Rostok Vampires - The Collection (1989-1993) [4 Albums] RESTORED

Rostok Vampires is a German old school hardcore-punk/crossover-thrash band formed in the middle of eighties. They were one of the first acts to get signed to then fresh launched Nuclear Blast label. In the early 90s they was a widely popularity between an underground crowd, but today they've forgotten - and it is a really pity because they honestly deserve much more than obscurity.

German outfit ROSTOK VAMPIRES, homebased in Dortmund already exist since the midst of the eighties. After several line-up-changes they started the new way at New Year's Day 1988 in West-Berlin. In October 88 they entered the Masterplan-Studio and recorded 21 tracks in 3 days and sent them to different independent punk- and hardcorelabels.

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Rostok Vampires - The Collection (1989-1993) [4 Albums] RESTORED

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Nuclear Blast Records, which had been a pure punk/hardcore label in those times, signed the band for three LPs. The first release "Transylvanian Disease" with 15 of the songs the band recorded in 88 came out in summer 1989 and was the most successful release for the label up to then.

15th of November the ROSTOK VAMPIRES started their first club-tour through Europe as Co-headliner with IMPULSE MANSLAUGHTER. Therefore a mini-LP called "Pay The Price" came out which included the 6 songs which did not fit on the debut LP. They were playing in Holland, France, Italy, Yugoslavia, Hungary, Austria, Switzerland and of course Germany. All together 38 shows in 6 weeks.

1990 the VAMPIRES played two club-tours and nearly every weekend two shows somewhere in Germany. In the midst of 1990 the 2nd record "Misery" was recorded again at the Masterplan-Studio and came out in autumn of the same year. The band played a co-headliner tour with SUCKSPEED to promote the new release.

1991 Bulla, the rhythm-guitarist, left the band, because he could not manage playing in this band and working from nine to five during the week. The band played on as a four-piece. The first tour took place in Poland, where the band had many fans. In the end of this year the band recorded their 3rd LP in the Vielklang-Studios in Berlin.

"The Torment Of Transformation" was released in spring 1992. The "Last Crash Tour" started in early summer 1992. Therefore a mini-LP called "Stone Dead Forever" with some previously unreleased tracks came out. The last gig took place in Karlsruhe 2nd of June 1992. The band split because Christian, the singer, felt burn-out. The other boys tried out some other singers, but Christian could not been replaced.



After a test-gig in the end of 2001 the boys decided to play on. Bulla returned to the band and Supe, the bassist, was replaced by Doerfel. The comeback-show took place on June 22nd 2002 in Unna/Germany. The ROSTOK VAMPIRES already recorded a 4-track-demo in July 2002 called "In The Pitch" and the Vampires are still working at new songs to be released this year through an as-yet–undisclosed label… / Their fourth full-length album "New Morning" was released in 2006, after that the band lost again.

Tracklist:

01. No Friends
02. Shoot Dead
03. Better Never (Cross My Way)
04. No More Problems
05. Tragic Fate
06. Last Kiss
07. Take 'Em Back
08. Wish You Were Dead
09. Transylvanian Disease
10. Jim Go Home
11. Faith
12. Ignorance
13. 4-30
14. Gun
15. Force Yourself
16. Wake Up And Die [CD Bonus track] #
17. Human Minds [CD Bonus track] #
18. Learn [CD Bonus track] #
19. I Don't Care [CD Bonus track] #
20. Pay The Price [CD Bonus track] #
21. Garbage Days [CD Bonus track] #

all tracks by Rostok Vampires
# - bonus tracks taken from "Pay The Price" EP' 1989


Produced by Rostok Vampires. Engineered by Stefan Mottek
Recorded & Mixed at Masterplan Studio.

• Christian Schwieghusen - vocals
• Andreas Weissenseel - guitar, backing vocals
• (Ce)Bulla - guitar
• Thomas Supe - bass, backing vocals
• Thomas Laube - drums

Release Date: Summer 1989
Format: Original Recording.
Label: Nuclear Blast Records
Catalog No.: NB 014 CD





Tracklist:

01. Misery
02. Request
03. Do You Think It Could Be Bad?
04. Unexpected Victims
05. Ya Wakama Zulu Bandee
06. Remain
07. Afraid
08. Animals Cage
09. Our War
10. Boring Old Fart
11. Don't Ask Me Why
12. U.S.A.

all tracks by Rostok Vampires


Produced by Rostok Vampires and Stefan Mottek
Recorded & Mixed at Masterplan Studio on March and August 1990.

• Christian Schwieghusen - vocals
• Andreas Weissenseel - guitar, backing vocals
• Bulla - guitar
• Thomas Supe - bass, backing vocals
• Thomas Laube - drums

Release Date: 1990
Format: Original Recording.
Label: Nuclear Blast Records
Catalog No.: NB 041 CD





Tracklist:

01. In Dad's House
02. The Instance
03. I Don't Want It
04. Avoid
05. I'm Bored
06. The Torment
07. Crash-Tour
08. In Between Boys And Toys
09. In And Out
10. Hate Is Not The Answer
11. Angery
12. Distrust
13. Strange Conditions
14. When I Pray
15. Stone Dead Forever

all tracks by Rostok Vampires


Produced by Rostok Vampires. Engineered by Stefan Gross
Recorded at Vielklang Studio, Berlin on August 1991.

• Christian Schwieghusen - vocals
• Andreas Weissenseel - guitar, backing vocals
• Thomas Supe - bass, backing vocals
• Thomas Laube - drums

Release Date: 1992
Format: Original Recording.
Label: Nuclear Blast Records
Catalog No.: NB 053 CD





Tracklist:

01. The Instance
02. Going Underground
03. Moo - Ja
04. Hope
05. Children Of The Damned
06. Stone Dead Forever
07. Don't Ask Me Why
08. USA
09. Avoid


Produced by Rostok Vampires.

• Christian Schwieghusen - vocals
• Andreas Weissenseel - guitar, backing vocals
• Thomas Supe - bass, backing vocals
• Thomas Laube - drums

Release Date: 1993
Format: Original Recording.
Label: Nuclear Blast Records
Catalog No.: NB 065 CD