BITTER END joins Metal On Metal roster!

[Jowita]

We are happy to announce the second signing this year... This band was formed in 1985 in Seattle, WA... This makes the 4th Seattle-based band on our roster, but there's a connection indeed: Russ from MIDNIGHT IDÖLS used to play guitar in a technical thrash band BITTER END that released their debut (and only full-length) "Harsh Realities" in 1990 through Metal Blade. Russ mentioned to us the unreleased material they had recorded in 1991/92 just before the band split up. Well, we're still first and foremost pro supporting active bands, but those unreleased songs are just brilliant (better than their debut in our opinion!), so we decided to release what was recorded for their 2nd album (plus "Meet Your Maker" 1988 demo and a a few live tracks as a bonus), under the title "Have A Nice Death!". We thought it would be a shame for people to never get to hear those songs. What helped us in making this decision was of course the "Russ-connection" and the fact that all BITTER END members are still active as musicians and declared that they could give interviews and play some one off shows if the demand is big enough.



Bitter End 1992


Here's what Chris Fox, the band's bass player said:
"When Bitter End broke up in the Summer of 1992, the members of the band never could have imagined that another release was in the cards. Nor that it would be almost 20 years coming! But now, thanks to the dogged efforts of Jowita and the Simone at Metal On Metal Records, Bitter End's unreleased last six songs will at last be commercially available, under the title "Have A Nice Death!" Audiences will get a chance to hear with fresh ears the thrash metal sounds that were coming together even as Seattle's non-metal music scene was breaking through to a global audience. The members of Bitter End - Matt, Chris, Russ and Harry - are very grateful to Metal On Metal for this release, which they hope will help to remind metal fans around the world of Seattle's importance in the history of metal music."

BITTER END "Have A Nice Death!" CD will be released in July this year, together with the new album of MELIAH RAGE. For the moment feel free to go to the BITTER END page on our website to read the band's biography and check some old photos.



Bitter End 1988

You can also listen to one of the unreleased tracks, "Tiny Minds" from the band's MySpace page: http://www.myspace.com/bitterendmetal. Another previously unreleased BITTER END song, "No Law" is available on our new compilation CD "Compendium Of Metal Vol. 4", which will be out this weekend at the Keep It True festival (we'll post the news with the complete tracklist after coming back home from Germany).

[holg]

Great news, Jowita. I really like "Harsh Reality". If they come up with material in the same vein I will definitely buy the album.

[rapanzel]

Cool signing! I remember the track "Beat the system", having some Megadethish influence! Definetely keeping an eye for that release!

[QuickNick]

Great news, Jowita. I really like "Harsh Reality". If they come up with material in the same vein I will definitely buy the album.

Same here! I never thought to come across this band anymore. That's by all means a surprising revival.

[Jowita]

Yes, the songs that they recorded in 1991/92 are in the same vein as those on "Harsh Realities". Personally we like them a bit more, the arrangements are more interesting and the shredding of Russ improved since their debut... The Megadeth influences are of course still there (though one song reminds me a lot of one old Diamond Head song).

[holg]

Didn't Mister Mustaine appear as gueststar on the Diamond Head Reunion album? A circle completes. By the way, that Diamond Head album is awesome. Just a sidenote.

[Hades]

BITTER END? I would have never thought to hear from these guys again! I will definitely buy this.

[Jowita]

Didn't Mister Mustaine appear as gueststar on the Diamond Head Reunion album? A circle completes. By the way, that Diamond Head album is awesome. Just a sidenote.

No idea. We're not so much into Diamond Head (I've got only "Lightning...").

[Jowita]

BITTER END: new songs posted, album details and PRE-ORDER, DIGITAL SINGLE and... REUNION!

The old/new album of the Seattle based technical thrashers BITTER END "Have A Nice Death!" is being manufactured now and will be available since July 28th (Headbangers Open Air festival). Meanwhile we've got a bunch of news...

First of all: the reunion!
In the last line-up, known from "Harsh Realities" album, the line-up that also recorded the 2nd and shelved until now album. Says guitarist Russ Stefanovich:
"At present, we are excited to be rehearsing as a band as of next week. We are preparing to a local release party/show with details developing to coincide with US shipment of the new CD, a possible slot on the Warriors of Metal festival in Ohio 2k12, and making ourselves available to perform as demand dictates. We are confident that metal fans will enjoy this release, and if we can bring them the live show, we are excited to do so."

Check out the band's MySpace page after a complete makeover!

We uploaded 2 songs from the album: "Tiny Minds" and "Tunnel Vision" - check them out from the player on our website! Here's the complete track list:
1. Tiny Minds
2. Right To Lie
3. Burning Bridges
4. No Law
5. Sludge
6. Tunnel Vision
7. Meet Your Maker (demo bonus track)
8. Save Us (demo bonus track)
9. Beat The System (demo bonus track)
10. Living Hell (demo bonus track)
11. Right To Lie (live bonus track)
12. Profits Of Doom (live bonus track)
13. Tiny Minds (live bonus track)
14. No Law (live bonus track)

Songs 1-6 are from the 1991/1992 studio sessions co-produced by BITTER END and Jack Endino. Tracks 7-10 are the "Meet Your Maker" demo from 1988, digitized from the original reels. And the last 4 songs are live cuts from a 1990 show in Seattle, WA.



BITTER END "Have A Nice Death!" album cover


Before you can have the album on CD (or as mp3s, because it will be also available for downloading), you can buy digital single "Burning Bridges". It's available from CD Baby, iTunes, Amazon MP3, eMusic and other digital stores.



DIGITAL SINGLE "Burning Bridges" available now

Last but not least: you can already pre-order BITTER END "Have A Nice Death!" CD from our SHOP page - as a regular and special tin-case (DVD format) edition with 2 photos. And everybody who pre-orders this technical thrash metal gem will get a download link for the complete and mastered live recording from 1990 (11 songs, approx. 54 min.) as a FREE BONUS!

Check out this short promo clip for the album and the single:

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