Limited Holocaust merchandise available

All prices include shipping!

Hey, free stuff!

Have three friends sign up for the Holocaust mailing list (see link below) and receive a free demo CD. Have five friends sign up for a free CD and video. Have ten sign up for a free CD/video/t-shirt/photo package! Just have them mention your name when they sign up.


Item/descriptionInside USOutside US
New demo CD w/stickers$5$10
Live Meltdown festival video (includes The Small Hours)$10$15
Nightcomers shirt (blue on black, limited!!)$15$20
Primal shirt (silver on black, skeletal bat design, limited!!)$15$20
Promotional band photo (color)$8$10
Fully autographed promotional band photo (b/w)$12$15
Promo pack #1:
1. Demo CD
2. Live festival video

$15

$20
Promo pack #2:
1. Demo CD
2. Live festival video
3. Choice of shirt
4. Both photos

$40

$50

Click here to see pictures of the shirts

Also payable by cash, check, or MO inside the US (US cash only outside US) to:
Ron Levine
53B High St.
Waltham, MA 02453

Note: for faster delivery, let me know when you send your order and include your shipping information.



John McCullimRon LevineJohn MortimerBryan Bartley



Email Holocaust
Join the Holocaust mailing list


New Holocaust mp3

I have just added one of the new Holocaust tracks to my ftp server. You may download a complete Iron Will mp3 encoded at 320k or 128k. To get this, enter the following into your FTP client:
server: budgie.ne.mediaone.net
port: 6765
username: holocaust
password: primal

or you may try pasting the following in your browser:
ftp://holocaust:primal@budgie.ne.mediaone.net:6765
 (If you have trouble accessing the files using the link, use an FTP client as described above.)





The Nightcomers

Originally formed in the late 1970s in Edinburgh, Scotland, Holocaust has become one of the most revered acts from the New Wave of British Heavy Metal (NWOBHM) period. Their two NWOBHM-era full-length releases, The Nightcomers (1981) and Live: Hot Curry and Wine (1983), should be in anybody's top ten list of "must have" items for an NWOBHM collection. Along with bands like Mythra and Fist, old Holocaust truly epitomizes the "NWOBHM sound." The live LP from 1983 includes the first release of The Small Hours, later covered by Metallica. Other bands who have covered Holocaust tracks include Six Feet Under, Gamma Ray, and The Meat Puppets.

Hot Curry and Wine

On a more personal note, while I love the classic Holocaust stuff from the early 80s, it is their output from the late 80s onward which has taken on near-religious significance for me. The Sound of Souls EP from 1989 (which was actually my first taste of Holocaust) is a brutal, thrashing trip through futuristic progressive metal. Upon hearing the album-closing thirteen-minute-plus epic Three Ways to Die, you might have trouble believing that this is the same band that put out The Nightcomers. This is largely because it isn't; only guitarist John Mortimer is the common link between the two (he had also taken over the vocal duties by this point). The Sound of Souls is the first step in a series of releases which would essentially cement John as my favorite songwriter.

Hypnosis of Birds

Hypnosis of Birds (1992) is a much more thoughtful, introspective release. Sometimes doomy, sometimes depressing, but often eerily beautiful, this is a real treasure which is something of a "dark horse" Holocaust release. It doesn't really sound like anything else they've done, but I'm sure glad they did it. While the remake of The Small Hours is more than passable, it is the songwriting and lyrics on tracks like In the Dark Places of the Earth, Caledonia, and the title track that make this CD one of the prizes of my collection.

Covenant

The next full-length release of all new material was 1997's Covenant. The band's first concept album, this is based on The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant the Unbeliever (with emphasis on Lord Foul's Bane) by Stephen R. Donaldson. This release is an absolute assault, a real return to the brute force introduced by The Sound of Souls. Make no mistake, this is a dense album and will take most listeners several journeys to start getting into it. Some of Holocaust's greatest moments, however, will be discovered on these journeys. Leper's Progress, Salt Heart, and Alexander are more examples of killer material...but I truly feel sorry for anyone who has never had the chance to hear the seven-part 16:40 epic The Battle of Soaring Woodhelven. This masterpiece is capped off with Victory?, one of the greatest things I have ever heard (both musically and lyrically). If it doesn't give you the chills, you don't have a pulse.

The Courage to Be

Holocaust's most recent outing is The Courage to Be (2000). It's as simple as this: if you like The Sound of Souls and Covenant, you will definitely like this new CD. It is very much a combination of those two releases, without quite as much density as Covenant. From the opening track The Collective, there will be no doubt that Holocaust has not lost a single step (although they have gained another guitarist, making them a four-piece after over 10 years as a three-piece). A few tracks are mostly or entirely instrumental and will bring the style of The Sound of Souls to mind, while tracks like Fundamentalist are as heavy as anything they've done before. Another killer release which I can't stop listening to.


Holocaust's back catalog, including remastered issues of The Nightcomers and
Hot Curry and Wine (both with bonus tracks) are available directly through

Neat Records
Heavy Metal Mania



Complete Holocaust Discography
Lord Foul's Bane
 Heavy Metal Mania7"1980
Lord Foul's Bane
Heavy Metal Mania12"1980
Smokin' Valves7"1980
Smokin' Valves12"1980
The NightcomersLP1981
Live7"1982
LiveVideo1982
Comin' Through12"1982
Live: Hot Curry and WineLP1983
No Man's LandLP1984
The Sound of SoulsLP1989
The Sound of SoulsCD1989
Hypnosis of BirdsCD1992
Heavy Metal ManiaCD1993
Spirits FlyCD1996
CovenantCD1997
The NightcomersCD2000
Live: Hot Curry and WineCD2000
The Courage To BeCD2000



Holocaust would like to thank these sites for their
support, reviews, and exposure:

hardradio hard rock and heavy metal internet radio

 hardradio hard rock and heavy metal internet radio

Addicted to MetalMetal InvaderMetal Lives
BallbusterAbrasive RockUnstoppable Force
Aversion OnlineMetal UnionMetal Maniacs
KANM RadioMetal VideoOPM Records
ZWARP RadioMetal CryptSnake Net Metal Radio
Euphony Music NewsUnrestrained!Metal-E-Zine
Metal GospelChronicles of ChaosSnakepit Magazine
Critical MetalMetal CurseJoe Kleon Radio
Monster's World of MetalMetal MagickChaotic Critiques
Metal Rules!Heavy Metal ResourceAudio Aggression
MetalviewElectric BasementAntiMtv
EarpollutionLARMScrolls of Steel
AMZ Music ZineMetal NightmareThroat Culture
IlliteratureSatan Stole My TeddybearBabylon Magazine
StormbringerNeuf RadioMetal Rules!
FtangDetritusSweden Rock


Need A Manager For Your Band?... click here!!


Musicrealms
A Member of MusicRealms.com






Click here for the exclusive
John Mortimer interview




Have we...have I ...become the very thing I hate?
Just who am I fighting?
Death lives within my heart,
How should I escape from this real hallucination?
"Victory?"



Home NWOBHM Cool links Budgie Music samples Rare recordings Black Axe Holocaust Trading Post


Powered by counter.bloke.com