Title: Inferno The Complete Recordings Vol 1: 1980-1998
Artist: Blitzkrieg
Label: Hne
Product Type: COMPACT DISCS
UPC: 5013929927827
Genre: Heavy Metal, Heavy Metal

Five CD set. The rise of the New Wave Of British Heavy Metal - NWOBHM - in the late 1970s and early 1980s gave us many enduring heavy rock and metal bands. Formed in 1980 by singer Brian Ross, the band split all too soon, calling it a day in 1981 after releasing just one single. Ross reformed Blitzkrieg in 1984 with Mick Procter on lead guitar, Jim Sirotto on rhythm guitar, Mick Moore on bass and Sean Taylor on drums, releasing A Time Of Changes (CD1) for Neat at the beginning of 85. CD2 delves into the archives with the Blitzed Alive demo cassette, featuring many tracks that would eventually appear on their debut, plus a raucous cover of Deep Purple's 'Highway Star'. It would be ten years before another album was released; Unholy Trinity (1995) was unashamedly (NWOB) heavy metal and includes a cover of Venom's 'Countess Bathory', featuring a guest appearance from Venom's Cronos. On a roll, Unholy Trinity was followed by Ten (CD4) the following year recorded and released to commemorate the 10th anniversary of the very first Blitzkrieg single. This first volume of complete recordings from Blitzkrieg ends with their fourth album, The Mists Of Avalon (CD5) from 1998, an album that finds them progressing beyond their core NWOBHM sound. One major diversion is the ballad 'Princess For The World', dedicated to the recently passed Princess Diana, but otherwise we're back to the band's power metal best.

Tracks:
1.1 Inferno)
1.2 Inferno
1.3 Blitzkrieg
1.4 Pull the Trigger
1.5 Armageddon
1.6 Take a Look Around
1.7 Hell to Pay
1.8 Vikings
1.9 A Time of Changes
1.10 Saviour
1.11 Blitzkrieg (Demo Tape 1980)
1.12 Inferno (Demo Tape 1980) 13 Armageddon (Demo Tape 1980)
1.13 Buried Alive (Buried Alive Single 1980)
1.14 Blitzkrieg (Buried Alive Single 1980)
1.15 Inferno (Lead Weight Neat Sampler 1981)
2.1 Intro
2.2 Inferno
2.3 Take a Look Around
2.4 Armageddon
2.5 Blitzkrieg
2.6 Highway Star
2.7 Saviour
2.8 Calming the Savage Beast
2.9 Santa
2.10 Buried Alive
2.11 Vikings
2.12 Too Wild to Tame
2.13 Hell to Pay
2.14 A Time of Changes
2.15 Tocatta
2.16 Sweeney / Rock ; Roll
2.17 Hair Trigger (Pull the Trigger Part 2)
2.18 Struck By Lightning
2.19 Taking Care of Business
2.20 Field of Dreams
2.21 Take a Look Around
2.22 After Dark
2.23 Crazy for You
2.24 Zip
2.25 Unholy Trinity
2.26 Calming the Savage Beast
2.27 The Wraith
2.28 Easy Way Out
2.29 All Hallows Eve
2.30 Countess Bathory
2.31 Jealous Love
2.32 House of Pleasure
2.33 Return of the Zip
2.34 Cavo D'oro
2.35 Fighting All the Way to the Top
2.36 Buried Alive
2.37 The Sentinel
2.38 The Power of the King
2.39 Night Howl
2.40 I'm Not Insane
2.41 Court in the Act
2.42 Blitzkrieg '96
2.43 Nocturnal Vision
3.1 The Legend
3.2 I. Crimson Dawn (3:12)
3.3 II. Nations Divided (4:47)
3.4 III. Camelot (4:47)
3.5 IV. Stryngs (0:51)
3.6 V. Arthur the Once and Future King (6:01)
3.7 Tranquil State
3.8 I Am the Doctor (Who Are You?)
3.9 Deceiver
3.10 Princess for the World
3.11 The Mighty
3.12 "A" (Instrumental)
3.13 Smell of Roses
3.14 Love's Too Late
3.15 Anasazi (Instrumental)
3.16 Yesterdays (Hope for the Future)
3.17 Another Interview?
3.18 Vicious Rumors
3.19 I Was Having a Great Time and Stayed Longer Than I Should, So When I Got to the Railway Station, the Last Train Had Gone!