Warlock were a German heavy metal band,founded 1982 in Düsseldorf by members of the underground bands Snakebite and Beast. The band gained popularity and some commercial success in Europe in the mid-1980s,due to the personality and stage presence of lead vocalist Doro Pesch. Warlock supported successful heavy metal bands on tour,such as W.A.S.P.,Judas Priest,Dio and Megadeth.
25 &Alive:Live at Brixton Academy is the seventh live album by the band Motörhead,released as a double live CD in December 2003 on Steamhammer,featuring their 25th anniversary concert at Brixton Academy in London on 22 October 2000. This is their second live album and seventh album released with the label and the first live album under distribution with Sanctuary Records and their subsidiary Metal-Is for North America and certain territories.
"Für Immer" (Forever) is a song composed by the German heavy metal band Warlock,from their 1987 album Triumph and Agony. It was the band's sixth single and it was published by Vertigo Records.
Machine II Machine is the fifth studio album by the German female hard rock singer Doro Pesch. The album was released in March 1995 and mixed by Kevin Shirley and Greg Smith. It is the most mainstream oriented album of the German singer to date,thanks to the production of Jack Ponti (Bon Jovi,Alice Cooper,Baton Rouge) and the collaboration of musicians and authors coming from pop,country and even Latin music. The lyrics break new ground for Doro,as many of the songs deal with erotic themes. The last track is a remix done by members of the German industrial metal band Die Krupps,who worked with Doro on her next albums. The limited edition of the album contains the bonus track "Tie Me Up ".
Angels Never Die is the fourth solo album of the German female hard rock singer Doro Pesch. The album was released in February 1993 and was produced by Jack Ponti and Vic Pepe. The two producers had worked with Alice Cooper on the hit single "Hey Stoopid" and had produced minor glam metal bands like Surgin' and Baton Rouge. The sound and musical style of Angels Never Die is very similar to what can be heard on the second Doro solo album,alternating heavy rock tracks with large choruses and power ballads,in the vein of the declining glam metal that had dominated the American rock charts for the first part of the decade.
Love Me in Black is the sixth solo album of the German female hard rock singer Doro Pesch. It was released in 1998,after the dissolution of her contract with Polygram/Vertigo. Her new label WEA decided to publish the album only in Europe.
Fight is the eighth studio album of the German female heavy metal singer Doro Pesch. It was released worldwide in 2002 by SPV/Steamhammer.
Classic Diamonds is the ninth studio album by the German female hard rock singer Doro Pesch. It was released worldwide in 2004 by AFM Records. The album presents new acoustic and symphonic arrangements for songs from Doro’s repertoire,as well as some new compositions. The music is mostly played by the Classic Night Orchestra,an ensemble of young classical musicians that accompanied Doro in the following European tour.
Warrior Soul is the tenth studio album of the German female hard rock singer Doro Pesch. It was released worldwide in 2006 by AFM Records.
Fear No Evil is the eleventh studio album of the German female hard rock singer Doro. It was released worldwide in 2009 by AFM Records. The album was produced and engineered by usual collaborators Andreas Bruhn,Chris Lietz and Torsten Sickert and reflects in the songs a strong celebrative mood. In fact,titles like "Night of the Warlock","Celebrate","25 Years" and the new collaboration with the American Joey Balin,who had produced the last Warlock album,were meant to celebrate the 25th anniversary of the first LP released by Doro Pesch,Burning the Witches in 1984. On 13 December 2008,a big celebrative concert with dozens of guests was held in Doro's native city of Düsseldorf,featuring also some of the musicians who had participated in the making of this album;Tarja Turunen performed a duet with Doro on "Walking with the Angels",Saxon singer Biff Byford sang on the single "Celebrate" with many female metal singers that Doro had befriended during her many tours and festival attendances.
"We're Like Thunder" is a CD single released by German hard rock singer Doro Pesch in 2005. The vocals of German female boxing champion Regina Halmich,recorded at the House of Audio studios in Karlsdorf,Germany,are featured in the song "We're Like Thunder" in a duet with Pesch. The song "She's Like Thunder" was written by Doro Pesch for her friend Regina Halmich,to be used as an official anthem before her performances. A symphonic version of it is present as bonus track in the album Classic Diamonds,released in 2004.
"All We Are" is a song composed by the German heavy metal band Warlock,from their 1987 album Triumph and Agony. It was released as the band's fourth single and published by Vertigo Records. A music video for the song was shot by director Mark Rezyka in the Los Angeles river basin and was on heavy rotation on MTV's heavy metal program Headbangers' Ball. The song was published again in every compilation of Warlock songs and is a staple of Doro's live shows to this day.
In Liebe und Freundschaft is an EP by German hard rock singer Doro Pesch,released in 2005 by AFM Records. It is an enhanced CD containing both musical tracks and a live video. The title is German for "For Love and Friendship". The EP was released to launch the upcoming album Warrior Soul and reached position No. 92 in the German singles chart.
Für Immer is a double DVD video album by hard rock singer Doro Pesch,released in 2003 by SPV/Steamhammer. The first DVD contains the full concert given at The Cave in Balve,Germany,during the Fight tour in 2002 and a collection of all Doro's videos. The second DVD,instead,contains three documentaries and live footage taken in various places and moments of Doro's career,including her first experience with a symphonic orchestra.
Celebrate –The Night of the Warlock is an EP by German female hard rock singer Doro Pesch,released in 2008 through AFM Records. The EP preceded of a few months the album Fear No Evil and includes three versions of the song "Celebrate". In the single version of the song the chorus is provided by a group of Doro fans,while the other two contain in the chorus the vocal performances of Saxon's frontman Biff Byford and of many female heavy metal singers. The song itself is a new collaboration of Doro with the old Warlock producer Joey Balin and is meant to celebrate the 25th anniversary of Doro's career.
Herzblut is an EP by German female hard rock singer Doro Pesch,released in 2009 through AFM Records. The EP contains five version of the power ballad "Herzblut",also sung in French,Spanish and Portuguese. The EP was issued a few weeks before the album Fear No Evil in 2009.
Love Me in Black is an EP by German hard rock singer Doro Pesch,released in Germany in 1998 by the WEA label. It was the first release by Doro with her new label,after her split with Vertigo,and preceded of a few weeks the eponymous album.
Dorothee Pesch,known professionally as Doro Pesch or simply Doro,is a German heavy metal singer and the former frontwoman of heavy metal band Warlock. Dubbed the "Metal Queen",Doro's contributions to music and culture made her a global figure in metal culture for over three decades. The name Doro has also been associated with the touring band accompanying the singer,whose members have continuously changed in more than 20 years of uninterrupted activity,the most stable presences being those of bassist Nick Douglas and drummer Johnny Dee.
Anthems for the Champion –The Queen is an EP by German female hard rock singer Doro Pesch,released in 2007 through AFM Records. The EP collects all the anthems composed by Doro and used to introduce the performances of her good friend,the German female boxing champion Regina Halmich. The only previously unreleased song is "The Queen",which Halmich used as an anthem for her final year of agonistic activity.
Classic Diamonds –The DVD is a DVD video album by hard rock singer Doro Pesch,released in 2004 by AFM Records. The DVD contains footage from two concerts held during the European tour which followed the release of the studio album Classic Diamonds. The album was a special project for Doro Pesch,who revised and re-arranged some of her songs for the Classic Night Orchestra,a 30-elements symphonic orchestra. A smaller ensemble of the orchestra accompanied Doro and her usual touring musicians on tour,but the full orchestra was on stage in August 2004 at Wacken Open Air for a strictly acoustic set,an unusual performance for the largest European heavy metal festival. Special guests of the night were former-Iron Maiden singer Blaze Bayley and guitarist Chris Caffery.
