Riot - Nightbreaker (1993) [US Edition, 1999]

Nightbreaker is the eighth studio album by the American heavy metal band Riot. It was the band's first with vocalist Mike DiMeo, as well as the studio debut of guitarist Mike Flyntz and bassist Pete Perez. The album was released in Japan by Sony Music in 1993, in Europe by Rising Sun Productions in 1994, and finally re-issued in the United States by Metal Blade Records in 1999, all with different cover artwork. A very limited run of CDs, bearing the Combat Pay Music label and utilizing the Japanese artwork, was also produced in 1993 by the band's management.

"Burn" is a cover of the title track of Deep Purple's album of 1974; "A Whiter Shade of Pale" is a cover Procol Harum's hit single of 1967; "Outlaw" is a re-recorded song from Riot's 1981 album Fire Down Under.





Track Listing

01. Soldier (04:54)
02. Destiny (04:42)
03. Burn (Deep Purple cover) (06:01)
04. In Your Eyes (04:34)
05. Night Breaker (04:12)
06. Medicine Man (05:36)
07. Silent Scream (05:07)
08. Magic Maker (05:07)
09. A Whiter Shade Of Pale (Procol Harum cover) (04:59)
10. Babylon (05:05)
11. Outlaw (06:05)
12. Faded Hero (US Edition bonus track) (05:32)

Produced by Mark Reale (R.I.P. 2012) and Steve Loeb

The Band

• Bobby Jarzombek (Halford, Painmuseum, Spastic Ink, Arch / Matheos, Fates Warning, Sebastian Bach) - Drums
• Mark Reale - Guitar
• Pete Perez (Karian, Spastic Ink) - Bass
• Mike Flyntz (Faith and Fire) - Guitar
• Mike DiMeo (Masterplan, Creation's End, Ilium, Midas Fate) - Vocals



Many thanks to the original uploader: snider1971