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WAR CRY - Trilogy Of Terror Demo (1983) USA

Posted: Wed Oct 22, 2008 9:25 pm
by bigfootkit
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WAR CRY - Trilogy Of Terror Demo (1983) USA
Demo Cassette

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01. Forbidden Evil
02. Intro
03. The Executioner
04. Wicked Warlock

Rich "Roar" Rozek - Vocals (BATTALION)
Steve Ahlers - Guitar (KELLEY'S HEROES)
Marty Fitzgerald - Guitar
Paul Speckmann - Bass (SPECKMANN PROJECT, MASTER, ABOMINATION, WALPURGISNACHT (US), DEATH STRIKE, MARTYR (Cze), KRABATHOR, FUNERAL BITCH (US), SOLUTIONS, THE ARCHITECTS OF HATE)
Joe Laccino - Drums

WAR CRY were a Chicago Illinois based doomy Heavy Metal band formed in 1982.
At this time, the NWOBHM movement was in full swing, and War Cry found inspiration in acts from that movement, such as WITCHFINDER GENERAL and ANGEL WITCH.
Their approach became ever more doomy, as a result of listening to those SABBATH inspired acts
In mid-83, War Cry entered Open Reel Studios in Lynwood, Illinois to record the legendary four song "Trilogy Of Terror" demo.
War Cry had no clue how to promote the demo at the time, but copies of it rapidly spread through the tape trading network, and War Cry achieved a degree of cult fame in the metal underground.
By now, War Cry were opening for big acts such as JOE PERRY PROJECT and MOUNTAIN, and the opportunity to appear on vinyl came calling, in the form of Brian Slagel's Metal Blade Records.
Their Metal Massacre compilation series had featured many promising acts, and had helped to launch the careers of METALLICA, RATT and SLAYER, among many others.
War Cry were offered the chance to appear on "Metal Massacre 4", alongside fellow Chicago acts TROUBLE, WITCHSLAYER, ZOETROPE and THRUST.
"Forbidden Evil" was chosen to appear on the compilation.
War Cry recieved a good response to their contribution, and the disc helped them become noticed on the international scene.
Future thrash act FORBIDDEN even took their name from the War Cry song, "Forbidden Evil".
Despite this taste of success, drummer Joe Laccino quit in mid '83, and bassist Paul Speckmann also left late that same year to form DEATH STRIKE then MASTER.
The group tried to keep going, drafting in replacements and recording further material, but it was all to no avail.
In 2006, a compilation of their early material "Forbidden Evil", was issued by S.I.N. Records.

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Posted: Thu Oct 23, 2008 2:49 am
by Cochino
Cool, checkin this band out was in my "to do" list, so I'm downloading now.

Posted: Thu Oct 23, 2008 7:37 am
by nabel
Cheeeers! Much better sound than on the Forbidden Evil CD!

The Executioner is one those songs you never get enough of. Perfect metal.

Posted: Thu Oct 23, 2008 11:38 am
by Khnud
I was also disappointed with the sound of the CD. Absolute killer songs all round, "Wicked Warlock" being my absolute favourite.

Posted: Thu Oct 23, 2008 4:28 pm
by nightsblood
Definitely nice to have a better-sounding copy of this tape!

Posted: Thu Oct 23, 2008 6:39 pm
by Ernest Thesiger
nightsblood wrote:Definitely nice to have a better-sounding copy of this tape!
Ditto. Cheers!

Posted: Thu Oct 23, 2008 7:53 pm
by The Sentinel
Cheers

Posted: Thu Oct 23, 2008 9:09 pm
by bigfootkit
Glad you all enjoyed this one so much.
:D

Posted: Thu Dec 25, 2008 11:30 am
by Khnud
Having just listened to this upload, it's actually a different version of the demo I have, which contains only three songs ("Intro" is missing). Also, the songs on the one I have are played somewhat faster. Did they release two versions of "Trilogy of Terror"?

Posted: Thu Dec 25, 2008 8:03 pm
by bigfootkit
I don't think there were 2 versions, perhaps one of your copies was transferred at the wrong speed, hence the "faster" playing.
I'm no expert on the band however, maybe someone knows better than i?

Posted: Thu Dec 25, 2008 10:43 pm
by Black Axe
There are some 20 different rips of this spread around who there's bound to be some difference between 'em. Maybe some are actual different version but it's hard to tell.

Posted: Fri Dec 26, 2008 8:48 am
by Khnud
Yeah, it might be a dubbing mistake, although track lengths on two of the songs are shorter than the ones posted above, whereas one is actually longer.

Posted: Mon Jan 05, 2009 11:29 pm
by Witchkiller
Excecutioner is GREAT!Fuckin' boilin' metal!

A mil thanx for this one.Knew the name,never got a chance to hear it and it's cool!So cool actually!

Re: WAR CRY - Trilogy Of Terror Demo (1983) USA

Posted: Tue Sep 29, 2009 10:39 am
by Avenger
bigfootkit wrote:01. Forbidden Evil
02. Intro
03. The Executioner
04. Wicked Warlock
Is this the correct track listing?

A few other sources say otherwise.

Re: WAR CRY - Trilogy Of Terror Demo (1983) USA

Posted: Wed Sep 30, 2009 3:19 pm
by Black Axe
Avenger wrote:
bigfootkit wrote:01. Forbidden Evil
02. Intro
03. The Executioner
04. Wicked Warlock
Is this the correct track listing?

A few other sources say otherwise.
Forbidden Evil is the last song I believe. And the intro is called The Executioner's March.