Metal Priestess is the 1981 EP by punk-metal band The Plasmatics

Plasmatics

The Plasmatics were an American heavy metal and punk band formed by Yale University art school graduate Rod Swenson with Wendy O. Williams. The band was a controversial group known for wild live shows that broke countless taboos...

, fronted by Wendy O. Williams

Wendy O. Williams

Wendy Orlean Williams , better known as Wendy O. Williams, was the lead singer for the American punk band the Plasmatics, as well as a solo artist...

.

Dan Hartman

Dan Hartman

Daniel Earl "Dan" Hartman was an American singer, songwriter and record producer, best known for such songs as: "Free Ride", "I Can Dream About You", "Instant Replay", "Love Sensation", and "Relight My Fire", all of which had world-wide success.-Career:Born in Pennsylvania's capital, Harrisburg,...

, who produced acts such as .38 Special

.38 Special

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 and James Brown

James Brown

James Joseph Brown was an American singer, songwriter, musician, and recording artist. He is the originator of Funk and is recognized as a major figure in the 20th century popular music for both his vocals and dancing. He has been referred to as "The Godfather of Soul," "Mr...

, among others, had been working on a session in LA when he picked up a copy of Beyond the Valley of 1984 and couldn't stop playing it. It was "ground breaking," he said. "I knew I wanted to meet these people and do something with them." Dan came down to the Tribeca loft where he met Wendy O. Williams and Rod Swenson and a month later he and Rod Swenson were working on the production of the Metal Priestess EP.

The creation of the EP is a result of the needing to release something due to their popularity, with an album being premature, partly because Capitol Records was now making overtures for the next one. Metal Priestess was recorded at Dan's private studio off his schoolhouse turned home and studio in Connecticut

Connecticut

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 and released early in the fall of 1981.

The EP received an alternative cover the same year through the Passport (PVC/Jem) record label.

In 2002, the EP was re-released through Plasmatics Media, LTD on the New Hope for the Wretched

New Hope for the Wretched

New Hope for the Wretched is the debut album by punk-metal band The Plasmatics, fronted by Wendy O. Williams.Former Rolling Stones producer Jimmy Miller was the initial producer for the album. Miller had a heroin addiction from the day he arrived in New York and he was virtually useless to the...

re-release.

Track listing

1. Lunacy
2. Doom Song
3. Sex Junkie (live)
4. Black Leather Monster
5. 12 Noon
6. Masterplan (live)