Soldiers of the Night is the debut studio album by the American heavy metal band Vicious Rumors, released in 1985 through Shrapnel Records in the US and Roadrunner Records in Europe; a remastered edition was reissued in 2010.[3] It is notably the only Vicious Rumors album to feature vocalist Gary St. Pierre as well as guitarist Vinnie Moore, the latter of whom would release his own debut album, Mind's Eye, in 1986.

Soldiers of the Night
Studio album by
Released1985
RecordedPrairie Sun Recording (Cotati, California)
GenreHeavy metal
Length39:01
LabelShrapnel
ProducerVicious Rumors, Steve Fontano
Vicious Rumors chronology
Soldiers of the Night
(1985)
Digital Dictator
(1988)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[1]
Collector's Guide to Heavy Metal5/10[2]

Track listing

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Western Front (side one)
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Premonition"Vinnie Moore1:06
2."Ride (Into the Sun)"Dave Starr, Rick Richards, Gary St. Pierre3:46
3."Medusa"Geoff Thorpe, St. Pierre3:59
4."Soldiers of the Night"Thorpe, St. Pierre4:24
5."Murder"Thorpe4:02
6."March or Die"Thorpe, St. Pierre, Mark Tate4:39
Eastern Front (side two)
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
7."Blitz the World"Moore, Thorpe, St. Pierre, Dave Starr3:39
8."Invader"Moore2:53
9."In Fire"Thorpe3:23
10."Domestic Bliss"Tate, Thorpe, Jim Cassero3:42
11."Blistering Winds"Thorpe, Moore3:28
Total length:39:01

Personnel

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Vicious Rumors

  • Gary St. Pierre – lead and background vocals
  • Geoff Thorpe – guitars, background vocals
  • Vinnie Moore – guitars
  • Dave Starr – bass, background vocals
  • Larry Howe – drums, gong, tubular bells

Production

  • Steve Fontano – engineer, producer
  • Lionel Baker II – cover art
  • Steve Pollutro – logo design
  • Jim Marshall – photography
  • Tim Gennert – remastering (reissue)

References

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  1. ^ "Soldiers of the Night - Vicious Rumors" Archived 2013-03-28 at the Wayback Machine. AllMusic. Rovi Corporation. Retrieved 2012-11-07.
  2. ^ Popoff, Martin (2005-11-01). The Collector's Guide to Heavy Metal: Volume 2: The Eighties. Burlington, Ontario, Canada: Collector's Guide Publishing. p. 398. ISBN 978-1-894959-31-5.
  3. ^ "Soldiers of the Night & Digital Dictator CD Re-Release!". Vicious Rumors. Myspace. 2010-10-03. Retrieved 2012-11-07.