{"product_id":"hollow-ground-warlord","title":"Hollow Ground - Warlord","description":"\u003cp\u003eReissue 2024, 425gsm heavy cardboard cover, insert, ltd 350, Remastered and restored by Patrick W. Engel at TEMPLE OF DISHARMONY in 2012.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWith just four compilation tracks and one 7\" EP issued in the early 1980s, Hollow Ground did have a rather low profile at the time of the original New Wave of British Heavy Metal. However, their first and only single »Flying High« (issued on the collectable Guardian Records label) became an instant collector's item. Today copies with the scarce picture sleeve fetch rather insane prices.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBefore the release of the single Hollow Ground had recorded the four songs 'Rock On', 'Fight With The Devil', 'Flying High' and 'The Holy One' for the Guardian compilation album entitled »Roksnax«. Hollow Ground carried on to record more material (such as 'Promised Land', 'Easy Action', 'Rock To Love' and 'Loser') but an album deal was not on the cards. As a result singer Glenn Coates left to join local rivals Fist. As a result, Hollow Ground split up in mid-1981.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn comparison to some of the more conservative-sounding New Wave Of British Heavy Metal acts at the time (for example Fist), Hollow Ground did show a lot of promise. Guitarist Martin Metcalf knows why: \"I think we had a wider range of influences as opposed to just heavy bands, we took things from all over the rock spectrum. We were like sponges soaking everything up, from the funk of Aerosmith, the hard-rock of Montrose to the proginess of Rush.\" \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe song 'Fight With The Devil' was chosen by Metallica drummer Lars Ulrich for his »N.W.O.B.H.M. '79 Revisited« compilation released in 1990. Hollow Ground have recently played two re-union gigs: 2007 at Headbangers Open Air in Northern Germany and in late February 2014 at Newcastle's own Brofest. Glenn Coates (vocals), Martin Metcalf (guitar), Brian Rickman (bass) and John Lockney (drums)\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e1 Flying High\u003cbr\u003e2 Warlord\u003cbr\u003e3 Rock on\u003cbr\u003e4 Don't Chase the Dragon\u003cbr\u003e5 Fight with the Devil\u003cbr\u003e6 The Holy One\u003cbr\u003e7 Rock to Love\u003cbr\u003e8 Promised Land\u003cbr\u003e9 Easy Action\u003cbr\u003e10 Loser\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Alliance","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46418073583790,"sku":"4251267719174","price":33.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0599\/6118\/0334\/files\/4367430-3229276.jpg?v=1745526649","url":"https:\/\/morrowrecords.com\/products\/hollow-ground-warlord","provider":"Morrow Records","version":"1.0","type":"link"}