Born in Hell is the debut full-length studio album by English hard rock band Viking Skull. Recorded at Premier Recording Studios in the band's hometown Corby, it was released in the UK on 14 October 2005 by Grand Union Recordings. The US release followed the next year on 456 Entertainment, with whom the band signed in January 2006.
Born in Hell was recorded at Premier Recording Studios in Corby with producer Iain Wetherell and is the first Viking Skull release to feature vocalist Roddy Stone also performing guitar, following the 2004 departure of original guitarist Frank Regan. The album was released in the UK by Grand Union Recordings (on which the group had also released their 2003 debut EP Chapter One), and the following year in the United States by 456 Entertainment, with whom the band signed a deal with in January 2006.
In promotion of Born in Hell, Viking Skull completed a short UK tour in June 2006 comprising four shows in Manchester, Glasgow, Sheffield and London. This tour culminated in the band's appearance at the 2006 Download Festival. Prior to the release of Born in Hell, "Rock & Roll Suicide", backed with fellow album track "Inject My Woman (With Love)", was released as the only single from the album.
Fire surrounds, searing flames,
Dying in fire, painful death,
Flames ignite your every breath,
Intense heat sears your soul,
So you scream, no one hears
The bowels of Hell it sears
soul consumed to everlasting rot,
Flames ignite your flammable breath,
Intense heat sears your soul,
everything you've known is gone in a flash,
Grilled, and burnt and black as you burn,
never ending, everywhere you turn
molten rock rolls over your soul
to burn in hell was your ultimate goal
now you are there, screaming in pain,
were is the water to ease suffering
Scenes of gore are yet never ending,
but you feel it inside
This is just life