• Remastered
• 40th Anniversary Remaster
• Gatefold sleeve
• Artwork redesigned with weathered vintage appearance overlay
• Features backward messages on record
  
  

Mötley Crüe's Shout At The Devil arrived in 1983 as the band's second album, cementing their position as architects of the LA hair metal sound while pushing harder into shock-rock theatricality. The record marked a significant escalation from their debut—tighter songwriting, heavier production, and a sharper focus on the band's most destructive impulses. Within their catalog, it stands as the moment Crüe's commercial ambitions aligned perfectly with their provocative image, delivering arena-ready hooks alongside genuinely menacing instrumentation.

The album opens with the spoken-word invocation "In The Beginning," setting a deliberately blasphemous tone that carries through the title track's hypnotic, sludgy riff and into "Looks That Kill," where Nikki Sixx's bass guitar becomes the primary melodic force. "Bastard" strips back the polish to expose raw aggression, while "God Bless The Children Of The Beast" wraps religious imagery in distorted guitars and Vince Neil's wailing vocals. The Crües' cover of The Beatles' "Helter Skelter" reframes the original as pure metal brutality, proving the band's ability to absorb influences and weaponize them. Throughout, the record maintains a cohesive atmosphere of controlled chaos—thunderous drums, saturated distortion, and lyrics deliberately engineered to provoke.

This 2022 reissue from BMG is pressed on vinyl and housed in a gatefold sleeve with redesigned artwork that mimics the appearance of a well-worn, secondhand copy complete with simulated ringwear and surface scuffs—a playful nod to the record's enduring circulation among collectors. Manufactured in the USA, the remaster brings clarity to the original's dense production while preserving its intentional aggression. The package includes the original warning label about backward messages, maintaining the album's tongue-in-cheek controversy. For vinyl collectors, this pressing captures the tactile appeal of owning a record that's clearly been loved and fought over.

Tracklist:

A1a. In The Beginning
A1b. Shout At The Devil
A2. Looks That Kill
A3. Bastard
A4. God Bless The Children Of The Beast
A5. Helter Skelter
B1. Red Hot
B2. Too Young To Fall In Love
B3. Knock 'Em Dead
B4. Ten Seconds To Love
B5. Danger