If Black Sabbath had been born and bred in an Ohio mobile home and raised on a steady diet of smoke and acid \- the result would sound exactly like Mistreater\nIn 1981 the group independently recorded and released the \x27\x27Hell\x27s Fire\x27\x27 album. Today the album is considered a US metal classic and is considered one of the strongest metal albums ever made by metal aficionados \- original copies are hard to find and there\x27s a hefty price tag if you\x27re lucky enough to find a copy for sale. Mistreater are from Creston (population 2000) and were far outside everything and everybody associated with the \x27\x27hip\x27\x27 music scene in Ohio. Mistreater either didn\x27t know or care about the scene in nearby Cleveland where bands like proto\-punk rockers Electric Eels, Rocket From The Tombs and Styrenes made waves. Pere Ubu and Dead Boys sprang from these roots. The Pagans ruled the Cleveland area during the punk days. Earlier, The Choir, Raspberries and The James Gang were pivotal Cleveland bands. As local audiences were receptive, the city was a major stop\-off for touring bands. Similarly, radio station WMMS also had open ears. Nowadays, The Rock \x26 Roll Hall Of Fame is located in Cleveland. It goes on – Cleveland and its surroundings were happening. Mistreater was into none of this… Their music was by outsiders for outsiders. More brutal, raw and louder than everyone else. Rough\-edged and without gloss, the Mistreater of Hell\x27s Fire was not aiming for the mainstream. The riffs are stoner hard knock\-outs and the guitar leads are psyched out punches rooted in heavy psychedelia. Sweden\x27s On The Dole Records are proud to present the first ever reissue of \x27\x27Hell\x27s Fire\x27\x27. And in true OTD fashion no expenses were saved. The band was interviewed for the extensive liner notes, rare photos were found, the sound is remastered and carefully restored, and the non album single b\-side \x27\x27Baby Blue\x27\x27 is added as a bonus. This is a US metal \/ D.I.Y masterpiece that should be heard by everyone into hard, loud music and massive guitar riffs. It\x27s like Greg Sage of The Wipers had gone metal. It would have been the ultimate soundtrack to Tim Hunter\x27s \x27\x27River\x27s Edge\x27\x27 movie with Dennis Hopper. Mistreater were young and had no contacts or knew ways to reach out with their music back then… Now the time has come for the resurrection of Mistreater. Mistreater is not in the nearby Rock\x27n\x27roll Hall Of Fame in Cleveland. But they should be. This OTD reissue goes to prove it.