MIDNIGHT To Release Steel, Rust And Disgust Covers Album May 23rd On Metal Blade Records

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Cleveland’s favorite filth metal practitioners, MIDNIGHT, will unleash Steel, Rust And Disgust on May 23rd via Metal Blade Records.

One-man-army, Athenar, has been spewing out an ungodly racket, dropping countless demos, splits, EPs, and LPs and ultimately slaying the metal/punk underground with his own addictive brand of lust, grime, and sleaze for over two decades. The Steel , Rust And Disgust collection follows last year’s chart-topping Hellish Expectations full-length and features ten unique cover tracks alongside two new cuts.

Athenar comments, “The idea to record an album of all cover jams with a certain theme is nothing quite new. The original title for this album was gonna be Throw Ups as an homage to the David Bowie’s Pin Ups album , also of covers . Although Throw Ups is only two syllables , and I need six. I guess I could've called it Throw Downs Throw Outs Throw Ups , but that would just be fucking stupid.

“Just wanted to record some songs by bands, who came from the same area as me and saw the same things and were exposed to the same sewage,” he says. “Some of these tunes you may have heard, some you may not. So do yourself a favor and listen to the originals… if you want to become a filthy slimeball!”

The Original Track 'Cleveland Metal' which was due for release with the new album in few days. Athenar says ‘Cleveland’and ‘metal’. They just roll off your tongue like molten steel. That name was taken directly from the 1983 compilation called Cleveland Metal released on Clubside Records before Auburn Records label came into being. It is a song that I wrote like an erotic love letter to this city that has cursed me while I grew up here.”

teel, Rust And Disgust will be released on CD and digital formats as well as vinyl in the following color variants:

Orange (US - Ltd. 600)

180g Black (EU)

Orange/Black Dust Splatter (EU - Ltd. 500)

White/Black Dust Splatter (Band Exclusive - Ltd. 300 available HERE)

Find preorders at: metalblade.com/midnight.

Steel, Rust And Disgust Track Listing:

1. Cleveland Metal

2. Iron Beast (Kratos cover)

3. I'm Insane (Synastryche cover)

4. Final Solution (Rocket From The Tombs cover)

5. Frenzy (Screamin' Jay Hawkins cover)