Theatre of Tragedy

A Rose for the Dead/Cassandra
[Swan Lake Records]

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      These CDs, released in in 1997 and 1997, saw the decline of Theatre of Tragedy. The tracks from 'A Rose for the Dead' are 'a rose for the dead,' 'der spiegel,' 'as the shadows dance,' 'and when he falleth (remix),' 'black as the devil painteth (remix)' and 'decades (bonus track).' Next Cassandra's tracks are 'Cassandra (cheap wine edit),' 'Aoede' and 'Cassandra (album version).'

Liv Kristine

Take Good Care/3AM
[Swan Lake Records]

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      These CDs are from Liv's (the singer from Theatre of Tragedy) solo work and were released in 1998. They are a far departure from the music of ToT... The tracks off 'Take Good Care' are 'Take good care (radio edit)' 'Take good care (album version)' and 'In the Heart of Juliet (forever mix).' The '3AM' tracks are '3am (club mix),' '3AM (single edit),' 'Huldra Part III' and 'Good Vibes, Bad Vibes (Dance on the Ocean).'

Love Spirals Downward

Sideways Forest
[Projekt Records]

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      This CD single, from 1996, contains the following tracks 'Sideways Forest,' 'Sideways Forest - Quantum remix' and 'Amarillo.'

Kari

Calling You/Exile
[GMR]

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      This CD single, from 2003, contains the following tracks 'Calling You (remix),' 'Calling You (album version),' 'Exile (album version)' and 'Exile (video).' This is nothing like the Kari Rueslatten of The 3rd and the Mortal. Or even her first two CDs once she went solo. How the mighty do fall...

Cronos

Dancing in the Fire/Venom
[Neat Records]

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      Cronos Solo. He's terrible without Venom! Anyway, 'Dancing in the Fire,' from 1990, contains the following tracks 'Fantasia,' 'Terrorize,' '21,' 'Dancing in the Fire,' 'Speedball,' 'I'll be Back,' 'Vampyr,' 'Old Enough to Bleed,' 'Painkiller,' 'Boobytrap,' 'Bad Reputation,' 'Hell to the Unknown,' 'My Girl,' 'Chinese Whispers' and 'At War with Satan.' Next 'Venom' contains the following tracks 'In League with Satan,' 'Superpower,' 'Vampyr,' 'Lost and Found,' 'Fire,' '1000 Day's in Sodom,' 'Know Evil,' 'Messages of War,' '7 Gates of Hell,' 'Painkiller,' 'Babylon,' 'Don't Burn the Witch in Nomine Satanas,' 'Fantasia,' 'Ye of Little Faith,' 'Satanachist' and 'At War with Satan.'

Venom

The Singles 80-86
[Castle Classics]

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      This CD contains the following tracks 'In League with Satan,' 'Live Like an Angel,' 'Blood Lust,' 'In Nomine Satanus' (misspelled!), 'Die Hard,' 'Acid Queen,' 'Bursting Out,' 'War Head,' 'Lady Lust,' 'Seven Gates of Hell,' 'Manitou' and 'Dead of the Nite.'

Venom

Prime Evil
[Kraze]

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      Venom without Cronos!? This CD contains the following tracks 'Prime Evil,' 'Parasite,' 'Blackened are the Priests,' 'Carnivorous,' 'Skeletal Dance,' 'Megalomania,' 'Insane,' 'Harder than Ever,' 'Into the Fire,' 'Skool Daze' and 'Live Like an Angel - Die Like a Devil.'

Venom

Metalpunk
[Sound Wings]

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      Venom without Mantas!? This CD contains the following tracks 'Black Xmas,' 'The Chanting of the Priests,' 'Metal Punk,' 'Under a Spell,' 'Calm Before the Storm,' 'Fire,' 'Krackin' Up,' 'Bauty and the Beast' (misspelled!!), 'Deadline,' 'Gypsy' and 'Muscle.'

Venom

Official Bootleg
[Magnum America]

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      This CD contains the following tracks 'Leave Me in Hell,' 'Countess Bathroy' (misspelled!!), 'Die Hard,' 'Seven Gates of Hell,' 'Buried Alive,' 'Don't Burn the Witch,' 'In Nomine Satanas,' 'Welcome to Hell,' 'Warhead,' 'Stand Up and be Counted' and 'Bloodlust.'

Venom

Skeletons in the Closet
[Griffin Music]

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      This is the first, 1994 version of this release. This CD contains the following tracks 'Tour intro tape (83-84) Welcome to Hell,' 'Dead on Arrival (previously unreleased),' 'Gnots Shit (unreleased demo),' 'Black Metal (remix),' 'Hounds of Hell (previously unreleased),' 'At War with Satan (t.v. adverts),' 'At War With Satan (full re-edited version),' 'Bitch Witch (previously unreleased),' 'Intro tapes (tours 85/86),' 'Possessed (remix),' 'Sadist (Mistress of the Whip) (previously unreleased),' 'Manitou (abbey road uncut mix),' 'Angel Dust,' 'Raise the Dead,' 'Red Light Fever' and 'Venom Station (ID's for America and Spain).'

Venom

Black Metal
[Combat]

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      This is the first Combat CD release of Black Metal. This CD contains the following tracks 'Black Metal,' 'To Hell and Back,' 'Buried Alive,' 'Raise the Dead,' 'Acid Queen,' 'Blood Lust,' 'Teacher's Pet,' 'Leave Me in Hell,' 'Sacrifice,' 'Heaven's on Fire,' 'Countess Bathory,' 'Die Hard,' 'Don't Burn the Witch' and 'At War with Satan.'

Venom

In Memorium
[Griffin Music]

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      This CD contains the following tracks 'Angel Dust,' 'Raise the Dead,' 'Red Light Fever,' 'Buried Alive,' 'Witchin Hour,' 'At War with Satan,' 'Warhead,' 'Manitou,' 'Under a Spell,' 'Nothing Sacred,' 'Dead Love,' 'Welcome to Hell,' 'Black Metal,' 'Countess Bathory,' '1000 Days in Sodom,' 'Prime Evil,' 'If You Wanna War' and 'Surgery.'

Danzig

III: How the Gods Kill
[Def American]

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      This embossed boxset contains a CD which appears to have the same tracks as the normal CD and a handful of stickers. What some of these stickers have to do with Danzig I have no clue?

Celtic Frost

Into the Pandemonium
[Earmark]

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      This picture LP is from 1999, a repress of the 1987 release.

Black Widow


III
[Get Back]

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      This re-issue of the 1971 release was done in 2000. It was made in Italy by a label called 'Get Back.' This release certainly lacks the magic of the earlier 'Sacrifice.'

Iron Maiden


Live!! +one
[EMI]

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      Here is a strange and rare Iron Maiden release from Greece, circa 1984. The tracks are:

Side A:
Drifter
Phantom of the Opera
Women in Uniform
Innocent Exile
[17:31]

Side B:
Sanctuary
Prowler
Running Free
Remember Tomorrow
I've Got the Fire
[18:56]

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