Blackstar (band)


Blackstar were a British hard rock band, formed as a retooling of the band Carcass in 1995 without Bill Steer along with former Cathedral guitarist Mark Griffiths.
The band name comes from a Carcass song off the Swansong 1996 album. Thus far they have released only a single album.
After a while the band was forced to change its name to Blackstar Rising. The band dissolved because Ken Owen suffered from a brain haemorrhage.

Members

''Promo 96''

  1. Revolution of the Heart
  2. New Song
  3. Rock 'n' Roll Circus
  4. Don't Want to Talk Anymore
  5. Better the Devil
  6. Waste of Space
  7. Instrumental

    ''[Barbed Wire Soul]'' (1997 Peaceville Records)

Japanese versions has 5 demo tracks and 3 cover versions as bonus tracks
  1. Game Over 4:02
  2. Smile 3:37
  3. Sound of Silence 3:44
  4. Rock 'n' Roll Circus 4:14
  5. New Song 3:54
  6. Give Up the Ghost 3:07
  7. Revolution of the Heart 4:02
  8. Waste of Space 3:50
  9. Deep Wound 3:09
  10. Better the Devil 4:40
  11. Instrumental 5:00

    ''X (1998 CD VILE77)''

Digipack 10 year anniversary release with cover tracks by Peaceville artists X cover
  1. Anathema - "One Of The Few"
  2. Dominion - "Shout"
  3. My Dying Bride - "Some Velvet Morning"
  4. My Dying Bride - "Roads"
  5. Anathema - "Better Off Dead"
  6. Thine - "Song Of Joy"
  7. Blackstar - "The Girl Who Lives On Heaven Hill"
  8. Acrimony - "O Baby"
  9. The Blood Divine - "Crazy Horses"
  10. The Blood Divine - "Love Will Tear Us Apart"
  11. Dominion - "Paint It Black"
  12. Blackstar - "Running Back"
  13. Lid - "Don't Let Me Down"
  14. Anathema - "Goodbye Cruel World"