Messiah - Choir of Horrors (35th Anniversary) - Violet - VINYL LP

The classic album on 180-gram vinyl includes a bonus LP with rarities including; Valerie, Cupid, Monkey Man and more. Universal. 2016. Album Tracks 1. Rehab 3 34 2. You Know I'm No Good 4 17 3. Me and Mr Jones 2 33 4. Just Friends 3 13 5. Back to Black 4 01 6. Love Is a Losing Game 2 35 1. Tears Dry on Their Own 3 06 2. Wake Up Alone 3 42 3. Some Unholy War 2 22 4. He Can Only Hold Her 2 46 5. Addicted 2 4 1. Valerie 2. Cupid 3. Monkey Man 4. Some Unholy War 5. Hey Little Rich Girl 1. You're Wondering Now 2. To Know Him Is to Love Him 3. Love Is a Losing Game (Original Demo)

Formed in 1984, Messiah played a major role in the development of thrash and death metal in Switzerland. They released two groundbreaking albums on Chainsaw Murder Records Hymn To Abramelin in 1986 and Extreme Cold Weather in 1987. In the early nineties, Messiah signed a contract with Karl Walterbach's tag Noise Records, on which three more albums were released Choir Of Horrors (1991), Rotten Perish (1992), and Underground (1994). Many consider Choir Of Horrors to be the highlight of Messiah's work. This 35th Anniversary edition includes live recordings (Switzerland 1992, Erlangen and Berlin 1993) as well as the album's pre-production, including the unreleased track InchIndecent Assault Of The Tribe.Inch Album Tracks 1. Choir of Horrors 2. Akasha Chronicle 3. Weeping Willow 4. Lycantropus Erectus 5. Münchhausen Syndrom 6. Cautio Criminalis 7. Northern Command 8. Weena 9. Choir of Horrors (Coh Pre-Production) 10. Weeping Willows (Coh Pre-Production) 11. Münchhausen Syndrom (Coh Pre-Production) 12. Lycantropus Erectus (Coh Pre-Production) 13. Northern Command (Coh Pre-Production) 14. Indescent Assault of the Tribe (Coh Pre-Production) 15. Birth of a Second Individual (Psychomorphia Ep) 16. Psychomorphia (Psychomorphia Ep) 17. Right for Unright (Psychomorphia Ep) 18. M.A.N.I.A.C(Psychomorphia Ep)

Switzerland has always been a fertile breeding ground for Extreme Metal. Messiah were formed in 1984 and issued two truly ground breaking records on Chainsaw Murder Records, »Hymn To Abramelin« in 1986 and »Extreme Cold Weather« a year later. In the early 1990s Messiah signed to Karl Walterbach's Noise Records tag and issued three more full-length albums »Choir Of Horrors« (1991), »Rotten Perish« (1992) and »Underground« (1994) before going their separate ways. In 2018, Messiah decided to reform in the original line-up of their Noise Records albums with Andy Kaina on vocals, Steve Karrer on drums, Patrick Hersche on bass and band founder R. B. Brögi on guitar. Lavish re-issues of »Hymn To Abramelin« and »Extreme Cold Weather« came out on High Roller Records before a new studio album entitled »Fracmont« was released in 2020. This is now followed by »Christus Hypercubus«, Messiah's opus magnus. On November 4th 2022, fate struck as former Messiah vocalist Andy Kaina died after a heart attack at the age of only 53. It was a huge shock for everybody involved. Andy's last live performance with Messiah took place at the Old Capitol in Langenthal, Switzerland, on the 20th of November 2021. Towards the end of the year, Andy left Messiah because, in his own words, Inchhe had lost the motivation to be in the band and wanted to concentrate on other things in life. Inch Messiah and Andy Kaina stayed friends though. However, Messiah had already decided after Andy's announcement of leaving the band to carry on with the band. Marcus Seebach from Chur became the new Messiah singer in late 2021. Shortly after, work on a new studio album began. InchV. O. Pulver [renown Swiss record producer and currently also second guitarist with Messiah] and me created the basics for new songs in January 2022,Inch explains guitarist and founding member Brögi. InchWithin three weeks, V. O. and me had