Albany, NY-based BLACKSMITH are currently in the studio working on new tracks for a future album of all new material. The band features original member David Smith (guitar), the return of Malcolm “Mania” Lovegrove (Fire From Within era) on vocals, John Dodge (bass), and drummer Michal Craig.

The Blacksmith reformation came about due to Heaven And Hell Records future reissue of the original Blacksmith EP and the first full length album Fire From Within on the label’s Lost Relic series under the title Strike While the Iron's Hot. The archived material will be re-mastered in an elaborate collectors’ package including photo galleries, enhanced material and a DVD of never before seen live footage of the early eras of the band.

Both have been re-mastered by Jamie King (BETWEEN THE BURIED AND ME, HE IS LEGEND, KILLWHITNEYDEAD) at The Basement Recording NC in Winston Salem, NC.

"I really enjoy re-mastering all this old stuff. It's often stuff that I want re-mastered for my personal listening so it works out. haha Stoked to jam it!"

Artist Martin Hanford who has worked with Games Workshop and various other gaming companies created the cover art for the Strike While The Iron's Hot, due out in June. Hanford's Dungeon & Dragons inspired work can be seen on albums from bands BAL SAGOTH. ISEN TORR, IRONSWORD and TWISTED TOWER DIRE among others. The concept for the piece planned for the Strike While The Iron's Hot release is based on the Nordic poem Alvíssmál and is the first in a series of Blacksmith releases to come from Heaven and Hell Records.

There are two versions of Strike While the Iron's Hot: one a CD/DVD the other a single CD. Both versions are limited to 500 copies.

Tracks included are as follows;

'The Bone March'

'Tower Of London'

'Rock Hard'

'Louder Than Hell'

'Blacksmith'

'The Beast'

'House'

'Louder Than Hell'

'A Taste of Darkness'

'The Bonemarch' / 'Tower of London'

'Theatres Des Vampires

'Hell to Pay'

'Fug it'

'Black Attack'

'Love You to Death' (demo of previously unreleased song)

Enhanced Gallery

Disc II: DVD (Limited to 500 copies)

Blacksmith live at JB's Theatre January 31st, 1986 Albany, New York:

'Am I Evil'

'Rock Hard'

'Louder than Hell'

'Animal (Fuck Like A Beast)'

'Crazy Nights'

'Tower of London'

'Ace of Spades'

'Hurricane'

Blacksmith live at Burlington Civic Center 1987:

'Tower of London'

'Louder than Hell'

'Blacksmith'

'Rock Hard'

'Thrill of the Kill'

'Hell to Pay'

'Beware of the Dog'

Blacksmith live at Transworld May 25th, 1989:

'The Beast'

'The Lesser Evil'

'House'

'Theatres Des Vampires'

'Louder than Hell'

'Black Attack'

Extras include:

Blacksmith on ROCK 10 with Mason & Sheehan

Two photo galleries

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