A small and rather anonymous Metal (..& etc) imprint of the gigantic MCA concern. Their signings seem terribly random...? *bangs fist on table, shouting: "who the hell is running this place!?"*
A tell-tale sign that this was but a small appendix of a major is that there's more promos & singles bearing the label imprint than there are actual albums. I endured the grunge'n'glam crap 'til the bitter end, all for the sake of Voivod. Hail me!
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MCA-42175 | Stone | Stone | LP/CD | 1988 | As the first release of bigarse MCA's newly formed Metal-imprint you'd expect something a wee bit more original & ear-catching than the mere Not-Bad'ness of this confoundingly pedestrian Thrash-light-affair. Licensed from Megamania. Different sleeve art from original. |
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As the first release of bigarse MCA's newly formed Metal-imprint you'd expect something a wee bit more original & ear-catching than the mere Not-Bad'ness of this confoundingly pedestrian Thrash-light-affair. Licensed from Megamania. Different sleeve art from original. |
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MCA-42187 | Violence | Eternal Nightmare | LP/CD | 1988 | Perhaps one step up the ladder from Stone, I never saw quite as much greatness in Violence as many of my fellow Metal-fans, but it's mostly the vocal-style that rubs me the wrong way.. |
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Perhaps one step up the ladder from Stone, I never saw quite as much greatness in Violence as many of my fellow Metal-fans, but it's mostly the vocal-style that rubs me the wrong way.. | |||||||||
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MCA-42259 / MCA8455 |
Dream Theater | When Dream And Day Unite | LP | 1988 | Some great melodies and ideas sprinkled about this album, but it's just too fucking ADULT for my taste. |
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Some great melodies and ideas sprinkled about this album, but it's just too fucking ADULT for my taste. | |||||||||
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MCA-6300 | Bang Tango | Psycho Café | LP/CD | 1989 | Not Metal. Sleaze. |
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Not Metal. Sleaze. | |||||||||
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MCA-6326 | Voivod | Nothingface | LP/CD | 1989 | I can't for the life of me think of another album from a former Thrash band that still worked and even exceeded some of the older, more extreme stuff. The last of The Perfect VOIVOD Albums is perfect and even song rule, with "Pre-Ignition" perhaps ruling a bit more still... |
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I can't for the life of me think of another album from a former Thrash band that still worked and even exceeded some of the older, more extreme stuff. The last of The Perfect VOIVOD Albums is perfect and even song rule, with "Pre-Ignition" perhaps ruling a bit more still... | |||||||||
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MCA 6389 | Trixter | Trixter | LP/CD | 1990 | Not Metal. Radio/hair-rock of the most dire ilk... |
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Not Metal. Radio/hair-rock of the most dire ilk... | |||||||||
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MCA 10196 | Bang Tango | Dancin' On Coals | LP/CD | 1991 | Not Metal. Hard Rock. The vinyl version is only available as a German pressing. |
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Not Metal. Hard Rock. The vinyl version is only available as a German pressing. |
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MCA 10293 | Voivod | Angel Rat | LP/CD | 1991 | I really don't have any major problems with the pop'ishness and in fact "The Prow"is one of my top 5 fave Voivod tunes. It's the lack of weird and the fact that it looks more cool than it really is that bugs me. The vinyl version is only available as a German pressing. |
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I really don't have any major problems with the pop'ishness and in fact "The Prow"is one of my top 5 fave Voivod tunes. It's the lack of weird and the fact that it looks more cool than it really is that bugs me. The vinyl version is only available as a German pressing. |
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1-24525 | Tad | Inhaler | LP/CD | 1993 | Not Metal. Grunge. (co-released by Giant Records) |
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Not Metal. Grunge. (co-released by Giant Records) |
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MCA-10701 | Voivod | The Outer Limits | LP/CD | 1993 | The kind of album I'd really love to re-discover and declare a lost masterpiece but so far I haven't succeeded, so instead of writing something I'll regret 10 years from now I guess I'll just keep trying... The vinyl version is only available as a German pressing and does not bear the Mechanic logo, but was credited solely to mother-label MCA. |
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The kind of album I'd really love to re-discover and declare a lost masterpiece but so far I haven't succeeded, so instead of writing something I'll regret 10 years from now I guess I'll just keep trying... The vinyl version is only available as a German pressing and does not bear the Mechanic logo, but was credited solely to mother-label MCA. |
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9 24551-2 | Seed | Ling | CD | 1994 | Not Metal. Grunge. (co-released by Giant Records) |
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Not Metal. Grunge. (co-released by Giant Records) |
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7559-61789-1 | Tad | Infrared Riding Hood | LP/CD | 1995 | Not Metal. Grunge. The vinyl version is only available as a German pressing. |
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Not Metal. Grunge. The vinyl version is only available as a German pressing. |
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(none) | Stone | Real Delusion / Final Countdown / No Commands | MC | 1988 |
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L33-17559 / MCA 7935 |
Stone | Get Stoned / No Commands | 12" | 1988 |
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(none) | Violence | Rough Demo | MC | 1988 | 4-song promo featuring rough demo-versions of 3 songs that would appear on the "Eternal Nightmare"album, plus the demo-only song "Paraplegic". |
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4-song promo featuring rough demo-versions of 3 songs that would appear on the "Eternal Nightmare"album, plus the demo-only song "Paraplegic". | |||||||||
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VOMIT 1 | Violence | Eternal Nightmare | 10" | 1988 | A limited amount of this UK-only edition also came out with the infamous "vomit pack" plastic sleave, with a sealed extra pocket filled with fake vomit on the front. |
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A limited amount of this UK-only edition also came out with the infamous "vomit pack" plastic sleave, with a sealed extra pocket filled with fake vomit on the front. | |||||||||
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L33-17608 / MCA8088 |
Violence | Eternal Nightmare / Phobophobia | 12" | 1988 |
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CD 45-17783 | Dream Theater | Status Seeker | CDS | 1989 | 1-song promo |
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1-song promo | |||||||||
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CD 45-17783 | Dream Theater | Afterlife | CDS | 1989 | 1-song promo |
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1-song promo | |||||||||
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L33-17854 / CD 45-17848 |
Bang Tango | Attack Of Life | 12"/ CDS | 1989 | Not Metal. Sleaze. |
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Not Metal. Sleaze. | |||||||||
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L33-17855 / CD45-17853 |
Bang Tango | Someone Like You | 12"/ CDS | 1989 | Not Metal. Sleaze. |
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Not Metal. Sleaze. | |||||||||
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C33-17978 | Voivod | Four-Song Sampler | MC | 1989 |
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CD45-17979 | Voivod | Astronomy Domine / The Unknown Knows | CDS | 1989 |
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L33-18050 | Voivod | Interview with Legs McNeil | 12" | 1989 |
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(none) | Voivod | Questionface | MC | 1989 | Supposedly a mix of the interview above and tape-loop manipulations of Voivod music. |
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Supposedly a mix of the interview above and tape-loop manipulations of Voivod music. | |||||||||
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CD45-18196 | Voivod | Into My Hypercube / Missing Sequences | CDS | 1989 |
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CD45-18225 | Bang Tango | Love Injection | CDS | 1990 | Not Metal. Sleaze. 1-song promo |
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Not Metal. Sleaze. 1-song promo |
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L33-18334 / CD45-18244 |
Trixter | Line Of Fire | 12"/ CDS | 1990 | Not Metal. Hard/soft rock. |
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Not Metal. Hard/soft rock. | |||||||||
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L33-18392 / CD45-18393 |
Trixter | Give It To Me Good | 12"/ CDS | 1990 | Not Metal. Hard/soft rock. |
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Not Metal. Hard/soft rock. | |||||||||
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CD45-1098 / CD45-1307 |
Trixter | One In A Million | CDS | 1990 | Not Metal. Hard/soft rock. 2- and 3-song-versions editions exist. |
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Not Metal. Hard/soft rock. 2- and 3-song-versions editions exist. |
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CD45-1281 | Bang Tango | Soul To Soul | CDS | 1991 | Not Metal. Sleaze. 1-song promo |
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Not Metal. Sleaze. 1-song promo |
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CD45-1412 | Trixter | Surrender | CDS | 1990 | Not Metal. Sleaze. |
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Not Metal. Sleaze. | |||||||||
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C45-1422 | Bang Tango | Dancin' On Coals | MC | 1991 | Not Metal. Sleaze. 5-song promo |
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Not Metal. Sleaze. 5-song promo |
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CD45-1446 | Bang Tango | Dancin' On Coals | CDS | 1991 | Not Metal. Hard Rock. 1-song promo |
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Not Metal. Hard Rock. 1-song promo |
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CD45-1447 | Bang Tango | Untied And True | CDS | 1991 | Not Metal. Sleaze. 1-song promo |
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Not Metal. Sleaze. 1-song promo |
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CD45-2000 | Voivod | Angel Rat Sampler | CDS | 1991 | 4 cuts from the full-length, though different mixes. |
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4 cuts from the full-length, though different mixes. | |||||||||
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MCA5P-2309 | Trixter | Road Of A Thousand Dreams | CDS | 1992 | Not Metal. Hard/soft rock. |
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Not Metal. Hard/soft rock. | |||||||||
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9086-19001-4 | Various | The Apathy, And The Ecstasy | MC | 1993? | Promo comp featuring artist on both Mechanic an another Metal- and alternative-focused MCA sublabel, Futurist. Featuring: Sometime Sweet Susan, Wig Hat, Brother Eye, Green, Tad, Murder Inc., Cubanate, Voivod, Oomph!, Kreator, Coroner, Anathema, My Dying Bride and Autopsy. |
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Promo comp featuring artist on both Mechanic an another Metal- and alternative-focused MCA sublabel, Futurist. Featuring: Sometime Sweet Susan, Wig Hat, Brother Eye, Green, Tad, Murder Inc., Cubanate, Voivod, Oomph!, Kreator, Coroner, Anathema, My Dying Bride and Autopsy. |
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TAD 1 | Tad | Grease Box | 12" EP / CDS | 1993 | Not Metal. Grunge. |
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Not Metal. Grunge. | |||||||||
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PRO-CD-6458 | Tad | Leafy Incline | CDS | 1993 | Not Metal. Grunge. |
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Not Metal. Grunge. | |||||||||
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MCA8P-2684 / MCA5P-2668 |
Voivod | The Lost Machine / Jack Luminus | 12"/ CDS | 1993 | As with the "Outer Limtis" album from which the songs were taken, only the CD version carries the Mechanic logo. The vinyl version is credited to mother-label MCA exclusively. |
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As with the "Outer Limtis" album from which the songs were taken, only the CD version carries the Mechanic logo. The vinyl version is credited to mother-label MCA exclusively. | |||||||||
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MCA5P-2822 | Voivod | Fix My Heart | CDS | 1993 |
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MCA5P-2926 | Voivod | The Nile Song / Tribal Convictions (live version) | CDS | 1994 | No, this one actually doesn't mention Mechanic at all, but it's the last release of their Mechanic/MCA-era, so well worth a mention... |
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No, this one actually doesn't mention Mechanic at all, but it's the last release of their Mechanic/MCA-era, so well worth a mention... | |||||||||
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PRO-CD-7182 | Seed | Doe | CDS | 1994 | Not Metal. Grunge. |
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Compiled by DaN Edman.
