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Formats and Editions
1. This Annihilation
2. I Smash The Void
3. Dance Into The Vortex
4. Curious
5. Three Ways To Die
6. Death Or Glory
7. Heavy Metal Mania
8. The Small Hours
9. Spirits Fly (Hypnosis Of Birds) (1992/1996)
10. Into Lebanon
11. The Small Hours
12. Hypnosis Of Birds
13. The Tower
14. Book Of Seasons
15. Mercier ; Camier
16. Summer Tides
17. Mortal Mother
18. Cairnpapple Hill
19. In The Dark Places Of The Earth
20. Caledonia
21. Heavy Metal Mania
22. Death ; Glory
23. Master Of Puppets
24. War In Heaven
25. Covenant (1997)
26. Leper's Progress
27. Salt Heart
28. Return To Dust
29. Paradox
30. The Battle Of Soaring Woodhelven
31. Valley Of Megiddo
32. Mount Thunder
33. We Shall See Him As He Is
34. Alexander
35. The Infinite
36. Absent Friend
37. The Collective
38. A Gentleman's Penny-Farthing
39. Neurosis
40. When Penelope Dreams (Part One)
41. When Penelope Dreams (Part Two)
42. From The Mine Shaft To The Bike Shed
43. Fundamentalist
44. Spanner Omlette
45. Home From Home
46. The Age Of Reason
47. Iron Will
48. Black Box
49. Hell On Earth
50. Transcendence
51. Fools (Bring On The Light)
52. Made Righteous
53. It's Your Dream
54. They Colonize
55. Colossus
56. Lost Horizons
More Info:
Five albums spanning 1989 to 2003 from Metallica-approved NWOBHM legends. Founded 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.' Originally 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. The 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.
