At War - Ordered To Kill - COMPACT DISCS [CD]

Retaliatory Strike - At War - High Roller Records, slipcase, poster Retaliatory Strike by At War released in 1988

High Roller Records, slipcase, poster, mastered by Patrick W. Engel at Temple of DisharnonyAt War were originally formed in 1983 in Virginia Beach, Virginia. With the line-up of Paul Arnold (bass, vocals), Dave Stone (drums) and Shawn Heisel (guitar), the band recorded two raw thrash metal classics in the form of InchOrdered To KillInch (1986) and InchRetaliatory StrikeInch (1988) before taking a long break. It wasn't until 2009 that the band returned in their old form with their third album InchInfidelInch.Paul Arnold, the mouthpiece of At War, explains what happened to the band after InchRetaliatory StrikeInch from 1988 InchWe carried on until 1993/94. But the negotiations for the follow-up to InchRetaliatory StrikeInch led us straight into a dead end, because grunge was giving many metal bands and labels a hard time. And we were definitely no exception. That's why we took a break. At War never formally disbanded, but there was just too much going on in our personal lives at the time.InchWe played a few new songs live at the end of the eighties and continued to compose,Inch Arnold continues. InchWe even recorded a demo, but as we weren't satisfied with the recordings, we never released it.InchWhen InchInfidelInch was recorded in 2009, At War remembered the material they had worked on 20 years ago InchThe record is a mixture of pieces we composed in the late eighties and new numbers. We took some of the old, unreleased pieces, dissected them and integrated parts that we liked into completely new compositions. In my eyes, InchInfidelInch was light years better than the first two albums in terms of songwriting and production. I'm still glad that we decided to record with Alex Perialas at Pyramid Studios again. I think InchInfidelInch is the best representation of the band At War to date.InchInfidelInch includes a re-recording of the song InchRapechaseInch (from the f

Shaver - Victory [COMPACT DISCS] date 07/14/1998