11597 LP – Meet Thy Maker

Description

To coincide with the reissue of the band’s classic The Fire Awaits You debut, HELLS HEADBANGERS is reissuing OCTOBER 31’s celebrated second album, Meet Thy Maker. Originally released in 1999, Meet Thy Maker saw DECEASED vocalist/drummer King Fowley once again command his troops onward to heavy metal glory, this time with an even darker and more epic aspect. Much of this can be credited to the addition of Kevin Lewis on rhythm guitar, allowing original guitarist Brian “Hellstorm” Williams to work his magic on lead guitar, with the lo-end anchored as always by Jim Hunter (WHILE HEAVEN WEPT, TWISTED TOWER DIRE). Capped off by an emblematic cover of SAXON’s “Power And The Glory” that they nearly make their own, Meet Thy Maker is truly the album where OCTOBER 31 solidified their unbending, still-enduring aesthetic. With this reissue, HELLS HEADBANGERS – the new label home of OCTOBER 31 – adds 1998’s Visions of the End EP along with four live/demo bonus tracks. Classic heavy metal never goes out of fashion, so time to Meet Thy Maker!

1. Meet Thy Maker
2. Just an Illusion
3. For There Is War!
4. Far from Danger Now
5. Power and the Glory
6. The Verdict
7. Behind the Castle Walls
8. Visions of the End
9. The Chosen One
10. Servants and Slaves
11. Give ‘Em the Axe
12. The Legend of the Haunted Sea
13. When Darkness Covers the Sun (from the “Meet Thy Maker” sessions)
14. The Chosen One (1997 demo)
15. Meet Thy Maker (1999 Demo, Chuck Parsons on vocals)
16. The Chosen One (live 2000, Shawn Pelata on vocals)