Frost and Fire (album)

Frost and Fire
	Cover art by Michael Whelan
Studio album by Cirith Ungol
Released	January 1981
Recorded	April 1, 1980
Studio	Gold Mine Studios, Ventura, California
Genre	Power metal; proto-doom[1];
Length	31:24
Label	Liquid Flames Records
Producer	Cirith Ungol
Cirith Ungol chronology

Frost and Fire is the debut album by the American heavy metal band Cirith Ungol. Its music is generally faster and more simplistic than that of King of the Dead, which saw the band begin to adopt a doom metal style influenced heavily by power metal.[1]

Album information

Frost and Fire was produced by Cirith Ungol and originally self-released through the band's own record label—Liquid Flames Productions—in 1981. The album was re-released later that year by Enigma Records, re-released again along with King of the Dead on one CD by One Way Records in 1995, and finally re-released again in September 1999 on Metal Blade Records. A bootleg picture disc version of this LP, limited to 500 hand-numbered copies, also exists. While Michael "Flint" Vujejia is credited as the bass player on this album, it has been confirmed in several interviews that Greg Lindstrom was actually the bassist on this album.[2] In Brazil the lp Frost and Fire was released with the cover of the King of the Dead. (1985).

Critical reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	[3]
Metal Reviews	91/100[4]

In 2005, Frost and Fire was ranked number 362 in Rock Hard magazine's book of The 500 Greatest Rock & Metal Albums of All Time.[5]

Track listing

All songs written by Greg Lindstrom. The seventh track, "Maybe That's Why," is an instrumental, however, lyrics were included for the song on the inner sleeve of the original vinyl release.

No.	Title	Length
1.	"Frost and Fire"	3:35
2.	"I'm Alive"	4:58
3.	"A Little Fire"	3:46
4.	"What Does It Take"	3:36
5.	"Edge of a Knife"	4:29
6.	"Better Off Dead"	4:45
7.	"Maybe That's Why" (instrumental)	6:15

1999 Remastered Edition bonus track
No.	Title	Length
8.	"Cirith Ungol" (live)	8:19

Personnel

Band members

Tim Baker – lead and backing vocals
Jerry Fogle – guitars
Greg Lindstrom – guitars, synthesizers, e-bow, backing vocals, bass (uncredited)
Michael "Flint" Vujea – bass
Robert Garven – drums, backing vocals

Production

Tim Nelson – engineer
Allen Zentz – mastering
Randall L. Jackson – executive producer

References

"Tim Baker Interview". Clrvynt. Retrieved June 2, 2018.
Lefevre, Patrick (April 2002). "Cirith Ungol interview". Iron Wolf webzine. Angelfire. Retrieved 2011-11-26.
Huey, Steve. "Cirith Ungol Frost and Fire review". Allmusic. Rovi Corporation. Retrieved 2011-11-25.
Thomas. "CIRITH UNGOL – Frost and Fire". Metal Reviews. Metal Reviews. Retrieved 2013-11-27.
[...], Rock Hard (Hrsg.). [Red.: Michael Rensen. Mitarb.: Götz Kühnemund] (2005). Best of Rock & Metal die 500 stärksten Scheiben aller Zeiten. Königswinter: Heel. p. 65. ISBN 3-89880-517-4.CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)

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[protodoom-1] "Tim Baker Interview". Clrvynt. Retrieved June 2, 2018.

[wolf-2] Lefevre, Patrick (April 2002). "Cirith Ungol interview". Iron Wolf webzine. Angelfire. Retrieved 2011-11-26.

[3] Huey, Steve. "Cirith Ungol Frost and Fire review". Allmusic. Rovi Corporation. Retrieved 2011-11-25.

[4] Thomas. "CIRITH UNGOL – Frost and Fire". Metal Reviews. Metal Reviews. Retrieved 2013-11-27.

[5] [...], Rock Hard (Hrsg.). [Red.: Michael Rensen. Mitarb.: Götz Kühnemund] (2005). Best of Rock & Metal die 500 stärksten Scheiben aller Zeiten. Königswinter: Heel. p. 65. ISBN 3-89880-517-4.CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)