Live at the Inferno

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{{Infobox album

| name = Live at the Inferno

| type = Live

| artist = Raven

| cover = Raven - Live at the Inferno.jpg

| alt =

| released = November 1984

| recorded = 1984

| venue =

| studio =

| genre = {{hlist|Heavy metal|speed metal}}

| length = 82:31

| label = Neat (Europe)
Megaforce (US)

| producer = Raven, Jon Zazula, Marsha Zazula, Tony Incigeri

| prev_title = All for One

| prev_year = 1983

| next_title = Stay Hard

| next_year = 1985

}}

{{Music ratings

| rev1 =AllMusic

| rev1Score = {{Rating|3|5}}{{cite web | url = http://www.allmusic.com/album/r63953| title = Raven Live at the Inferno review | accessdate = 21 May 2012 | publisher = AllMusic}}

| rev2 = Collector's Guide to Heavy Metal

| rev2Score = 8/10{{cite book | last1 = Popoff | first1 = Martin | authorlink1 = Martin Popoff | title = The Collector's Guide to Heavy Metal: Volume 2: The Eighties | publisher = Collector's Guide Publishing | date = 1 November 2005 | location = Burlington, Ontario, Canada | isbn = 978-1894959315 | pages= 284–285}}

| noprose = yes

}}

Live at the Inferno is a live album by the heavy metal band Raven. It was released in 1984 on Megaforce Records. The song "Live at the Inferno" first appeared on Raven's 1982 album Wiped Out. The album was intended to discourage the band's former label, Neat Records, from putting out a greatest hits compilation.{{cite web|url=http://www.ravenlunatics.com/raven_live_at_the_inferno.html|title='Discography: Live at the Inferno'- John's Review|author=John Gallagher|work=Raven Official Website|date=2012|accessdate=1 December 2016}} It was the band's last release before signing with Atlantic Records.

According to John Gallagher the title of the bass solo, "I.G.A.R.B.O.," stands for "I've got a rampant boner on."{{cite web|url=http://www.truemetal.org/unstoppableforce/interview22.html|title=UNSTOPPABLE FORCE-Interview with Raven|author=Chris O'Brien|date=1999|accessdate=1 December 2016|work=truemetal.org}}

The album's title was borrowed from a 1970 live album of the same title by an American 60s rock band also named Raven.

Track listing

All songs by Gallagher, Gallagher and Hunter.

;Defcon 4

  1. "Intro / Live at the Inferno" – 2:22
  2. "Take Control" – 3:10
  3. "Mind over Metal" – 3:35
  4. "Crash Bang Wallop" – 3:13
  5. "Rock until You Drop" – 4:26
  6. "Faster than the Speed of Light" – 4:14

;Defcon 3

  1. "All for One" – 3:47
  2. "Forbidden Planet" – 4:03
  3. "Star War" – 5:27
  4. "Tyrant of the Airways / Run Silent, Run Deep" – 6:50

;Defcon 2

  1. "Crazy World" – 4:50
  2. "Let It Rip" – 4:08
  3. "I.G.A.R.B.O." – 2:04
  4. "Wiped Out" – 4:10
  5. "Firepower" – 3:40

;Defcon 1

  1. "Don't Need Your Money" – 3:30
  2. "Break the Chain" – 4:18
  3. "Hell Patrol" – 7:19
  4. "Live at the Inferno" – 7:25

Personnel

=Raven=

  • John Gallagher – basses, lead vocals
  • Mark Gallagher – guitar
  • Rob Hunter – drums, backing vocals

=Production=

  • Alex Perialas, Peter Bombar – mobile engineers
  • Norman Dunn – live sound engineer, studio engineer, mixing
  • Jack Skinner – mastering at Sterling Sound, New York
  • Jon Zazula, Marsha Zazula, Tony Incigeri – executive producers

References