Sortilège is the debut EP

Extended play

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 by French

France

The French Republic , The French Republic , The French Republic , (commonly known as France , is a unitary semi-presidential republic in Western Europe with several overseas territories and islands located on other continents and in the Indian, Pacific, and Atlantic oceans. Metropolitan France...

 heavy metal

Heavy metal music

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 band Sortilège

Sortilège (band)

Sortilège was a French heavy metal band from Paris, whose style lay between Judas Priest and Iron Maiden. Regarded by many as a cult band of the French scene, the group ceased to exist in 1986.-Biography:...

. It was released by Rave-On Records in 1983

1983 in music

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CD

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 reissue as bonus tracks contains English

England

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 versions of Bourreau, Gladiateur and Amazone. It also contains three songs from the album Metamorfosis (English release of Métamorphose

Métamorphose (Sortilège album)

Métamorphose is first studio album by French Heavy metal band Sortilège released in 1984. It was the first album released by Madrigal. In 1997 Madrigal re-released this album with English versions of Majesté, Légende, Civilisation Perdue, Cyclope De L'etang and Métamorphose as bonus tracks.-...

) which are also on English language

English language

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. Blade Killer (English version of Bourreau) was featured on Rave-On Hits Hard, a various artist compilation disc published by Rave-On Records.

Chuck Schuldiner

Chuck Schuldiner

Charles Michael "Chuck" Schuldiner was an American singer, songwriter, and guitarist.Schuldiner was the singer, songwriter, and guitarist of the band Death, which he founded in 1983, initially under the name Mantas. He also recorded as guitarist and songwriter with his other band, Control Denied...

 of Death, probably inspired by Sortilège, used intro similar to intro from Amazone on Death's song Evil Dead that is found on Scream Bloody Gore

Scream Bloody Gore

Scream Bloody Gore is the debut album by American band Death, released in 1987 and considered "the first true death metal record". Chuck Schuldiner plays bass, wrote all the songs on the album and provides vocals in addition to guitar for the album...

 album from 1987

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Track listing

Bonus tracks

Personnel

• Christian Augustin - vocals
• Stéphane Dumont - lead guitar
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• Didier Demajean - rhythm guitar
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• Daniel Lapp - bass
  Bass guitar
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• Bob Dumont - drums
  Drum kit
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External links

• http://lamaquinainfernal.blogspot.com/2008/10/sortilege-ep-1983bonus-francia.html