High Roller Records 2025. Oz’s third album, aptly named »III Warning«, saw the light of day in 1984. It was once again produced in Stockholm, this time at Electra Studios and produced by The Boss (Börje Forsberg) for Tyfon Grammofon AB. In his »Collector’s Guide To Heavy Metal« Canadian author Martin Popoff wrote about “fables of anguish such as ‘Crucified’, ‘Runner’ and ‘Rock’n’Roll Widow’.” On »III Warning« Oz indeed sound like a well-oiled metal machine, best summed up by the last track on the record: “Total Metal”. Because of the cover artwork of »Fire In The Brain« and especially the »Turn The Cross Upside Down« EP Oz had sometimes been lumped in with early black metal protagonists such as Venom, Mercyful Fate or Bathory. This is why they began to tone down their image a bit on »III Warning«. In an interview with Rock Hard magazine (Germany) drummer Pekka Mark explained: “This is true. And it once again shows that people just don’t pay attention. According to my opinion, you need to have a close look at the whole package in order to make up your mind, and this includes listening to the actual music. We never compared ourselves with other bands, and we never fitted a certain category. It just transpired that Jay, our bassist and lyricist at the time, was fascinated by certain topics. He surely wasn’t into writing about birds and bees.”
Fantastic re-issue of this classic! Pressed on 180g black vinyl, ltd. 400 copies only. Housed in a 425gsm heavy cardboard cover with 5mm spine, lyric sheet, 12 page booklet, double sided poster and A5 photo Card.
Get your STILL SEALED copy of this masterpiece, essential for every REAL Heavy Metal Collection!
Transfer, audio restoration and mastering by Patrick W. Engel at TEMPLE OF DISHARMONY in April 2025.
Side A
01 Third Warning
02 Crucified
03 Runner
04 Rock'n'Roll Widow
Side B
05 Samurai
06 Born Out of Time
07 Too Bad to Be True
08 Total Metal
09 Turn the Cross Upside Down
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