💿 Different Bonus Material on CD & Vinyl!
Please note: The 35th Anniversary CD and vinyl editions feature significantly different bonus material. Although a few song titles appear on both formats, many are different recordings or performances from different sources. Serious Seventh Angel collectors will want both editions to experience the complete collection of demo, live soundboard, and practice recordings.
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💿 Release Details
Artist: Seventh Angel
Title: Lament For The Weary – 35th Anniversary Edition
Label: Retroactive Records
Catalog Number: RRV2216
UPC: 732131700350
Format: 2-LP Vinyl
Vinyl Color: Rough Seas Vinyl
Pressing: Limited to 200 Copies
Tracks: 16 – Original 11-Track Album + 5 Bonus Recordings
Style: British Thrash Metal / Doom Metal / Christian Metal
Mastering: Mastered for Vinyl by Rob Colwell
Artwork / Layout: Scott Waters / NoLifeTilMetal
Cover Painting: Rodney Matthews
Packaging: Deluxe Gatefold Jacket with Complete Lyrics, Rare Photos, Extensive Credits & Two New 2026 Band-Member Reflections
Release Date: January 2027
Status: PRE-ORDER
⚔️ Key Collector Details
- 35th Anniversary vinyl edition of Seventh Angel’s landmark 1991 album Lament For The Weary
- Limited to just 200 copies
- Pressed on distinctive Rough Seas Vinyl
- Expanded across 2 LPs in a deluxe gatefold jacket
- Features the complete original 11-track album
- Includes five bonus recordings totaling more than 33 minutes
- Includes two rare recordings from the Heed The Warning demo
- Includes three live soundboard recordings from Bodegraven, Holland, September 18, 1992
- Live recordings offer exceptional instrumental clarity, definition, and separation
- Includes two newly written 2026 firsthand band-member reflections
- New written contributions by Ian Arkley and Simon “Si” Bibby
- Includes complete lyrics, rare photographs, original album credits, and extensive historical content
- Features the original cover painting by renowned fantasy artist Rodney Matthews
- Mastered specifically for vinyl by Rob Colwell
- Produced, engineered, and mixed by Roy M. Rowland
- Officially licensed from Seventh Angel
- For Fans Of: Sabbat, Trouble, Vengeance Rising, Believer, Detritus, Deliverance, Metallica, Exodus, British thrash metal, and doom metal
⚔️ Seventh Angel – Lament For The Weary
Thirty-five years after its original 1991 release, Seventh Angel’s Lament For The Weary returns in an extraordinary expanded 2-LP edition featuring more than 33 minutes of rare bonus material and two newly written firsthand contributions from members of the classic band.
Released only one year after Seventh Angel’s debut, Lament For The Weary moved beyond the direct thrash-metal attack of The Torment and into darker, heavier, and more emotionally complex territory. The album combines aggressive British thrash, crushing doom-laden riffs, haunting melodic passages, and the unmistakable vocals and guitar work of Ian Arkley.
While many doom albums remain locked into one slow and fixed pace, Lament For The Weary continually varies its style and tempo. The songs move between oppressive heaviness, urgent thrash, quiet reflection, melodic passages, and triumphant release. The result is fantastic doomy metal with a dark and thrashy edge—and an album that has earned lasting recognition as one of Christian extreme metal’s most important recordings.
Lament For The Weary is a concept album following the spiritual journey of a person carrying the trauma of childhood abuse. The earlier songs descend into isolation, depression, fear, and hopelessness. As the album progresses, the central character begins moving toward faith, healing, and the assurance expressed in the album’s powerful conclusion. The realism and emotional weight of the story give the album unusual depth and make its eventual movement toward hope all the more effective.
Highlights include “Falling Away From Reality,” “Passing Of Years,” “Secure In Eternity,” and the triumphant “Farewell To Human Cries.” The massive, plodding guitars give Seventh Angel’s sound tremendous weight, while the shifting arrangements and melodic sections keep the album compelling throughout its length.
🔥 More Than 33 Minutes of Rare Bonus Recordings
This expanded anniversary edition adds five bonus recordings totaling more than 33 minutes.
Side C includes two rare tracks from the Heed The Warning demo: “Heed The Warning” and “Seven Angels.”
Side D contains three live soundboard recordings captured in Bodegraven, Holland, on September 18, 1992: “Life In All Its Emptiness,” “Katie,” and “No Longer A Child.”
Although some of these song titles appear elsewhere in the Seventh Angel catalog, these are distinct demo and live performances from specific archival sources. The Bodegraven recordings come from an exceptionally high-quality soundboard source. The individual instruments are remarkably clear and well separated, allowing listeners to hear the detail and power of the band’s live performance.
This is not low-grade archival material included merely to fill out the release. These bonus recordings sound excellent, are highly enjoyable, and provide collectors with a revealing additional perspective on Seventh Angel during an important period in the band’s history.
✍️ Two New 2026 Band-Member Reflections
The deluxe gatefold includes two newly written 2026 firsthand reflections from members of the classic Seventh Angel lineup.
Ian Arkley looks back on the album’s concept, the writing and recording process, the circumstances surrounding the band, and how his personal perspective has changed during the intervening 35 years.
Simon “Si” Bibby contributes a second new reflection addressing his departure from Seventh Angel, the heartbreak of hearing the completed album after leaving the band, and his eventual return to making music with his former bandmates.
These are not recycled promotional notes. They are two exclusive new contributions written in 2026, offering personal insight into the people, emotions, and circumstances behind this landmark album.
The gatefold also features complete lyrics, rare photographs, extensive credits, and the original Rodney Matthews cover painting.
🎵 Track Listing
SIDE A
1. Recollections Of A Life Once Lived
2. Life In All Its Emptiness
3. No Longer A Child
4. Full Of Blackness
5. Lament For The Weary
SIDE B
1. Woken By Silence
2. Falling Away From Reality
3. Dark Shadows
4. Passing Of Years
SIDE C
1. Secure In Eternity
2. Farewell To Human Cries
3. Heed The Warning*
4. Seven Angels*
SIDE D
1. Life In All Its Emptiness**
2. Katie**
3. No Longer A Child**
* From the Heed The Warning demo.
** Live soundboard recordings from Bodegraven, Holland, September 18, 1992.
⚡ Song Titles
Recollections Of A Life Once Lived / Life In All Its Emptiness / No Longer A Child / Full Of Blackness / Lament For The Weary / Woken By Silence / Falling Away From Reality / Dark Shadows / Passing Of Years / Secure In Eternity / Farewell To Human Cries / Heed The Warning / Seven Angels / Life In All Its Emptiness / Katie / No Longer A Child
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