Mistreater - Hell's Fire

Facts
. Ultra rare US DIY metal album from 1981 reissued for the first time ever
. A US Jobcentre Rejects D.I.Y-nugget - Original album is rare and highly in demand
. Heavy stoner riffs, psyched out guitars - total Ohio mobile home rock
. Deluxe reissue expanded with bonus track
. Housed in gatefold sleeve with printed inner sleeve.
. Extensive liner notes and loads of rare photos
. Carefully restored and remastered sound
If Black Sabbath had been born and bred in an Ohio mobile home and raised on a steady diet of smoke and acid - the result would sound exactly like Mistreater
In 1981 the group independently recorded and released the Hell's Fire album. Today the album is considered a US metal classic and is considered one of the strongest metal albums ever made by metal aficionados - original copies are hard to find and there's a hefty price tag if you're lucky enough to find a copy for sale.
Mistreater are from Creston (population 2000) and were far outside everything and everybody associated with the hip music scene in Ohio. Mistreater either didn't know or care about the scene in nearby Cleveland where bands like proto-punk rockers Electric Eels, Rocket From The Tombs and Styrenes made waves. Pere Ubu and Dead Boys sprang from these roots. The Pagans ruled the Cleveland area during the punk days. Earlier, The Choir, Raspberries and The James Gang were pivotal Cleveland bands. As local audiences were receptive, the city was a major stop-off for touring bands. Similarly, radio station WMMS also had open ears. Nowadays, The Rock & Roll Hall Of Fame is located in Cleveland. It goes on - Cleveland and its surroundings were happening. Mistreater was into none of this. Their music was by outsiders for outsiders. More brutal, raw and louder than everyone else. Rough-edged and without gloss, the Mistreater of Hell's Fire was not aiming for the mainstream. The riffs are stoner hard knock-outs and the guitar leads are psyched out punches rooted in heavy psychedelia.
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