2018 re-issue on black vinyl with black and white cover artwork and two bonus tracks

With the untimely death of Andrija Veljaca in 2005, the legacyof Swedish metal pioneers Mercy was sealed and secured. Mercy areamong those few bands which explored and conquered multiple stylesof metal. Guided by Veljaca, the only consistent member of theband, Mercy began as a youthful, raging Heavy Metal outfit beforeshifting toward a heavier doom sound by the mid-1980s. Indeed, formany unfamiliar with Mercy´s early material, the band is mostcommonly associated with its doom-laden offerings, particularly the1985 album "Witchburner" featuring Eddie "Messiah" Marcolin onvocals, who later achieved greater fame for his work withCandlemass. In the late 1970s and early 1980s, Sweden had one ofthe most fertile Heavy Metal scenes in the world. An unassuming 7"EP released in 1978 by the band Horoscope would prove to be apivotal moment in the development of Sweden´s music scene, andnotably it was due to the contribution of a non-Swedish member ofthe band. The two songs on the Horoscope EP, "Come to Me" and"Gryningen" are catchy but straightforward hard rock tracks;however, the record marked the first recorded appearance forAndrija Veljaca, the band´s singer and guitarist. Horoscope hailedfrom Sölvesborg, a tiny port town in the southern part of Sweden,but Veljaca was originally from Croatia and had only recently movedto Sweden. For the other members of Horoscope, that EP would betheir first and last foray into hard rock or heavy metal music, butfor Veljaca, it was just the beginning. By 1981, Veljaca fell inwith members of a band called Turbo, who released a 7" EP called"Nattens Barn" the previous year. Turbo´s music was more visceral,fuelled by angst and juvenile aggression. Veljaca joined the bandfollowing the departure of Turbo´s guitarist, Håkan Jacobsson, andthey changed their name to Mercy. In 1981, the band enteredAsarum's Studio in Blekinge, Sweden and recorded a handful oftracks. Although the songs were occasionally used for demos, theyremained essentially unreleased for the next two decades. In 1982,Mercy released its first vinyl record, a 12" MLP boldly titled"Swedish Metal." The band, then operating as a trio consisting of"Andree" Veljaca on guitar and vocals, accompanied by Paul "Judas"Gustavsson on drums and Christian "Chris" Karlsson on bass,released the record on a label called Metal Shock—the only recordthe label ever put out. The five tracks on "Swedish Metal" areprimal and impassioned; vigorous, raw Heavy Metal withoutrefinement or finesse. Among the many phenomenal contemporaneousrecords released in Sweden around that time, "Swedish Metal"clearly stands out. This reissue marks the first time that thisseminal recording has been made available on vinyl in over 35years. Additionally, this reissue includes as bonus material theSession 1981 tracks that was released as a limited 7" in 2007.

Track list:
1. State Of Shock
2. Don't Stop Heavy Guitar
3. Heavy Sound
4. Lost In Time
5. Stranger From The Dark
6. Beggin For Mercy
7. Shadow Woman
8. Dreams
9. Stranger From The Dark
10. Metal Invasion-Radio Canada

Condition cover: nm

Condition vinyl: nm

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