“My sacrifice was useless”
Bow to evil sorcery as Nazareth sell their soul to you-know-who. It’s a well-worn story: guy is desperate; thinks God and Jesus aren’t listening; sells his soul to the Devil. And it sounds like it wasn’t a great idea. No Manowar-style “Lucifer is king, praise Satan” triumphalism here. Nazareth sound more like they have a hellhound on their trail.
Sold My Soul isn’t all that exceptional lyrically or compositionally, but succeeds on the strength of its rootsy, swampy delivery and Dan McCafferty’s vocal torment as he repeatedly yelps “I sooold my souuull” in various degrees of anguish. Taken from the band’s 1973 breakthrough Razamanaz, it’s not the first song you’d pick for a playlist but it’s great deep cut that forms the dark heart of one of my favourite albums.
HEAVY METAL OVERLOAD 
One of these days you Scottish bloggers and we Canadian bloggers will have to get together. When that happens, how about you bring the wine and we’ll bring the weather.
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Let’s see ya dance, dance, dance Bop!
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You as the taker, and Aaron as the give ‘er
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Haha excellent!
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I. AM. IN!
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I wish I could go back ten years in the early days of 80smetalman. I should have included Nazereth in my list of metal influences.
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So, do it. It’s all good!
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I agree with your rating.
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Great band. I will check this one out.
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I, for one, welcome all HeavyMetalOverlord content. The video for this one doesn’t work here in Canadialand, but I am all for deep cuts. Even ones that sold their soul.
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This isn’t D’molls. I want my internet money back,
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Are those D’ollars?
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D’no.
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Yasss! Cannae beat some Nazareth. Especially when it involves several degrees of anguish.
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I like the single note riff in the Chorus. So Metal like
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Good take HMO. Been a while between visits.
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Holy shit, he’s back!
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