The Bastard (album)

The Bastard is the first album by the American progressive/heavy metal band Hammers of Misfortune.

The Bastard
Studio album by
Released2001 (2001)
RecordedJuly 1999 – February 2000 in San Francisco, California
GenreHeavy metal, progressive metal
Length46:10
LabelTumult Records
ProducerJohn Cobbett
Hammers of Misfortune chronology
The Bastard
(2001)
The August Engine
(2003)

Track listing

Act One
No.TitleLyricsMusicLength
1."The Dragon Is Summoned"Erica Stoltz, John CobbettCobbett2:29
2."The Bastard Sapling"Mike ScalziCobbett2:23
3."On Wings of Vengeance"Stoltz, Scalzi, CobbettCobbett2:28
4."Hunting Tyrant"CobbettCobbett2:30
5."You Should Have Slain Me"Scalzi, CobbettCobbett3:26
Act Two
No.TitleLyricsMusicLength
6."An Oath Sworn in Hell"CobbettCobbett, Scalzi6:40
7."The Blood Ax Speaks"Janis Tanaka, CobbettCobbett2:28
8."Tyrant Dies"CobbettCobbett3:42
9."The Witch's Dance"CobbettCobbett, Tanaka2:31
Act Three
No.TitleLyricsMusicLength
10."The Prophesy Has Two Meanings / Coronation"CobbettCobbett2:12
11."The New King's Lament"ScalziCobbett1:54
12."For the Ax"CobbettCobbett2:56
13."Troll's March"CobbettCobbett1:34
14."Sacrifice / The End"Cobbett, TanakaCobbett, Tanaka8:57

Personnel

Hammers of Misfortune
Production

Additional information

  • The band did not record The Bastard in a typical recording studio. The liner notes state: "this album was recorded on an 8-track analog machine in a rehearsal space in San Francisco between July 1999 and February 2000."

References

  1. Cobbett, John (2001). The Bastard (booklet). Hammers of Misfortune. San Francisco, California: Tumult Records.



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