The most re-released album in Christian Metal history?

My guess: Vengeance Rising - Human Sacrifice

Original Release: 

1988

Re-releases: 

1998 (KMG - with Once Dead)
2010 (Intense Millenium + Bonus CD)
2017 (30th Anniversary)
2018 (Unreleased First Mix)
2020 (Gold CD)

That's ridiculous.

the thread or the quantity of re-releases? haha

Just goes to show how lacking quality thrash releases are.

I would've guessed Mortifications *scrolls of the megilloth*, but that's only because it is probably the most well known and popular *Christian metal* album of all time. I mean ask the average nonchristian metalhead to name a Christian metal band and album and most will respond with this one , due to it being originally released on both a Christian metal label AND Nuclear Blast and terminate damnantion and scrolls itself being on several *secular* compilations.
Though alot of nonchristian will name Stryper(alone or along with Mort).
But I'm not sure what Christian metal album has been the most re-released or remastered, etc..

Wasn't Crimson Thorns *unearthed* released on a few different labels and with a few different album covers(my fave in the one with the skeleton on the pole with the farmland type scene in the background)?

You say V.R. Human Sacrifice Lex. Will take your word, unless someone proves some other band/album as being so instead.

Deliverance

Self Titled 
OR (1989)
KMG w/ Weapons (1998)
Retroactive (2008)
No Life Til Metal (2017)
Roxx - Gold CD (2020)

Weapons

OR (1990)
KMG w/ Self Titled (1998)
Retroactive (2008)
Bombworks (2017)
Bombworks - Long Box Gold Edition CD (2021)

Contrarian Deist wrote:I would've guessed Mortifications *scrolls of the megilloth*, but that's only because it is probably the most well known and popular *Christian metal* album of all time. I mean ask the average nonchristian metalhead to name a Christian metal band and album and most will respond with this one , due to it being originally released on both a Christian metal label AND Nuclear Blast and terminate damnantion and scrolls itself being on several *secular* compilations.
Though alot of nonchristian will name Stryper(alone or along with Mort).
But I'm not sure what Christian metal album has been the most re-released or remastered, etc..

Wasn't Crimson Thorns *unearthed* released on a few different labels and with a few different album covers(my fave in the one with the skeleton on the pole with the farmland type scene in the background)?

You say V.R. Human Sacrifice Lex. Will take your word, unless someone proves some other band/album as being so instead.

The "skeleton pole" art was also my favorite for "Unearthed". Had a strange eeriness to it. I liked the logo they used on that one as well. Looked more like a thrash band's logo.

Contrarian Deist wrote:I would've guessed Mortifications *scrolls of the megilloth*, but that's only because it is probably the most well known and popular *Christian metal* album of all time. I mean ask the average nonchristian metalhead to name a Christian metal band and album and most will respond with this one , due to it being originally released on both a Christian metal label AND Nuclear Blast and terminate damnantion and scrolls itself being on several *secular* compilations.
Though alot of nonchristian will name Stryper(alone or along with Mort).
But I'm not sure what Christian metal album has been the most re-released or remastered, etc..

Let's go... (Edit)

Mortification - Scrolls ...

OR (1992)
Nuclear - 2CD with PMA (1996)
KMG - 2CD with Self Titled (1998)
Soundmass (2005)
Metal Mind (2008)
Metalville (2017)
Soundmass (2020)

Crimson Thorn - Unearthed


OR (1994)
Rex (1995)
Morphine (1997)
Unearthed to Dissection 2 CD Set (2005)
Anthology 3 CD Set (2017)
Bombworks - Gold cd (2019)

LexMetalis wrote:

Contrarian Deist wrote:I would've guessed Mortifications *scrolls of the megilloth*, but that's only because it is probably the most well known and popular *Christian metal* album of all time. I mean ask the average nonchristian metalhead to name a Christian metal band and album and most will respond with this one , due to it being originally released on both a Christian metal label AND Nuclear Blast and terminate damnantion and scrolls itself being on several *secular* compilations.
Though alot of nonchristian will name Stryper(alone or along with Mort).
But I'm not sure what Christian metal album has been the most re-released or remastered, etc..

Let's go...

Mortification - Scrolls ...

OR (1992)
Soundmass (2005)
Metal Mind (2008)
Metalville (2017)
SOundmass (2020)

Crimson Thorn - Unearthed


OR (1994)
Rex (1995)
Morphine (1997)
Anthology 3 CD Set (2017)
Bombworks - Gold cd (2019)

Don't forget, Scrolls was released on Nuclear Blast as well, I think post momentary was as well.
Scrolls was also released on Intense records

Contrarian Deist wrote:

LexMetalis wrote:

Contrarian Deist wrote:I would've guessed Mortifications *scrolls of the megilloth*, but that's only because it is probably the most well known and popular *Christian metal* album of all time. I mean ask the average nonchristian metalhead to name a Christian metal band and album and most will respond with this one , due to it being originally released on both a Christian metal label AND Nuclear Blast and terminate damnantion and scrolls itself being on several *secular* compilations.
Though alot of nonchristian will name Stryper(alone or along with Mort).
But I'm not sure what Christian metal album has been the most re-released or remastered, etc..

Let's go...

Mortification - Scrolls ...

OR (1992)
Soundmass (2005)
Metal Mind (2008)
Metalville (2017)
SOundmass (2020)

Crimson Thorn - Unearthed


OR (1994)
Rex (1995)
Morphine (1997)
Anthology 3 CD Set (2017)
Bombworks - Gold cd (2019)

Don't forget, Scrolls was released on Nuclear Blast as well, I think post momentary was as well.
Scrolls was also released on Intense records 

Yeah, but personally I don't qualify as re-release, just a release in other market (in case of NB, the "secular market").

Horde, with Hellig Usvart it's a good option too...

OR (1994)
Soundmass (2004)
Metal Mind (2008)
Soundmass (2020)

Here are some releases of this one. I’m not sure if
these are all.

Stryper: In God We Trust

1988, 1989 Enigma Records
1988 DRO
1988 Seoul Records
1988 BMG Direct Marketing
1988 CBS
1988, 1989 Liberation Records
1990 Capitol Records
1995, 1997, 2009 Hollywood Records

Gosro wrote:Here are some releases of this one. I’m not sure if
these are all.

Stryper: In God We Trust

1988, 1989 Enigma Records
1988 DRO
1988 Seoul Records
1988 BMG Direct Marketing
1988 CBS
1988, 1989 Liberation Records
1990 Capitol Records
1995, 1997, 2009 Hollywood Records

Major part are repress. A re-release need to have some differences from the original press. Remaster, Remix, different cover art, bonus tracks,,,

LexMetalis wrote:

Gosro wrote:Here are some releases of this one. I’m not sure if
these are all.

Stryper: In God We Trust

1988, 1989 Enigma Records
1988 DRO
1988 Seoul Records
1988 BMG Direct Marketing
1988 CBS
1988, 1989 Liberation Records
1990 Capitol Records
1995, 1997, 2009 Hollywood Records

Major part are repress. A re-release need to have some differences from the original press. Remaster, Remix, different cover art, bonus tracks,,,

Oh? Ok. Sorry, didn’t know that.

It feels like every time I turn around that first VR is getting re-released again.

Temple of Blood wrote:It feels like every time I turn around that first VR is getting re-released again.

Waiting for the instrumental mix

V.R. re-releases: Those crappy new covers though on the first two re-releases!  They need to re-release the re-releases with the original covers; even hidden inside I can feel those hideous covers staring at me (sorry whoever made it, but it's true)

Dustofyears wrote:V.R. re-releases: Those crappy new covers though on the first two re-releases!  They need to re-release the re-releases with the original covers; even hidden inside I can feel those hideous covers staring at me (sorry whoever made it, but it's true)

Hellig Usvart was mentioned here earlier. According to Unblack Archives it has been:
 - released six times on CD
 - three, maybe four times on cassette
 - twice on vinyl

Some of these releases were in the same year. But dang, that is a lot of releases!

CrimsonWarrior wrote:Hellig Usvart was mentioned here earlier. According to Unblack Archives it has been:
 - released six times on CD
 - three, maybe four times on cassette
 - twice on vinyl

Some of these releases were in the same year. But dang, that is a lot of releases!

Yeah..

We need:

remixed version
acoustic version
symphonic version...


hahaha

LexMetalis wrote:

Contrarian Deist wrote:

LexMetalis wrote:

Contrarian Deist wrote:I would've guessed Mortifications *scrolls of the megilloth*, but that's only because it is probably the most well known and popular *Christian metal* album of all time. I mean ask the average nonchristian metalhead to name a Christian metal band and album and most will respond with this one , due to it being originally released on both a Christian metal label AND Nuclear Blast and terminate damnantion and scrolls itself being on several *secular* compilations.
Though alot of nonchristian will name Stryper(alone or along with Mort).
But I'm not sure what Christian metal album has been the most re-released or remastered, etc..

Let's go...

Mortification - Scrolls ...

OR (1992)
Soundmass (2005)
Metal Mind (2008)
Metalville (2017)
SOundmass (2020)

Crimson Thorn - Unearthed


OR (1994)
Rex (1995)
Morphine (1997)
Anthology 3 CD Set (2017)
Bombworks - Gold cd (2019)

Don't forget, Scrolls was released on Nuclear Blast as well, I think post momentary was as well.
Scrolls was also released on Intense records 

Yeah, but personally I don't qualify as re-release, just a release in other market (in case of NB, the "secular market").

Scrolls also had the following re-releases:

Nuclear Blast - Scrolls / PMA digipak (1996)
KMG - Self-titled / Scrolls (1998)

yaark wrote:

LexMetalis wrote:

Contrarian Deist wrote:

LexMetalis wrote:

Contrarian Deist wrote:I would've guessed Mortifications *scrolls of the megilloth*, but that's only because it is probably the most well known and popular *Christian metal* album of all time. I mean ask the average nonchristian metalhead to name a Christian metal band and album and most will respond with this one , due to it being originally released on both a Christian metal label AND Nuclear Blast and terminate damnantion and scrolls itself being on several *secular* compilations.
Though alot of nonchristian will name Stryper(alone or along with Mort).
But I'm not sure what Christian metal album has been the most re-released or remastered, etc..

Let's go...

Mortification - Scrolls ...

OR (1992)
Soundmass (2005)
Metal Mind (2008)
Metalville (2017)
SOundmass (2020)

Crimson Thorn - Unearthed


OR (1994)
Rex (1995)
Morphine (1997)
Anthology 3 CD Set (2017)
Bombworks - Gold cd (2019)

Don't forget, Scrolls was released on Nuclear Blast as well, I think post momentary was as well.
Scrolls was also released on Intense records 

Yeah, but personally I don't qualify as re-release, just a release in other market (in case of NB, the "secular market").

Scrolls also had the following re-releases:

Nuclear Blast - Scrolls / PMA digipak (1996)
KMG - Self-titled / Scrolls (1998)

Thanx man... I'll update my post

LexMetalis wrote:
Weapons

OR (1990)
KMG w/ Self Titled (1998)
Retroactive (2008)
Bombworks (2017)

+ Long box/golden disc edition with 8 bonus track (2021)

LexMetalis wrote:

Temple of Blood wrote:It feels like every time I turn around that first VR is getting re-released again.

Waiting for the instrumental mix

How about the acapella mix with all the instruments removed?

WildWorld wrote:

LexMetalis wrote:

Temple of Blood wrote:It feels like every time I turn around that first VR is getting re-released again.

Waiting for the instrumental mix

How about the acapella mix with all the instruments removed?

Maybe inthe 35th anniversary edition...