ENFORCER - Classic Chicago Metal, 25th Anniversary Release

[Stormspell]

Here it is, the ultimate slab of power-doom demo straight from 1984 in its raw and powerful glory. Expanded with 7 previously unreleased rehearsal songs from the deepest vaults of Brian Lee's archives, and a DVD showcasing all 5 original demo songs and 3 more which are not on the CD. A must have for Chicago and US classic metal fans in general.



ENFORCER
Classic Chicago Metal
1984 Demos †25th Anniversary Release/Unreleased Tapes

1984 Demos:
1. High Treason (4:33)
2. Salem's Curse (8:09)
3. Final Conflict (7:07)
4. Born To Avenge (2:54)
5. Bury The Knife (5:47)

Bonus Tracks:
6. Fate Worse Than Death (Instrumental) (Rehearsal 4 track) (4:40)
7. Enforcer (Instrumental) (Rehearsal) (4:59)
8. Meltdown (Rehearsal) (5:04)
9. Winter (early version of Metal Till Death) (Rehearsal) (3:36)
10. Final Conflict (Rehearsal) (7:52)
11. Transmit The Power (Rehearsal) (4:24)
12. Syndrome (Rehearsal) (3:08]

Tracks 6-12 recorded in rehearsals in Illinois, 1984-1985
Tracks 8-12 are live, unedited recordings from a rehearsal in February 1984

DVD:
1. Rumors Of My Demise
2. Bury The Knife
3. High Treason
4. Salem's Curse
5. Destiny
6. Born To Avenge
7. Final Conflict
8. Metal Till Death

[MassOfKthulu]

ah Iordan will are you gonna do all this on vinyl..sniff

[Stormspell]

Tell you what, the only way I'd do it if there are 250 preorders. Find me 250 people interested (or dealers willing to preorder multiple copies) and I'll be on it right away. Else I dont have free funds to lock in merch that will stall after 30 copies sold, I really dont, sorry.

[GJ]

ah Iordan will are you gonna do all this on vinyl..sniff

...and the DVD on BetaMax..sob!

[Stormspell]

ah Iordan will are you gonna do all this on vinyl..sniff

...and the DVD on BetaMax..sob!

I actually have a working Beta video here and probably can find an empty tape too. Send me $25 I'll dub you the DVD on beta, no problem.

[GJ]

Haha! No I'll pass.

[Black Axe]

Must order. Add me to the list of vinyl preorders too.

[MassOfKthulu]

try emailing High Roller,Karthago,Metaleros,Steel Gallery,Pure Steel,Shadow Kingdom,Forgotten Steel,now these guys would stock a few copies each of this LP,they would stock ANY 80s US metal vinyl rerelease by default
and im sure im forgetting a few
only bit of a problem i think is these guys mainly work with trades from what they are releasing themselves,im not sure how interested u ld be in stashing other people's vinyl and waiting for it to get sold on the virtue of it being a few copies each of a specific release and not just one release?

[Helm]

This looks great! The cover came out excellent as well

[Stormspell]

This looks great! The cover came out excellent as well

Thanks, it is still an ongoing battle and I just received a new fresh one-mile-long list from Brian Lee requesting revisions I'm trying to fight the majority off, but still the final release may look quite different from what you see above.

@MassOfKthulu: Indeed my friend, almost everyone wants to trade only. For instance I've dealt with all Greek distros/labels, and with the exception of Teodoros from Black Wizard, no one else ever forked cash - even when my wholesale prices are 1/3 to 1/2 cheaper than theirs...

With the vinyl, if I ever feel compelled to do it, it will be like my CD releases - very elaborate without cutting any corners. So not to offend anyone, but there is no chance I'd be up to swapping it for a "cereal-box" releases.

So please dont ask me for vinyl anymore. I'll only do it when/if the market gets to the point to make it possible to move a pressing without having to resort swapping 85% of it in trades which end up in my garage collecting dust...

[Shadow Kingdom]

Glad you're doing this... I talked to these guys 4 years ago about this and I didn't think it was going to happen...

Not sure if I'd consider them "doom". I'd have to go back and re-listen to them...

[Shadow Kingdom]

With the vinyl, if I ever feel compelled to do it, it will be like my CD releases - very elaborate without cutting any corners. So not to offend anyone, but there is no chance I'd be up to swapping it for a "cereal-box" releases.

So please dont ask me for vinyl anymore. I'll only do it when/if the market gets to the point to make it possible to move a pressing without having to resort swapping 85% of it in trades which end up in my garage collecting dust...

Oh man...

[Black Axe]

Chicago metal that isn't doom or at least dark and heavy as fuck. I won't believe it!

When will this be out? Judging from the revisions I assume it won't be March 31st.

[Stormspell]

Glad you're doing this... I talked to these guys 4 years ago about this and I didn't think it was going to happen...

Not sure if I'd consider them "doom". I'd have to go back and re-listen to them...

Yeah, I've been trying to make this release happen ever since I started working on Fatal Violence, which was like in early 2006... I only started making progress once the FV was out and I could show them the actual product.

It isnt exactly doom I agree, but there are some very doomy parts through it - you can easily tell the guitar player was a huge Black Sabbath junkie.

@Black Axe: I dont know when it will be out. The edited DVD master was sent to Brian for approval on Monday and I'll be sending final booklet previews over e-mail tonight. Once this is taken care of (assuming there wont be any further revisions requested) it will be only matter of manufacturing and such. It could be out as soon as middle of April.

[nightsblood]

Sounds interesting and looks awesome, although Warlord might want their cover art back- very 'deliver us'! I usually really like those pseudo-doomy Chicago bands

I'm slowly building a list of your releases to eventually order (Anacrusis, Jonah Quizz, now this one).