Metal Blade "Metal Classics Series"

The Knell · Post by **The Knell** » Mon Jun 01, 2009 12:48 pm

I have a Hallows Eve : Tales Of Terror Metal Blade classics series from 1996
I have no number in the numbering space though!!!

Heathen · Post by **Heathen** » Mon Jun 01, 2009 7:10 pm

Avenger wrote:
The Knell wrote:I don't like the cover. Also that bitches in a shiny blue bar cover sucks.

The best crap bootleg cover for this album is the one with the corpses and the warrior dude in red / white colors

Honestly none of these fit right to the music. The heralds cover could be anything, the bar cover some shitty glam crap, the corpses mountain some deathrash...
None of those are bootlegs dude.

This was released officially on CD two different times.

The labels are as follows:

Metalcore 1990
Caroline / Metal Blade 1991

The only one which could be a bootleg is the Barricade pressing which the band regards as such, but you never know, as this looks quite legitimate and lots of record deals go sour and accusations are made back and forth afterwards.

Either way, that's besides the point...

I have serious doubts about the Barricade release. I had it some time ago (I replaced it with the Metal Blade version) and while its martix area looked as if it was a legitimate release from a serious CD plant, the band themselves seem to regard this as a bootleg (look at the discography section http://www.jagpanzer.com/html/discography.html).

Avenger · Post by **Avenger** » Tue Jun 02, 2009 6:44 am

The Knell wrote:I have a Hallows Eve : Tales Of Terror Metal Blade classics series from 1996
I have no number in the numbering space though!!!

The series I'm talking about is from '90/'91.

Here is a copy of the Hallows Eve CD that I'm talking about.

http://cgi.ebay.com/Hallows-Eve-Tales-O ... 7C294%3A50

Released in 1990 by Restless / Metal Blade

The Knell · Post by **The Knell** » Tue Jun 02, 2009 9:38 am

pardon, I thought it's off the same series

I'm no CD wize man at all

Avenger wrote:
The Knell wrote:I have a Hallows Eve : Tales Of Terror Metal Blade classics series from 1996
I have no number in the numbering space though!!!
The series I'm talking about is from '90/'91.

Here is a copy of the Hallows Eve CD that I'm talking about.

http://cgi.ebay.com/Hallows-Eve-Tales-O ... 7C294%3A50

Released in 1990 by Restless / Metal Blade

Korgüll · Post by **Korgüll** » Tue Jun 02, 2009 10:54 am

This is the Hallows Eve I have.
I have never seen any other CD's in this particular series, even though there is a list of the other titles in the series under the CD tray (as you can see)

sovdat · Post by **sovdat** » Tue Jun 02, 2009 11:05 am

I had A Distant Thunder from these series, if I'm not mistaken it was from 1996.

Avenger · Post by **Avenger** » Wed Jun 03, 2009 4:42 am

Korgüll wrote:This is the Hallows Eve I have.
I have never seen any other CD's in this particular series, even though there is a list of the other titles in the series under the CD tray (as you can see)

Yes, this is a different and highly common re-issue series from 1996.

Not what I'm looking for.

Avenger · Post by **Avenger** » Wed Jun 03, 2009 4:43 am

sovdat wrote:I had A Distant Thunder from these series, if I'm not mistaken it was from 1996.

So is that "Show No Mercy" CD from this series?

sovdat · Post by **sovdat** » Mon Jun 15, 2009 6:13 am

No, it's from ~ 1990 era. Kreator is selling a copy right now:

http://cgi.ebay.com/SLAYER-Show-No-Merc ... tsupported

gigadeth · Post by **gigadeth** » Mon Jun 15, 2009 12:11 pm

sovdat wrote:No, it's from ~ 1990 era. Kreator is selling a copy right now:

http://cgi.ebay.com/SLAYER-Show-No-Merc ... tsupported

it is Music For Nations release (so European release), catalog number is CD ZORRO 7, not Metal Blade. isn't it?

Korgüll · Post by **Korgüll** » Mon Jun 15, 2009 12:19 pm

I have two copies of this Slayer CD, everything is exactly the same on both. But one has red writing on the spine & the other is white writing???????????

So different pressings...?

Which one is the first I wonder...??

sovdat · Post by **sovdat** » Mon Jun 15, 2009 12:28 pm

gigadeth wrote:
sovdat wrote:No, it's from ~ 1990 era. Kreator is selling a copy right now:

http://cgi.ebay.com/SLAYER-Show-No-Merc ... tsupported
it is Music For Nations release (so European release), catalog number is CD ZORRO 7, not Metal Blade. isn't it?

(P)(C) Metal Blade 1984
Marketed and distributed by Music for Nations
Metal Blade logotype on the CD ...

gigadeth · Post by **gigadeth** » Mon Jun 15, 2009 12:36 pm

sovdat wrote:
gigadeth wrote:
sovdat wrote:No, it's from ~ 1990 era. Kreator is selling a copy right now:

http://cgi.ebay.com/SLAYER-Show-No-Merc ... tsupported
it is Music For Nations release (so European release), catalog number is CD ZORRO 7, not Metal Blade. isn't it?
(P)(C) Metal Blade 1984
Marketed and distributed by Music for Nations
Metal Blade logotype on the CD ...

yes, but the catalog number "CD ZORRO" is european release. it may be Music For Nations release licensed from Metal Blade.

i think it is 3rd european release of this album
roadrunner slimline -> roadrunner (black & white on back insert) -> music for nations

Avenger · Post by **Avenger** » Mon Jun 15, 2009 6:59 pm

Gigadeth is correct.

Music For Nations was simply a European distribution label. This was licensed from Metal Blade for the european market.

Avenger · Post by **Avenger** » Thu Nov 26, 2009 12:13 pm

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