Messiah-Final Warning-Rare 1984 Private Pressing-Sealed
$
286
Favourite Auctions
To save auctions to your favourites, please login
If you don't have an account, please register
Description
Messiah is a particularly obscure group, getting its start in Texas in the mid-seventies as a tribute band prior to moving to Detroit and independently releasing two albums: the full length effort Final Warning (1984) and EP Going Insane (1986). So little was known about Messiah at the time that Final Warning and Going Insane were not reviewed in Heaven’s Metal until 1989 (issue #20 described the band as “apocalyptic hard rock”). My impression of Messiah is dark but melodic heavy metal influenced by the seventies and early eighties. The group, for instance, brings the same “old school” feel of other Christian metal bands of the time such Saint, Philadelphia, Bloodgood, Emerald and Messiah Prophet. Mainstream counterparts include Warlord, Uriah Heap, Alice Cooper and Thunder Rider.
Incredibly rare original 1984 factory sealed private U.S. pressing, not the later reissue! Catalog number is: Viniculum label # IHM L73537. Price sticker on cellophane upper RH corner. High bid pays shipping. Items selling for $30 and over require $2.50 to help cover insurance. Will not ship to Italy.
On Jun-27-11 at 12:59:27 PDT, seller added the following information:It must be noted that Final Warning received virtually no distribution and disappeared without a trace once Messiah disbanded. The album, as a result, has remained a little known and pricey collector’s item for years, with vinyl copies selling as high as $1000.
