Bleed by Angel Dust

In spite of numerous time consuming and exhausting line-up changes in their career, Angel Dust never gave up when faced with adversity, but rather seemed encouraged to continue. Perhaps it was pretty surprising for most when the Dortmund-based quintet managed to re-appear in the international metal scene after a decade of rest, but thanks to the persistence of founding member Dirk Assmuth (drums) and his longtime friend and bassist Frank Banx (who joined Angel Dust half a year later after its creation in 1984), the band is still carrying on with their infectious brand of metal. The reason for the premature split in November of 1989 was due to poor sales and distribution figures of the band’s second album, To Dust You Will Decay, after their debut, Into The Dark Past, sold over 30,000 copies in the German market alone. Problems amongst the band members made a cohesive operation impossible in those days, thus a disbandment was the logical answer at the time. With their new singer Dirk Thurisch and the slight alteration of their musical style from thrash to power metal, the band signed to Century Media Records and delivered an impressive comeback with 1998's Border Of Reality. Spared from personal changes this time, Angel Dust was given the opportunity to prove themselves once again as a band and also to strengthen their unity on two European tours in 1998, one with Overkill and Nevermore, and later a stint with Jag Panzer. In addition, they also played two outstanding gigs at the Wacken open air and the Rock Hard festival in August 1998. Motivated and creatively inspired by those successes, the band once again entered the Woodhouse studios in Hagen to record their new album, Bleed. At the request of Angel Dust, Siggi Bemm (who was responsible for the engineering on the previous record) took the job of producer as well as engineer this time. The five band members joined him as co-producers, and with that the entire album was recorded in less than three weeks. The result is astonishing once again, with the group showing a huge progress in songwriting as well as in their technical skills, which gave Angel Dust the opportunity to experiment with modern sounds while keeping their trademarks of a tight rhythm section, heavy guitar grooves and the emotional and charismatic voice of Dirk Thurisch.

With their new record Bleed, Angel Dust are well on their way to establishing themselves as one of the most versatile German heavy metal bands of the ‘90s, while still maintaining characteristics that made them a phenomenon in the late ‘80s. Though their roots are firmly planted in traditional metal, Angle Dust’s creativity will always supply their fans with an unpredictable delivery, as stagnation is an unknown word to these icons.

A metal label with diverse tastes, Century Media arose from humble origins as a bedroom label based out of Dortmund, Germany in 1989 and have expanded greatly over the past 30+ years.

Acting as a beacon of professionality, reliability, and an unwavering dedication and passion to the most important thing of all – the music – Century Media are a flagship label in the metal and hard rock fields.

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