Year : 1985 (Stormspell Records Limited Edition 2020)
Style : Heavy Metal , Speed Metal
Country : Germany
Audio : 320 kbps + all scans
Size : 165 mb
Bio:
Band from Essen, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany formed in 1981."Metal"-Harry Elbracht and 3 of his buddies (Rolli Borchert, Sydney Keller and Reiner Gollan) have been hard rock and heavy metal freaks for years. They grew up with their heroes from Judas Priest, Ted Nugent and other bands from the USA (e.g. Riot, Molly Hatchet, Y&T) and England (Motörhead, Saxon, Iron Maiden), and they want to show the world that cool music is also possible in Germany.In a windowless room in an old bunker in Altenessen (with neighbours like Kreator, Sodom or Living Death), the walls are soundproofed with mattresses from the bulky waste, money for used equipment (ugly but loud) is scraped together, a fridge is packed full of beer, plugs in and WROOOOM... MAD BUTCHER was born.The guys learn to replay songs from the releases of obscure bands of the NWOBHM (Jaguar, Quartz, Bitches Sin, Holocaust, Weapon, Paralex , Handsome Beast etc.) and hope that no one will recognise the originals at the first gigs in schools, youth centres and leisure centres...as encores MAD BUTCHER carve brutal versions of Motörhead's "Overkill" and Priest's "Breaking the law" among the grateful banger crowd...Destruction (German thrash pioneers from Weil a.R., who released an EP called Mad Butcher in 1987 and also copied the cover design) met the band for the first time in 1983 at a joint concert with Sodom and Kreator in Essen, they seemed to have liked the name Mad Butcher...In the course of the next few years, the line-up carousel turned (well-known names like Michael Rindfuß, Mario Liese, Bimbo Mikuscheit or Volker Jäckel did the honours), everything became more professional, own songs were written, they played their asses off in the district, own band bus, own PA, 24-channel mixing console, oh yeah.Finally, the incredible guitar hero Rolli Borchert joined the band and Reiner Gollan was stapled to the drum stool.1985 the first LP: Metal Lightning Attack, released on the legendary Earthshaker label. Gigs with Steeler, Warlock, Helloween, Faithful Breath, Sinner, Grave Digger, Trance, Cutty Sark..Aardshock Festival , Dynamo, Scream Festival with live broadcast on WDR radio... it gets growing...1987 the 2nd LP: Metal Meat on the rip-off label Metal Enterprise by the Guru from Usingen: Ingo Nowottny.1986 the jump to the USA, contacts with Slayer, Exodus, Heathen, Laaz Rockit, Brocas Helm.Our dreamboy Metalharry becomes a bandleader at Metal Hammer.Since he and his gang don't care about any hypes and trends, don't shit on anyone, enter the stages with shorts , short hair and glasses (1986!!!!), ironically prank the audience - MAD BUTCHER becomes a discontinued model. They don't see a tired mark from their releases - that's the business.The oh-so-hard metal scene now only tolerates sinister, rivet-covered spandex cheeks, completely slammed, calling for hell. Thrash, black and death metal, gothic, doom and grunge don't mean a thing to these guys. Cool biker and boogie rock, played with drive and groove is their thing. Of course, they are completely out of step with the scene in the nineties. But a real rocker perseveres...In 1989, 10 songs are professionally recorded in the studio of Faithful Breath in Witten, but because the scene is splitting up more and more, there will unfortunately be no third album, there are only rejections, Thrash, Black and Death Metal are the hype now. MB is no longer in keeping with the times, the gigs and the boys' enthusiasm are dwindling.The consequence: from 1992 to 2020 silence returns....THEN in 2020 Metalharry finds a lost CDR recording from 1988 and an incredible story takes its course...30 years later there is a worldwide interest in the old material, finally the release of these lost tracks on the 3rd CD in the USA follows. Further re-releases of the first two LPs both as CD and vinyl Metal Lightning Attack Metal Meat Plus the CD eat the Rat with rare demo recordings and live recordings from 1983-85 also Asia and South America will release CDs and cassette tapes in 2022 In addition a unique reunion concert will take place on 22.04.2022 with 3 of 4 original members ! Rolli Borchert - all guitars Reiner Gollan - drums Metalharry Elbracht - vox Plus a new bassplayer : Nr. Nihil Baxter So stay tuned what happened to these Heavy Metal Pioneers est.1981.
Album:
MAD BUTCHER is from Essen, Germany, and the story began in January 1981. Harry Elbracht and 3 of his buddies (Guggi Schirrmacher, Sydney Keller, and Manni Salhöfer) have been the Hard Rock and Heavy Metal freaks for years. Grown-up with their heroes from JUDAS PRIEST, Ted Nugent, and other bands from the USA (RIOT, MOLLY HATCHET, Y&T) or England (MOTÖRHEAD, SAXON, IRON MAIDEN), they want to show the world that cool music is also possible in Germany. So, MAD BUTCHER was born!MAD BUTCHER's debut full-length album "Metal Lightning Attack" was originally released in 1985 and remastered in 2020 by the great Patrick W. Engel at Temple of Disharmony. Awakening Records is proud to officially reissue this masterpiece, including bonus tracks, numerous early photos, flyers, as well as band biography and interviews.
Line Up:
Harry Elbracht - Vocals, Bass (1981-1992) - See also: ex-Loud 'N' Proud
Rolli Borchert - Guitars (?-1992) - See also: Red House, ex-Loud 'N' Proud
Sydney Keller - Guitars (?-1992)
Rainer Gollan - Drums (?-1992) - See also: ex-Lions Breed, ex-Loud 'N' Proud, ex-Red House, ex-Reinforce
Production:
Presented and manufactured by Awakening Records
Marketed and distributed by Alchemy Media
Cover artwork by Detlef Braun
Band logo designed by Sidney Keller
Illustration on disc by Wang Jiabin (Uncle 3 Art)
Design and layout by Arioch
Tracklist:
01. Rock Shock 03:37
02. Mad Butcher 03:05
03. Right or Wrong 03:30
04. Night of the Wolf 03:57
05. Zero Talk 04:23
06. Bad Chile' Runnin' 02:56
07. Burn It Down 04:32
08. Livin' in Sin 04:51
09. Speed of Light 04:03
10. Fearless, Heartless 03:17
11. Motor City Madhouse (Ted Nugent cover) 04:45 (Bonus Track)
12. Live Wire (Mötley Crüe cover) 03:22 (Bonus Track)
13. Fearless, Heartless (Live '85) 03:31 (Bonus Track)
14. Burn It Down (Live '85) 04:57 (Bonus Track)
15. Speed of Light (Live '85) 04:00 (Bonus Track)
16. Zero Talk (Live '85) 04:54 (Bonus Track)
17. Ride the Hurricane (Live '85) 04:20 (Bonus Track)
Tracks 1 to 10 are taken from Metal Lightning Attack, originally released by Earthshaker Records in 1985.
Recorded at Studio Wahn, Bochum, Germany in April 1985.
Produced by Axel Thubeauville.
Engineered by Ralf Hubert.
Remastered by Patrick W. Engel at Temple of Disharmony in 2020.
Tracks 11 and 12 were recorded in 1987.
Tracks 13 to 17 were taken from a live recording in Beverungen, Germany, in 1985.
Tracks 11 to 17 were remastered by Zhang Jinliang in 2022.
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