The Bastard (album)

The Bastard

Woodcut: a male figure with a crown of light emerges from a tree, seemingly transforming from tree to human form, to grab a double-headed axe held by a winged dragon who is descending from the top of the frame and is facing him. The text "Hammers of Misfortune" is displayed above the scene. A banner with the text "The Bastard" is displayed in the lower left corner of the scene.

Studio album by Hammers of Misfortune

Released

2001

Recorded

July 1999 – February 2000 in San Francisco, California

Heavy metal, progressive metal

Length

46:10

John Cobbett

Hammers of Misfortune chronology

The Bastard
(2001)

The August Engine
(2003)

The Bastard is the first album by the American progressive/heavy metal band Hammers of Misfortune.

Track listing

Act One
No.	Title	Lyrics	Music	Length
1.	"The Dragon Is Summoned"	Erica Stoltz, John Cobbett	Cobbett	2:29
2.	"The Bastard Sapling"	Mike Scalzi	Cobbett	2:23
3.	"On Wings of Vengeance"	Stoltz, Scalzi, Cobbett	Cobbett	2:28
4.	"Hunting Tyrant"	Cobbett	Cobbett	2:30
5.	"You Should Have Slain Me"	Scalzi, Cobbett	Cobbett	3:26

Act Two
No.	Title	Lyrics	Music	Length
6.	"An Oath Sworn in Hell"	Cobbett	Cobbett, Scalzi	6:40
7.	"The Blood Ax Speaks"	Janis Tanaka, Cobbett	Cobbett	2:28
8.	"Tyrant Dies"	Cobbett	Cobbett	3:42
9.	"The Witch's Dance"	Cobbett	Cobbett, Tanaka	2:31

Act Three
No.	Title	Lyrics	Music	Length
10.	"The Prophesy Has Two Meanings / Coronation"	Cobbett	Cobbett	2:12
11.	"The New King's Lament"	Scalzi	Cobbett	1:54
12.	"For the Ax"	Cobbett	Cobbett	2:56
13.	"Troll's March"	Cobbett	Cobbett	1:34
14.	"Sacrifice / The End"	Cobbett, Tanaka	Cobbett, Tanaka	8:57

Personnel

Hammers of Misfortune

John Cobbett – electric guitar, acoustic guitar, screams
Chewy Marzolo – drums
Janis Tanaka – bass guitar, vocals
Mike Scalzi – electric guitar, vocals

Production

Rich Morin – engineer
Justin Weis – mixing and mastering at Trakworx, South San Francisco, California
John Cobbett – producer
Lorraine Rath – illustrations, design, lettering
Ross Sewage and Jeanie M. – photography

Additional information

The band did not record The Bastard in a typical recording studio. The liner notes state: "this album was recorded on an 8-track analog machine in a rehearsal space in San Francisco between July 1999 and February 2000."

References

Cobbett, John (2001). The Bastard (booklet). Hammers of Misfortune. San Francisco, California: Tumult Records.

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