Angel Witch [Extra tracks, Import, Original recording remastered]

Angel Witch | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (May 5, 2009)
• Original Release Date: 2005
• Number of Discs: 1
• Format: Extra tracks, Import, Original recording remastered
• Label: Fontana Int'l
• ASIN: B0009HL0RG
• Average Customer Review: 4.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (14 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #54,330 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. Angel Witch

2. Atlantis

3. White Witch

4. Confused

5. Sorcerers

6. Gorgon

7. Sweet Danger

8. Free Man

9. Angel of Death

10. Devil's Tower

11. Loser [7" Single A-Side][*][Version]

12. Suffer [Loser 7" Single B-Side][*][Version]

13. Dr. Phibes [Loser 7" Single B-Side][*][Version]

14. Flight Nineteen [Sweet Danger, Single B-Side][*][Version]

15. Baphomet [*][Version]

16. Hades Paradise [12" Single B-Side][*][Version]

17. Sweet Danger [#][*]

18. Angel of Death [#][*]

19. Extermination Day [#][*]

20. Angel Witch [#][*]

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

14 of 14 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Angel Witch - self-titled/25th Anniversary Expanded Edition (Castle Music), May 8, 2006

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Mike Reed (USA) - See all my reviews
(VINE VOICE)   

This review is from: Angel Witch (Audio CD)

Silly me,this isn't merely ANOTHER pressing of the 'Resurrection' import CD(see my review)that I assumed it was JUST BECAUSE it features the very same cover.Turns out that it's a reissue of the stunning 1980 self-titled debut from the beloved underdogs of the NWOBHM movement.You get the lp's original ten scorchers,plus ten(10)...count them,bonus cuts extra that are of alternative versions,rare b-sides,etc.Very good.An absolute must-have.

9 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars NWOBHM's finest!, April 20, 2006

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Milt Mori "M & M" (Sparta, NJ) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Angel Witch (Audio CD)

It's too bad Angel Witch never got as much publicity as Motorhead, Venom, Iron Maiden, Judas Priest, Diamond Head, Saxon and Def Leppard. They're one of the best! When I hear bands like Megadeth, Metallica, and Testament--especialy Testament--they sound like a mere reflection of Angel Witch. The melodies, solos, clean tone, and much more makes these guys an important bedrock to be contended with. This album is certainly a gem for anyone interested in thrash and its development. You can't understand thrash without knowing who Angel Witch. Believe me--just ask Dave Mustaine!

5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars The definitive album of the NWOBHM era!, April 22, 2008

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TheManWhoKnewTooMuch (Rockville, USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Angel Witch (Audio CD)

Yes, Iron Maiden ended up eclipsing Angel Witch by leaps and bounds commercially speaking and the s/t Maiden debut surely is a landmark album. BUT, as far as the NWOBHM era goes, short-lived EMI label mates Angel Witch did them one better on their Bronze debut.

This album is absolute PERFECTION (and thus utterly essential) conjuring up the darkest and heaviest of Black Sabbath combined with excellent musicianship (particularly the unique guitar playing of mainman Kevin Heybourne whose anguished vocals are a perfect match for the music) and fueled by a similar, seemingly punk inspired youthful NRG that made the early Maiden albums so undeniable. 'Angel Witch' with its signature opening guitar lick is an anthem for the ages, 'Atlantis' a canvas of sinister chromatic dissonance, the haunting 'Sorcerers' the epitome of sheer black majesty, and 'Angel of Death' blessed with a riff so inherently evil it would scare the pants off even Iommi! Is it any wonder this album became hugely influential on many future metal trailblazers and has been cited by everyone from Celtic Frost's Tom Warrior and doom gods Trouble and Candlemass, to the late, great Chuck Schuldiner who practically laid out the blueprint for death metal with his band Death.

Now comes this 25th Anniversary edition that makes all the previous AW re-issues obsolete. Any Angel Witch fan has to be in heavy metal heaven (or hell if you like) seeing that this 20-song anthology not only adds the 3 songs from the somewhat commercial 'Loser' 7" EP but, more importantly, early compilation-only gems 'Baphomet' (from the legendary 'Metal For Muthas') and 'Extermination Day' off 'Metal Explosion' (plus 3 more cuts from those same BBC sessions), and a pair of rare B-sides 'Hades Paradise' and 'Flight Nineteen' (originally from the 'Sweet Danger' 12") A few very early demo tracks aside this is the definite documentation of Angel Witch as we have come to know and worship them.

And worship you shall. The Witch is dead - long live the Witch!