At my first Cornerstone, this pop music fan discovered metal and Bloodgood and my taste in music hasn't been the same since. Over the years, I managed to see Bloodgood several times. Eventually, the band broke up for many of the reasons bands are still breaking up--lack of support, age, families to support etc.
Like today, metal was more popular in Europe than in the US. One of the concerts near the end of their career was in Germany. The concert was released on CD in Germany with a few copies of the album making it to Radrockers at what I considered an outrageous price. I waited for it to go down but as fate would have it, the price kept going up. The last time (a few years ago) I checked it was going for over $200. I gave up hopes of ever owning a copy. I still see it on a lot of people's want lists. Imagine my surprise to find the album on M8's release list. I knew the sound quality was absolutely terrible but I still had to have it. Actually, the sound wasn't quite as bad as I expected. Yes, time has marched on and the album does have a dated sound today but hardcore fans of Bloodgood and other 80's style metal will want a copy of this album which manages to capture a little bit of that period. Thanks to M8 and Magdalene Records for continuing to bring us these great old albums.
Other coverage for this album
The Phantom Tollbooth 2000Reviewed by Michial FarmerBloodgood is one of those bands that never really got the attention they deserved. Although they had a fairly strong following in Europe in the early 1990s, audiences in America never really jumped on the bandwagon. It's hard to understand why, actually. Their contemporaries, such as Stryper and Barren Cross, received a warm reception from American crowds, and surely "Anguish and Pain" was no…Heaven's Metal #44Reviewed by Doug Van PeltWow! What a way to say goodbye. Bloodgood, along with German Heaven's Metal distributor Matthias Mittelstadt, recorded their hot set on DAT machine for this (very) limited edition compact disc (990 numbered copies). This is more or less an official bootleg, yet the sonics fair no worse than the two live discs released by Frontline three years ago. It's hard to compare Bloodgood tours with each…Similar sounding releases
1994ApostlePrepare To Meet God
1992RansomSoul Asylum
1998Echo HollowDiet Of Worms
1992Holy SoldierLast Train
1994Veni DomineMaterial Sanctuary
1999NarniaLong Live The KingMore from Bloodgood
1987Detonation
1989Out Of The Darkness
Alive in America / Shakin' the World
1991The Collection
1991All Stand Together
1988Rock in a Hard Place
