Two of Halford‘s classic albums are due to be re-released as various limited edition vinyl, by Manic Vision Records this December 01st. Both Crucible and Made of Metal will be available exclusively from the label’s website. Keep reading for further details.
Pre-orders are available here.
It is universally agreed that one of the greatest heavy metal vocalists of all-time is Rob Halford – who is often referred to as the “Metal God” due to his distinctive, multi-octave singing voice, and his larger-than-life, leather n’ studs persona. “I am really proud to see these two Halford band records released on vinyl for the first time,” says the Metal God. “My fans will love the packaging and care that went into these re-issues.”
While best-known as the long-time singer of Judas Priest, Halford has also launched his own successful solo career. And now, two of his classic solo efforts will be issued on vinyl for the first time ever – Crucible and Made of Metal.
Both will be issued in several limited edition color variants – Crucible in the colors black (900 units), neon violet (500), ghostly purple (500), and black purple/navy splatter (100), while Made of Metal will be issued in black (900), white (500), coronetto (500), and ghostly (100). A limited number of copies of each variant will be personally signed by Rob Halford.
Both albums were produced by Roy Z. 2002’s Crucible spawned such headbanging favorites as “Betrayal” and the title track (and saw Halford joined by Metal Mike Chlasciak – guitar, Patrick Lachman – guitar, Ray Riendeau – bass, and Bobby Jarzombek – drums), while 2010’s Made of Metal gave us “Till the Day I Die” and “Fire and Ice” (and saw both Chlasciak and Jarzombek returning, as well as bassist Mike Davis and
Roy Z providing additional guitar work).
With vinyl’s popularity at an all-time high, these two vintage metal masterpieces by the Metal God will undoubtedly be highly sought after by collectors.
Crucible tracklisting:
SIDE 1
01 PARK MANOR (INSTRUMENTAL)
02 CRUCIBLE
03 ONE WILL
04 BETRAYAL
05 HANDING OUT BULLETS
SIDE 2
01 HEARTS OF DARKNESS
02 CRYSTAL
03 HERETIC
04 GOLGOTHA
SIDE 3
01 WRATH OF GOD
02 WEAVING SORROW
03 SUN
04 TRAIL OF TEARS
SIDE 4
01 SHE (BONUS)
02 FUGITIVE (BONUS)
03 ROCK THE WORLD (BONUS JAPAN)
04 IN THE MORNING (BONUS JAPAN)
Made of Metal Track Listing:
SIDE 1:
01 UNDISPUTED
02 FIRE AND ICE
03 MADE OF METAL
04 SPEED OF SOUND
SIDE 2:
05 LIKE THERE’S NO TOMORROW
06 TILL THE DAY I DIE
07 WE OWN THE NIGHT
08 HEARTLESS
SIDE 3:
09 HELL RAZOR
10 THUNDER AND LIGHTNING
11 TWENTY-FIVE YEARS
SIDE 4:
12 MATADOR
13 I KNOW WE STAND A CHANCE
14 THE MOWER
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