New Renaissance Records has announced that it is preparing for the imminent reissue the first two commercial releases by the underground metal act MEDIEVAL for the first time ever on CD. In addition to the first two recordings, the CD will also include some never-before-available material.
The track listing is as follows:
From the 1986 debut EP:
01. Death is Beauty 02. Lords of Darkness 03. Face of Death 04. Hell is Full (Cruncher) 05. Reign of Terror
From the 1987 debut LP:
06. Somnambulism / Rules of Fools 07. All Knobs to the Right 08. Life after Death 09. Seventh Seal 10. B.F.H. 11. Reign of Terror 12. Plague 13. Peter Gunn Theme 14. Hell is Tull (Thrasher) 15. Blood and Anger 16. World War IV17. Black Assassin 18. Death is Beauty 19. Epitaph
New tracks from 2008:
20. Old School 21. Liar's Heart 22. Silverback
New Renaissance Records is warning people that only 1,000 copies of the CD will be available to the general public, making the release a sure-fire collector's item. After that time the album will be available on iTunes only.
Pre-orders are being accepted as of August 7, 2008, on a first-come first-serve basis with an anticipated ship date of August 15, 2008.
Based in Kalamazoo, Michigan, MEDIEVAL emerged on the metal scene in 1984 by contributing its song "Medieval" to Metal Blade Records' "Metal Massacre IV" compilation series. Response from the compilation appearance prompted New Renaissance to offer the band a full recording contract in 1985, starting with a self-titled 12-inch EP.
In 1986 MEDIEVAL contributed "World War Four" to New Renaissance's "Speed Metal Hell" compilation. A full-length album entitled "Medieval Kills" followed in 1987.
In the 1980s MEDIEVAL was either hated or loved by the metal scene. According to New Renaissance, "Because the band members did not have long hair, let alone 'big hair,' many journalists refused to consider the band 'metal.' For the same reason many of the radio stations' program directors would not pass along MEDIEVAL's albums to the metal shows, and instead considered them as a punk band." Twenty years later, however, MEDIEVAL vinyl albums regularly sell for $100 or more on auction sites.
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COMMENT | Reign posted by : hippieshateslayer 8/8/2008 2:59:52 PM
Of Terror
FIRST POST
FACT
COMMENT | All Knobs To The Right posted by : longstue 8/8/2008 3:04:51 PM
Mega-Hailz to New Renaissance Records!
MEDIEVAL KILLS!
COMMENT | AMSBUIST! posted by : THRASHMONGER 8/8/2008 4:12:09 PM
Over $100 on auction sites? Not that I know of, nice try though... Way to hype it. Still this CD will be killer, a must-buy.
ALL KNOBS TO THE RIGHT!
COMMENT | I don't wanna miss out! posted by : Hawkwinder 8/8/2008 9:41:54 PM
Got the 2 demos they put out - there's a couple of songs on there that won't be on this CD. And Anvil Chorus is in mixing mode for their CD as well. What a good day for Metal!
COMMENT | Sorr ThrashMonger the Medieval Press comment is correct. posted by : NORDIC VISION AND NORDIC METAL 8/10/2008 2:28:38 AM
COMMENT | AMSBUIST! posted by : THRASHMONGER 8/8/2008 4:12:09 PM Over $100 on auction sites? Not that I know of, nice try though... Way to hype it. Still this CD will be killer, a must-buy.ALL KNOBS TO THE RIGHT! **************************************
Whoa dude. The Medieval Press release is totally accurate on the cost of there Demo Cassette albums on auction sites. Your comment was just a case of you NOT KNOWING WHAT THE FUCK YOU ARE TALKING ABOUT.
Anyone with half a brain would start Medieval DEMO CASSETTE auctions at or over the $100.oo dollar mark. I used to always update my copies of those, and when I find them on eBay, they always are going for top dollar.
The comment was not hype, but true acutal historic facts !!!
LONG LIVE MEDIEVAL !!!!
COMMENT | aaaarrrrggghhh posted by : NORDIC VISION AND NORDIC METAL 8/10/2008 2:41:19 AM
COMMENT | Sorry ThrashMonger the Medieval Press comment is correct. posted by : NORDIC VISION AND NORDIC METAL 8/10/2008 2:28:38 AM
COMMENT | AMSBUIST! posted by : THRASHMONGER 8/8/2008 4:12:09 PM Over $100 on auction sites? Not that I know of, nice try though... Way to hype it. Still this CD will be killer, a must-buy.ALL KNOBS TO THE RIGHT! **************************************
Whoa dude. The Medieval Press release is totally accurate on the cost of there Demo Cassette albums on auction sites. Your comment was just a case of you NOT KNOWING WHAT THE FUCK YOU ARE TALKING ABOUT.
Anyone with half a brain would start Medieval DEMO CASSETTE auctions at or over the $100.oo dollar mark. I used to always update my copies of those, and when I find them on eBay, they always are going for top dollar.
The comment was not hype, but true acutal historic facts !!!
LONG LIVE MEDIEVAL !!!!
COMMENT | Medieval. posted by : NORDIC VISION AND NORDIC METAL 8/10/2008 2:55:34 AM
...In the 1980s MEDIEVAL was either hated or loved by the metal scene. According to New Renaissance,... ***************************************** Myself I am a total fan of this band, and in order for you to decide if you want this rare CD from New Reinassance Records.
Here is the relevant info...Medieval's brand of metal is a cross between Motorhead and vintage Holocaust (first LP on Neat Records), with there own originality.
I already ordered my copy of this with out any hesitation, since I have been waiting for this repress onto CD for around 20 years + now.
COMMENT | medieval posted by : killbridge 8/12/2008 7:52:43 PM
just look at gemm.com if you have any doubts about how much the New Renaissance Records pressings of Medieval are going for
I talked to Ann Boleyn a long time ago about Medieval and she was trying to promote them but the radio stations and magazines ignored them because they didn't look like 1980s posers and didn't have long hair. A couple years ago she answered an e-mail and said that only one very small pressing was ever done of either of the Medieval releases . She said most of what the label pressed was either given away for promotion or warped from age.
Nice to see it coming out. and nice to see the guys finally getting some well deserved credit.
COMMENT | ... ... posted by : NORDIC VISION AND NORDIC METAL 8/14/2008 12:31:33 AM
COMMENT | medieval posted by : killbridge 8/12/2008 7:52:43 PM just look at gemm.com if you have any doubts about how much the New Renaissance Records pressings of Medieval are going for I talked to Ann Boleyn a long time ago about Medieval and she was trying to promote them but the radio stations and magazines ignored them because they didn't look like 1980s posers and didn't have long hair. A couple years ago she answered an e-mail and said that only one very small pressing was ever done of either of the Medieval releases . She said most of what the label pressed was either given away for promotion or warped from age.
Nice to see it coming out. and nice to see the guys finally getting some well deserved credit. ****************************************************
Yeah the Medieval EP and LP were done in small press runs. Because New Renissance distrubtor was Important Records, and it was going under because The Parent Company Relativity wanted to fold that division of the company, because Relativity at the time, was just pressing everything on to cassette, LP and CD just for the sake of just pressing music, with no concern for quality, authenticity or originality of what they were signing or liscening or imprinting.
This band was ignored by the poseur divison of the metal movement back in 1983, 1984 with there cassette demos and in 1986 and 1987 with there EP and LP, but they were covered where it counted back then in metal's glory days of authentic heavy metal, in Bob Muldowney's Kick*Ass Monthly Magazine.
So it was no concern to me that they were not covered in second tier, second rate publications such as Metal Forces or Kerrang !!!
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