Released January 1981 | Length 31:24 Release date January 1981 Label Liquid Flames | |
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Recorded Gold Mine Studios, Ventura, California Similar Cirith Ungol albums, Heavy metal albums |
Frost and Fire is also the title of the 1965 debut album by The Watersons.
Contents
- Cirith ungol frost and fire
- Album information
- Critical reception
- Track listing
- Band members
- Production
- Songs
- References
Frost and Fire is the debut album by the American heavy metal band Cirith Ungol. Its music is generally faster and more simplistic than that of King of the Dead, which saw the band adopt a doom metal style influenced heavily by progressive rock.
Cirith ungol frost and fire
Album information
Frost and Fire was produced by Cirith Ungol and originally released through Liquid Flames Records in 1981. The album was re-released in 1981 by Enigma Records, re-released again along with King of the Dead on one CD by One Way Records in 1995, and finally re-released again in September 1999 on Metal Blade Records. A bootleg picture disc version of this LP, limited to 500 hand-numbered copies, also exists. While Michael "Flint" Vujejia is credited as the bass player on this album, it has been confirmed in several interviews that Greg Lindstrom was actually the bassist on this album.
Critical reception
In 2005, Frost and Fire was ranked number 362 in Rock Hard magazine's book of The 500 Greatest Rock & Metal Albums of All Time.
Track listing
All songs written by Greg Lindstrom. The seventh track, "Maybe That's Why," is an instrumental, however, lyrics were included for the song on the inner sleeve of the original vinyl release.
Band members
Production
Songs
1Frost and Fire3:35
2I'm Alive4:58
3A Little Fire3:46