| The Hounds of Heaven were an unusual band with a sound that is hard to pin down. There are elements of goth and heavy metal in many songs, but the overall project seems to sound like a female Billy Idol album. Not much is known about the band, other than the one Blonde Vinyl release. Nelson and Deena Di Marco went on to form a darkwave/electro band called BATZZ in the Belfry that is still active to this day. |
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Pre-Blonde Vinyl Career
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Freddie’s Dead / Sinking Ships
Independent (1990)
The people that played on this release are unknown, as they are not listed on the cassette. |
| 01) |
Freddie’s Dead |
5:14 |
| 02) |
Sinking Ships |
6:09 |
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Blonde Vinyl Releases
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Virtue & Virginity
BVCD3472 (1992)
Produced by The Hounds of Heaven
Jerri Bionda – bass, lead and background vocals
Deena Di Marco – keyboards, background vocals
Joel Pronto – guitar
Nelson Di Marco – vocalsDeric Jensen – guitar on “The Monster In The Box”
Jimmy Arceneaux – guitar on “Drive She Said”
Tony Sanelli – guitar on “Happy Ending”
Michael Moore – 1971 Monte Carlo (modified) on “Quarter Mile”
Kawai R-50 – drums |
| 01) |
Walk Through The Fire |
2:47 |
Pronto / N. Di Marco |
| 02) |
Death Trip |
3:37 |
N. Di Marco |
| 03) |
And I Promise |
3:36 |
Bionda |
| 04) |
Flashes Of Fire |
3:23 |
N. Di Marco |
| 05) |
Quarter Mile |
3:57 |
Pronto/ N. Di Marco |
| 06) |
Stay |
5:15 |
N. Di Marco |
| 07) |
Drive She Said |
4:13 |
J. Arceneaux / N. Di Marco |
| 08) |
The Monster In The Box |
4:01 |
N. Di Marco / D. Jensen |
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Lamentations |
5:41 |
N. Di Marco |
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Happy Ending |
4:48 |
T. Sanelli / N. Di Marco |
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Post-Blonde Vinyl Career
Nelson and Deena went on to play in a darkwave/electro band called
BATZZ in the Belfry.
I truly loved this album. I played it all the time! They had catchy melodies and interesting use of vocals. I would call the sound dark wave, atmospheric and all together beautiful!
“There’s a hole in the floor where the rats come through and they’re coming for me and they’re coming for you, with a will to survive and an instinct to live, they’re gonna take what you got, gonna take what you give!”…… priceless.