Wanna hear the soundtrack to Armageddon? This 1995 film
starred William Sadler as the Demon Knight, who, along with his new recruit,
Jada Pinkett Smith, is charged with fending off The Collector (Billy Zane) and
his army of demons from acquiring an ancient relic that is the only thing
preventing the complete destruction of the human race. While the flick did make
the box office and was panned critically, the soundtrack was easily one of the
best of its era and of its kind, an all-star line-up of thrash and heavy metal
acts mostly doing otherwise unavailable material (only the track by Pantera
appears to have been released prior to the movie). The Pantera, Megadeth,
Melvins, and Biohazard entries are particulary good, and the one hip hop tune
on the collection, Gravediggaz’ “1-800-Murder,” is an archetypal “horrorcore”
rap song. But perhaps the best tune is “Hey Man Nice Shot” by Filter, an outfit
that hadn’t released anything prior to this soundtrack. Since this movie came
out in 1995, it only came out on LP in Europe; our Real Gone reissue brings it
back on opaque green vinyl limited to 750 copies!
To purchase click here!
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