| Relentless | ||
|---|---|---|
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| Studio album by Pentagram | ||
| Released | February 1985 | |
| Recorded | 1981 - 1982 at Gizmo Studios in McLean, Virginia | |
| Genre | Doom Metal, Heavy Metal | |
| Length | 42:50 | |
| Label | Pentagram Records Peaceville Records | |
| Producer | Bobby Liebling, Victor Griffin, Tim Kidwell | |
| Pentagram chronology | ||
| Livin' in a Ram's Head (1979) |
Relentless (1985) |
Day of Reckoning (1987) |
Relentless (and it's prior incarnations) is the debut studio album by American doom metal band Pentagram. It was self-released in 1985 as Pentagram, but was reissued by Peaceville Records in 1993 with the new title and reordered track listing. It was also issued as a two-disc split CD with Day of Reckoning in 1996 and then re-released again in 2005 as a digipak CD. Previously known as All Your Sins when Death Row released it in 1982 and Pentagram with it's initial release in 1985, the album is now commonly known as Relentless.
Background[]
the original All Your Sins cassette.
the original Pentagram LP from 1985.
The album was originally recorded and released in 1982 on the All Your Sins demo tape, as Death Row. At the time of release it was acknowledged as a demo rather than an album and the only proper studio recordings Death Row did in their tenure. "You're Lost, I'm Free" and "20 Buck Spin" were both written by Liebling in the 70s and performed or recorded by the 70s lineup prior to the recordings presented here.
In 1984, now rebranded as Pentagram, the band decided to re-record some vocals and guitar parts and created a complete new mix for their self-released debut album. The 1984 remix of the recordings appeared only on first-edition vinyl copies of the album (those with the purple logo on the cover) and that mix was never released on CD or later vinyl pressings.
When Peaceville reissued the album on CD in 1993, they restored the 1982 mix and track listing to save the original spirit and charm of the recordings. All CD and LP versions released since 1993 contain the original 1982 version. In the years since it's release, Relentless has only garnered further critical praise[1][2][3] and has since been inducted in the Decibel Hall of Fame in 2010.[4]
Tracklist[]
All Your Sins / Relentless[]
- 1. Death Row (4:14) (Victor Griffin)
- 2. All Your Sins (4:38) (Griffin, Bobby Liebling)
- 3. Sign of the Wolf (Pentagram) (3:10) (Liebling)
- 4. The Ghoul (5:14) (Liebling, Joe Hasselvander)
- 5. Relentless (3:49) (Griffin)
- 6. Run My Course (2:46) (Liebling)
- 7. Sinister (4:33) (Griffin)
- 8. The Diest (3:48) (Griffin)
- 9. You're Lost, I'm Free (2:17) (Liebling)
- 10. Dying World (4:00) (Griffin)
- 11. 20 Buck Spin (4:20) (Liebling)
Original 1985 LP Tracklist[]
- 1. Relentless (3:50)
- 2. Sign of the Wolf (Pentagram) (3:10)
- 3. All Your Sins (4:38)
- 4. Run My Course (2:46)
- 5. Death Row (4:14)
- 6. Dying World (4:00)
- 7. The Ghoul (5:14)
- 8. You're Lost, I'm Free (2:18)
- 9. The Deist (3:48)
- 10. Sinister (4:33)
- 11. 20 Buck Spin (4:20)
Personnel[]
Pentagram[]
- Bobby Liebling - Vocals
- Victor Griffin - Guitar
- Martin Swaney - Bass
- Joe Hasselvander - Drums
Other Personnel[]
- Bob Dunbar - Engineer
- Jeff Lee - Graphics (All Your Sins)
- Joe Gillette - Graphics (All Your Sins)
- Ron Lunn - Graphics (All Your Sins)
- Don Fetterman - Remixing (1985)
- Tom Lyle - Executive Producer (1985)
- Joe Hasselvander - Art Concept
- Dr. Butcher - Photography