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Unreleased soundtrack album. CD: 2002 (Game Two Records). Cirith Ungol was supposed to appear on the soundtrack on Vol. II, but it was unfortunately never happened.

I am Vengeance – Vol. I (2001)

Richard R. Anasky’s I Am Vengeance – the revenge biography: the official MeteorCity Soundtrack

22 May 2001 (Meteor City Records, MCY-016)

Lowrider – David William Hughs 3:57
“My name is David William Hughes” 0:10
Doomsday Gouvernment (feat. Dan Fondelius of Count Raven) – I Am Vengeance 8:00
Blood Farmers – Bullet in My Head 4:33
“I’d like to report a killing…” 0:23
The Awesome Machine – Mother’s Gone 4:28
Eternal Elysium (written by Witchfinder General) – Burning A Sinner 7:37
Space Probe Taurus – Calling Cosmos 4:08
Naevus – Lost Confidence 5:22
sHEAVY – Sea of Tomorrow 3:51
Dan Fondelius – Day of the Comet 1:20
Bongwater666 – Cannibal Love Song 7:03
Dan Fondelius – The Answer / “Vote Pearcy” 1:41
Las Cruces – In My Sadness 3:59
Rainmaker888 – Killing Words 3:55
Count Raven – Scream 4:01
The Quill – Mind Drifter 7:44
Doomsday Gouvernment (feat. Dan Fondelius of Count Raven) – Decision 3:32

Runtime: 71 minutes. Cover by Jeff Shirilla. Barcode (Printed): 6 90989 00162 6. Matrix / Runout: RPP-CA CR50200 I AM VENGENCE MCY016 11470-1. The trailer is “I am Vengeance” (Vol. I). The film is unreleased.

This disc is the first of two soundtrack albums for Richard Anasky’s “gorror” flick I Am Vengeance. Released before the film’s completion, this collection (to be followed later by a second volume on Game Two Records) is all the evidence a metal fan needs to show that Anasky’s film is the first of its kind, a movie uniting both horror and the doom metal genre. It was easy to see from the few minutes of trailers and the first couple tracks off MeteorCity’s soundtrack that I Am Vengeance is a labor of love concocted by lovers of two of the most shunned cult corners of film and music. Whether you’re talking about blood-spattered horror or dirges of plodding psychedelic heavy rock, these are two areas average folks usually ignore. Not Richard Anasky. Theres tunes, like the flick itself, may be littered with grotesquerie, but underneath lies a theme. A theme, I might add, that’s very relevant in this day and age. The age of Columbine High, and lawsuits blaming Ozzy, Judas Priest, Slayer, and others for murder and suicide by unhinged youths. Herein you’ll find 18 tracks of doom and stoner rock, most of which is quite consistent.
Standouts? Count Raven’s legacy of doom is continued by Dan Fondelius’ new band, Doomsday Gouvernment, with “I Am Vengeance” and “Decision”. Japan’s Eternal Elysium gives a slow-as-a-crucifixion rendering of Witchfinder General’s downer anthem “Burning A Sinner”. “Lost Confidence” is from talented German doomsters Naevus (featuring drummer Mathias Straub and guitarist Oli Grosshans from Sacred Steel). Other standouts include Count Raven’s classic “Scream”, sHeavy’s “Sea of Tomorrow”, Las Cruces’ “In My Sadness”, and The Quill’s “Mind Drifter”. (A side-note: Naevus have sadly disbanded, although guitarist/vocalist Uwe Groebel dooms onward with Voodoo Shock.)

The folky guitar-driven sHeavy song captures the flavor requisite for low-budget horror flicks in their ’70s heyday. And Count Raven main-man Fondelius adds plenty of spacey and melancholy atmospheric background music to the film and disc. Stuf that complements the trippy visuals of Anasky’s mama’s boy David William Hughes as he transforms from a mama’s boy into a drug abusing suicidal maniac.

As a rule, it’s usually wise to stay away from bands with numbers in their monikers, and this rings fairly true on the IAV soundtrack. A few droning stoner rock outings on IAV are a bit monotonous. Bongwater666’s track is still a cut about the usual “nu metal” or “rap metal” that one associates with number-name bands. Rainmaker888’s doom borders on a Testament-style thrash attach (with background keyboard pads). Not bad.

No absolute clunkers and wealth of doom make this first of two IAV soundtracks a solid stab worthy of your hard-earned cash. And if movies like Last House On The Left, Phantasm, Blood Feast, and Make Them Die Slowly tickle you to death, then be sure to keep your eyes open for the video release of Richard Anasky’s flick.

Metal Maniacs by Perry Grayson

I am Vengeance – Vol. II (2002-07)

unfinished 2002 – 06 Mar 2007 (Game Two Records; ?)
09 May 2007 – “The following will never see the light of day”

Bongwater (aka Bongwater666, same band on Vol. I)
Buffalo
Church of Misery
Cirith Ungol – Shelob’s Lair (?)
Eternal Elysium (same band on Vol. I)
Grief
Mirror of Deception
Northwinds
Pentagram
sHeavy (same band on Vol. I)
Solitude Aeturnis
Solstice
etc.

V/A: I Am Vengeance soundtrack CD – Mike got some nasty video clips, sound samples and missing tracks from Richard Anasky and will soon begin to sequence and compile our version of the soundtrack. The METEORCITY version was released to muc acclaim several months ago. G2’s volume [edit: Game Two Records] will feature BONGWATER, BUFFALO, CHURCH OF MISERY, CIRITH UNGOL, GRIEF, MIRROR OF DECEPTION, PENTAGRAM, SHEAVY, SOLITUDE AETURNUS, SOLSTICE and many more.

GameTwo.com

Speak about the two soundtracks, the labels, who put them out, and the bands on them. Who did decide about the bands on the soundtracks, how did you hook up with Game Two Records and MeteorCity?

The Soundtracks… Now THIS was the most enjoyable aspect of making IAV!

Meteor City recently released soundtrack Volume 1 and it includes nothing but incredible bands! Amongst the bands appearing on this Volume are “Space Probe Taurus”, “sHEAVY”, “Count Raven”, “Rainmaker888”, “Bongwater666”, “Naevus”, “Lowrider” and MANY other’s! Meteor City has done an amazing job in crafting a perfect flow amongst the bands, styles and songs and Jeff Shirilla (Abdullah) delivered perfect sleeve art! I absolutely loved his choice to put the 2 masked cultists on the cover!

GAME TWO Records will release soundtrack Volume 2 some time in the future (I’m still getting things together for it). This volume will contain Doom heavyweights like “Pentagram”, “Church of Misery” (who’ve delivered an AWESOME original IAV track in “Retal”!), “Solitude Aeturnus”, “Northwinds”, “Mirror of Deception” and many more of course. The GAME TWO Volume will also include a touch of old school metal courtesy of “Cirith Ungol” and NWOBHM legends, “Buffalo”. Both soundtracks also contain original score music from Dan Fondelius.

I made all the choices as to which bands and which songs would appear on the soundtrack… Credit Meteor City with leading some good bands to the project though. They introduced “Lowrider”, “The Quill” and “Mirror of Deception” to me for soundtrack consideration and each ended up contributing an excellent track!

Meteor City hooked up with me through the Internet and they’re also responsible for leading GAME TWO into this madness.

Psychedelic fanzine #9/#10, also on Doom-Metal.com

“Lord of the Rings” is a great movie, better than I expected. The actors were all good, the special effects were great, and the scenery was breathtaking. I can’t wait to see the second part. We have an unreleased song called “Shelob’s Lair” that would be quite appropriate for the second movie, “The Two Towers”. We will be on the soundtrack to the horror movie “I Am Vengeance”, on Game Two Records, coming in 2002.

Greg Lindstrom, various interviews

It’s unclear whether Vol. 2 referred to a new film or simply a second volume of the soundtrack tied to the original project. For some unknown reasons, they do not appear on the album. Tracklist below so you can double check. The soundtrack was released on MeteorCity in 2001. Also it is subtitled “Vol. 1”, but I can’t find any volume 2. I asked Game Two Records about it, and here’s the answer:

It’s true that Game Two was supposed to release Volume II of the IAV [edit: I Am Vengeance – Vol. II] soundtrack, but it never happened. It was due to some difficulties I had with a partner in Game Two at the time named Mike Knecht. Mike received all the master recordings for the release but never finished compiling the album. He eventually dropped out of the scene. It sucks for me because I paid MeteorCity royalties to do the release but I was never able to take advantage of selling it.

Conan Hultgren, Game Two Records, 11 Mar 2010

The second (Vol. II) soundtrack, trailer and film is unreleased. Some of the band Pentagram and Death Row (Bobby Liebling) are released on Game Two Records.

Actress Apocalypse

The film Richard Anasky’s Actress Apocalypse (31 May 2005) also appeared on the trailer 1 “I am Vengeance – Volume I” (MeteorCity, 2001). “I Am Vengeance is the making of which is what inspired Anasky to concoct Actress Apocalypse in the first place” (dreadcentral.com)

Film Actress Apocalypse
Deleted scenes (and outtakes)
Bloopers and Outtakes
Cast Interviews
Sexy Stripper Vignette (featurette)
Trailers (for Actress Apocalypse and I Am Vengeance)
Bonus CD Soundtrack
Unrated Directors Cut
Behind-the-scenes interviews
Director Commentary
Extended shower scene
The Lincoln Brothers pilot

Soundtrack contains Space Probe Taurus (2001-03)

Barefoot
Blow
Buzz Amp.
Catch the Phoenix Slowdown
Crystal Mountain Revolution
Doper
Electric Explosion
Gravity Rush
Into the Hole
Molten Lava
Psi-Burn
Searchin’
Supersonic Woman
The Iguana

Summary

Title	Soundtrack	Trailer	Film
I am Vengeance - Volume I (2001) (short is IAV-I)	released Meteor City Records	released AA and Youtube	unreleased
I am Vengeance - Volume II (2002-7) (short is IAV-II)	unreleased Game Two Records	unreleased (the same as IAV-I or follow-up IAV-II?)	unreleased (the same as IAV-I or follow-up IAV-II?)
Actress Apocalypse (2005) (short is AA)	released AA "Bonus CD Soundtrack"	released AA and IAV-I	released DVD