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No Child Left Behind

Full length album. Release date: March 4, 2015.

Track listing:

  • 9:02 on Flight 182
  • By The Brundlefly
  • Blood Eagle
  • Debt To Me
  • An Ideal Opportunity
  • Eaten By A Bear
  • Wretched Old Mildred
  • A Thousand Reasons I Hate You
  • Helen Behind The Door
  • Burning From Within

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Lineup:
Ron Daniel Eriksen — Vocals,Guitar
Gene Hoglan — Drums
Justin Zych — Lead Guitar
Mike Gonzalez — Bass

Engineers:
Geoff Montgomery, Ron Daniel Eriksen

Producer:
Ron Daniel Eriksen

Artwork:
Pencils by Caanan White
Colorized by Tom Martin
Photography by Brian Leavell

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Metal Versus Straw

Double album featuring remastered versions of "Do or Die" and "Man of Straw." Limited edition, released February 2013.

Track listing:

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Lineup:
Ron Daniel Eriksen — Vocals, Lead Guitar
Brett Eriksen — Lead Guitar
Matt Jordan — Drums
James Lareau — Bass

Remastering:
Dave Beegle and Ron Daniel Eriksen

Cover Art:
Pencils by Caanan White
Colorized by Ron Daniel Eriksen and Tom Martin


Metallic Overdrive

Full-length album. Released 1990. Various artists.

Track listing:

  • Fates Warning — Part of the Machine
  • Artch — Living in the Past
  • Lizzy Borden — Master of Disguise
  • Candlemass — Prophecy/Dark Reflections
  • Helstar — Harsh Reality
  • Heir Apparant — Crossing the Border
  • Sacred Reich — Surf Nicaragua
  • Anvil — Motormount (live)
  • Intruder — Killings Winds
  • Viking — Man of Straw
  • Heretic — Enemy Within
  • Masi — Under Fire


Lineup:
Ron Daniel Eriksen — Vocals, Lead Guitar
Brett Eriksen — Lead Guitar
Matt Jordan — Drums
James Lareau — Bass

Engineer:
Bill Metoyer (under the alias of Gordon Shumway)

Produced by:
Ron Daniel Eriksen

Cover art:
John Zeleznik

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The Best of Metal Blade Records, Vol. 3 — Various Artists

2-record album. Released 1988

Track Listing:

  • Lizzy Borden — Me Against the World
  • Fates Warning — Anarchy Divine
  • Anvil — Concrete Jungle
  • Trouble — The Misery Shows
  • Bitch — Hot & Heavy
  • Sacred Reich — Death Squad
  • Hallow's Eve — Speed Freak
  • Slayer — Die by the Sword (live)
  • Sacrifice — Afterlife
  • Viking — Warlord
  • Diamond Head — Am I Evil
  • Candlemass — At the Gallow's End
  • Nasty Savage — Stabbed in the Back
  • Sacrilege B.C. — The Fugitive
  • Lizzy Borden w/Betsy — Don't Touch Me There
  • Liege Lord — Legend
  • Juggernaut — Without Warning
  • Dead End — Phantom Nation
  • Trouble — Come Together


Do or Die

Full-length album. Released 1988.

Released a year before CDs became standard, the record was only released in LP and Cassette. However, for many years bootleggers have been mass-producing CDs.

Track listing:

Lineup:
Ron Daniel Eriksen — Vocals, Lead Guitar
Brett Eriksen — Lead Guitar
Matt Jordan — Drums
James Lareau — Bass

Recorded at:
Adamos Recording

Engineer:
Jerry Adamowicz

Cover art:
James Negro

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Metal Massacre VIII — Various Artists

The Metal Massacre compilation series from Metal Blade Records has launched the careers of many bands, including RATT, SLAYER, and METALLICA. VIKING was featured on the 8th installment, with the song "Hellbound" from the demo being featured. It is currently available coupled with Metal Massacre 9.

Track listing:

  • Sacred Reich — Ignorance
  • Viking — Hellbound
  • Overlorde — Keeper Of The Flame
  • Fatal Violence — Violence Is Golden
  • Tactics — Spare No Lives
  • Sanctum — Nothing Left
  • Gargoyle — Into the Darkness
  • Ripper — Death Awaits You
  • E.S.P. — Take 'Em Alive
  • Wargod — Intimate With Evil
  • L.S.N. — Deadly Kiss


Do or Die — 1986 Demo

Recorded in 1986. Tape trading was huge in the 1980s speed metal scene. Fanzines branded this cassette as essential for every thrasher's collection. (Below, you can buy the download from Bandcamp, or click the red button to get the CD from our Merch Store.)

Track listing:

  • Hellbound
  • Prelude/Scavenger
  • Do or Die

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Lineup:
Ron Daniel Eriksen — Vocals, Lead Guitar
Brett Eriksen — Lead Guitar
Matt Jordan — Drums
James Lareau — Bass

Executive Producer:
Brett Eriksen

Engineer:
Chuck Rosa

Duplication/Manufacturing:
Digital Brothers — Costa Mesa, CA