Please pay attention to slovakian progressive Power/Speed/Thrash hopefuls Cerberus from Bratislava, born in 1985, who've been about to record their debut concept album (a Metal opera would fit better) "Trójska vojna" (Trojan War) during 1990/91, but run into the political change inside the CSSR, which due to the collapsing Opus record company caused the album was never finished, even though the vinyl sleeves had been printed already. Almost 30 years later one member of the band found the files of the old unfinished rough mix in slovakian broadcast archives and the reactivated band tried to produce an album but got stopped by the lovely chinese "gift" Corona. A studio produced a privately made CD (about 80 digipack copies made) with newly recorded extra trax (that though aren't Cerberus songs at all), but yet it naturally remained overlooked. Knightstalker Records got in touch with Miroslav Lustig, the main songwriter and lead guitarist of Cerberus and an agreement was made to re-release the original album rough mix fully remastered by Patrick Engel on both vinyl and CD in an edition of 400 copies each. Since the band could save one of those original 30 years old LP covers, the vinyl will be released with it's original planned sleeve! Besides an insert with old pictures and the history of the band, additionally an A2 replica of an original Cerberus album motive poster will be added, as well as an old A5 info booklet (4 pages) of the band and 2 stickers.
CD's and vinyls will be released during early 2024. If everything turns out the way the band and the label wishes, the CD will additionally include a DVD with an old live concert from 1989 as well! Stay tuned, more news will be added soon!
Here's the new, remastered version of the album:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=evLbrsoNuh4
The restored album artwork, eat this!:
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