{"title":"Holocaust","description":null,"products":[{"product_id":"heavy-metal-mania-the-complete-recordings-vol1-1980-1984","title":"Heavy Metal Mania – The Complete Recordings Vol.1 – 1980-1984","description":"\u003cp\u003eHolocaust might have ended up as a small, albeit important and \ninfluential, footnote in the annals of the New Wave Of British Heavy \nMetal, and heavy metal in general, if it wasn’t for the patronage of one\n very famous group of fans in Metallica. From the start, Metallica were \nmore than happy to acknowledge the ongoing influence of groups from this\n side of the pond, especially those who were part of the NWOBHM, through\n various B-Sides and EPs. In 1987, they released The $5.98 E.P. – \n‘Garage Days Re-Revisited’ EP, which included their faithful cover of \nHolocaust’s ‘The Small Hours’, and later also included it on the 1998 \nmulti-platinum selling ‘Garage Inc’.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eRight from the start, Holocaust set out their stall with one agenda, \nand that was to spread ‘Heavy Metal Mania’, which was suitably the title\n of their debut 45 in 1980, followed by the ‘Smokin’ Valves’ single the \nsame year.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eReleasing their full length debut in 1981, \u003ci\u003eThe Nightcomers\u003c\/i\u003e (CD1) \nfeatures the raw and untamed energy that would give their NWOBHM peers \nsouth of the border a good run for their money, with the \nself-explanatory ‘Death Or Glory’, the aforementioned ‘Smokin’ Valves’, \nplus a re-recording of debut, ‘Heavy Metal Mania.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAs most bands made their money selling albums, touring for an \nindependent band could be an expensive venture for a band based in \nScotland, so they made the admirable decision to film and record their \n1981 show at the Nite Club in Edinburgh. Retailing at a hefty £29.95 \n(well in excess of over £100 in today’s money), the 80-minute film did \ncapture Holocaust’s raw exuberance, with tracks such as ‘Bridge Of \nImpressions’, ‘Out My Book’ and ‘Jirmakenyerut’. CD2 presents the audio \nsoundtrack to the live video, and includes the first airing for the \nabove mentioned classic, ‘The Small Hours’.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe set is completed with their \u003ci\u003eNo Man’s Land\u003c\/i\u003e album and Ed Dudley’s\n Hologram band’s ‘Steal the Stars’ after he left Holocaust in 1983; plus\n all of the group’s original singles and B-sides.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"HNE","offers":[{"title":"CD","offer_id":50452234469707,"sku":"2002046","price":33.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0867\/1120\/6219\/files\/Holocaust_HNEBOX180-1_7a2eedb1_thumbnail_4096.jpg?v=1727144806"},{"product_id":"the-nightcomers","title":"The Nightcomers","description":"\u003cp\u003e1\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Reissued Sounds","offers":[{"title":"Yellow LP","offer_id":51226244448587,"sku":"2243708","price":27.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0867\/1120\/6219\/files\/9010974001683_dd6e45b8_thumbnail_4096.jpg?v=1738880433"},{"product_id":"dance-into-the-void-complete-recordings-vol-2-1989-2003","title":"Dance Into The Void - Complete Recordings Vol 2 - 1989-2003","description":"\u003cp\u003eFive albums spanning 1989 to 2003 from Metallica-approved NWOBHM legends.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFounded in 1978 by John Mortimer, according to their official website, “Holocaust was so named with the idea in mind that a Heavy Metal band should have an impact like that of a nuclear bomb exploding.” Holocaust might have been a small, albeit important and influential footnote in the annals of the New Wave Of British Heavy Metal (NWOBHM) if it wasn’t for the patronage of one very famous group of fans when Metallica acknowledged their influence in 1987, when they released ‘The $5.98 E.P. - Garage Days Re-Revisited EP’. The EP included their faithful cover of Holocaust’s ‘The Small Hours’, and later featured it on the 1998 multi-platinum ‘Garage Inc.’\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eOriginally forming in Scotland in 1977, and influenced by the heavy metal greats of the 1970s, while fuelled with a punky exuberance, the first line-up of the band featured founder member John Mortimer. Holocaust set out their stall to spread ‘Heavy Metal Mania’, the fitting title of their debut 45 in 1980, championed by Geoff Barton in the pages of Sounds and Kerrang!, they released their full length debut in 1981. Songs such as ‘Death Or Glory’, ‘The Small Hours’ and of course ‘Heavy Metal Mania’ have been covered by acts as diverse as the aforementioned Metallica, as well as Gamma Ray, Six Feet Under and Meat Puppets.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe NWOBHM era represents the first phase of the band, as a gap of five years separated their 1984 album, ‘No Man’s Land’, and ‘The Sound Of Souls’ (CD1) in 1989, by which time vocalist and guitarist John Mortimer, joined by Steve Cowen on drums and Graham Hall on bass, had moved away from their NWOBHM roots, to adopt a more technical thrash sound, taking inspiration from some of the bands that they had once influenced, such as Voivod. ‘The Sounds Of Souls’ was followed in 1992 by ‘Hypnosis Of Birds’, re-issued in expanded form in 1996 as ‘Spirits Fly’ (CD2). Moving towards a more progressive sound. 1997’s ‘Covenant’ (CD3) balanced the more traditional metal sounds with newer thrash influences, while 2000’s more personal ‘The Courage To Be’ (CD4) was followed by a return to a more progressive thrash-orientated sound for ‘Primal’ (CD5) in 2003, featuring darker lyrical themes, and a line-up that now included guitarist John McCullim, bassist Bryan Bartley and drummer Ron Levine, joining original member John Mortimer.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"HNE","offers":[{"title":"5CD","offer_id":56374426370379,"sku":"R3292-3391","price":38.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0867\/1120\/6219\/files\/Screenshot2026-01-23at23.02.28.png?v=1769245539"}],"url":"https:\/\/shop.roughtrade.com\/de\/collections\/holocaust.oembed","provider":"Rough Trade","version":"1.0","type":"link"}