Damien - Stop This War [FULL ALBUM 1989]

[@moshlem666]

... DAMIEN 🇺🇲 from Toledo, Ohio/ USA, Heavy-/ Power-Metal masterclass ... 🤘 🇺🇲

[@antocatch]

cheers ! A little piece of LOVE from France ! Live in french Alps, Savoy .

[@cuatrocuerdasgabi]

power metal? Dude, this is CLASSIC HEAVY METAL ❤‍🔥❤‍🔥

[@jamesmicco3650]

Wow! Toledo.

[@SacredLuzt777]

What a solid heavy metal sound. Truly underrated but stands out in its own merit😎🤘

[@moshlem666]

... 🤘 🇺🇲 (USA)

[@moshlem666]

... DAMIEN 🇺🇲 from Toledo, Ohio/ USA, Heavy-/ Power-Metal masterclass ... 🤘 🇺🇲

[@moshlem666]

... check also out DOKKEN 🇺🇲 from the USA, Heavy-Metal/ Hardrock institution since 1977 (masterminded by Don Dokken aka Donald Maynard Dokken, vocs and guitars) ... 🤘 🇺🇲

[@WocklessGamingforAnimeMoms]

​@moshlem666 more power Metal yeah but Power Metal is closer to traditional heavy metal in some ways with Nu Metal,Death Metal,and Black Metal all coming out of Thrash Metal to varying degrees

[@WocklessGamingforAnimeMoms]

​@moshlem666 Dokken are pretty cool yeah. Into The Fire is a classic so is Breaking The Chains. Up there with Iron Maiden,Saxon,Sodom,Mötorhead,Judas Priest,Manilla Road,etc in terms of truly classic 80s Metal Bands even if they were "hair metal" which I think they were written off unfairly for. Bon Jovi and Van Hallen had moments too tbh but Dokken was as "real" a metal band as anyone. The fashion may have aged very poorly but that doesnt negate the music. Very distinctive guitar sound imo and more of a songwritting focus. You could tell Dokken verymuch did care about what they were making.

[@wladdarkness]

I am listening this for a very first time in my life and a have to say that i am very sorry for missing the band in the 80's... very cool sound!

[@georgebenore4694]

They Rocked my world!!! Best local concerts ever!!! Only reason they didnt go national is they chose not too ... to our unfortune

[@godetonter4764]

I'm listening to this for probably the 1500th time, but the first time online, and the first time in a few years

[@pmaraujo]

Never too late

[@CharlieS76]

Basically, Judast Priest my friend.

[@TheSleepingonit]

I was in grade school in a small town in C T then, valid excuse right? All we had for local radio was an AM station

[@gaillonpierre6883]

very fine classic metal album powerful vocals ,as guitars leads enjoy a lot !!!

[@moshlem666]

... 🤘 🇺🇲

[@moshlem666]

... DAMIEN 🇺🇲 from Toledo, Ohio/ USA, Heavy-/ Power-Metal masterclass ... 🤘 🇺🇲

[@AlexandreTeixeiraBenjamin]

Influenced by Judas Priest,and similar to Accept,Warlock and Running Wild,this band has good moments in this album.Cool songs,wonderful vocals and excellent guitars.Pure Heavy Metal! Bang your head!

[@alexandreteixeirabenjamin6539]

Very good songs.Reminds me a mixture of Accept,Scorpions abd Judas Priest. Bang your head.

[@moshlem666]

... 🤘 🇺🇲 (USA)

[@moshlem666]

... DAMIEN 🇺🇲 from Toledo, Ohio/ USA, Heavy-/ Power-Metal masterclass ... 🤘 🇺🇲

[@moshlem666]

... check also out DOKKEN 🇺🇲 from the USA, Heavy-Metal/ Hardrock institution since 1977 (masterminded by Don Dokken aka Donald Maynard Dokken, vocs and guitars) ... 🤘 🇺🇲

[@Signofevil_Smile4theCam]

One of those hidden gems that sadly never got/get the attention they deserve. Too many of them are out there.

[@dcraexon]

sounds like some Judas Priest stuff

[@andreymount6776]

It's really good music. Awesome 👍 Hello from the Ukraine!))

[@moshlem666]

... 🤘 🇺🇲 (USA)

[@moshlem666]

... DAMIEN 🇺🇲 from Toledo, Ohio/ USA, Heavy-/ Power-Metal masterclass ... 🤘 🇺🇲

[@moshlem666]

... check also out DOKKEN 🇺🇲 from the USA, Heavy-Metal/ Hardrock institution since 1977 (masterminded by Don Dokken aka Donald Maynard Dokken, vocs and guitars) ... 🤘 🇺🇲

[@Heavy-Franky]

STOP THIS WAR ! ! !

[@tizianopiada2426]

👍🎸🥁🎸🎸🎸🎸🎸🎸🎸🎸🎸🎸🎸🎸🎸🎸🎸💪👌🎶🎶🎶🎶☀️☀️☮️💙☀️💙☀️❤️

[@diogopedronerydasilvacruz945]

Fantástico!! Excelente banda e ótimo álbum!! Não conhecia essa banda maravilhosa!! Obrigado!!

[@bobdelord9921]

Like many I never heard this band up until now, Excellent metal.

[@georgebenore4694]

Rocked my late 80s / 90s!!! Good times!!!

[@felipe126929666]

Why does this band have such cool guitar solos!? This crushes modern power metal bands with the old school power/heavy metal sound!

[@Hattrickplus]

+felipe126929666 Chuck Stohl is an amazing guitar player... even today he teaches lessons at local studio to the next generation of guitar players!! /m/,

[@steelerfreak1977]

Eugene Blyther who doesn’t?

[@georgebenore4694]

They chose not to go national.... they rocked my world 87-90 ish its still VERY Vague.. 🤘🍻😎☠

[@TWOWINNINGHANDS]

That is Chuck Stohl

[@chorz]

I bought this album when it was new. It still holds up. Great band. I still listen once every month. It's an epic metal album no one gives respect to

[@evtribute1505]

Just bought this one this week for 5 euros in a Metal record shop! Yes, very epic, incredible album! A masterpiece ! 🤘🤘

[@macusdiseño]

epic ? WTF !!! IS PURE HEAVY METAL, DUDE.

[@CharlieS76]

​@@macusdiseñoBasically, Judas Priest but people always try to be romantic with the underdogs or the little bands 🤣

[@gremlinjr2]

Hell yea man ... I have a few of theirs on vinyl ... so Damn GOOD ... yea !! Classic

[@C_Ma__S]

This album is a gem. Super underrated. 🤘

[@josephkrick4269]

Agree. Interesting who controls the industry Needs too end

[@moshlem666]

... 🤘 🇺🇲

[@moshlem666]

... DAMIEN 🇺🇲 from Toledo, Ohio/ USA, Heavy-/ Power-Metal masterclass ... 🤘 🇺🇲

[@dobunimaroC]

The coolness of songs is conveyed directly, so I can't help but listen to it. A high-energy rock number.

[@georgebenore4694]

Toledo OH 80s Metal!! Legit I miss those easy times! A case of beer a bottle and rock it F'in out!!

[@emersonmolusco9819]

Essa banda é muito boa, já coloquei entre minhas prediletas. Rock antigo é massa demais.

[@buckgerard]

Gracias a KZbin he descubierto muchas bandas que jamas me imagine que existieran, lastimosamente muchas se quedan sin su reconocimiento por falta de recursos y patrocinios. Esta banda no tiene nada que envidiarle a Iron Maiden, Judas, Helloween, etc. LargaVidaAlRock&Roll

[@CharlieS76]

Pues se agarraron básicamente de la influencia de Judas Priest. Hasta canta el vocalista tipo Rob Halford jajaja. Está buena, nada más no te dejes llevar por el romanticismo de que la descubriste y es una banda desconocida, tampoco eso significa que hayan inventado el hilo negro. Repito, es basicamente un hijito de Judas Priest.

[@alexandercordova870]

exacto 😂 suenan a Judas Priest xd​@@CharlieS76

[@yangpiao849]

I spend a lot of time listening to a lot of stuff, and this is a rare find!

[@metalshuricks.a.8430]

Настоящий, классический, 100% heavy metal!!! Как жалко, что такие гр. записали не очень много дисков...

[@tizianopiada2426]

Complimenti 💯👍 favoloso sound chitarre basso batteria strepitose ,voce favolosa

[@ZIONFIN]

First jammed to this back in 87, with my buddy Chuck, always had this on the edge shit that rocked, trouble, metal church, damien, and on and on great times.

[@georgebenore4694]

Good times!!!! I miss being F'd up at their concerts!!!

[@bastel82-x9q]

This is true 80ies Heavy Metal 🤘🏿

[@drytoon1507]

This is a jewel! I instantly loved it at first listening

[@horushellblood8828]

!!! magnificent album,all tracks on the album is a true jewel of the decade !!!

[@jq2611]

La verdad si es una excelente banda 🤘

[@fredacuneo5180]

Yet another magnificent gem of heavy musical mastery, lost to the insidious and wasteful period of "grunge." What an utter shame that useless generation did to such great works of music and songwriting and recording production. Listen closely kids, for this is what real music sounds like!

[@yuridio514]

Копируют Accept .

[@Bikewithlove]

@@yuridio514- I hear more Judas Priest than Accept.

[@Bikewithlove]

Grunge was answering to Gen Z. America’s young intellectual dark side shifted from renegade to a radical religion of blame. by the time they were in their twenties, metal’s D&D sex fantasy wasn’t paying the rent or putting food on the table. Entry level jobs were - and along with them the delusion that the reason for their low incomes was someone else’s fault, instead of appreciating the burden they were supposed to take on. Enter Pearl Jam, Soundgarden, Nirvana, Alice in Chains, etc.

[@viriathas9910]

Grunge does suck, but this came out a full 2 years before Nirvana blew up. To be honest, while this is perfectly competent, there were a thousand bands that sounded like this by 1989.

[@METAL.S.A]

Офигительная гр! Первые 2 альбом классика heavy metal!

[@montbob100]

Thanks.What a band I missed somehow.As good as Dokken and others.Those guitars 🎸 are fab.

[@old_school75]

Excelente álbum para ouvir no volume MÁXIMO

[@TheSleepingonit]

Great band first time i.heard them, when this came out, I was in grade school in a small town in Connecticut, only radio was an AM station

[@kylekittelberger1417]

Killer album, great singer and sound

[@dmatejka1968]

Had no clue that Damien did 2 studio albums until just recently. How they were never signed to a major label is surprising to me? This is such a great sophomore album. Will travel to Toledo soon to see them LIVE!!!

[@SweetMarieAnn]

August 26th.

[@georgebenore4694]

They were signed/ offered. Turned down unfortunately for us!! But they ROCKED my 80-90s!!!

[@douglassweeney6458]

Still listening to my favorite band

[@johnmorales4166]

Recuerdo que cuando no había internet solo se conseguian las bandas mas populares

[@vinitkshirsagar6402]

An excellent album, listening continuously ....

[@billyreynolds4749]

I wish they would re-release it, but the rights are probably owned by a bastard record company! You can't find "Stop This War," except occasionally on ebay for $50 or more. Killer album!!!

[@Hattrickplus]

I was fortunate to walk into a club in my hometown of Toledo, OH in the early 80's and see an early lineup of this band. They were playing Scorpions and Priest cover songs. That was such an anomaly for Toledo clubs at that time. I was hooked ever since. When they added Randy, Johnny and Kevin, they jumped up a hundred notches. I would see these guys attending all the metal shows in the early 80's. Eventually we became friends. I've hung out in their rehearsal room, and gone to concerts with these guys. Randy gave me a demo tape of Stop This War, before it was released. There was a Hitler speech before "Warlord" that was edited out on the final mix. He told me he was worried about the cover art. He hated it, but the label forced it. It could have been so much more metal looking. Oh well. These five are metal hearts influenced by Sabbath, Priest, UFO and Thin Lizzy. Chuck Stohl is an amazing guitar player who loves Michael Schenker, Tony Iommi and Yngwie Malmsteen. They still get together about once a year and play a show in Toledo. They still jam!! kzbin.info/www/bejne/b4KwXqOoodqfqZI

[@Roberto-q2b]

Cheers mate! Lovely story. I'm 55 y o now and I missed it. Thanks.

[@voodooluck]

KZbin has been recommending me so many badass albums, thanks

[@TeamLuka]

props for Toledo, Ohio!! Under-rated gem!

[@СергейМитюшкин-т2р]

Спасибо! ❤ Открыл достойный образец хэви!🎉😊

[@JoeyArmstrong2800]

This is fantastic.

[@moshlem666]

... 🤘 🇺🇲

[@moshlem666]

... DAMIEN 🇺🇲 from Toledo, Ohio/ USA, Heavy-/ Power-Metal masterclass ... 🤘 🇺🇲

[@NKIM74]

Wow, still getting chills after almost 30 yrs.

[@tonymarch5361]

Great album!! Toledo, Ohio knew how to metal!!💜💜🔥🔥

[@moshlem666]

... 🤘 🇺🇲 (USA)

[@moshlem666]

... DAMIEN 🇺🇲 from Toledo, Ohio/ USA, Heavy-/ Power-Metal masterclass ... 🤘 🇺🇲

[@joaocarlossantos5996]

pedrada!!💯🎸🤘🎧🇧🇷

[@SebastianSierpe]

Many thanx sgoifevil333 for posting this fuckin'-tastic DAMIEN's 1989 STOP THIS WAR!!🇺🇸👏.. This is my very very first time to hear and see (& enjoy!!) this superb 80's stuff!!🤘🤟.. I've spent very intense, entertained and enjoyable 41:27 minutes!!😋.. A Greeting & a strong Hug Brother(s) of a CHILEAN ROCKER/METALHEAD FRIEND living in SANTIAGO, CHILE!!🇨🇱🤟🤘👏💪✊👿🤜🖕😈☠️ I'm Sebastian Andrew Sierpe Toral🤓, i'm 52 years old now in July 2024. KEEP ON ROCKIN' & METALIN' IN THE FREE WORLD BROTHER(S)🤟🤘... STAY HEAVY!!✊.. STAY HEALTHY!!💪.. STAY CLEAN & SOBER!!😁

[@NKIM74]

Wow, This was my favourite band back when. Still getting Chiles.

[@fatalstep1870]

I remember the video for Break Out on Headbangers Ball. Had to have been in 1989 maybe. This is great Judas Priest/Accept inspired Power Metal.

[@LeslieKnight-uz7mo]

I like Damien stop this war album this is a great band I hope more make comments on this because I would like to here back from you real soon, I will see you later and have a nice night and thank you for the upload.

[@РольфКаспарек-п8г]

Great!!! 🤘🤘🤘🤘🤘Отлично!!!🤘🤘🤘🤘🤘

[@vinitkshirsagar8420]

Always in lust, rising Dawn, warlord and breakout, are my favorite tracks on this Album.

[@priscilaoliveira8327]

Wow .Great band . Amazing .Great time of oldschool bands .

[@josesaez6596]

Great well-chained elements from other bands, good voice for the genre (added to my library)

[@Cheesesausage37]

Born in 89, love the text on the album cover too

[@gleivesviana9297]

Nunca ouvir falar mas o mundo do rock e infinito

[@peterpandemonium3336]

From Metal Invader: Review by Nikos Nakos After their almost perfect debut in 1987 “Every Dog Has Its Day”, Damien were damned to succeed. And doomed to failed… but let’s take first things first… The band started at early 80’s in Ohio. Their lineup featured Chuck Stohl (lead guitars), Randy “Wolf” Mikelson (lead vocals), Kevin “Killer” Kekes (bass), Fritz Adamshick (rhythm guitars), and Johnny “Evil” Cappelletty (drums). They signed with Select Records and after many live gigs they recorded their first LP. The album was successful and highly acclaimed creating a momentum for the band. Two years later Damien were ready to release their sophomore record. They were well prepared for that release as they even had a video for “Break Out” that had airplay on MTV and Headbanger’s Ball. Concerts were booked with bigger names and their music approached a larger audience while more and more teenagers and metal fans especially in the States had a copy of “Stop This War”. Unfortunately either because 1989 was a bit too late for ballsy US Power blended with Thrash either because Damien just wasn’t meant to become huge (probably their label hadn’t so much influence on music industry to do so and the big ego fights between the band’s members didn’t help at all) Damien split up in mid 90’s. It took almost a decade for Damien to reunite… But truth be told “Stop This War” is a born to be a classic album. Great rhythm, excellent performance, solid production, nice riffs, plenty of hooks, thick bass lines, catchy choruses, easy to follow lyrics and memorable tunes were all there. Their music was a charming mixture of Judas Priest Screaming For Vengeance/Defenders Of The Faith -era, Leatherwolf, Jag Panzer, Armored Saint, Accept, WWIII, Lethal and Metal Church that were popular in both side of the Atlantic at the time. We can hear Iron Maiden, Scorpions and UFO influences here and there too, but Damien filtered them and added a great amount of their personality to the final result. From the opening riff you know that you are dealing with a great album. And you just wanna bang your head and close your eyes and think you are into a live concert. I really love many songs coming from “Stop This War”. Strong compositions such as “Stop This War”, “The Priest Are Coming”, “Riding The Dawn” and the single “Break Out” are made for live shows, while fans favourite “Matilda” that has this silly and naive chorus, still is a great song indeed. Damien have the potential and the quality to use Wolf Mikelson’s voice with style without sounding as a poor mans Halford. His voice is stunning and fits like a glove to their compositions. “Stormwind” for instance has a mid-tempo groove that sticks to your mind; same for its gang style chorus. “30 St. Claire” is a fine instrumental that gives a small break to the listener before the band explodes its final assault. The B’ side has the same power with the A’ side so the album keeps its balance and its, featuring excellent anthems such as ‘Warlord’, ‘Always In Lust’ and the closer “Corpse Grinder” that is increasing its fury and is probably the song that flirts more with NWOBHM than the rest that also have some a hint of the British movement but in smaller doses. Damien tried hard to make it big but 90’s was the time of the extreme, the experimental and the alternative. No room for traditional Priest-like Heavy Metal, no room for Heavy Metal Heroes… yet as times changes and everything turns around like an never stopping wheel, US Power is once again popular and charming for younger audiences that now have the opportunity through the Lost Realm Records reissue to get in touch with some brilliant underground or forgotten gems of 80’s ecstatic Heavy Metal.

[@Heaven-dy9lj]

Should have been bigger than they were. This is very, very good

[@PrimitiveInTheExtreme]

🤘👺🤘

[@moshlem666]

... 🤘 🇺🇲 (USA)

[@moshlem666]

... DAMIEN 🇺🇲 from Toledo, Ohio/ USA, Heavy-/ Power-Metal masterclass ... 🤘 🇺🇲

[@moshlem666]

... check also out DOKKEN 🇺🇲 from the USA, Heavy-Metal/ Hardrock institution since 1977 (masterminded by Don Dokken aka Donald Maynard Dokken, vocs and guitars) ... 🤘 🇺🇲

[@moshlem666]

... and legendary long-lasting RIOT 🇺🇲/ later RIOT V 🇺🇲 from the USA, Heavy-/ Power-Metal institution ... 🤘 🇺🇲

[@moshlem666]

... and female-fronted LORDIAN GUARD 🇺🇸 from the USA, Heavy-Metal masterclass (R.I.P. 2015 Vidonne Sayre-Riemenschneider aka Vidonne Sherri Tsamis, vocs/ R.I.P. 2021 William J Tsamis aka William John Tsamis, guitars and bass and keyboards) ... 🤘 🇺🇸 🌻

[@GabrielJQSantos]

maybe i could say that this album remember me iron mayden, or something w/ this vibe. coll!

[@nyyanx23]

I was not a big fan of this album because I did not think it was a worthy successor to Every Dog but it has really grown on me lately. I have listened to it several times this month. Love it!

[@GoldenGateNum9]

*Impressive ambition. Its strange, this album sounds like Painkiller a year before Painkiller =).Very Beautiful playing, very* *Kai Hansen 'wizkid' at times. Songs like **_'The Priests Are Coming'_** is just masterclass!.*

[@markodjurovic4343]

This is power metal, a lot of bands had similar sound years before painkiller. Painkiller is just most powerful of all power metal.

[@matrixarsmusicworkshop561]

@@markodjurovic4343 good thought

[@PonchitoCorona]

Muchas gracias por subir este discazo!! No cualquiera llega a la cima!!

[@BeelzeJon]

Rising Dawn is such a bone-chilling tune. Reminds me a bit of Trance (Germany). Cheers \,,/

[@荒野のストロングチューハイ]

これはいいね！🤘

[@satchbooggy]

was a rare treat to hear breakout on headbangers ball

[@patguest2444]

satchbooggy û7

[@freddypatricio4885]

brutal que vaivan los 80'.

[@valeriavazquez3370]

The name of my first love was Damien. And also this band is so fucking amazing and i really like it (out of this fact, if wasn't called like that i'll still like it). Now i have mixed feelings and is wonderful! ♡ Very cool. Old School Heavy Metal like a thunder!!

[@ZIONFIN]

God damn that drummer, whew

[@ScottMabry-v3k]

To have been in this band in the 80s.… Was probably one of the funnest things you could’ve been doing on planet earth

[@derwinwestfall7329]

Just feeding g the. Sheep abba

[@DirtyDStudios]

The vocals on Matilda are sick! But my favorite song is Stormwind. Stormwind- Pagen Anger- Within With a Cause... Love it!

[@Александр-п1н8в]

Класс очень круто!!!!!❤

[@8JimenoJay]

Damien💪⚡.... GRANDES DISCÍPULOS DE LOS DIOSES DEL METAL JUDAS PRIEST⚡🔥

[@ScottishT.Warriorman]

I somehow missed this gem? I need to get this CD..

[@TheLoudenclear]

anyone know their history? great album

[@DejacisouzaBolovia]

Heavy metal de altíssima qualidade!!!

[@BigMuff75]

I remember that this record got a lot of shit back in the day from the German press, in particular for the cover. The music is actually more than decent if I may. The record is also very well produced assuming this was done on a budget.

[@TheJags70]

Jewel!

[@tatometal]

awesome album

[@werewolf2a595]

HOW DID I MISS THAT 💎?

[@jamesmarston8510]

Big triple like!!!

[@antonioromanoneto7054]

Caramba! Descobri essa banda hoje! E de leva consegui o disco inteiro! Que legal, como eu perdi isso! Esse P 51 com cara de cão ficou demais. Alias, Iron, Sabbath, Sodon, etc usaram aviões na capa. Adoro!😈😈😈😈😈

[@Ironlord2015]

Cheers algorithm, this sounds pretty ace 🤘

[@joebarnes3178]

I started playing with the band THUNDER in the 80,s and still do check out the album we released on the late eighties called cutthroat. It's actually really good

[@nydm6916]

DAMIEN will be playing live in Milwaukee, WI on Saturday April 11th at @blades of steel metal festival ...

[@Gabez82]

Holy Heavy Metal!🤘🏼👦🏻

[@joseangelpiruli2442]

heavy metal maniacs !!!

[@johnnysmithgothicmusic6566]

perfect music

[@joehohenester]

outstanding cover art work! My top 3 tracks... no.1 - Matilda, no.2 - Corpse Grinder (the intro deserves an award), no.3 - Break Out (video in my mind). But The Priests is awesome too...

[@stormcrow4423]

dropping bombtracks

[@iwantoutnow]

amazing !

[@wildcatfromhell2522]

*BRUTAL!*

[@Harry_At_NewMexico]

Old school metal definitely my kind of shit and I especially like Warlord 26:01.

[@TheCreatorOfGod666]

stop this war is my favorite killer song

[@georgebenore4694]

F'A!!!! Warlord was always 1 of my favs... seen then F' up more times then i can remember 🍻🤘

[@freddyguerrero9404]

Carajo que buena banda, con lo mejor de la vieja escuela del heavy metal. Yeaaaaa

[@rubenssilvadossantos9716]

🎶🎼🎵🎸🤘🤘

[@superchriss]

Wao fantastic band

[@sergetartare5341]

helooooo... very good. le son des années 80'

[@tatjanaroman1233]

😅Super. Super. Super hard Rock!

[@tonywhiting4685]

Good band let down by a screamer.

[@GoldenGateNum9]

👎

[@DamienArnould]

Nice

[@JAMS1584]

👍👍👍

[@MIGELGLORIA]

❤

[@francombat64]

Masterpiece

[@ИгорьИгоревич-ф5ж]

Нештяк😈🤘🤘🤘🤘👍👍👍

[@deniolima8824]

Este disco é muito, pena não ter no Brasil