Executioner's Song (album)

Executioner's Song is the first studio LP released by Canadian speed/thrash metal band Razor in 1985. Most of the tracks on the album were first put to tape on the Escape the Fire demo, recorded in December 1984.

Executioner's Song
Studio album by
ReleasedApril 1985
RecordedThe Waxwork St. Jacob's and Future Sound, Toronto, December 1984
GenreSpeed metal
Length37:10
LabelViper
ProducerTerry Marostega, Razor
Razor chronology
Armed & Dangerous
(1984)
Executioner's Song
(1985)
Evil Invaders
(1985)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Metal Forces(9/10)[1]

Track listing

Side A
No.TitleLength
1."Take This Torch"3:18
2."Fast and Loud"4:21
3."City of Damnation"3:45
4."Escape the Fire"3:36
5."March of Death"3:45
Side B
No.TitleLength
6."Distant Thunder"4:05
7."Hot Metal"2:21
8."Gatecrasher"3:01
9."Deathrace"3:30
10."Time Bomb"3:46
11."The End"2:08
Total length:37:36

Notes

  • The 1st pressing 1985 vinyl re-issue by Roadrunner Records feature large Viper Records center labels with small marketing Roadrunner logo. The features on the 2nd pressing is reversed
  • The bootlegged 1992 CD edition by Reborn Classics contains the 1984 Armed & Dangerous EP. The track list on the back cover is not in the correct order. The song "Time Bomb" is misspelled as "Time Bond"
  • The 2nd pressing remastered 2002 CD edition by Attic Records has "CINRAM" as no logotype in matrix/runout
  • The 2009 CD edition by Attic Records was issued in a jewel case and digipak with added background
  • Re-issued as a limited edition 12" vinyl in 2014 by Storm from the Past Records, limited to 500 copies. The catalogue number appears as SFTP 001 on sleeve spine and SFTP # 001 on vinyl label. It also comes with lyric insert
  • Re-issued in 2019 by Hammerheart Records, limited to 1,000 copies

Credits

  • Stace McLaren - vocals
  • Dave Carlo - guitars
  • Mike Campagnolo - bass
  • Mike Embro - drums

Production

  • Terry Marostega - Producer
  • Ray Statham - Cover illustration
  • Ed Stone - Remixing
  • Walter Zwol - Remixing
  • Garnet Giesbrecht - Art direction, Design
  • Lindsay Lozon - Photography

References

  1. Doe, Bernard (1985). "Razor - Executioner's Song". Metal Forces (10). Retrieved 2013-04-20.



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