Year : 2023 (High Roller Records Edition)
Style : Heavy Metal
Country : United Kingdom
Audio : 320 kbps + front
Size : 109 mb
Bio:
Brian and Buzzs 1 st ever loud practice together:
1977 Brian Hodgson – guitar vocals, Buzz Elliott – guitar vocals, Steve Wilson – Bass, Paul Knowles – Drums, Graham Cayton – Vocals.Hammerhead beginning to play live and in the studio.
1977/8 Brian Hodgson Guitar Vocals, Steve Archer – Bass, Maurice Raey – Drums demo recorded at Jimmy Henshaw studio in Carlisle.
1979 – Buzz Elliott joins Line up full time on Guitar and Vocals Baz Ellwood joins the line up on the drums
1981 – Time will Tell studio session at Linden Sounds with Guy Forrester as engineer
1984 – Mike Thorburn from Carlisle band ‘Black Axe’ joins us as a temporary member (just to help us out for a few months).
1984/5 – Frank Hall (formerly of Necromandus & Nerves) joins the line up as our full time drummer.
1984 – Keyboard player David Taylor joins up as a part time member of the band to help out with some gigs.
1984 – Buzz quits the band as a full time member, but continues to help out with occasional gigs from time to time.
1984 – Don’t Look Down and Lochinvar recorded at Linden Sounds with Billy Branch as lead singer, and Guy Forrester as studio engineer.
1985/6 – former Necromandus guitarist Baz Dunnery (brother of Francis Dunnery from It Bites) joins up for a very brief stint with the band.
1986 – Keyboard player David Taylor joins up again for a few more gigs.
1986 – With general interest in the band dwindling, Brian and Frank join the Plateau line up; this lasts less than a year, a handful of gigs are played and a 2 track demo recorded.
1987 – 1996 – virtually no activity, only a handful of local gigs are played with the help of another drummer; Tyrone Larmour during this time, Buzz, Steve and Tyrone also help out another local ‘singer’ Dez Rumney with a few of his spectacular Black Sabbath shows during this period.
1995/6 – Brian gets everyone together for a one night session in a different studio, ‘The Music Farm’, these demos were not really suitable for release to the public until some overdubs were made in 2005, the two main songs that were recorded that night were ‘Will to Survive’ and ‘Crying as I fall’, there were a few other songs recorded but the sound was not acceptable on them.
Brian Guitar/vocals, Buzz Guitar/vocals/keyboards, Steve Archer bass, Tyrone Larmour – drums
1996 – 2005 no activity other than a few minor local appearances with the above line up.
2005 – reformed to play at a friends birthday and decided to rehearse for another studio session at Linden Sounds with Guy Forrester as studio engineer.
2005 – Headonism recorded at Linden Sounds studio on the 28 th Oct and 12 th Nov, initially 75 copies are made with the original running order…
2006 – Running order of tracks changed to help fit vinyl format after an offer to release it by HIGH ROLLER RECORDS in Germany, it was decided to retain the new running order for future CD’s and the spelling of album title was revised to ‘HEADONIZM’ Lochinvar Poem.
Album:
Cumbria's Hammerhead must be regarded as one of the most talented bands of the entire New Wave Of British Heavy Metal. The group formed in the late seventies from the ashes of bands such as Judas, Bitter Harvest and 8 Hertz. After making the regional club scene unsafe, they went public with their first demo tape, which was extremely well received. Hammerhead's signature song "Time Will Tell" quickly emerged as the highlight, but labels such as Neat Records, Heavy Metal Records and Guardian Records didn't budge. Hammerhead therefore preferred to take their fate into their own hands and released the 7" single "Time Will Tell" (with "Lonely Man" on the back) themselves in 1981 via Linden Sounds. However, as there was no serious interest from record companies in the period that followed, the original Hammerhead disbanded around 1986. When they got back together in 2005, they wasted no time and released their debut album "Headonizm" on High Roller Records, followed by "The Sin Eater" in 2015. The same line-up consisting of Steven Woods on vocals, Steve Archer on bass, plus Brian Hodgson and Buzz Elliott on both guitars has now recorded the brand new album "Lords Of The Sun" (with the 24-minute title track as the centrepiece). "The record was in the making for quite a while," explains guitarist and band founder Buzz Elliott. "There were several reasons for that. We wrote some of the material shortly after "The Sin Eater" in 2015. The disc was made at Linden Studios under the direction of Guy Forrester." "I've already discussed this with our bassist Steve Archer," Elliott continues, "and we both agree that the biggest difference between the two albums is that Lords Of The Sun was more of a team effort. Everyone contributed and did their best. It's not certain whether we'll ever release another album after that, so we did everything we could to ensure that there were no failures on "Lords Of The Sun". Every song on the record has a right to exist, we deliberately avoided any filler material. There's no doubt that "The Sin Eater" also had a few successful tracks to offer, I still really like the title track and 'Angels Fall', but overall, "Lords Of The Sun" is clearly ahead in my eyes." Whether it's a farewell album or not, Hammerhead definitely deserve a chance with "Lords Of The Sun". NWOBHM couldn't sound more timeless!
Line-Up:
Steven Woods - Vocals
Brian Hodgson - Vocals, Guitars - See also: ex-Plateau, Bitter Harvest, Destroyer [Gbr], Flight, Hot Property, Judas
Buzz Elliot - Guitars, Vocals
Steve Archer - Bass
Tony Steel - Drums
Tracklist:
01. Waiting for the Daisies 04:50
02. Lords of the Sun Pt. 1: Blood & Sand / Coup de Gras 15:19
03. Lords of the Sun Pt. 2: Threnody / Dreamscape 09:41
04. Faithful Heart 05:41
05. Crimson Tide 08:44
06. Tears like Rain 03:30 (Bonus Track)
07. Cry as I Fall - Revisited (live in the studio) 03:55 (Bonus Track)
08. Crimson Tide (rehearsal demo) 08:10 (Bonus Track)
09. Faithful Heart (rehearsal demo) 05:36 (Bonus Track)
10. Waiting for the Daisies (rehearsal demo) 04:55 (Bonus Track)
Download links for all albums only on our blog here: http://goodmetalandhar.do.am/
