EP
Spearhead
Spearhead is an EP by the British death metal band Bolt Thrower, released on Earache Records in 1992. It was recorded at Sawmill Studios and produced by Colin Richardson together with the band, with John Cornfield engineering. The mixing was done at Fon Studios in September 1992, with Alan Fisch and Steve Harris at the desk.
It arrived in the same year as their fourth album, The IVth Crusade, and sits between that record and …For Victory, which followed in 1994. For anyone following the band's run of early albums, it's a short, useful stop along the way.
Spearhead: tracklist and credits
4 tracks · 24:04Tracklist
- 1Spearhead (extended remix)Bench, Thomson, Ward, Whale, Willetts8:44
- 2Crown of LifeBench, Thomson, Ward, Whale, Willetts5:29
- 3Dying CreedBench, Thomson, Ward, Whale, Willetts4:17
- 4LamentBench, Thomson, Ward, Whale, Willetts5:34
- Produced by
- Bolt Thrower, Colin Richardson
- Recorded at
- Sawmills Studio
- Recorded
- 1992
- Mixed by
- Alan Fisch, Stephen Harris
- Mixed at
- Fon Studios
- Engineered by
- John Cornfield, Bolt Thrower, Colin Richardson
- Artwork
- Paul McHale
- Labels
- Earache Records, Earache
- Length
- 24:04
Line-up
- Jo Bench · electric bass guitar
- Barry Thomson · electric guitar
- Gavin Ward · electric guitar
- Andrew Whale · drums (drum set)
- Karl Willetts · lead vocals
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Releases and pressings
How we know the release date sources disagree on the year (1992, 1993)
| Source | Date | Note |
|---|---|---|
| MusicBrainz | 7 December 1992 | |
| Wikipedia infobox | 7 December 1992 | |
| Wikidata | 1993 | |
| UK / Europe release | 7 December 1992 | earliest UK or European date |
3 editions
| Date | Country | Label | Barcode | Kind |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1992 | GB | Earache Records | 5018615107323 | other |
| 7 December 1992 | GB | Earache Records | 5018615107361 | original |
| 25 March 2009 | XW | Earache Records | 5055006507317 | other |
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|---|---|---|
| coverartarchive ✓ | 3801×3796 | cropped: cropped from 3801x3796 to 3000x3000 |
| deezer | 1200×1200 | upscaled |
| fanarttv | 1000×1000 | upscaled |