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Part 4 of the successful compilation series on the topic of "German Metal Rarities" -the three predecessors were celebrated worldwide by fans and press -35 rare songs from the years 1973 to 1995, from hard rock to thrash metal -20 pages booklet with texts and photos on the bands + foreword -159 minutes of completely restored and remastered audio material -reviews in all relevant magazines (print and online) Oliver Butz, publisher of the cult fanzine SOUND & ACTION, and Neudi (musician, journalist) have teamed up for the fourth time to dig up rare and forgotten bands/songs from the history of German hard rock and heavy metal over many months. The sources include self-produced albums, singles and EPs as well as sampler contributions (mostly very local) and studio demo tapes. This material has been painstakingly restored and mastered for this double CD, so that the sound quality is astonishing despite the once low budget. The greatest difficulty, however, was once again finding living musicians from the bands included Volume 4 of this compilation series shows once again that German heavy metal was not only relevant in the early eighties and then again with the rise of thrash metal. Even though the eyes of the press and some fans in the eighties were all too often turned towards the USA (and England before that), quality continued to be delivered in Germany. In the nineties, there were just as many bands that continued a traditional style. As before, the booklet contains liner notes and illustrations for each of the 34 articles. So the Teutonic history lesson is (once again) perfect!