Satan´Host Metal from Hell

I read the review and completey dissagree.
Metal from Hell together with the Midnight Wind demo is a much thought after cult classic. One of the reason is Harry Conklin gave his best ever vocal performance on the album, especially the tracks: Prelude: Flaming Host Black Stele' and Souls In Exile. Both are killer tracks I think everyone should have heard this record at least once. I totally love it! The only downside is the sound. This goes especially for Midnight Wind. However Patrick mentioned in an interview at metal-rules that they are planning to rerelease Midnight Wind. I think the idea to do Black Metal with Power Metal vocals is great. They should have continued this way.

Now for the lyrics. I confess in most cases I never read lyrics anyway, I usually don´t care. But on the other hand I do not understand why someone has problems with it either. I mean if someone sings about being a drug dealer is cool, I would have a problem with it. But here it is about not real things, so ... . It is the same Cannibal Corpse singing about zombie massacres. Zombies don´t exist so where is the problem?

(I couldn´t find another thread about the band so I started a new one)

I had this one CD but traded it some years ago. I just never could get into it.

Incredible album, I'm just gonna put it on right now, thanks for the reminder!

Gotta admit that I didn't like it after first few spins, but it gets better and better each time! Harry at his best!! Yah, the lyrics won't appeal to most of the people on this board, but I, on the other hand, love 'em!

Bang your head, for Lucifer!
Bang your head, against the stage!

Many people also don't like the production on this, saying that it's simply too bad, but I can't imagine it with some spoiled production, it'd lost half of its evilness

Black metal with power metal vocals? I'm curious now.

Power metal with black metal lyrics

I'm still curious! Anywhere I can hear some samples from it?

Samples:

Souls In Exile

Black Steele

sovdat wrote:

Power metal with black metal lyrics

More like traditional/classic heavy metal with a heavy NWOBHM influence and b-grade horror/occult lyrics. Not exactly uncommon for the 1980's.

I can't remember what it was I didn't like about this one. I do remember the production being horrid, but I don't think that alone would have made me trade the CD.

My copy was the cheesy Reborn Classic bootleg. Has it ever been released on CD officially?

I don't know about "officially", but it's listed as such on an Ebay auction that I can't link to for some reason.

This seller's stuff is usually on the up and up. At least the things I have purchased from him have been.

Cheers for the samples Spec, I'll check them out and offer some thoughts a bit later!

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hehehe, guess where's the real web "pope"(sorry for the crappy photo from a friend's mobile).....

ultmetal wrote:

sovdat wrote:

Power metal with black metal lyrics

... and b-grade horror/occult lyrics.

Why is that? Because the lyrics are satanic?

I think that it was also released on Old Metal Records, which is half bootleg half non label

Syrus, do you maybe also have the original red vinyl?

The drummer for this band lives here in town. The guy I went to Calistone with was friends with him.

Tall Tyrion wrote:

The drummer for this band lives here in town. The guy I went to Calistone with was friends with him.

are you sure for this? tell me more. i thought that he was murdered by shotgun years ago....except if you're talking about the drummer of the "other" satan's host...

sovdat wrote:

Incredible album, I'm just gonna put it on right now, thanks for the reminder!

Gotta admit that I didn't like it after first few spins, but it gets better and better each time! Harry at his best!! Yah, the lyrics won't appeal to most of the people on this board, but I, on the other hand, love 'em!

Bang your head, for Lucifer!
Bang your head, against the stage!

Many people also don't like the production on this, saying that it's simply too bad, but I can't imagine it with some spoiled production, it'd lost half of its evilness

I have it too and like the lirics of course but i dont think the songs are very good. Maybe i should listen to it again soon and a couple of times but till now i only played it 2 or 3 times and didnt get into it very much.

syrus wrote:

Tall Tyrion wrote:

The drummer for this band lives
here in town. The guy I went to Calistone with was friends with
him.

are you sure for this? tell me more. i thought that
he was murdered by shotgun years ago....except if you're talking about
the drummer of the "other" satan's host...

The dude's name is Rob. He used to own a coffee shop downtown. I can
ask my friend at practice tonight, but I'm nearly positive the band was
called Satan's Host and it had Conklin on vocals.

Tall Tyrion wrote:

syrus wrote:

Tall Tyrion wrote:

The drummer for this band lives
here in town. The guy I went to Calistone with was friends with
him.

are you sure for this? tell me more. i thought that
he was murdered by shotgun years ago....except if you're talking about
the drummer of the "other" satan's host...

The dude's name is Rob. He used to own a coffee shop downtown. I can
ask my friend at practice tonight, but I'm nearly positive the band was
called Satan's Host and it had Conklin on vocals.

man, rob-aka lucifer steele- supposed to be murdered by some "christians"....and web records owner prisoned for drug dealing....now is out and he's selling some cult SH memorbilia....

This is the right band. The guy's name is Rob Evans, and my friend said he hadn't seen him for a year, or maybe longer. He thought he went to work for the mine here after selling the coffee shop. I sure hope he has not been killed.

This is really weird. It says on metal-archives he died in 1989.

sovdat wrote:

ultmetal wrote:

sovdat wrote:

Power metal with black metal lyrics

... and b-grade horror/occult lyrics.

Why is that? Because the lyrics are satanic?

I think that it was also released on Old Metal Records, which is half bootleg half non label

Syrus, do you maybe also have the original red vinyl?

Why did I say the lyrics were horror/occult? Yes, from what I remember, the lyrics were Satanic, thus they would be occult lyrics. I'm not sure I understand what your question was regarding.

greyninjax wrote:

This is really weird. It says on metal-archives he died in 1989.

Yeah it does, that's odd. I don't know, the local guy could have been
lying, or it could be that the death story was a fake, I don't know. I
never met the guy, but my buddy was always telling me I should go talk
to him. He was a huge metal fan.