Dying Victims wznowi HARBINGER na winylu

 

On April 22nd internationally, Dying Victims Productions will release a long-overdue vinyl LP edition of Doom on You, the lone cult album of Michigan’s Harbinger.

Originally released in 2009 by Chris Black’s Planet Metal label but only on CD, Doom on You would be the only full-length Lansing, Michigan’s Harbinger would record. While a couple demos preceded it and a late-coming split 7” with Züül would be released in 2015, the band effectively broke up following the album’s original release, and Doom on You would successively grown in stature as a gem of cult American metal.

Harbinger had its roots in a preceding band called Thwarter, which was admittedly “hugely influenced by Holy Terror, Sabbat, and Sadus.” As Thwarter eventually transitioned into Harbinger and the lineup began to solidify, their style shifted away from thrash-leaning to more classic heavy metal, influenced as much by NWOBHM mainstays as Satan, Avenger, Iron Maiden, Praying Mantis, and Tokyo Blade as well as the power metalled likes of Gotham City, Nocturnal Rites, and Jag Panzer. With the joining of bassist Doc, Harbinger then recorded a whole album’s worth of songs.

The members of Harbinger played in many other projects afterwards: vocalist Matt Warr had Wastelander and now Low Magic; Doc had Locust Point; and Victron along with drummer Sean Cyriis and fellow guitarist David Ruiz followed with Borrowed Time and now Prelude to Ruin. Victor and Sean still play with Sauron, while Sean also plays in Twilight Hammer and David with the old thrashers Atrophy. But that one lone album document of Doom on You retained such a special magic, such a snapshot in time, that Dying Victims felt duty-bound to preserve the name of Michigan’s Harbinger for posterity – and we’re all the richer that it’s suitably (and FINALLY) being released on the format it so deserves, VINYL!

In the meantime, hear a medley of Doom on You songs HERE at Keep It True TV, the official YouTube channel of the esteemed Keep It True festival. Cover and and tracklisting are as follows:

Tracklisting for Harbinger (Michigan)'s Doom on You
1. Drivers to Hell
2. The Dark Ages
3. Morningstar
4. Black-Hearted Woman
5. Poser Patrol
6. Die for Metal-Live for Death
7. The Blood of Heroes
8. Harbinger