Jag Panzer is regarded as one of the most fucked-over bands in heavy metal history -- although this Colorado outfit has been recording music since the early 80's, they never got PAID for anything they did until signing to Century Media in the late 90's (and even that is debatable...lead guitarist Mark Briody is a regular poster at The Perpetual Motion Conference, and I've learned from him all sorts of insidious details about the way the record industry works...did you know, for example, that royalty scales for artists are STILL based on when albums were only sold as vinyl, cassettes, or 8-tracks that cost only $6 apiece?? Not to mention that they don't get to see ANY of that money until their sales have paid back all the recording, promotional, and touring advances...and the RIAA still claims that mp3-trading is killing the market, greedy fucking bastards...)

Jag Panzer also appears on the Holy Dio tribute.

"Thane to the Throne" (digipack)

1. "Thane of Cawdor" (4:50)
2. "King at a Price" (3:49)
3. "Bloody Crime" (5:34)
4. "The Premonitions"--instrumental (0:27)
5. "Treachery's Stain" (4:11)
6. "Spectres of the Past" (3:46)
7. "Banquo's Final Rest" (0:21)
8. "Three Voices of Fate" (5:13)
9. "Hell to Pay" (4:31)
10. "The Prophesies (Fugue in D Minor)"--instrumental (1:43)
11. "Insanity's Mind" (5:25)
12. "Requiem for Lady MacBath"--instrumental (0:23)
13. "Face of Fear" (3:20)
14. "Fall of Dunsinane" (5:17)
15. "Fate's Triumph" (4:37)
16. "The Downward Fall"--instrumental (2:49)
17. "Tragedy of MacBeth" (8:19)

What is it with heavy metal bands doing concept albums based on Shakespeare plays?? Hmmf. Anyhoo, this album's solidly within the power-metal genre, with a sound not that different from Virgin Steele. It was a huge hit on Perpetual Motion (obviously) but for me, there's nothing that special about it. A good listen, though.

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