Soldiers of the Night

Soldiers of the Night
Studio album by Vicious Rumors
Released	1985
Recorded	Prairie Sun Recording (Cotati, California)
Genre	Heavy metal
Length	39:01
Label	Shrapnel
Producer	Vicious Rumors, Steve Fontano
Vicious Rumors chronology
Soldiers of the Night (1985) Digital Dictator (1988)

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic
Collector's Guide to Heavy Metal	5/10

Soldiers of the Night is the debut studio album by the American heavy metal band Vicious Rumors, released in 1985 through Shrapnel Records in the US and Roadrunner Records in Europe; a remastered edition was reissued in 2010. It is notably the only Vicious Rumors album to feature vocalist Gary St. Pierre as well as guitarist Vinnie Moore, the latter of whom would release his own debut album, Mind's Eye, in 1986.

Track listing

Western Front (side one)

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Premonition"	Vinnie Moore	1:06
2.	"Ride (Into the Sun)"	Dave Starr, Rick Richards, Gary St. Pierre	3:46
3.	"Medusa"	Geoff Thorpe, St. Pierre	3:59
4.	"Soldiers of the Night"	Thorpe, St. Pierre	4:24
5.	"Murder"	Thorpe	4:02
6.	"March or Die"	Thorpe, St. Pierre, Mark Tate	4:39

Eastern Front (side two)

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
7.	"Blitz the World"	Moore, Thorpe, St. Pierre, Dave Starr	3:39
8.	"Invader"	Moore	2:53
9.	"In Fire"	Thorpe	3:23
10.	"Domestic Bliss"	Tate, Thorpe, Jim Cassero	3:42
11.	"Blistering Winds"	Thorpe, Moore	3:28
Total length:			39:01

Personnel

Vicious Rumors

• Gary St. Pierre – lead and background vocals
• Geoff Thorpe – guitars, background vocals
• Vinnie Moore – guitars
• Dave Starr – bass, background vocals
• Larry Howe – drums, gong, tubular bells

Production

• Steve Fontano – engineer, producer
• Lionel Baker II – cover art
• Steve Pollutro – logo design
• Jim Marshall – photography
• Tim Gennert – remastering (reissue)