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1001 Other AlbumsFrost and Fire, Part 2 – Heavy Metal EditionThis past SpaceAce Sunday, we looked at the first of two albums we have on <a href="https://1001otheralbums.com/the-list/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">The List</a> that have the same, rather holiday-relevant title of Frost and Fire. While The Watersons’ album actually has a few Xmas/Xmas-adjacent songs, the same cannot be said of the album we are looking at today. But, it’s December 24, and so anything you listen to can be an Xmas album if you want it to be. Or, as they[1] say, “yippie kayak, other buckets!” Cirith Ungol – Frost and Fire (1981, US)And so, today we take a listen to number 892 on The List, submitted by Almoehi.I know that many metalheads are absolutely fanatic about this band, but listening to this album the other day was actually the first I had ever heard of theirs! With the band named after the mountain pass in Tolkien’s Middle-earth that goes through the Ephel Dúath (you know, the one near Minas Morgul in Mordor…), one might expect a lot of LoTR-themed lyrics on this, the band’s debut album. But, perhaps hinted at by the fact that the band name is to be pronounced “sirith ungol” rather than the more accurate “kirith ungol”, the name seems more of a statement of the lyrics being in the fantasy realm, with a loose association to the LoTR books rather than them being an overarching theme. At any rate, I don’t recognize any of the lyrics on this album as being LoTR-themed, so I believe it isn’t until their next album, <a href="https://cirithungol.bandcamp.com/album/king-of-the-dead" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">King of the Dead</a> (1984), that we get to totally nerd out in that respect.But! Let’s nerd out about the cover! This is the third album we’ve looked at so far on The List with a cover painted by the incredible Michael Whelan (on Mastodon: <a href="https://mastodon.art/@MichaelWhelan" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@MichaelWhelan</a>).[2] The Frost and Fire cover is a crop of Whelan’s 1977 painting titled <a href="https://www.michaelwhelan.com/galleries/stormbringer/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">“Stormbringer”</a>, and was used on the cover of Michael Moorcock’s book of the same name, from his Elric of Melniboné saga. Whelan in fact would go on to provide the art for every single Cirith Ungol album, with all of the paintings also pulling double duty on a Moorcock/Elric of Melniboné book!Even just based on those credits alone, it’s perhaps no surprise that music journalist and musician Sarah Kitteringham – of the epic doom metal band <a href="https://smoulder.bandcamp.com/music" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Smoulder</a>[3] and of <a href="http://bangertv.com/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">BangerTV</a> – is a giant Cirith Ungol fan. Sarah can dance circles around anyone in talking about this band (and, well, probably any doom/heavy metal metal band), and in fact wrote the liner notes for the <a href="https://cirithungol.bandcamp.com/album/frost-and-fire-40th-anniversary-edition" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">40th anniversary reissue</a> of Frost and Fire! So, rather than me regaling you with any Wikipedia-level facts, I would suggest we head on over to Discogs and read through <a href="https://www.discogs.com/release/21344119-Cirith-Ungol-Frost-And-Fire" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">those liner notes</a> together (click to images 2 and 3). If you’re a fan, perhaps also check out <a href="https://cirithungolofficial.bandcamp.com/album/frost-and-fire-40th-anniversary-bonus-tracks-demos-and-rare-audio" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">these demos and extras</a> that were part of that anniversary reissue. And so concludes our mini spotlight theme. Stay frosty and/or firey, all. 🤘<ul><li><a href="https://cirithungol.bandcamp.com/album/frost-and-fire" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Bandcamp: Cirith Ungol – Frost and Fire</a></li><li><a href="https://www.discogs.com/master/253625-Cirith-Ungol-Frost-And-Fire" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Discogs: Cirith Ungol – </a><a href="https://www.discogs.com/master/253625-Cirith-Ungol-Frost-And-Fire" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Frost and Fire</a> </li></ul>[1]Well, <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hkzQKmnZyKs" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Charles Boyle</a> at least says this. [2]The others being <a href="https://1001otheralbums.com/2024/07/23/ii-much-ii-listen-ii-meat-loaf-bat-out-of-hell-ii-1993-us/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Meat Loaf’s Bat Out of Hell II</a> and <a href="https://1001otheralbums.com/2024/07/31/sepultura-beneath-the-remains-1989-brazil/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Sepultura’s Beneath the Remains</a>. [3]Fun fact: All of Smoulder’s album covers are also done by Whelan, and both of their LPs either reference or feature Moorcock.<a rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://1001otheralbums.com/tag/1001otheralbums/" target="_blank">#1001OtherAlbums</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://1001otheralbums.com/tag/1980s/" target="_blank">#1980s</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://1001otheralbums.com/tag/cirith-ungol/" target="_blank">#CirithUngol</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://1001otheralbums.com/tag/heavy-metal/" target="_blank">#heavyMetal</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://1001otheralbums.com/tag/listen-to-this/" target="_blank">#ListenToThis</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://1001otheralbums.com/tag/metal/" target="_blank">#metal</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://1001otheralbums.com/tag/michael-whelan/" target="_blank">#MichaelWhelan</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://1001otheralbums.com/tag/music/" target="_blank">#music</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://1001otheralbums.com/tag/music-discovery/" target="_blank">#musicDiscovery</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://1001otheralbums.com/tag/musodon-2/" target="_blank">#Musodon</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://1001otheralbums.com/tag/power-metal/" target="_blank">#powerMetal</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://1001otheralbums.com/tag/proto-doom/" target="_blank">#protoDoom</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://1001otheralbums.com/tag/proto-doom-metal/" target="_blank">#protoDoomMetal</a>

1001 Other AlbumsAs randomly chosen by survey* on Mastodon, our next spotlight is on number 613 on <a href="https://1001otheralbums.com/the-list/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">The List</a>, submitted by <a href="https://mas.to/@markwyner" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@markwyner</a>.If you’re a metalhead, you probably already know this band and album. Sepultura was absolutely key in putting Brazil on the map as a metal country, and this album – their third – was considered an instant classic in the thrash/death metal scene. This album still holds up, I really dig the lyrics in particular.Sepultura was founded by brothers Max and Igor Cavalera, both of whom left at different points and eventually formed a new band together, Cavalera Conspiracy. In 2023, Cavalera Conspiracy released re-recorded versions of Sepultura’s first two albums, the 1985 Bestial Devastation and the 1986 Morbid Visions, under the Cavalera Conspiracy name (<a href="https://album.link/ca/i/1680878909" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">here</a> and <a href="https://album.link/ca/i/1680995542" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">here</a>). The sound of these early two albums perhaps had room for improvement whereas Beneath The Remains is great as is, but it’ll be interesting to see if the Cavalera brothers take another go at this one as well.P.S. The cover for this one <a href="https://1001otheralbums.com/2024/07/23/ii-much-ii-listen-ii-meat-loaf-bat-out-of-hell-ii-1993-us/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">also</a> features art by Michael Whelan (on Mastodon: <a rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" class="u-url mention" href="https://mastodon.art/@MichaelWhelan" target="_blank">@MichaelWhelan</a>), titled “<a href="https://www.michaelwhelan.com/galleries/nightmare-in-red/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Nightmare In Red</a>“.<ul><li><a href="https://album.link/ca/i/214411044" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Songlink: Sepultura – Beneath The Remains</a></li><li><a href="https://www.discogs.com/master/57949-Sepultura-Beneath-The-Remains" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Discogs: Sepultura – Beneath The Remains</a></li></ul>*The survey choices were “Down in the hole”, “Jesus tries to crack a smile”, and “Beneath another shovel load”, with the last being the winning selection (the survey was posted on the 4th of July, hence the lyrics from Soundgarden’s song of the same name). The survey result was translated as picking the first album in The List with one of the phrase’s words in the title, the matching word here being “beneath”.<a href="https://1001otheralbums.com/2024/07/31/sepultura-beneath-the-remains-1989-brazil/" class="" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://1001otheralbums.com/2024/07/31/sepultura-beneath-the-remains-1989-brazil/</a><a rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://1001otheralbums.com/tag/1001otheralbums/" target="_blank">#1001OtherAlbums</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://1001otheralbums.com/tag/death-metal/" target="_blank">#deathMetal</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://1001otheralbums.com/tag/igor-cavalera/" target="_blank">#IgorCavalera</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://1001otheralbums.com/tag/max-cavalera/" target="_blank">#MaxCavalera</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://1001otheralbums.com/tag/metal/" target="_blank">#metal</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://1001otheralbums.com/tag/michael-whelan/" target="_blank">#MichaelWhelan</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://1001otheralbums.com/tag/sepultura/" target="_blank">#Sepultura</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://1001otheralbums.com/tag/thrash-metal/" target="_blank">#thrashMetal</a>

PJ Coffey<a href="https://mastodon.art/@MichaelWhelan" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@MichaelWhelan</a> Ooh very cool!I'm just going to put some # to help people find this. <a href="https://mastodon.ie/tags/MichaelWhelan" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#MichaelWhelan</a> <a href="https://mastodon.ie/tags/CavesOfSteel" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#CavesOfSteel</a> <a href="https://mastodon.ie/tags/IsaacAsimov" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#IsaacAsimov</a> <a href="https://mastodon.ie/tags/RDaneelOlivaw" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#RDaneelOlivaw</a>

HangFireBooks<a href="https://mastodon.world/@kekw" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@kekw</a> Cool! I'm familiar with much of the contents but want them for the package and any intro material Aickman might have added. He was ed on the 1st 8. Some of my favorite series/packages (besides BAF): the DAW <a href="https://social.horrorhub.club/tags/Elric" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Elric</a> with the <a href="https://social.horrorhub.club/tags/MichaelWhelan" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#MichaelWhelan</a> covers (started grabbing those in used bookstores when I was about 10) and the Tom Adams <a href="https://social.horrorhub.club/tags/AgathaChristie" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#AgathaChristie</a> with wraparound painted covers. <a href="https://social.horrorhub.club/tags/vintagepaperbacks" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#vintagepaperbacks</a>

Camilla ZamboniWe played a pirate setting, and it was lots of rambunctious fun - completed by amazing character sketches!<a href="https://livellosegreto.it/@danieledirubbo" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@danieledirubbo</a> Absolutely recommended - sadly it is only available in digital format, but I am hoping for a reprint. 🎲♥️<a href="https://dice.camp/tags/ttrpg" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#ttrpg</a> <a href="https://dice.camp/tags/thehousedoesntalwayswin" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#thehousedoesntalwayswin</a> <a href="https://dice.camp/tags/michaelwhelan" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#michaelwhelan</a> <a href="https://dice.camp/tags/wheelsrpgs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#wheelsrpgs</a> <a href="https://dice.camp/tags/pokercards" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#pokercards</a> <a href="https://dice.camp/tags/d10" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#d10</a> <a href="https://dice.camp/tags/GDR" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#GDR</a>

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