy metal. He is well known for his work with Metal Church, Dream Theater, Soundgarden, Overkill, Pantera, Dark Ang ...

(B3) *

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by Jack Barr (B5) * Band photos by Patricia Ridenour (Lipstick); Lynn DeBon (Open Fire); Greg Cass (Koda Khan); Julianne Anderson (Overlord); Mike Crisman (Rottweiler); Craig Holt (Bondage Boys); Ashly Bexten (Sato, Mace); Saulis Pempe (Strike); Randy Butler (Metal Church) * Stage Managing by John Stocks (Open Fire) Album *

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by Jeff Gilbert and Willie Mackay *Sequencing and equalization by Tom Hall *

Mastered Mastering is a form of audio post production which is the process of preparing and transferring recorded audio from a source containing the final mix to a data storage device called a master recording, the source from which all copies will be ...

by Ron Luder *

Cover art Cover art is a type of artwork presented as an illustration or photograph on the outside of a published product, such as a book (often on a dust jacket), magazine, newspaper ( tabloid), comic book, video game ( box art), music album ( album ar ...

by Vern White *

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– Stacy Sidener *

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by Glen Boyd *Album title by Brett Miller *Inspiration by Diane Harris and Kim Harris

Band releases

;Koda Khan *''Tales from the Darkside 83–88'' (2016) ;Overlord *''Broken Toys'' (1982) *''Broken Toys: Expanded Deluxe Edition'' (2017) ;Rottweiller *''Screams of the Innocent'' (2002) *''Rage of War'' (2004) ;Sato *''Leather Warriors - Sato Anthology 82/86'' (2017) ;Strike *''Strike'' (1984) ;Mace *''Process of Elimination'' (1985) *''The Evil in Good'' (1987) ;Metal Church * Metal Church discography

References

{{reflist 1984 compilation albums Heavy metal compilation albums