War (Bolt Thrower album)
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War is a live album by Bolt Thrower
recorded in Manchester
1992, on an 8-track tape. It was originally recorded by the band members in order to have some of their own live recordings for posterity. Later on Earache Records
wanted to release a special edition of the ...For Victory
album, thus it was packed with that album in 1994 in a limited 2CD package. I.e. they just replaced the box with a 2CD box and added the second disc. The album is sometimes known or listed as Live War.
It said Mosh 124 on the promo edition, that is a mistake, because Mosh 124 is a Fudge Tunnel
album according to the official Earache catalogue.
Bolt Thrower (band)
Bolt Thrower are a British death metal band from Coventry, England. They formed in 1986 and released their first album with Vinyl Solution in 1988. The band then shifted to a new record label, Earache Records, soon becoming one of the best selling bands on that label. Their current label is Metal...
recorded in Manchester
Manchester
Manchester is a city and metropolitan borough in Greater Manchester, England. According to the Office for National Statistics, the 2010 mid-year population estimate for Manchester was 498,800. Manchester lies within one of the UK's largest metropolitan areas, the metropolitan county of Greater...
1992, on an 8-track tape. It was originally recorded by the band members in order to have some of their own live recordings for posterity. Later on Earache Records
Earache Records
Earache Records is a heavy metal-oriented record label based in Nottingham, UK and New York, USA. It helped to pioneer extreme metal by releasing many of the earliest grindcore and death metal records in the period 1988-1994.-History:...
wanted to release a special edition of the ...For Victory
...For Victory
…For Victory is a Bolt Thrower album. It was recorded at Sawmill studios in 1994, produced by Colin Richardson and Bolt Thrower. A limited edition contains a live CD titled Live War....
album, thus it was packed with that album in 1994 in a limited 2CD package. I.e. they just replaced the box with a 2CD box and added the second disc. The album is sometimes known or listed as Live War.
It said Mosh 124 on the promo edition, that is a mistake, because Mosh 124 is a Fudge Tunnel
Fudge Tunnel
Fudge Tunnel were a band formed in Nottingham, England by Alex Newport, David Ryley and Adrian Parkin. After two critically acclaimed singles on Pigboy Records , they signed to Nottingham's Earache Records...
album according to the official Earache catalogue.
Track listing
- "The IVth Crusade" – 4:46
- "Dying Creed" – 4:36
- "Spearhead" – 6:30
- "Unleashed" – 5:24
- "Ritual" – 4:32
- "Where Next to Conquer" – 3:54
- "War Master" – 4:29
- "As the World Burns" – 6:48
- "Cenotaph" – 5:03
Credits
- Karl Willetts - vocalsSingingSinging is the act of producing musical sounds with the voice, and augments regular speech by the use of both tonality and rhythm. One who sings is called a singer or vocalist. Singers perform music known as songs that can be sung either with or without accompaniment by musical instruments...
- Gavin WardGavin Ward (musician)Gavin Ward is one of the two founding members of Bolt Thrower. He started out as the bass player early on in the band in 1986, and so can be heard on the first demo. For the second demo, he switched to playing lead and rhythm guitar. He plays lead and rhythm guitar on all albums, save Mercenary and...
- guitarGuitarThe guitar is a plucked string instrument, usually played with fingers or a pick. The guitar consists of a body with a rigid neck to which the strings, generally six in number, are attached. Guitars are traditionally constructed of various woods and strung with animal gut or, more recently, with...
s - Barry ThompsonBarry ThompsonBarry Thompson plays lead and rhythm guitar in Bolt Thrower on all albums. He co-founded the band in 1986. He is also the main songwriter of the band. Thompson also did some backing vocals on the Benediction album, Grind Bastard.-Equipment:...
- guitarGuitarThe guitar is a plucked string instrument, usually played with fingers or a pick. The guitar consists of a body with a rigid neck to which the strings, generally six in number, are attached. Guitars are traditionally constructed of various woods and strung with animal gut or, more recently, with...
s - Andrew Whale - drumsDrum kitA drum kit is a collection of drums, cymbals and often other percussion instruments, such as cowbells, wood blocks, triangles, chimes, or tambourines, arranged for convenient playing by a single person ....
- Jo BenchJo BenchJo-Anne Bench is a death metal bass player from Leamington Spa, England. She plays bass in Bolt Thrower on all albums, but not on the demos. She has been vegetarian since 1984....
- Bass guitarBass guitarThe bass guitar is a stringed instrument played primarily with the fingers or thumb , or by using a pick....