Hanker has signed a Greek distribution contract with Cult Metal Classics Records. The company distributes In Our World and Snakes And Ladders in vinyl format. Both albums are released as a deluxe vinyl edition including lyrics and photos of the band and are limited to 500 copies. They are available since March 2002. Check out this section or Cult Metal Classics Web site for more details.

Furthermore, German base Hellion Records has release in Europe The Dead Ringer and Web Of Faith in double vinyl edition. Both releases are limited to 500 copies. All four Hanker albums are therefore available in vinyl format! Check out this section or Hellion Records Web site for more details.

Here are some stores where you should find them now or soon:

• Castle Black Records (e-mail)
• Cult Metal Classics Records (available online)
• Disk Heaven
• Doomed Planet Records (e-mail) (snail mail)
• Else's Metal Mail-order
• Hellion Records (available online)
• Iron Glory Records
• Matthias Aeby (e-mail)
• Metal Speaks (e-mail) (available online)
• OPM Records
• RIP Records
• Rising Sun Records
• Shiva Records
• Steele Fortress Records (available online)
• Steel Gallery Records

The texts below (related to In Our World and Snakes And Ladders) are taken from the Cult Metal Classics Web site.

Hanker In Our World (CultMetal 004) and Hanker Snakes And Ladders (Cult Metal 005) are finally out. They're limited to 500 copies and you should hurry up and reserve your copy(ies) now, 'cause they're going fast!

Now Cult Metal Classics Records can finally offer it to you as a limited edition pressing of 500 hand-numbered copies on vinyl. This is for all of you die-hard collectors.

1. I'd Like To Know
2. Bloodbath In Heaven
3. In Our World
4. Gardeners Of Pain
5. Cradle Of The Night
6. Disturbing The Brain

7. Fight The Light
8. Staring At The Rain
9. Pay No More
10. Lethal Liar
11. This Could Be Heaven
12. Rain Of Death
13. Madly Alive

This is to us one of the greatest heavy metal albums coming from Canada of all time. Simply devastating top notch power metal including metal anthems like Bloodbath In Heaven, Lethal Liar, Staring At The Rain etc.

The original on CD came out in 1994 and it was instantly unanimously rated as a classic by serious reviewer all over the world.

• Includes 2 more songs than In Our World: Rain Of Death and Madly Alive
• Released in 2002 as a vinyl edition under the original moniker In Our World but includes the 2 bonus tracks of In Our World Revisited
• Review: Den Of Iniquity

1. Unsung Hero
2. Holy Screen
3. You Won't Live Eternally
4. The Clown

5. They Are Gone
6. Dead As The Night
7. The Age Of The Quick Fix
8. F.A.T.E.

9. No More War
10. United We Stand, Divided We Fall
11. Staring At The Rain (bonus track)

• Released in 2003 as a double vinyl edition
  including the demo version of Staring At The Rain
• Review: Hellion Records, Metal Provider

1. Ad Patres
2. The Pardoner
3. Hail To You
4. Seven
5. Save Your Life
6. Confidence Man

7. Far From The Cradle
8. On The Verge Of Tears
9. Fool's Paradise
10. The Eternal Struggle
11. Behind The Curtain

This is the third work of metal art of the Canadian metallers following the equally successful album, The Dead Ringer. Snakes And Ladders was issued 2 years ago but it is definitely an album of the highest echelon that many fans of quality metal had been craving for, for years.

The style remains the same. Bone crushing stylish Jag Panzer-ish music that is here to stay. HANKER CRUSHES once again!

Once you listen to metal anthems like Hail To You, The Eternal Struggle (an 8-minute epic), Behind The Curtain and Far From The Cradle, you'll understand why this group is considered to be one of the biggest hopes in heavy metal these dark years.

• Reviews: Den Of Iniquity, Raging Steel, The Forgotten Scroll

1. Empower (4:38)
2. Inside Me (3:35)
3. Stigmata (5:14)
4. Let Me Out (4:43)
5. Do Or Die (5:05)

6. Between The Devil And The Deep Blue Sea (4:11)
7. The Search (4:44)
8. Undercover Of Darkness (4:18)
9. Face To Face (6:23)
10. Point Of No Return (5:07)

11. The Huntsman (4:57)
12. Web Of Faith (7:34)
13. Ad Patres (alternate version) (5:40)
14. Behing The Curtain (alternate version) (4:42)

• Released in February 2005 as a double vinyl edition
  including the demo versions of Ad Patres and Behind The Curtain
• Available in 2 motifs (blue and clear vinyl), each limited to 250 copies
• Review: Hellion Records