Description: Brand new CDs. Both Sealed and Imported from Germany and OFFICIALLY RELEASED on HIGH ROLLER RECORDS. 1. Gold N Glory2. Skol ----- FAITHFUL BREATH FAITHFUL BREATHSkol SLIPCASE CD High Roller Records, slipcase, poster, Mastered by Patrick W. Engel at TEMPLE OF DISHARMONY in March 2020. FAITHFUL BREATH - Skol CD HRR 767CD, slipcase, poster Heinz ''Heimi'' Mikus - Vocals, GuitarsThilo Hermann - Guitars, Vocals (backing)Peter Dell - Bass, Vocals (backing)Jürgen Düsterloh (R.I.P. 2014) - Drums, Vocals (backing) 01. Start It Up02. Double Dealer03. Lady M.04. Rock Rebels05. We Want You06. Inside Out07. Crazy in Metal08. Backstreet Heros09. Skol AVAILABLE Mastered by Patrick W. Engel at TEMPLE OF DISHARMONY in May 2020. Interview with Heimi “Heinrich“ Mikus (vocals, guitar) for »Skol« (1985): I saw you quite regularly at the Quartier Latin club in Berlin during the 1980s. Can you remember this club? These were legendary gigs...Heimi: “Of course I can remember our shows at the Quartier Latin. We played there quite often and always had a blast. We were friends with the owner of the club. A lot of our friends had moved to Berlin to escape from national service, so we always met up at our gigs at the Quartier Latin. For some reason we used to play Berlin in winter time only. It was very cold. The run-down buildings, the Berlin Wall and the Brandenburg Gate looked even more depressing than usual. That’s why I have a special connection to Berlin.” 1985’s »Skol« was the follow-up album to »Gold ‘N’ Glory«. How did you approach the album, did you have a master plan at all?Heimi: “The original plan was for Michael Wagener to once again handle the production of the record. But this proved to be difficult. He had moved to the US and was doing one production after the other. The timing just didn’t work. So we recorded the album with Gert Rautenbach at Dierks Studios near Cologne. But we had problems within the band. Our second guitarist Bubi wanted to leave. He had received a tempting offer from another band. He did finish recording »Skol« with us but somehow the chemistry inside the band had gone for good. Thilo Herrmann later replaced Bubi.” The title of the record »Skol« neatly tied in with your Viking image. Nobody had this kind of image at the time, it was after Heavy Load and way before bands like Amon Amarth. Very unique...Heimi: “Yes, we did stick with our Viking image. We had so many ideas for our stage show. If any other band had used this Viking image at the time, they would have been mere copycats of Faithful Breath.” The song “Backstreet Heroes” was another stage favourite, wasn’t it? And “Rock Rebels” also was very typical of Faithful Breath. You had clearly forged your own niche. Why wasn’t that enough to break through?Heimi: “Mausoleum were getting bust. Alfi Falkenbach and Stonne Holmgren went on to form a new label in Ambush Records. And »Skol« was released on Ambush Records.” Most Faithful Breath songs from this period have this kind of live feel. How comes? Did you road test the new material before recording it in the studio?Heimi: “We did play all the new songs live before we recorded them. We wanted to know how the audience reacts to them. We skipped songs or re-arranged numbers if we thought that they did not go down well on stage.” One number on »Skol« is called “Lady M.”. Who is this mysterious “Lady M.”?Heimi: “I really can’t remember. Honestly.” “Crazy In Metal” marked the fact that you had arrived in the metal scene for good, right?Heimi: “Yes, Faithful Breath had arrived in the metal scene but somehow it went downhill for us after »Skol« . I can’t really explain why but things were not looking good. After »Skol« Ambush Records closed the chapter of Faithful Breath.” After »Skol« a live album was released on Noise Records (of all labels...). This was the swan song for Faithful Breath and you morphed into Risk a short while after.Heimi: “We decided to record a live album first of all to buy us some time to think about new material and our future direction. The live album was issued by Noise Records, that’s true. We added guitarist Roman Keymer from Angel Dust and recorded lots of new demos. But we soon realized that our style had changed so drastically, that it wouldn’t have been fitting to still call it Faithful Breath. So we opted for a name change. This was an immense risk (no pun intended). Luckily, the demos almost immediately got us a deal with Steamhammer/SPV, so we were able to start anew. That’s how it was.” Matthias Mader ----- 2. Gold N Glory Brand new CD Sealed. Imported from Germany and OFFICIALLY RELEASED on HIGH ROLLER RECORDS FAITHFUL BREATHGold 'n' Glory SLIPCASE CD High Roller Records, slipcase, poster, Audio restoration and mastering by Patrick W. Engel at TEMPLE OF DISHARMONY in March 2020 FAITHFUL BREATH - Gold 'n' Glory CD HRR 766 CD, slipcase, poster Heinrich Mikus - guitar, vocalsAndy Bubi Hönig - guitar, backing vocalsHorst «Piet» Stabenow - bass, backing vocalsJürgen Düsterloh (R.I.P. 2014) - Drums 01 Don't Feel Hate02 King of the Rock03 Jailbreaker04 A Million Hearts 05 Gold'n'Glory06 Play the Game07 Princess in Disguise08 Don't Drive Me Mad Audio restoration and mastering by Patrick W. Engel at TEMPLE OF DISHARMONY in March 2020. Faithful Breath’s first album »Fading Beauty« was issued in 1974. At this point in time your music was influenced by krautrock, progressive rock and psychedelic music, would it be fitting to put it like this?Heimi: “Yeah, that’s about right. After we had played Top 40 covers in dance clubs for what felt like eternity, we decided to pen our own songs. That’s how it all started.” It took six long years for »Back On My Hill« to be released in 1980, why did it take so long?Heimi: “We would have never had the money to release »Fading Beauty« in the first place. The record was financed by our friend and manager Boggi Kopec. After that we concentrated on playing live. Then the material for »Back On My Hill« was written. It was clear to us that we needed a vocalist for the new material. And Jürgen Renfordt was the guy. When the recordings for »Back On My Hill« were completed, the album was supposed to come out on new label called Aladin Records. They got the master tapes but nothing happened. We had to sue them to get back the tapes, but this took about a year. Finally the record was released on Sky Records and soon after this line-up collapsed.” Was »Back On My Hill« the transitional album between your krautrock period and your later hard rock and metal phase?Heimi: “No, I wouldn’t say so. ‘Keep Me Away’ was a transitional song but that was about it. The rest had nothing to do with our later material.” How did your Viking image evolve? Who had the idea for it?Heimi: “We thought that at the time all bands looked the same. Boggi and me invented our Viking image. We had great opportunities for the stage show with this kind of image. At first we designed the outfits, then we had the fur jackets, horns, helmets and what have you. It all evolved around 1983/84.” I saw you quite regularly at the Quartier Latin club in Berlin at the time. Can you remember this club? These were legendary gigs...Heimi: “Of course I can remember our shows at the Quartier Latin. We played there quite often and always had a blast. We were friends with the owner of the club. A lot of our friends had moved to Berlin to escape from national service, so we always met up at our gigs at the Quartier Latin. For some reason we only used to play Berlin in winter time. It was very cold. The run-down buildings, the Berlin Wall and the Brandenburg Gate looked even more depressing than usual. That’s why I have a special connection to Berlin.” When you recorded »Gold ‘N’ Glory« in 1984, what kind of feeling did you have?Heimi: “We were ready to go. We had inked a deal with Belgian label Mausoleum Records and were ready to take on the world. Very motivated.” »Gold ‘N’ Glory« followed »Hard Breath« (1983), what were the main differences between the two records?Heimi: “We had progressed with »Gold ‘N’ Glory«. We had learned a lot since »Hard Breath«, regarding playing and songwriting as well. Ah, well, and we got a new singer for »Gold ‘N’ Glory«. The old one just didn’t fit our style.” How was the atmosphere in the studio? Was it an easy album to make?Heimi: “»Gold ‘N’ Glory« was recorded by Michael Wagener and Udo Dirkschneider. It was great fun. It was very relaxed in the studio, a really nice atmosphere. Wagener did push me vocal wise but I did survive. I am still satisfied with the record today.” The title track “Gold ‘N’ Glory” went down a storm live back in the days, same as “King Of The Rock”, these were tunes especially written for the live situation, right?Heimi: “»Gold ‘N’ Glory« was selling really well and when the fans sing along with us, playing live is even more fun. ‘Gold ‘N’ Glory’ and ‘King Of The Rock’ were written for the stage, that’s right, expecting the fans to sign along with us.” “A Million Hearts” was your attempt at a ballad, wasn’t t? If I remember correctly, it was also issued as a 7” single.Heimi: “Not a lot of commercial radio stations were playing heavy metal back then. Unless you had a ballad. And when you were played on the radio, your name was getting more popular and you sold more records as a direct result.” The album was issued by Mausoleum Records. How did the label treat you? Any problems?Heimi: “We had a good relationship with Mausoleum. Our manager Boggi Kopec got along well with Alfi Falkenbach and Stonne Holmgren. They had financed the recordings and after we had paid for the studio costs, we were earning money from record sales. Mausoleum did not rip us off, they stuck to the contract, we did not have any problems with them whatsoever.”
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Record Label: High Roller Records
Album Name: skol
Release Title: skol
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Case Condition: Mint (M)
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Duration: Album
Inlay Condition: Mint (M)
Type: Album
Format: CD
Release Year: 2023
Style: Black/Gothic Metal, British Metal/NWOBHM, Death Metal, Doom/Sludge Metal, Folk Metal, Funk Metal, Glam/Hair Metal, Heavy Metal, Metalcore, New Metal, Power/Progressive Metal, Progressive Metal, Punk Metal, Speed & Trash Metal, Stoner Metal, Symphonic Metal, True Metal, Thrash/Speed Metal
Genre: Metal
Country/Region of Manufacture: Germany
Color: Gold
