Messiah

Artist: Messiah
Country of origin: Switzerland
Location: Baar, Zug
Status: Split-up
Formed in: 1984
Years active: 1984-1995, 2003-2004
Genre: Death/Thrash Metal
Lyrical themes: Anti-Christianity, Society, Personal Experiences
Current label: Noise Records

Members:
Brögi: Guitars (1984-1995, 2003)
Patrick "Frugi" Hersche: Bass (1989-1992, 2003)
Steve Karrer: Drums (1990-1995, 2003)
Andy Kaina: Vocals (1990-1994, 2003)

In the photo from L to R: Patrick "Frugi" Hersche, R.B. "Brögi" Broggi, Andy Kaina and Steve Karrer.

Pete Schuler played drums only on the track "M.A.N.I.A.C." from Psychomorphia, although he was an official band member for a short time.

Messiah participated in a band contest around 1991 which was broadcast on the French-speaking Swiss television channel with three other normal rock bands. They were placed in the fourth and last place.

Compilation Appearances
 - "Empire of the Damned" on Death...Is Just the Beginning (Nuclear Blast, 1990)

Discography:

  Hymn to Abramelin (1986)

 Album: Hymn to Abramelin
Type: Full-Length
Release date: 2002 (1986)
Catalog ID: AMG 084
Label: Art Music Group (Closed)
Format: CD, Reissue
MP3 | 320Kbps | 01:01:48 | 141Mb

Tracklist:
1. Hymn to Abramelin  01:14  instrumental
2. Messiah  02:54
3. Anarchus  04:23
4. Space Invaders  03:54
5. Thrashing Madness  02:37  instrumental
6. Future Agressor  02:28
7. Empire of the Damned  03:08
8. Total Maniac  03:58
9. The Dentist  08:01
10. Wytchcyrcle*  05:37
11. Speed Fight*  07:26
12. Mortal Bells*  05:18
13. (Never Provide) The Key of Hell* 10:49

* Bonus Tracks are marked as "Previously Unreleased".

Recorded in January '86 at PSF Tonstudio, Switzerland.
Mixed in February '86 by M. Landis and Infernal Productions.

 

  Extreme Cold Weather (1987)

Album: Extreme Cold Weather
Type: Full-Length
Release date: 2002 (1987)
Catalog ID: AMG 085
Label: Art Music Group (Closed)
Format: CD, Reissue
MP3 | 128Kbps | 01:18:57 | 72,5Mb

Tracklist:
1. Extreme Cold Weather  04:22
2. Enjoy Yourself  02:26
3. Johannes Paul der Letzte (Dedicated in Hate to Pope John Paul II)  03:40
4. Mother Theresa (Dedicated In Love To Mother Theresa)  01:32
5. Hyper Borea  05:44  instrumental
6. Radezky March (We Hate to Be in the Army Now)  03:01
7. Nero  05:52
8. Hymn To Abramelin / Messiah (Extra Version) / Space Invaders  07:22
9. Thrashing Madness  02:16  instrumental
10. Golden Dawn  05:57
11. The Last Inferno  03:11
12. Resurrection  02:57
13. Olé Perversus  03:03  instrumental
14. Powertrash* 01:52
15. Satan's Resurrection* 03:04
16. Antichrist* 04:30
17. Hymn To Abramelin* 02:12  instrumental
18. Messiah* 02:48
19. Infernal Forces* 03:46
20. Future Aggressor / Total Maniac  10:00

"Powertrash" demo track 14-16
"The Infernal Thrashing" demo track 17-19
"Concert 12/85 CH-Baar" track 20

Studio tracks 1-7 recorded Live Baar, PSF Tonstudio, 24.1.1987.
Tracks 11, 14, 15: Recorded Live Pforzheim, Kuperdächle, 23.5.1987
Track 12: Recorded Live Rotterdam, Geronimo, 18.4.1987
Track 13: Recorded Live Alkmaar, Parkhof, 11.4.1987

  Choir of Horrors (1991)

Album: Choir of Horrors
Type: Full-Length
Release date: 1991
Catalog ID: N 0183-2
Label: Noise Records
Format: CD
MP3 | 192Kbps | 36:50 | 50,6Mb

Tracklist:
1. Choir of Horrors  04:52
2. Akasha Chronicle  03:55
3. Weeping Willow  05:20
4. Lycantropus Erectus  03:22
5. Münchhausen Syndrom  05:07
6. Cautio Criminalis  04:27
7. Northern Command  04:02  instrumental
8. Weena  06:47

Recorded at Sky Trak Studio (Berlin) in June 1991.

  Rotten Perish (1992)

Album: Rotten Perish
Type: Full-Length
Release date: August 24th, 1992
Catalog ID: N 0195-2
Label: Noise Records
Format: CD
MP3 | 250Kbps | 51:58 | 92,2Mb

Tracklist:
1. Prelude: Act of Fate  02:31
2. For Those Who Will Fail  04:13
3. Living with a Confidence  03:49
4. Raped Bodies  04:09
5. Lines of Thought of a Convicted Man  01:33
6. Contrition  04:27
7. Condemned Cell  04:25
8. Dreams of Eschaton (Manilla Road cover)  04:47
9. Anorexia Nervosa  04:32
10. Deformed Creatures  03:51
11. Alzheimer's Disease  03:51
12. Ascension of a Divine Ordinance  09:49

Conceptual album based on the storyline of "malicious influence produced by Christian church".

Released under the name The Messiah in the United States.

Recorded at Powerplay studios, Berlin in June 1992.
Mixed at Morrisound Studio Tampa, Florida.
Mastered at Digital Master Design, Hilt-Poltstein.

 

  Underground (1994)

Album: Underground
Type: Full-Length
Release date: 1994
Catalog ID: N 0244-2
Label: Noise Records
Format: CD
MP3 | 275Kbps | 38:31 | 77,1Mb

Tracklist:
1. Battle in the Ancient North  03:37
2. Revelation of Fire  03:49
3. Underground  04:29
4. Epitaph  03:39
5. The Way of the Strong  04:16
6. Living in a Lie  04:36
7. Screams of Frustration  02:46
8. The Ballad of Jesus  02:18
9. Dark Lust  05:44
10. One Thousand Pallid Deaths  05:04
11. The End  03:15  instrumental

Recorded and mixed at Powerplay Studio, Berlin, March April 1994.
Mastered at Powerplay Mastering, Berlin.
Co-mixed by Messiah.

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