ReleasedApril 1981 ProducerRobert Bell Release dateApril 1981 GenreHeavy metal
Length37:28 ArtistHolocaust LabelMetal Nation
StudioCastle Sound Studios, Edinburgh, Scotland The Nightcomers
(1981)Live (Hot Curry & Wine)
(1983) SimilarGive 'Em Hell, Rock until You Drop, New Wave of British Heavy M, Spellbound, Lightning to the Nations
Holocaust smokin valves
The Nightcomers is the debut studio album by British heavy metal band Holocaust, released in 1981 at the apex of the new wave of British heavy metal phenomenon. The album was released by Holocaust's own label Phoenix Record And Filmworks and re-issued on CD by Edgy Records only in 2000. It was remastered and re-issued as a double CD by Castle/Sanctuary in 2003, including all the tracks from the "Smokin' Valves", "Heavy Metal Mania", and "Coming Through" singles and from the Live from the Raw Loud 'n' Live Tour EP.
The Song "Death Or Glory" was covered by American Death Metal band Six Feet Under on their 1997 album Warpath, as well as by German Power Metal Band Gamma Ray (band), in their 2013 EP Master of Confusion. Gamma ray also covered the Song "Heavy Metal Mania" in 1995, in their single Rebellion In A Dreamland (later included as bonus track on the album Land of the Free re-issued).
Personnel
Band members
Gary Lettice – vocals
John Mortimer – guitars
Ed Dudley – guitars
Robin Begg – bass
Paul Collins – drums
Additional musicians
Raymond Marciano – drums on tracks 20-22
Production
Robert Bell – producer
Calum Malcom – engineer
Songs
1Smokin' Valves3:43 2Death or Glory3:37 3Come On Back3:06