Die Hard edition with three coloured vinyls, woven patch andsticker in an embroidered denim outer sleeve. Swedish Metalfeaturing a red border compared to the white border on the blackvinyl

Swedish Metal
With the untimely death of Andrija Veljaca in 2005, the legacy ofSwedish metal pioneers Mercy was sealed and secured. Mercy areamong those few bands which explored and conquered multiple stylesof metal. Guided by Veljaca, the only consistent member of theband, Mercy began as a youthful, raging Heavy Metal outfit beforeshifting toward a heavier doom sound by the mid-1980s. Indeed, formany unfamiliar with Mercy´s early material, the band is mostcommonly associated with its doom-laden offerings, particularly the1985 album "Witchburner" featuring Eddie "Messiah" Marcolin onvocals, who later achieved greater fame for his work withCandlemass. In the late 1970s and early 1980s, Sweden had one ofthe most fertile Heavy Metal scenes in the world. An unassuming 7"EP released in 1978 by the band Horoscope would prove to be apivotal moment in the development of Sweden´s music scene, andnotably it was due to the contribution of a non-Swedish member ofthe band. The two songs on the Horoscope EP, "Come to Me" and"Gryningen" are catchy but straightforward hard rock tracks;however, the record marked the first recorded appearance forAndrija Veljaca, the band´s singer and guitarist. Horoscope hailedfrom Sölvesborg, a tiny port town in the southern part of Sweden,but Veljaca was originally from Croatia and had only recently movedto Sweden. For the other members of Horoscope, that EP would betheir first and last foray into hard rock or heavy metal music, butfor Veljaca, it was just the beginning. By 1981, Veljaca fell inwith members of a band called Turbo, who released a 7" EP called"Nattens Barn" the previous year. Turbo´s music was more visceral,fuelled by angst and juvenile aggression. Veljaca joined the bandfollowing the departure of Turbo´s guitarist, Håkan Jacobsson, andthey changed their name to Mercy. In 1981, the band enteredAsarum´s Studio in Blekinge, Sweden and recorded a handful oftracks. Although the songs were occasionally used for demos, theyremained essentially unreleased for the next two decades. In 1982,Mercy released its first vinyl record, a 12" MLP boldly titled"Swedish Metal." The band, then operating as a trio consisting of"Andree" Veljaca on guitar and vocals, accompanied by Paul "Judas"Gustavsson on drums and Christian "Chris" Karlsson on bass,released the record on a label called Metal Shock—the only recordthe label ever put out. The five tracks on "Swedish Metal" areprimal and impassioned; vigorous, raw Heavy Metal withoutrefinement or finesse. Among the many phenomenal contemporaneousrecords released in Sweden around that time, "Swedish Metal"clearly stands out. Having gained recognition with the release ofthe "Swedish Metal" MLP, Mercy played a number of live shows,including a fest appearance alongside other notable acts such asHanoi Rocks and Tygers of Pan Tang, and made multiple radio andcompilation appearances. By 1983, songwriter Andrija "Weechking"Veljaca set about writing new, more sophisticated material.Recognizing the need for a fuller sound, the band enlisted rhythmguitarist Magnus Klinto, and the four-piece band travelled toStockholm where they entered the studio to record demo versions offour new songs. Although the Session 1983 tracks were not widelycirculated, they showed maturation in terms of both the quality ofthe songwriting and the execution of the performance. On thestrength of the demo, the band received the opportunity to record afull-length debut for the Swedish label Finger Print Records, andby January 1984, Mercy was scheduled to record at Decibel Studiosin Stockholm, one of the most renowned studios in the country. Justbefore entering the studio, drummer Paul Gustavsson contacted Eddie"Messiah" Marcolin, offering him the opportunity to sing on thealbum. Marcolin, who was just 16 years old at the time, counteredthat he was primarily a drummer, not a singer, even though theyoung Marcolin´s vocal performances in other local bands hadalready garnered attention. When Marcolin asked if he could playdrums as well, Gustavsson quickly responded that the drums were hisdomain and urged Marcolin to just focus on his singing. Two weeksafter joining the band, Marcolin was in the studio recording vocalsfor Mercy´s self-titled album, although he took no part in writingthe lyrics. Compared with the feral, street-fight sound of the"Swedish Metal" MLP, "Mercy" represented a more polished effort bythe band. With the self-titled debut, Mercy firmly establisheditself as a major force in the Swedish Heavy Metal scene. It wouldprove to be the last Mercy recording to feature the classic HeavyMetal era line-up, however. By the time of the 1985 follow-up,"Witchburner," Valjaca and Marcolin would reconstitute the band andenter into darker and doomier territory.

Disc 1: Swedish Metal track list:
1. State Of Shock
2. Don´t Stop Heavy Guitar
3. Heavy Sound
4. Lost In Time
5. Stranger From The Dark
6. Beggin For Mercy
7. Shadow Woman
8. Dreams
9. Stranger From The Dark
10. Metal Invasion-Radio Canada

Disc 2: Mercy track list:
1. Heavy Metal Warriors
2. Dirty Love
3. Metal Mania
4. Tyrant
5. Master Of Disaster
6. Spanish Eyes
7. Zombie

Disc 3: Sessions 83--86 track list:
1. Metal Mania-unreleased 1983
2. Heavy Metal Warriors-unreleased 1983
3. Kill Or Be Killed-unreleased 1983
4. Ruler Of Evil-unreleased 1983
5. Bangers Of Destruction-unreleased 1986
6. Black Death-1986

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