| After
the split of IRON GLORY Records, I decided to form my own label BATTLE
CRY RECORDS. The label concept will obviously be similar to the one of
IRON GLORY RECORDS, but I will focus even more on 80ties Metal by doing
more reissues of Cult-Metal albums on BATTLE CRY, since my main goal is
to put out music I really love personally. I would like make all my releases
as fan for fans and for that reason, you will not see any release on BATTLE
CRY that does not fit my personal style. This means that there will never
ever be any Black-or Death-Metal releases as well as no modern Nu-Metal
crap. Since my preferred styles range from Melodic Hard Rock to Thrash-Metal
I will also focus on these styles. My first signings are all in the Metal
range, but if I should sign more melodic bands in future, I will release
them on the side label SUNSET records. This is because I want the fan
to know before buying one of my releases, what he can expect of it.
On December
6th, I put out my first releases on BATTLE CRY. One of them was the
album „Thunder of War“ from the In October 2004, I bought the rights for the whole GAMA Records catalog, yes, the old German Metal label of the 80ties. Since it is too much for me to release all the albums on my own, I decided to split them with my friend Stefan Riermaier from Karthago Records. So each of us will release half of the GAMA catalog. At the 6th of December, I put out the first releases of that 80ties Metal cult label starting with three albums, fans were waiting for years to get finally released on CD with original cover artwork, lyrics, liner notes, photos... These albums are the first three STORMWITCH records -Walpurgis night -Tales of terror -Stronger than even At the 7th of March, the STORMWITCH classics „The beauty and the beast“ and „Eye of the storm“ will follow, featuring fantastic live tracks as bonus. Also at the 7th of March, the debut album of the Italian Thrash-Metal band INSANE will finally see the light of day! The band plays great 80ties Thrash, heavily influenced by the old SLAYER albums. By the mid of 2005, BATTLE CRY RECORDS will then release the brandnew MANILLA ROAD studio album called "GATES OF FIRE". According to the band, this new album will be a true Epic-Metal masterpiece containing three trilogies. The band promised to record the most epic stuff possible that will drive all the fans of the band crazy!!!! BATTLE CRY RECORDS is proud to announce the signing of a very promising and talented new German 80ties Metal band called DEMONS SEED. The musical style is influenced by bands like IRON MAIDEN and other NWoBHM acts. Watch out for their debut album by the mid of this year!!!! The next releases will then be the re-issues of all 3 SDI albums including lots of bonus tracks, liner notes, lyrics, photos... In the upcoming months, there will be more re-issues of the GAMA-records back-catalog. Please check the news and release sections for updates regarding that. Andi Preisig |