Recorded 10–11 April 1982 Producer Peter Hinton Artist Witchfinder General Label Heavy Metal Records | Length 30:01 Death Penalty
(1982) Friends of Hell
(1983) Release date 1982 Genre Doom metal | |
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Released September 1982 (1982-09) Studio Metro Sound Studios, Mansbury, England Similar Witchfinder General albums, Doom metal albums | ||
Witchfinder general death penalty full vinyl lp album 1982
Death Penalty is the debut studio album by British heavy metal band Witchfinder General. It was released in 1982 on Heavy Metal Records. The album received some criticism for the cover photograph, which featured topless model Joanne Latham. The photograph had been taken in the yard of St Mary the Blessed Virgin Church in Enville, Staffordshire, without the permission of the local Reverend. The album was originally released on LP and picture disc and was later reissued on CD. Pictured on the cover is Phil Cope, Zeeb Parkes, Graham Ditchfield and a member of their road crew. While Peter Hinton is credited with producing this recording, the writers Phil Cope and Zeeb Parkes always felt the credit should have gone to the engineer Robin George.
Contents
Track listing
All songs by Zeeb Parkes and Phil Cope
- "Invisible Hate" – 6:05
- "Free Country" – 3:10
- "Death Penalty" – 5:35
- "No Stayer" – 4:25
- "Witchfinder General" – 3:51
- "Burning a Sinner" – 3:28
- "R.I.P." – 4:04
Witchfinder General
Production
Songs
1Invisible Hate6:06
2Free Country3:11
3Death Penalty5:35