The Bastard (album)

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

The Bastard
Studio album by Hammers of Misfortune
Released	2001
Recorded	July 1999 – February 2000 in San Francisco, California
Genre	Heavy metal, progressive metal
Length	46:10
Label	Tumult Records
Producer	John Cobbett
Hammers of Misfortune chronology
The Bastard (2001) The August Engine (2003)

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

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