Today in 2002 Rytmihäiriö released the EP Surmaa kännissä
Helsinki, Finland Hardcore Punk/Grindcore (early), Thrash Metal/Crossover (later)
Status:Active
Years active: 1988-1992, 1998-present
A thrash and death metal outfit hailing from Helsinki, Finland, Rytmihäiriö (which translates in English as "arrhythmia") formed in 1988. The band has gone through a long list of members, and in 1992 split up for a short time. One of the first bands to sign to Spinefarm in 1990, Rytmihäiriö released a pair of EPs before their 1991 full-length debut, Surman Siipien Havinaa. A split release followed during the next year, but that also marked the end of the first chapter of the band's story. The group took six years to reconsider the decision, and in 1998, Rytmihäiriö were back, and by 2000 were able to release a demo of new material. Eventually, after some EP releases, the band was back to putting albums in stores, starting with 2005's Saatana On Herra. Seitsemän Surman Siunausliito followed a year later, and the band spent the next year issuing a number of split releases. In 2008, Rytmihäiriö (the membership being Unto Helo on vocals, Janne Perttilä on guitars, Antti Kiiski on bass, and Otto Luotonen on drums) were back with their fourth album, Sarvet, Sorkat, Salatieteet, which was a Top Ten hit in Finland.
Hukkalevyt
Ande Bass
Janne Guitars
Une Vocals
Otto Drums
1. Kivitys 01:58
2. Pirun kova tapettava 02:08
3. 50 puukoniskua 02:09
4. Sekakäyttäjä 01:30
5. Surmaat kännissä 01:51
6. Viinaa ja väkivaltaa 00:48
7. Kampurajalka 2002 02:19
12:43
Recorded & mixed at Tumbleweed Studios, September - October 2002.
Today in 2002 Running Wild released the Live album/DVD Live
Hamburg,Germany Heavy/Power/Speed Metal
Status:Active
Years active: 1976-1979 (as Granite Hearts), 1979-2009, 2011-present
Everyone's favorite pirate metal band, Running Wild was one of the four elder statesmen of German power metal, coming into prominence around the same time as contemporaries Grave Digger, Helloween, and Rage. Lead by "Rock'n'Rolf" Kasparek, they went through the usual lineup changes and such throughout their impressive 30+ year career, even though their musical style really didn't change much over time. Though they flirted with satanic imagery briefly in their early career (as seen on the debut), the aforementioned pirate theme was hatched for their third album (Under Jolly Roger) and amazingly they kept that theme running for many years. Rolf announced in the spring of 2009 that he was breaking up the band, but he revived the group in a semi-solo project state two years later.
GUN Records
Rock 'n' Rolf Vocals, Guitars (Lead)
Bernd Aufermann Guitars, Vocals
Peter Pichl Bass
Matthias Liebetruth Drums
1. March of the Final Battle (The End of All Evil) 02:16 instrumental
2. Welcome to Hell 04:38
3. Bad to the Bone 05:33
4. Lead or Gold 06:04
5. Riding the Storm 05:15
6. When Time Runs Out 06:07
7. The Brotherhood 07:21
8. Soulless 05:43
9. Blazon Stone 05:21
10. Crossfire 04:58
11. Metalmachine Solo 03:02 instrumental
12. Kiss of Death 04:15
13. Uaschitschun 05:32
14. Unation 06:20
15. Victory 06:25
16. Prisoners of Our Time 05:10
17. Purgatory 06:23
18. Soulstrippers 05:19
19. Under Jolly Roger 04:41
01:40:23
Recorded live on March 30, 2002 at the Halle Gartlage in Osnabruck, Germany.
Today in 2002 Paradise Lost released the single Erased
Halifax, England Doom/Death Metal (early), Gothic Rock/Metal (later)
Status:Active
Years active: 1988-present
Paradise Lost is generally regarded as one of the founders of the the genre of metal known as doomdeath, mixing the raw vocal style of death metal and slowing the riffs down to doom metal speed. Gothic, the band's second album, is widely considered a classic in the genre. As with many doomdeath bands, however, the succeeding albums have moved steadily away from that style, gradually losing the death vocals and instead opting for a more melancholy, slighty goth-influenced mainstream sound, losing almost all metallic ties on albums such as Host and Believe In Nothing. Since then, they've reverted slightly, with Symbol Of Life and the recent Paradise Lost containing a few nods to their mid-period days.
Supersonic Records
Nick Holmes Vocals
Gregor Mackintosh Guitars (lead), Keyboards, Programming
Aaron Aedy Guitars (rhythm)
Stephen Edmondson Bass
Lee Morris Drums
Guest/Session
Lee Dorrian Vocals (additional) (track 1)
Rhys Fulber Keyboards, Programming
Jamie Muhoberac Keyboards (track 1)
Joanna Stevens Vocals (additional) (track 1)
Devin Townsend Vocals (additional) (track 2)
1. Erased 03:33
2. Two Worlds 03:29
3. Self Obsessed (Live) 03:12
10:14
There is a promo version that comes with different cover art and only contains the first two tracks.
Recording information:
Recorded in June and July, 2002 at Chapel Studios in Lincolnshire, United Kingdom and in 2002 at Dreamcatcher Recording Studios in Bradford, United Kingdom.
Additional recording by Carmen Rizzo at Studio 775 in Los Angeles, California.
Mixed at The Green Jacket in Richmond, British Columbia, Canada.
Mastered at Skyline Studios in Düsseldorf, Germany.
Track 3 recorded live in 2002 at Ringfest by Eurosound in Cologne, Germany.
Today in 2002 Pagan's Mind released the album Celestial Entrance
Skien, Telemark,Norway Progressive/Power Metal
Status:Active
Years active: 2000-present
Pagan's Mind is a top-flight progressive metal band from Norway, having formed in 2000 and now three albums into their career. Despite the all-too-familiar influences (Dream Theater and a bit of early Queensryche), Pagan's Mind avoids the heard-it-all-before label by simply doing it right. Basically, the band delivers exactly what prog metal fans want, that being superior musicianship, a crystalline production, soaring vocals, and diverse songwriting. Every instrument is clearly heard and makes its presence felt, and every note is seemingly in the right place. Pagan's Mind is unquestionably among the best melodic progressive metal bands playing today.
Limb Music GmbH
Nils K. Rue Vocals
Jørn Viggo Lofstad Guitars
Thorstein Aaby (R.I.P. 2007) Guitars
Steinar Krokmo Bass
Stian Kristoffersen Drums
Ronny Tegner Keyboards
1. Approaching 02:48
2. Through Osiris' Eyes 06:09
3. Entrance: Stargate 06:01
4. ...of Epic Questions 06:10
5. Dimensions of Fire 07:29
6. Dreamscape Lucidity 06:40
7. The Seven Sacred Promises 06:29
8. Back to the Magic of Childhood: Part 1 - Conception 02:46
9. Back to the Magic of Childhood: Part 2 - Exploring Life 09:18
10. In Brilliant White Light 02:45
11. Aegean Shores 05:14
12. The Prophecy of Pleiades 09:53
01:11:42
- Produced by Pagan’s Mind and Fredrik Nordstrøm
- Mixed in Studio Fredman, Gothenburg Sweeden, April 2002 by Fredrik Norstrøm.
- Recorded In Klyve Lydstudio, Skien Norway January – March 2002
( Engineered by Øyvind Eriksen and Per Sælør )
- Editing by Patrik J. Sten at Studio Fredman
- Vocals recorded at Images & Word, Skien Norway , March 2002
- Vocal Transfer by Espen Mjøen at Mediamaker Studio, Skien Norway
- Clean guitars on ” Conception ” recorded at Mediamaker Studio, January 2002
- Transfer an Editing by Kjetil Nesheim at NLC-Studio, April 2002
- Mastered at Masterhuset, Oslo Norway by Morten Lund , April 2002
Today in 2002 Masterplan released there debut EP Enlighten Me
Hamburg,Germany Power Metal
Status:Active
Years active: 2001-present
Masterplan is one of several bands in the Helloween family tree, the link here being long-time guitarist Roland Grapow. Over the years Grapow and keyboardist Axel Mackenrott have surrounded themselves with plenty of name Euro power metal musicians, including two of the most well-travelled drummers in Uli Kusch and Mike Terrana, as well as noted vocalist Jørn Lande, who's since gone on to a standout solo career. Given the pedigree, Masterplan's style is less classic power/speed metal and more rooted in hard rock and 80's melodic metal.
Painful Lust
Roland Grapow Guitars, Bass (1, 2, 5)
Jørn Lande Vocals
Uli Kusch Drums
Guest/Session
Jürgen Attig Bass (3, 4)
Janne Warman Keyboards
1. Enlighten Me (single version) 03:42
2. Kind Hearted Light 04:25
3. Through Thick and Thin 04:04
4. Black Dog (Led Zeppelin cover) 04:35
5. Enlighten Me 04:38
21:24
Axel Mackenrott and Jan-Sören Eckert appear in the line-up, but did not play on any of the songs.
Tracks 2, 5 were later released on album "Masterplan".
Tracks 1, 3, 4 are exclusive to the EP.
"Through Thick and Thin" was also included to Japanese edition of album "Masterplan".
Today in 2002 Iron Maiden released the album Eddie's Archive
London, England Heavy Metal/NWOBHM
Status:Active
Years active: 1975-present
Iron Maiden is clearly one of the most recognizable and successful groups to emerge from the NWOBHM scene that came into being in the late seventies, as well as one of the most influential metal bands of all time, with an infinite number of 80's and later bands owing to their style. Like many long-standing group, their early albums really define the band with most feeling that either Killers, Number Of The Beast, or Piece Of Mind are the band's best (BNR favorite: Killers), and there even those who would claim that the early Di'Anno years were the band's best. One could argue that they haven't really changed or broadened their style over their long career, but they have perfected it, churning out album after album with nary a dip in popularity (save perhaps for the Blaze Bayley period, though the stagnation was hardly his fault). With Bruce Dickinson returning in 2000 on Brave New World (along with a three-guitar attack), Iron Maiden proved they still have plenty of life left in them. And they certainly remain a fan favorite, with a stunning 14 albums placing in the Internet Top Ten lists.
EMI Records
Compilation
- Paul Di'Anno / vocals
- Bruce Dickinson / vocals
- Blaze Bayley / vocals
- Steve Harris / bass
- Dave Murray / guitars
- Tony Parsons / guitars (The BBC Radio 1 Friday Rock show is his only recorded appearance with Iron Maiden)
- Dennis Stratton / guitars
- Adrian Smith / guitars
- Janick Gers / guitars
- Doug Sampson / drums
- Clive Burr (R.I.P. 2013)/ drums
- Nicko McBrain / drums
- Michael Kenney / keyboards
Disc 1: BBC Archives, Disc 1
BBC Radio 1 Friday Rock Show, 14th November 1979:
1. Iron Maiden (3:45)
2. Running Free (3:10)
3. Transylvania (4:02)
4. Sanctuary (3:44)
Reading Festival, UK 28th August 1982:
5. Wrathchild (3:31)
6. Run to the Hills (5:35)
7. Children of the Damned (4:48)
8. The Number of the Beast (5:28)
9. 22 Acacia Avenue (6:36)
10. Transylvania (6:19)
11. The Prisoner (5:49)
12. Hallowed Be Thy Name (7:36)
13. Phantom of the Opera (7:01)
14. Iron Maiden (4:57)
Total Time: 72:29
Disc 2: BBC Archives, Disc 2
Reading Festival, UK 23rd August 1980:
1. Prowler (4:26)
2. Remember Tomorrow (5:59)
3. Killers (4:43)
4. Running Free (3:52)
5. Transylvania (4:48)
6. Iron Maiden (4:56)
Doningon Monsters of Rock, UK 20th August 1988:
7. Moonchild (5:43)
8. Wrathchild (3:00)
9. Infinite Dreams (5:51)
10. The Trooper (4:04)
11. Seventh Son of a Seventh Son (10:26)
12. The Number of the Beast (4:42)
13. Hallowed Be Thy Name (7:09)
14. Iron Maiden (6:01)
Total Time: 75:46
Disc 3: Beast Over Hammersmith (Hammersmith Odeon, 20 March 1982), Disc 1
1. Murders in the Rue Morgue (4:32)
2. Wrathchild (3:30)
3. Run to the Hills (4:19)
4. Children of the Damned (4:38)
5. The Number of the Beast (5:07)
6. Another Life (3:44)
7. Killers (5:46)
8. 22 Acacia Avenue (6:55)
9. Total Eclipse (4:14)
Total Time: 42:49
Disc 4: Beast Over Hammersmith (Hammersmith Odeon, 20 March 1982), Disc 2
1. Transylvania (5:50)
2. The Prisoner (5:48)
3. Hallowed Be Thy Name (7:30)
4. Phantom of the Opera (6:53)
5. Iron Maiden (4:20)
6. Sanctuary (4:12)
7. Drifter (9:18)
8. Running Free (3:44)
9. Prowler (5:00)
Total Time: 52:39
Disc 5: Best Of The B-Sides Disc 1 (1980-1988)
1. Burning Ambition (2:42)
2. Drifter (live) (6:03)
3. Invasion (2:39)
4. Remember Tomorrow (live) (5:28)
5. I've Got The Fire (Montrose cover) (2:39)
6. Cross-Eyed Mary (Jethro Tull cover) (3:56)
7. Rainbow's Gold (Beckett cover) (4:59)
8. King Of Twilight (Nektar cover) (4:53)
9. Reach Out (The Entire Population Of Hackney cover) (3:33)
10. That Girl (FM cover) (5:05)
11. Juanita (Marshall Fury cover) (3:47)
12. The Sheriff Of Huddersfield (3:35)
13. Black Bart Blues (6:41)
14. Prowler '88 (4:09)
15. Charlotte The Harlot '88 (4:13)
Total Time: 64:22
Disc 6: Best Of The B-Sides Disc 2 (1990-2000)
1. All In Your Mind (Stray cover) (4:31)
2. Kill Me Ce Soir (Golden Earring cover) (6:17)
3. I'm A Mover (Free cover) (3:29)
4. Communication Breakdown (Led Zeppelin cover) (2:42)
5. Nodding Donkey Blues (3:17)
6. Space Station No. 5 (Montrose cover) (3:47)
7. I Can't See My Feelings (Budgie cover) (3:50)
8. Roll Over Vic Vella (Chuck Berry cover) (4:48)
9. Justice Of The Peace (3:33)
10. Judgement Day (4:04)
11. My Generation (The Who cover) (3:37)
12. Doctor Doctor (UFO cover) (4:50)
13. Blood On The Worlds Hands (live) (6:07)
14. The Aftermath (live) (6:45)
15. Futureal (live) (3:01)
16. Wasted Years '99 (live) (5:07)
Total Time: 69:45
Box Set Total Time 378:01
Strictly Limited Edition embossed metal casket celebrating over 20 years of Iron Maiden containing a unique Eddie Crystal Shot Glass by Alchemy and an individually numbered Iron Maiden Family Tree parchment scroll as a certificate for the box rolled in a unique Eddie Pewter Ring.
Recording information:
Disc 1 tracks 1-4 recorded live on November 14th, 1979 in London, United Kingdom.
Disc 1 tracks 5-14 recorded live on August 28th, 1982 in Reading, United Kingdom.
Disc 2 tracks 1-6 recorded live on August 23rd, 1980 in Reading, United Kingdom.
Disc 2 tracks 7-14 recorded live on August 20th, 1988 at Monsters of Rock Festival in Castle Donington, United Kingdom.
Discs 3 & 4 recorded live on March 20th, 1982 in London, United Kingdom.
Disc 5 track 2 recorded live on April 3rd, 1980 in London, United Kingdom.
Disc 5 track 4 recorded live on October 29th, 1981 in Padua, Italy.
Disc 6 tracks 13-15 recorded live on November 1st, 1995 in Gothenburg, Sweden.
Disc 6 track 16 recorded live on September 29th, 1999 in Milan, Italy
Today in 2002 Grave Digger released the album Masterpieces
Gladbeck, North Rhine-Westphalia,Germany Heavy/Power Metal
Status:Active
Years active: 1980-1986, 1986-1987 (as Digger), 1988-1991 (as Hawaii), 1991-present
Grave Digger is one of a quartet of German bands that have been at the forefront of the German power metal field since the eighties, alongside Helloween, Running Wild, and Rage. Like the other three, Grave Digger was initially signed to Noise Records and was instrumental in the rise of that label, and like both Running Wild and Rage, have endured multiple lineup changes surrounding their front man, that man here being Chris Boltendahl. And like the other three, Grave Digger have released a slew of classic German power metal albums, with no signs of slowing down.
GUN Records
Compilation
1. Rebellion (The Clans Are Marching) 04:04
2. Heavy Metal Breakdown 04:29
3. The Round Table (Forever) 04:17
4. The Battle of Bannockburn 04:20
5. Circle of Witches 05:31
6. The Dark of the Sun 04:31
7. Witchhunter 03:13
8. Symphony of Death 04:25
9. Heart of Darkness 11:56
10. Fight the Fight 02:44
11. Lionheart 04:34
12. Headbanging Man 03:55
13. Excalibur 04:43
14. Scotland United 04:34
15. The Reaper 05:42
16. The Ballad of Mary (Queen of Scots) 04:59
01:17:57
Illustrations courtesy of the German painter Alfred Rethel.
