Cirith Ungol - 1979 - Demo

[zenarcher]

Cirith Ungol
1979
Demo



01. Frost and Fire
02. Last Laugh
03. Hype Performance
04. The Twitch
05. Better Off Dead
06. What Does It Take
07. Return to Lankhmar
08. Darkness Weaves
09. A Little Fire (instrumental)
10. Title Unknown

Cirith Ungol's music in their early years was not their well known epic sound, they were just slowly developing. Here we do have traces of classic doom metal and epic metal structures, but this is mostly just standard traditional 80's metal, very similar to a raw DIO, adding the fantasy literature lyrics and themes. It is also interesting to point out Tim Baker's vocals here are nothing at all like he later developed them to be, they arn't yet unique or croaky but to me just represent a typical males voice.

Tim Baker - vocals
Jerry Fogle - guitar
Greg Lindstrom - guitar
Michael Flint - bass
Robert Garven - drums


http://rapidshare.com/files/16697389...part1.rar.html
http://rapidshare.com/files/16697906...part2.rar.html

[UncleSalty]

I always thought his singing was a bit weird, so I'm guessing I'll love this.
Thanks.

[stanleyeisen]

Awesome post...THANKS!

[Yurei]

Here's what I've got so far:

Frost and Fire (September 1979)
Last Laugh (September 1979)
Hype Performance (September 1979)
The Twitch (December 1979)
Better Off Dead (December 1979)
What Does It Take (Month/Year Unknown)
Return to Lankhmar (August 1980)
Darkness Weaves (March 1980)
A Little Fire (Instrumental, Month/Year Unknown)
Title Unknown (This sounds like two tracks spliced together, Witchdance from July of 1978 and Feeding The Ants from September of 1978)

Most but not all of these tracks later (much later!) appear on a 2 CD release called Servants of Chaos (2001 Metal Blade Records) which is mandatory for CU fans.



Disc 1:
1. Hype Performance 02:24
2. Last Laugh 04:14
3. Frost and Fire 03:54
4. Eyes 04:15
5. Better Off Dead 05:00
6. 100 MPH 03:33
7. I'm Alive 05:08
8. Bite of the Worm 03:42
9. The Twitch 02:21
10. Maybe That's Why 06:30
11. Ill Met in Lankhmar 05:58
12. Return to Lankhmar 06:54
13. Darkness Weaves 08:10
14. Witchdance 01:19
15. Feeding the Ants 02:10
16. Obsidian 04:36

Disc 2:
1. Death of the Sun 03:55
2. Fire (an Arthur Brown cover) 02:52
3. Fallen Idols 06:34
4. Chaos Rising 07:43
5. Fallen Idols 06:28
6. Paradise Lost 06:28
7. Join the Legion 04:27
8. Before the Lash 03:44
9. Atom Smasher (live) 04:01
10. Master of the Pit (live) 06:38
11. King of the Dead (live) 06:57
12. Last Laugh (live) 04:24
13. Cirith Ungol (live) 08:21
14. Secret Agent Man 03:12
15. Ferrari 308QV on Dyno at 8000 RPM 00:23

Guitarist Jerry Fogle passed away on August 20, 1998 of liver failure.