Year : 1987 (Japan Edition 2021)
Style : Heavy Metal , Hard Rock , Female vocals
Country : Germany
Audio : 320 kbps + all scans
Size : 110 mb
Bio:
Warlock were a German heavy metal band, assembled in 1982 with members of the underground bands Snakebite and Beast. The band gained popularity and some commercial success in Europe in the mid-1980s, due also to the personality and stage presence of lead vocalist Doro Pesch. Warlock supported on tour successful metal bands, such as W.A.S.P., Judas Priest, Dio and Megadeth.By the end of the decade, Doro Pesch was the sole original member who remained in the band and she was forced to change the name to Doro for legal reasons. Doro, the band, continues to play several songs taken from the Warlock repertoire in their live shows.The band has reunited for festival appearances and special occasions since 2003, under the name Warlock 1986.The first nucleus of the band was formed under the name Snakebite in Düsseldorf, West Germany in 1980,and comprised Doro Pesch on vocals, Michael Bastian on guitar, Frank Rittel on bass and Thomas Franke on drums, the latter coming from the band Stallion.Franke was soon replaced by Michael Eurich and, just before disbanding, Snakebite acquired the left-handed Peter Szigeti as second guitarist from Beast. Snakebite and Beast were two of the many bands playing in the local clubs and bars and recording cheap demos to promote their music.Pesch, Szigeti and Eurich did try-outs with other groups, but in October 1982 went on to form a new band with Thomas Studier on bass and guitarist Rudy Graf, who came up with the name Warlock and a bucket full of songs. The new band found a manager in Peter Zimmermann, who arranged gigs in support of German hard rockers Trance, contributing to build a solid reputation for Warlock in the local underground metal scene.After recording a four-track demo and sending it to several record labels and music magazines,the band obtained a contract with the Belgian independent label Mausoleum Records. Frank Rittel joined Warlock on bass before they started recording their debut album Burning the Witches in 1984,with producer Axel Thubeauville, a talent scout of German heavy metal groups.Burning the Witches was recorded in only six days and remixed by Rainer Assmann and Henry Staroste before publication.The album was well received by critics and fans and Warlock toured for the first time outside of Germany to launch their first release,often alongside their label mates Steeler.Unfortunately, bad distribution and poor financing for the tour from the record label crippled the commercial potential of the album, leaving the band profoundly dissatisfied with Mausoleum.In early 1985, the band signed a contract with the major label Phonogram and recorded their second album Hellbound, produced by Henry Staroste and released in May 1985 on Vertigo Records in Europe. The band started to receive attention from the media and appeared in TV shows in the UK and Germany.Their first full European tour brought them to Camden Palace Theater in London, where the concert was filmed for Warlock's first video release Metal Racer.Warlock's live performance was welcomed with a rave review by the British magazine Kerrang! and the group was elected 'Best New Band' of 1985 in the Readers' Poll of that magazine. Doro Pesch was also elected Best Female Singer by the readers of the music magazine Metal Forces at the end of 1984.The band played at the Metal Hammer Festival at Loreley, Germany in September, alongside Metallica, Venom, Running Wild, Pretty Maids, Nazareth and Wishbone Ash.Later that year, after the tour for Hellbound, guitarist Rudy Graf left the band and was replaced by Niko Arvanitis, a former band mate of Rittel in Stormwind.This updated line-up recorded the album True as Steel in May–June 1986, produced again by Henry Staroste and mixed in the US by Michael Wagener.The album received mixed reviews,but was Warlock's highest-charting in Germany, climbing up to No. 18, and got a fair amount of radio airplay in the US, due to the single "Fight for Rock". The band's first music video was made for that song and appeared on MTV.On 16 August 1986, Doro Pesch was the first woman to front a band at the Monsters of Rock festival at Castle Donington, England, where Warlock played on the same stage of Motörhead, Def Leppard, Ozzy Osbourne and Scorpions.Warlock opened also the Monsters of Rock festival at the Maimarktgegelände Eisstadion in Mannheim, West Germany, with a roster similar to the British show and the addition of McAuley Schenker Group and Bon Jovi.1986 and 1987 were spent on a tour which included UK dates supporting W.A.S.P.,and European dates supporting metal superstars Judas Priest, during their 'Fuel for Life' tour.After the tour for True as Steel, Pesch spent time in the US with new manager Alex Grob to promote the band and arrange tours and recordings in America.At the same time, Szigeti and Rittel decided to leave the band, apparently unwilling to face the commitment that a transfer to the United States would involve.They were promptly replaced by the American musicians Tommy Bolan (formerly of Armed Forces), and Tommy Henriksen.With the new line-up, Warlock recorded in the US their fourth and last studio album, Triumph and Agony, produced by Joey Balin in 1987. Triumph and Agony was Warlock's best-selling album, going Gold in Germany and reaching number 80 in the Billboard 200 US album chart.The videos for the singles "All We Are" and "Für Immer", shot respectively in the Los Angeles river basin and in the swamps of Baton Rouge,were on rotation on MTV's heavy metal program Headbangers' Ball.Warlock toured Europe as support band for Dio and, after that, proceeded to make their first and sole extensive US tour, opening for Megadeth alongside Sanctuary.They played also several shows on their own with different opening acts, such as Fates Warning, Sword and Lillian Axe.Eurich and Arvanitis quit after the tour and were replaced by Bobby Rondinelli (formerly of Rainbow) and guitarist Jon Levin (sometimes mislabeled as Jon Devin).At the end of 1988, Doro Pesch remained the only original member and the only German still in the band. At this time, Peter Zimmermann, the band's ex-manager, sued for rights to the band name and merchandise, and won.Pesch continued to fight for the name, but conceded with record label requests to rename the band Doro in order to continue her career;the first edition of the LP Force Majeure, recorded with the final formation of Warlock, was the last one to expose a sticker with the name of the band next to Doro, with the exception of the compilation Rare Diamonds of 1991. Pesch eventually regained the rights to the name Warlock in 2011, after years of legal battles.Doro is an active band and still performs Warlock songs in their live shows.After his departure from Warlock, Rudy Graf joined the German speed metal band Rage in 1986 and recorded with them the album Execution Guaranteed.Today he's working as a studio musician and songwriter.Frank Rittel, Peter Szigeti and former Snakebite drummer Thomas Franke played in 1987 on Animal House, the first solo album by the former Accept singer Udo Dirkschneider.Rittel and Szigeti formed in the 1990s the melodic metal bands Energy and Coracko,[40] without much success.Michael Eurich formed the band Casanova with singer Michael Voss, which was active at end of the 80s.Doro Pesch reunited with Szigeti, Arvanitis, Rittel and Eurich to perform as Warlock at her 20th Anniversary celebration concert in Düsseldorf on 13 December 2003 and later at Wacken Open Air festival 2004.More legal troubles over using the name Warlock ensued with former member Rudy Graf and appearances of the reunited band at festivals and special concerts were billed as "Warlock 1986".Frank Rittel quit playing bass and retired definitely from the music business in 2004.Arvanitis and Szigeti played together in late April 2005 at the 'Rock Classic Allstars' show in Bochum, Germany, with Martin Kesici, Axel Rudi Pell, Kai Hoffmann, Jeff Brown (ex-Sweet) and German soccer star Holger Aden.In December 2008, Pure Steel Records released the first official tribute album to Warlock, titled Tribute to Steel, with the special appearance of the band members.
Album:
To celebrate the 35th anniversary of WARLOCK‘s classic album “Triumph and Agony”, vocalist DORO Pesch will be releasing “Triumph and Agony Live” in various formats.Doro says: “It has always been my dream to play the ‘Triumph and Agony’ album live in its entirety. The first time we did it was at Sweden Rock, followed by a big tour in the US and Spain and more big festival shows like Graspop and Norway Rock.”Now it’s finally finished: a great live album called “Triumph and Agony Live“.“Triumph and Agony” is one of Warlock’s best albums, containing some of their great classic anthems like ¡All we are’, ‘Forever’ and ‘I rule the ruins’ as well as fan favorites like ‘Metal tango’, ‘Three minute warning’, ‘Kiss of death’ and ‘East meets west’, not forgetting the headbanging album opener ‘Touch of evil’.Fortunately the sound is quite raw, really live, not over-processed / overdubbed.Triumph and Agony is the fourth and final studio album by the German heavy metal band Warlock, released on 29 September 1987.The album was recorded in the US with producer Joey Balin and a different band line-up in comparison with the previous album True as Steel, which had made the name of Warlock known outside of Europe. Peter Szigeti and Frank Rittel were replaced in 1987 by the American musicians Tommy Bolan and Tommy Henriksen respectively. The album also features British drummer Cozy Powell on some tracks.The song "All We Are" received some airplay on American metal radio stations and its video clip shot by director Mark Rezyka had good rotation on MTV's Headbangers Ball. Many songs of this album are still performed live by Doro's band.
Line-Up:
Doro Pesch – vocals
Niko Arvanitis – guitar
Tommy Bolan – guitar
Tommy Henriksen – bass
Michael Eurich – drums
Additional musicians:
Cozy Powell – guest drummer on "Touch of Evil"
Rudy Richman – guest drummer
Sterling Campbell – guest drummer
Production:
Joey Balin – producer, arrangements
Brooke Hendricks, Mr. Mitch – mixing
Steve Rinkoff, Larry Alexander – engineers
Roy Hendrickson – assistant engineer
Greg Calbi – mastering at Sterling Sound
Geoffrey Gillespie – illustration
Peter Zimmermann – management
Tracklist:
01. Legacy (Intro)
02. Touch Of Evil
03. I Rule The Ruins
04. East Meets West
05. Three Minute Warning
06. Kiss Of Death
07. Fur Immer
08. Cold, Cold World
09. Make Time For Love
10. Metal Tango
11. All We Are
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