Burning the Witches
Encyclopedia
Burning the Witches is the self-produced debut album by German heavy metal
band, Warlock
. It was originally released by Mausoleum Records
, but was re-released by Vertigo Records
, which went on to release all future Warlock
albums.
Heavy metal music
Heavy metal is a genre of rock music that developed in the late 1960s and early 1970s, largely in the Midlands of the United Kingdom and the United States...
band, Warlock
Warlock (band)
Warlock was a German heavy metal band, assembled in 1982. The band gained some commercial success in the mid 1980s. By the end of the decade, singer Doro Pesch was the sole original member who remained in the band, and thus proceeded to form Doro, a band that was essentially a continuation of...
. It was originally released by Mausoleum Records
Mausoleum Records
Mausoleum Records is a Belgian-based heavy metal label headed by Alfie Falckenbach, once considered by Billboard as "one of Europe's premier hard rock labels".-Recording artists:-External links:* * at Spirit of Metal...
, but was re-released by Vertigo Records
Vertigo Records
Vertigo Records today is a UK-based record label operated by Universal Music UK.-History:Vertigo Records was the name Philips Records chose in the late 1960s for its record sub-label to counter the progressive labels of its rivals EMI with Harvest Records and Decca Records with Deram...
, which went on to release all future Warlock
Warlock (band)
Warlock was a German heavy metal band, assembled in 1982. The band gained some commercial success in the mid 1980s. By the end of the decade, singer Doro Pesch was the sole original member who remained in the band, and thus proceeded to form Doro, a band that was essentially a continuation of...
albums.
Track listing
- "Sign of Satan" (Rudy Graf) – 3:13
- "After the Bomb" (Peter Szigeti, R. Graf) – 3:50
- "Dark Fade" (P. Szigeti, Doro Pesch) – 4:07
- "Homicide Rocker" (R. Graf) – 3:12
- "Without You" (P. Szigeti, D. Pesch) – 5:25
- "Metal Racer" (R. Graf) – 3:42
- "Burning the Witches" (R. Graf) – 4:17
- "Hateful Guy" (R. Graf, D. Pesch) – 3:41
- "Holding Me" (P. Szigeti, D. Pesch) – 4:07
Band Members
- Doro PeschDoro (musician)Dorothee Pesch , popularly known as Doro Pesch or Doro, is a female rock vocalist, formerly of the German heavy metal band Warlock ....
– vocals - Peter Szigeti – guitar
- Rudy Graf – guitar
- Frank Rittel – bass
- Michael Eurich – drums
Production
- Recorded at Studio Klangwerkstatt, DüsseldorfDüsseldorfDüsseldorf is the capital city of the German state of North Rhine-Westphalia and centre of the Rhine-Ruhr metropolitan region.Düsseldorf is an important international business and financial centre and renowned for its fashion and trade fairs. Located centrally within the European Megalopolis, the...
, GermanyGermanyGermany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a federal parliamentary republic in Europe. The country consists of 16 states while the capital and largest city is Berlin. Germany covers an area of 357,021 km2 and has a largely temperate seasonal climate... - Produced by Axel Thubeauville
- Engineered by Ralf Hubert