Holocaust - The Nightcomers

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7.8 | 63 votes |
Band
Holocaust
Style
New wave of British heavy metal
Release date
April 1981
Owners
59 have it
9 want it
Tracklist
Disc I
01. Smokin' Valves
02. Death Or Glory
03. Come On Back
04. Mavrock
05. It Don't Matter To Me
06. Cryin' Shame
07. Heavy Metal Mania
08. Push It Around
09. The Nightcomers

Disc II [Castle/Sanctuary Reissue bonus]
01. Heavy Metal Mania [Single version]
02. Only As Young As You Feel
03. Love's Power
04. Smokin' Valves [Single version]
05. Out Of My Book
06. Friend Or Foe
07. Coming Through [Single version]
08. Don't Wanna Be (A Loser)
09. Good Thing Going
10. Lovin' Feelin' Danger [From The Raw Loud 'N' Live Tour version]
11. No Nonsense
12. Death or Glory
13. Forcedown Breakdown
Lyrics (9)
Line-up
Gary Lettice - vocals
John Mortimer - guitars
Ed Dudley - guitars
Robin Begg - bass
Paul Collins - drums
Additional info
Recorded at Castle Sound.
Cat. PSP LP 1
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03.11.2013 - 06:03
Rating: 7

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Heavy Metal Mania is an awesome fucking track!
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25.02.2020 - 18:36
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Heavy Metal Mania is indeed unexpectedly good song on this album of otherwise forgettable music.

The Nightcummers are shooting blanks, IMO.
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26.06.2021 - 09:32
Rating: 7

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Death or Glory, Mavrock and the title track are by far the most interesting songs here imo, in those you can hear the direction the genre is going and the influence of the band - Metal getting heavier. Death or Glory is particularly kickass and a great headbanging song.

A lot of the other songs are the kind of "Rock n Roll!" stuff from the era I don't aged as good as those three tracks and sometimes Gary sounds like he should be in a Punk band instead.
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26.06.2021 - 12:50

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Great debut album that should have got more attention but unfortunately did not.
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05.09.2024 - 17:51
Rating: 8

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I love this album. Nightcomers is at times sloppy, but the music is intense and authentic, even little campy. Holocaust had a genuine personality that stood out from most other similar bands. They were just shamelessly themselves.
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You've got a lot of guts. Let's see what they look like!
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26.11.2024 - 23:50
Rating: 8

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Quite good album. death or glory, heavy metal mania , the nightcomers are my favourite songs.. some nice guitar work and solos, rest of the songs a bit forgetable..
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15.01.2025 - 23:23
Rating: 10

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''rock n roll far too slow..''
i love that attitude in the lyrics of Heavy Metal Mania
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