The Bastard (album)

The Bastard

Woodcut: a male figure with a crown of light emerges from a tree, seemingly transforming from tree to human form, to grab a double-headed axe held by a winged dragon who is descending from the top of the frame and is facing him. The text "Hammers of Misfortune" is displayed above the scene. A banner with the text "The Bastard" is displayed in the lower left corner of the scene.

Studio album by Hammers of Misfortune

Released

2001

Recorded

July 1999 – February 2000 in San Francisco, California

Heavy metal, progressive metal

Length

46:10

John Cobbett

Hammers of Misfortune chronology

The Bastard
(2001)

The August Engine
(2003)

The Bastard is the first album by the American progressive/heavy metal band Hammers of Misfortune.

Track listing

Act One
No.	Title	Lyrics	Music	Length
1.	"The Dragon Is Summoned"	Erica Stoltz, John Cobbett	Cobbett	2:29
2.	"The Bastard Sapling"	Mike Scalzi	Cobbett	2:23
3.	"On Wings of Vengeance"	Stoltz, Scalzi, Cobbett	Cobbett	2:28
4.	"Hunting Tyrant"	Cobbett	Cobbett	2:30
5.	"You Should Have Slain Me"	Scalzi, Cobbett	Cobbett	3:26

Act Two
No.	Title	Lyrics	Music	Length
6.	"An Oath Sworn in Hell"	Cobbett	Cobbett, Scalzi	6:40
7.	"The Blood Ax Speaks"	Janis Tanaka, Cobbett	Cobbett	2:28
8.	"Tyrant Dies"	Cobbett	Cobbett	3:42
9.	"The Witch's Dance"	Cobbett	Cobbett, Tanaka	2:31

Act Three
No.	Title	Lyrics	Music	Length
10.	"The Prophesy Has Two Meanings / Coronation"	Cobbett	Cobbett	2:12
11.	"The New King's Lament"	Scalzi	Cobbett	1:54
12.	"For the Ax"	Cobbett	Cobbett	2:56
13.	"Troll's March"	Cobbett	Cobbett	1:34
14.	"Sacrifice / The End"	Cobbett, Tanaka	Cobbett, Tanaka	8:57

Personnel

Hammers of Misfortune

John Cobbett – electric guitar, acoustic guitar, screams
Chewy Marzolo – drums
Janis Tanaka – bass guitar, vocals
Mike Scalzi – electric guitar, vocals

Production

Rich Morin – engineer
Justin Weis – mixing and mastering at Trakworx, South San Francisco, California
John Cobbett – producer
Lorraine Rath – illustrations, design, lettering
Ross Sewage and Jeanie M. – photography

Additional information

The band did not record The Bastard in a typical recording studio. The liner notes state: "this album was recorded on an 8-track analog machine in a rehearsal space in San Francisco between July 1999 and February 2000."

References

Cobbett, John (2001). The Bastard (booklet). Hammers of Misfortune. San Francisco, California: Tumult Records.

Hammers of Misfortune
John Cobbett Joe Hutton Leila Abdul-Rauf Sigrid Sheie Max Barnett Chewy Marzolo Janis Tanaka Mike Scalzi Jamie Myers Ron Nichols Patrick Goodwin Jesse Quattro Max Barnett Chewy Marzolo
Studio albums	The Bastard (2001) The August Engine (2003) The Locust Years (2006) Fields/Church of Broken Glass (2008) 17th Street (2011)

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