Released October 4, 2024

1. Horns and Hammers
2. Imperial Bloodlines
3. Dark Horse
4. Cyber Crush
5. Shattered Crosses
6. Taking Up with Serpents
7. Ferocious the Martyrs
8. Suicide Anthem
9. Chaos Maximus Eternal
10. Terminus
11. Hell Shall Be Your Home [Live - BONUS TRACK]

Returning with their latest call-to-arms, Texas metal warlords Ignitor are once again battle-ready with the release of new album, “Horns and Hammers" released on CD by Metal on Metal Records for distribution in Europe, Asia, and Australia.  The CD is available for US buyers in our Merch store.

Another storm-the-gates, metal onslaught, “Horns and Hammers” delivers all the dramatic power and fury that landed previous albums “Haunted by Rock ‘N’ Roll” and “The Golden Age of Black Magick” in the hallowed realms of Judas Priest, Mercyful Fate, Raven, Dio, Accept and other keepers of the metal creed. 

From the title track’s speed-metal war cry and the Maiden-esque “Imperial Bloodlines” to the cowbell-driven “Shattered Crosses” and the seventies inspired heavy metal of “Ferocious the Martyrs” (featuring guest keyboardist Gabriel Guardian of Immortal Guardian) the 11-track “Horns and Hammers” is a mighty mix of classic heavy metal spiked with NWOBHM, thrash, power metal and the atmospheric textures of prog-metal and fantasy.

“We raised the bar high with our last two albums so we couldn’t settle for anything less than a full-on metal assault,” said founding guitarist Stuart “Batlord” Laurence. “We’ve always honored our influences, but we’re also very insistent that our music – first and foremost – sounds like Ignitor. With ‘Horns and Hammers,’ we’ve covered the spectrum of metal and taken Ignitor to a whole new level.”

Fronted by the soaring vocals of Jason McMaster (Watchtower, Dangerous Toys, Broken Teeth), Ignitor’s strength is further forged by guitarist Robert Williams, bassist Billy “Chainsaw” Dansfiell and drummer Pat Doyle. Whether charging and pounding like clashing titans (“Dark Horse,” “Chaos Maximus Eternal”) or luring the listener into gothic tales of doom and deceit (“Suicide Anthem,” “Taken Up With Serpents”), Ignitor delivers with shuddering impact.

“Robert brought a ton of songs and riff ideas to the table and Billy had some great ideas that blossomed into full-blown songs,” Laurence said. “Once we started jamming with Pat’s pummeling backbeat, we knew we had something special.”

“As the arrangements started coming together, I found myself completely immersed and inspired to come up with the lyrical themes and characters to carry the songs to completion,” McMaster added. “I’m really proud of the band’s individual and collective contributions, and I think we all agree that ‘Horns and Hammers’ is a triumph by any measure.” 

The bonus track features a live performance of Ignitor’s 2020 track, “Hell Shall Be Your Home.” 

The album’s stunning cover art – featuring a medieval warrior and his mighty steed surveying a hellish killing field – comes courtesy of renowned fantasy/sci-fi artist Claudio Bergamin whose credits include Judas Priest (“Firepower”), Burning Witches (“The Witch of the North”), Cassius King (“Field Trip”) and Klassik ’78 (“Phantoms”), among others.

Produced and mastered by Stuart “Batlord” Laurence at Emphatic Audio in Austin, TX, “Horns and Hammers” was mastered for vinyl by Cris Burns. “Hell Shall Be Your Home” was recorded live in Austin TX. at Kick Butt Coffee, 2019 and engineered by Ernie Basaldua with mixing by Stuart "Batlord" Laurence.

“Horns and Hammers” is available through Metal on Metal Records in Europe for CD and for vinyl on Metal World Records in Europe, the digital version is available for streams and purchase on bandcamp by clicking this link.

 

Released October 31, 2020

1. Secrets of the Ram
2. Countess Apollyon
3. The Golden Age of Black Magick
4. Hell Shall Be Your Home
5. Tonight We Ride
6. Steel Flesh Bone
7. Execution Without Trial
8. Stoned at the Acropolis

We at Metal on Metal Records are proud to announce the co-operation with the Texas metal masters, IGNITOR, featuring veterans of the scene known from bands like AGONY COLUMN, WATCHTOWER, DANGEROUS TOYS, HOWLING SYCAMORE and many others. Their name should be already familiar to most heavy and US power metal fans as the band was formed back in 2003 and have released six albums so far through European and US labels. Earlier this year, they finished the work their seventh full-length "The Golden Age of Black Magick", which is the living proof they still have it in them like almost 2 decades ago. Fronted by Jason McMaster whose distinct and aggressive vocals perfectly complement the music, the band offers high-energy, intensely passionate metal anthems harkening back to the glory days of unrelenting fist-pumping heavy metal that will certainly please fans of ATTACKER, DIO, RIOT, SKULLVIEW, ASKA, CAGE, RAINBOW, IRON MAIDEN, JAG PANZER and the like.

Full length disc released November 2017. Click the image to purchase.

1. To Brave the War
2. Haunted by Rock & Roll
3. Heavy is the Head That Wears the Crown
4. Hatchet (The Ballad of Victor Crowley)
5. Leather Forever
6. Nomad
7. No Sanctuary
8. Throw Them From the Cliff
9. Hung Drawn and Quartered

“Primitive, primal, down to earth and anthem-oriented for the studs and leather-clad hordes, Ignitor fuse the best of American, British, and German heavy metal from the first half of the 1980’s and spit out songs that shine.”  [8.5/10]

 – Dead Rhetoric

“There isn’t a lackluster song to be had here, which makes it an absolute must for all fans of true heavy metal might. If you want to keep it true, you can’t go wrong with this one. You just can’t.” [9/10]

 – The Grim Tower

“If you grew up during the early 80s when records by Judas Priest, Black Sabbath and Kiss would sit comfortably alongside those of Iron Maiden, Accept and Anthrax, then “Haunted By Rock & Roll” will indeed have you in headbanger heaven.”

 – Battle Helm

“Pure genuine Heavy / Power Metal” [4/5]

– Metalunderground.at

“Haunted by Rock & roll offers us nine tracks of pure Heavy Metal, strongly influenced by the NWOBHM.” [8/10]

– Soil Chronicles

“Haunted by Rock’n Roll is a great piece of old-school speed metal.”

 – Rock Castle Franken

“Reminds us that Heavy Metal is supposed to be high energy, fun music and these guys do it well in the modern day.”

– Glistening Metal

“Not one track would I label as filler. If you like your metal straight up without any bells and whistles, then this is the album for you.”

 – Wormwood Chronicles

“Executive producer and label owner/founder Dave Ellefson (Megadeth) does have an ear for good taste. ”

– Ave Noctum

Mix Tape Eighty Five

Mix Tape '85

Ignitor

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This is IGNITORs new record. It is a compilation of IGNITOR playing our favorite classic metal tunes. Super fun and a must have for all metalheads, it embodies the excitement of the old school 80's metal experience.

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    Deathrider 2:58
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    Fast As A Shark 3:24
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    Violence And Force 3:44
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    Into The Coven 5:18
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    Witching Hour 3:19
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    Hell Bent For Leather 2:26
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    A Lesson In Violence 3:33
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    Highway Star 6:01
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Year of the Metal Tiger

Year of the Metal Tiger

Ignitor

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This is IGNITORs fourth record. It was recorded in 2011 and released in the spring of 2012. We really got back to basics on this one: no ballads, a guitar solo in every song, no over-arching conceptual storyline to confuse the instant gratification addicted. Just classic metal by metalheads for metalheads.

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    Heavy Metal Holocaust 4:02
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    Beast In Black 4:36
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    Raiders Of The Void 5:43
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    Shadow Of The Needle 5:51
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    Island Of The Damned 5:35
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    The Kaiser 6:02
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    We Are Ignitor 5:04
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The Spider Queen

The Spider Queen

Ignitor

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This is IGNITORs third record and the first to feature Jason McMaster on vocals and the return of Beverly Barrington. It was recorded and released in 2009. The Spider Queen is a concept album following the traditional Read more

This is IGNITORs third record and the first to feature Jason McMaster on vocals and the return of Beverly Barrington. It was recorded and released in 2009. The Spider Queen is a concept album following the traditional "boy meets girl, girl turns out to be a giant spider that's also his mother, boy's grandmother kills girl, boy kills grandmother" format. I still don't know why some people didn't "get" the story. This album diverged a little from the true metal ideal as Batlord was inspired by long form rock 'n roll works including "Rocky Horror Picture Show" and "Flash Gordon."

Road Of Bones

Take To The Sky