It's not only the name and logo that oozes Quality Metal, Black Dragon had some truly immortal releases on their consciense and a Metal collection without at least a handful of BD-albums isn't much of a collection at all. You can read their background story and a bunch of reviews here, courtesy of The French Connection webzine. It's an ancient site, so don't bet on those mailorder details being up-to-date.
The more Hard Rock-oriented albums were issued under the High Dragon-monicker and carries the HD# - the BD# are the Black Dragon releases.
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BD 001 | Savage Grace | Master Of Disguise | LP | 1985 | Licensed from Important Records. Slightly different cover art from the original. Review |
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Licensed from Important Records. Slightly different cover art from the original. Review |
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BD 002 | Manilla Road | Open The Gates | LP+12" | 1985 |
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BD 003 | Exxplorer | Symphonies Of Steel | LP | 1985 | Licensed from Metal Blade, though originally on a private label. Different cover art. Review |
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Licensed from Metal Blade, though originally on a private label. Different cover art. Review |
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BD 004 | Liege Lord | Freedom's Rise | LP | 1985 | Licensed from Iron Works. Different cover art from the original. Review |
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Licensed from Iron Works. Different cover art from the original. Review |
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BD 005 | Steel Vengeance | Call Off The Dogs | LP | 1985 | Review |
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BD 006 | Castle Blak | Babes In Toyland | LP | 1985 | Review |
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BD 007 | CJSS | World Gone Mad | LP | 1985 | Licensed from Leviathan Records. Different cover art from the original. |
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Licensed from Leviathan Records. Different cover art from the original. | |||||||||
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BD 008 | Heir Apparent | Graceful Inheritance | LP/CD | 1986 | Does a better early Queensrÿche than Crimson Glory themselves. Review |
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Does a better early Queensrÿche than Crimson Glory themselves. Review |
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BD 009 | D.C. Lacroix | Crack Of Doom | LP | 1986 | Review |
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BD 010 | Manilla Road | The Deluge | LP | 1986 |
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HD 011 | Kooga | Across The Water | LP | 1986 |
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BD 012 | Savage Grace | After The Fall From Grace | LP | 1986 | Licensed from Metal Blade. Slightly different cover art from the original. |
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BD 013 | Candlemass | Epicus Doomicus Metallicus | LP | 1986 |
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BD 014 | Ded Engine | Hot Shot | LP | 1986 | No, of course it's nowhere near in the same league as the 2 albums above or the the one below, but Ded Engine treaded the tightrope of being great at being 100% unoriginal HM with utmost grace. Licensed from Pentagram Records (as s/t). |
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No, of course it's nowhere near in the same league as the 2 albums above or the the one below, but Ded Engine treaded the tightrope of being great at being 100% unoriginal HM with utmost grace. Licensed from Pentagram Records (as s/t). |
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BD 015 | Sacred Blade | Of The Sun And Moon | LP | 1986 | Review |
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BD 016 | CJSS | Praise The Loud | LP | 1986 | Licensed from Leviathan Records. Different cover art from the original. |
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Licensed from Leviathan Records. Different cover art from the original. | |||||||||
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BD 017 | Steel Vengeance | Second Offence | LP | 1986 | Review |
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BD 018 | Manilla Road | Crystal Logic | LP | 1983 | Licensed from Roadster Records. |
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Licensed from Roadster Records. | |||||||||
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BD 019 | Anthem | Tightrope | LP | 1986 |
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HD 020 | Castle Blak | Another Dark Carnival | LP | 1986 | Review |
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HD 021 | The Cherry Bombz | Coming Down Slow | LP | 1986 |
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HD 022 | Peer Günt | Back Seat | LP | 1986 |
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BD 023 | Mace | The Evil In Good | LP | 1987 |
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BD 024 | Manilla Road | Mystification | LP | 1987 | Licensed from Roadster Records. |
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BD 025 | Chastain | The 7th Of Never | LP | 1987 | Licensed from Shrapnel Records. Different cover art from the original. |
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Licensed from Shrapnel Records. Different cover art from the original. | |||||||||
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HD 026 | Smack | Live Desire | LP | 1987 |
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BD 027 | Mayhem | Burned Alive | LP | 1987 | Mayhem (NY) proved that you can indeed make great "Punk-Metal" without degrading neither of the genres. This is def' not your typical US Crossover fare but a much more Euro-influenced sound with only a novelty-song or 3 to differ themselves from the likes of UK familiars like English Dogs or The Blood. They're the kind of band that almost get away with the "Ace Of Spades"cover-filler. Almost. |
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Mayhem (NY) proved that you can indeed make great "Punk-Metal" without degrading neither of the genres. This is def' not your typical US Crossover fare but a much more Euro-influenced sound with only a novelty-song or 3 to differ themselves from the likes of UK familiars like English Dogs or The Blood. They're the kind of band that almost get away with the "Ace Of Spades"cover-filler. Almost. | |||||||||
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BD 028 | Steel Vengeance | Prisoner | LP | 1987 |
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BD 029 | David T. Chastain | Instrumental Variations | LP | 1987 | Licensed from Leviathan Records. |
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HD 030 | Peer Günt | Good Girls Don't... | LP | 1987 |
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HD 031 | James Young | Out On A Day Pass | LP | 1987 |
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HD 032 | April 16th | Sleepwalking | LP | 1987 |
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BD 033 | Manilla Road | Live Roadkill | LP/CD | 1987 |
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BD 034 | Sacred Child | Sacred Child | LP | 1987 |
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BD 035 | Flames | Summon The Dead | LP | 1987 | Licensed from FM Records. Interview |
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Licensed from FM Records. Interview |
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BD 036 | Lars Eric Mattson | Eternity | LP/CD | 1988 |
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BD 037 | Manilla Road | Out Of The Abyss | LP/CD | 1988 | Licensed from Leviathan Records. |
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Licensed from Leviathan Records. | |||||||||
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BD 038 | Druid | Vampire Cult | LP/CD | 1988 | Originally as a private pressing with different cover art. Review |
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Originally as a private pressing with different cover art. Review |
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HD 039 | Peer Günt | Fire Wire | LP | 1988 |
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BD 040 | Steel Vengeance | Never Lettin' Go | LP | 1988 |
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BD 041 | Lars Eric Mattson | No Surrender | LP/CD | 1989 |
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BD 042 | St. Elmo's Fire | Powerdrive | LP/CD | 1990 |
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HD 043 | Peer Günt | Years On The Road | LP | 1990 |
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BD 044 | David T. Chastain | Retrospect | CD | 1990 |
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BD 045 | Manilla Road | The Courts Of Chaos | LP/CD | 1990 |
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BD 046 | Dofka | Toxic Wasteland | LP/CD | 1990 | It's rather unobtrusive as far as drum machines go, and nor does the guitar-hero antics of Jim Dofka manage to hide the fact that this is an excellent piece of neo-classical US Power Metal. Proves Black Dragon had a keen eye for the Epic, despite disguises & dire circumstances. That's one hell of an ugly sleeve tho'! Review |
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It's rather unobtrusive as far as drum machines go, and nor does the guitar-hero antics of Jim Dofka manage to hide the fact that this is an excellent piece of neo-classical US Power Metal. Proves Black Dragon had a keen eye for the Epic, despite disguises & dire circumstances. That's one hell of an ugly sleeve tho'! Review |
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HD 047 | Peer Günt | Don't Mess With The Countryboys | LP | 1990 |
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BD 048 | Steel Vengeance | Live Among The Dead | CD | 1990 |
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BD 049 | David. T Chastain | Elegant Seduction | CD | 1991 |
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BD 050 | Lars Eric Mattson | Electric Voodoo | CD | 1991 |
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BD 051 | Michael Harris | Defense Mechanizms | CD | 1992 |
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BD 052 | Various | Metal Without Mercy - Volume 1 | CD | 1992 | Featuring: Savage Grace, Exxplorer, Liege Lord, Dark Angel, Manilla Road, Mace, Sacred Child, Hawaii, Mayhem (US), Mox Nix, D.C. Lacroix, Ruthless, World War III, Candlemass and Heir Apparent. |
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Featuring: Savage Grace, Exxplorer, Liege Lord, Dark Angel, Manilla Road, Mace, Sacred Child, Hawaii, Mayhem (US), Mox Nix, D.C. Lacroix, Ruthless, World War III, Candlemass and Heir Apparent. |
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BD 053 | Manilla Road | The Circus Maximus | CD | 1992 |
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BD 054 | Chastain/Harris | Counterpoint - Live, Wild & Truly Diminished | CD | 1992 |
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BD 055 | St. Elmo's Fire | Desperate Years | CD | 1992 |
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BD 056 | Excruciating Pain | Thou Shall Choose | CD | 1992 |
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HBDCD 597 | Various | The Legend Of Dragon Noir | CD | 1997 | Released through the Greek edition of Metal Hammer. Featuring: Candlemass, Exxplorer, Dark Angel, World War III, Manilla Road, Mox Nix, Heir Apparent, Hawaii, Savage Grace, Liege Lord, Mayhem, Sacred Child, D.C. Lacroix and Ruthless. |
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Released through the Greek edition of Metal Hammer. Featuring: Candlemass, Exxplorer, Dark Angel, World War III, Manilla Road, Mox Nix, Heir Apparent, Hawaii, Savage Grace, Liege Lord, Mayhem, Sacred Child, D.C. Lacroix and Ruthless. |
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BD MH 002 | Manilla Road | Live By The Sword - The Very Best Of Manilla Road | CD | 1998 | Released through the Greek edition of Metal Hammer, and not entirely legit I've heard. |
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BD MH 003 | Candlemass | Epicus Doomicus Metallicus | CD | 1998 | Promo. Released through the Greek edition of Metal Hammer, and not entirely legit I've heard. |
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Promo. Released through the Greek edition of Metal Hammer, and not entirely legit I've heard. |
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Compiled by Andrew (Moscow) and DaN Edman. Additions by Avenger.
