Death Metal
Studio album by Helloween/Hellhammer/Running Wild/Dark Avenger
Released	1984
Genre	Heavy metal Speed metal Power metal Thrash metal
Length	32:29
Label	Noise Records

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Track listing

Running Wild

1. "Iron Heads" - 3:38

2. "Bones to Ashes" - 5:07

Hellhammer

3. "Revelations of Doom" - 2:46

4. "Messiah" - 4:30

Dark Avenger

5. "Black Fairies" - 3:33

6. "Lords of the Night" - 3:47

Helloween

7. "Oernst of Life" - 4:41

8. "Metal Invaders" - 4:27

Credits

Running Wild line-up:

• Rock´n´Rolf Kasparek - Vocals, Guitars
• Gerald "Preacher" Warnecke - Guitars
• Stephan Boriss - Bass
• Wolfgang "Hasche" Hagemann - Drums

Hellhammer line-up:

• Tom "Satanic Slaughter" Warrior - Vocals, Guitars
• Martin "Slayed Necros" Ain - Bass
• Bruce "Denial Fiend" Day - Drums

Dark Avenger line-up: Thomas Gabriel Fischer (born July 19, 1960), earlier known by his stage name of Tom Gabriel Warrior, is a Swiss singer and guitarist. ... Martin Eric Ain is the left-handed bassist of Swiss thrash metal band Celtic Frost. ...

• Siegfried Kohmann - Vocals
• Bernd Piontek - Guitars
• Claus Johannson - Guitars
• Uwe Neff - Bass
• Andreas Breindl - Drums

Helloween line-up:

• Kai Hansen - Vocals, Guitars
• Michael Weikath - Guitars
• Markus Grosskopf - Bass
• Ingo Schwichtenberg - Drums