Hellbound (Warlock album)

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Hellbound
Warlock - Hellbound.jpg
Studio album by
Releasedmay 20 1985
RecordedFebruary–April 1985
StudioCountry Lane (Munich, Germany)
Genre Heavy metal
Length36:18
Label Vertigo
Producer Henry Staroste, Rainer Assmann
Warlock chronology
Burning the Witches
(1984)
Hellbound
(1985)
True as Steel
(1986)
Singles from Hellbound
  1. "All Night" / "Hellbound"
    Released: 1985
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [1]
Collector's Guide to Heavy Metal 6/10 [2]
Kerrang! Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [3]

Hellbound is the second studio album by German heavy metal band Warlock, released in 1985 by Vertigo Records.

Contents

Track listing

Side one
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Hellbound"Peter Szigeti, Henry Staroste, Doro Pesch, Frank Rittel, Michael Eurich, Rudy Graf3:42
2."All Night"Szigeti, Staroste, René Maué, Graf, Rittel, Eurich, Pesch4:06
3."Earthshaker Rock"Graf, Rittel, Pesch, Szigeti, Eurich3:27
4."Wrathchild"Szigeti, Staroste, Pesch, Rittel, Eurich, Graf3:35
5."Down and Out"Graf, Rittel, Pesch, Szigeti, Eurich4:06
Side two
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
6."Out of Control"Graf, Staroste, Pesch, Maué, Rittel, Szigeti, Eurich4:50
7."Time to Die"Graf, Staroste, Pesch, Rittel, Szigeti, Eurich4:28
8."Shout It Out"Szigeti, Staroste, Pesch, Rittel, Eurich, Graf4:20
9."Catch My Heart"Szigeti, Maué, Pesch, Rittel, Eurich, Graf4:55
2011 CD edition bonus tracks
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
10."Hellraiser"Pesch, Joey Balin, Tommy Henriksen 4:50
11."Hellbound" (live)Szigeti, Staroste, Pesch, Rittel, Eurich, Graf3:40

Personnel

Warlock

Production

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References

  1. "Warlock Hellbound review". AllMusic . Rovi Corporation . Retrieved 2011-10-14.
  2. Popoff, Martin (1 November 2005). The Collector's Guide to Heavy Metal: Volume 2: The Eighties. Burlington, Ontario, Canada: Collector's Guide Publishing. p. 404. ISBN   978-1894959315.
  3. Oliver, Derek (13 June 1985). "Warlock 'Hellbound'". Kerrang!. Vol. 96. London, UK: Morgan Grampian.