DAMIEN (Heavy Metal – USA 🇺🇸 – Late 80’s band) – “Every Dog Has Its Day” & “Stop This War” Albums available for Pre-order CD & Vinyl (for the first time!!) via Lost realm Records #damien #heavymetal

U.S. Metal aficionados know well how the great state of Ohio was prolific in excellent bands. These metal heroes from Toledo belong to that elite by their own right. Their first two albums (“Every Dog Has Its Day” from 1987 and “Stop This War” from 1989) are undoubtedly among the best albums of the 80’s, when it comes to heavy / power metal made in North America.

Every Dog Has Its Day includes a total of 10 original songs recorded in studio, with the song that gives the album its name being one of the band’s greatest classics. The video clip had a lot of airplay on MTV’s Headbangers Ball, being one of the most requested videos at the end of that decade. Edward Shimborske III notes: “Surprisingly, the video aired on MTV’s “Headbanger’s Ball,” prompting a legion of national metal-heads to discover the record, despite poor distribution. Fans began writing the band, asking where they could find the record or telling stories of crossing state lines just to buy it! In the meantime, it earned considerable airplay in the college metal market and accumulated favorable press. Billboard noted the band’s detail for melody, while Cashbox exclaimed the album had as much bite as the snarling wolf on the cover! FMQB even went as far as to say “This five-man band is just about the best thing to come out of Ohio since the ’75 Cincinnati Reds!”

Deluxe CD edition limited to 500 copies, with 16-page booklet with lyrics, special liner notes and rare photos, bonus tracks and remastered sound.

Release date: November 15th, 2024.

Tracklist
01. Wolf Dreams
02. Possession
03. Serpents Rising
04. Give Me A Sign
05. Every Dog Has Its Day
06. World Affair
07. Season Of The Arrow
08. I Play For You
09. Glass City
10. Race To The End
11. Death March (bonus track)
12. Fight For Your Life (bonus track)

Pre order:
White LP version: order HERE
Black LP version: order HERE
CD version: order HERE

U.S. Metal aficionados know well how the great state of Ohio was prolific in excellent bands. These metal heroes from Toledo belong to that elite by their own right! Their first two albums (Every Dog Has Its Day from 1987 and Stop This War from 1989) are undoubtedly among the best albums of the 80’s, when it comes to heavy / power metal made in North America.

Stop This War includes a total of 10 original songs recorded in studio, with the song Break Out being one of the band’s greatest classics, largely due to the extensive airplay that the official music video had on MTV’s Headbangers Ball, being one of the most cherished videos of Damien’s fan base. Edward Shimborske III writes: “Break Out, the single from Stop This War, aired on MTV’s Headbangers Ball numerous times in 1989 and 1990. The impressive video featured the band performing live at Roxanne’s (in Toledo, Ohio), interspersed with footage of local bad-ass motorcycle club, the Iron Coffins, as well as a bevy of local beauties, friends, and family members. The clip helped escalate record sales, and the record earned even more stellar reviews, expanding the band’s burgeoning fanbase. Damien quickly elevated its adoration and admiration a thousand-fold in foreign markets (where the band’s style had commonly been referred to as “power metal”).”

Deluxe CD edition limited to 500 copies, with 16-page booklet with lyrics, special liner notes and rare photos, bonus tracks and remastered sound.

Release date: November 15th, 2024.

Tracklist
01. Stop This War
02. Break Out
03. Rising Dawn
04. Matilda
05. 30 St. Clair
06. Stormwind
07. Warlord
08. Always In Lust
09. The Priests Are Coming
10. Corpse Grinder
11. I Need To Roll (bonus track)
12. Only The Strong (bonus track)
13. No More Time (bonus track)

Pre order here:
Red LP version: order HERE
Black LP version: order HERE
CD version: order HERE

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