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2001 studio album by Hammers of Misfortune
The Bastard is the first album by the American progressive /heavy metal band Hammers of Misfortune .
Track listing
Act One Title Lyrics Music 1. "The Dragon Is Summoned" Erica Stoltz, John Cobbett Cobbett 2:29 2. "The Bastard Sapling" Mike Scalzi Cobbett 2:23 3. "On Wings of Vengeance" Stoltz, Scalzi, Cobbett Cobbett 2:28 4. "Hunting Tyrant" Cobbett Cobbett 2:30 5. "You Should Have Slain Me" Scalzi, Cobbett Cobbett 3:26
Act Two Title Lyrics Music 6. "An Oath Sworn in Hell" Cobbett Cobbett, Scalzi 6:40 7. "The Blood Ax Speaks" Janis Tanaka , CobbettCobbett 2:28 8. "Tyrant Dies" Cobbett Cobbett 3:42 9. "The Witch's Dance" Cobbett Cobbett, Tanaka 2:31
Act Three Title Lyrics Music 10. "The Prophesy Has Two Meanings / Coronation" Cobbett Cobbett 2:12 11. "The New King's Lament" Scalzi Cobbett 1:54 12. "For the Ax" Cobbett Cobbett 2:56 13. "Troll's March" Cobbett Cobbett 1:34 14. "Sacrifice / The End" Cobbett, Tanaka Cobbett, Tanaka 8:57
Personnel
Hammers of Misfortune
Production
The band did not record The Bastard in a typical recording studio . The liner notes state: "this album was recorded on an 8-track analog machine in a rehearsal space in San Francisco between July 1999 and February 2000."
References
Cobbett, John (2001). The Bastard (booklet). Hammers of Misfortune . San Francisco , California : Tumult Records.
John Cobbett
Joe Hutton
Leila Abdul-Rauf
Sigrid Sheie
Max Barnett
Chewy Marzolo
Studio albums