Looking for this New Jersey band's Welcome to Fun demo from 1987.
Monday, January 31, 2011
Saturday, January 29, 2011
Friday, January 28, 2011
Beyond
In need of the lineups for this Hungarian band's two demos: Steps of Death (1987 or 1988) and With Crazy Eyes (1988).
Thursday, January 27, 2011
Betrayer
Anyone have the following demos from this German band?: Rockin' Need No Rule (1986), Full Speed or Nothing (1987), Heavy Metal Guaranteed (1988), Traitors Revolution (1988), and Hi-Tech-Disciples (1989). Need the lineups for all except the last one.
Wednesday, January 26, 2011
Tuesday, January 25, 2011
Monday, January 24, 2011
Sunday, January 23, 2011
Saturday, January 22, 2011
Friday, January 21, 2011
Wednesday, January 19, 2011
Tuesday, January 18, 2011
Bent Sirkis
Trying to find out who played on this New York band's two demos: Kill Your Immediate Family (1986) and Thriving on Chaos (1989).
Monday, January 17, 2011
Benediction
Anyone know who played on this British band's The Dreams You Dread demo? Was it released in July or August of 1989? Was it a rehearsal?
Sunday, January 16, 2011
Slayer: Hellhole interview, WNYU 3/28/85
So I've been going through my old tapes, and I see a lot things not on the internet, and I'd like to share some of them as payback for all the great help folks have provided on the book. Everyone posts demos, and I'll be posting them also (only the rarest ones), but I'll also be posting interviews, live shows, rehearsals, soundchecks, and assorted weirdness from a myriad of 1980s underground metal bands.
First up is an interview with Slayer right around the time of the release of Hell Awaits, on the Hellhole show on New York City's WNYU radio station. Click here.
First up is an interview with Slayer right around the time of the release of Hell Awaits, on the Hellhole show on New York City's WNYU radio station. Click here.
Friday, January 14, 2011
Thursday, January 13, 2011
Wednesday, January 12, 2011
Tuesday, January 11, 2011
Belford
This French band released two demos I need: 1st Demo and Legende, plus any live rehearsals from the ’80s. Need to know what years the demos were released.
Belda Beast
This German band released a demo sometime in the 1980s I need to hear; anyone know the year it was released, and what songs were on it?
Monday, January 10, 2011
Sunday, January 9, 2011
Beerkraft
Anyone have this Swiss band's Megapeace demo from 1989? Need its lineup, track listing, and their home city.
Saturday, January 8, 2011
Friday, January 7, 2011
The Bedlam
Looking for this Hungarian band's two demos: Reality of Present (1988) and General Reception (1989). Need the lineups also.
Bedemon
Anyone know who played on this California band's 1986 demo, Invocation to Doom? Was this a collection of 1970s demos, or ’80s recordings?
Thursday, January 6, 2011
Sample Review: Aggression
Aggression (Montréal, Canada)
Éric Langlois/"Botcher"/"Butcher" (lv), Dennis Barthe/"Sasquatch"/"Death" (g/bv), Bernard Caudron/"Burn" (g/bv), Yves Duguay/"Dug" (b/bv), Gaëtan Bourassa/"Gate" (d/bv)
• Aggression (September, 1985): Blaspheming at the Altar / Evil Pox / Metal Slaughter / Torment of Death
• Live 1986 (1986): Intro: The Heretic / Evil Pox / Frozen Aggressor / Poseidon / Circle of the Tyrants [Celtic Frost cover] / No Sympathy [Nasty Savage cover] / Forsaken Survival / Metal Slaughter / Blaspheming at the Altar / Fight Till Death [Slayer cover] / Brain Damage / Torment of Death / Exodus [Exodus cover] / The Final Command [Slayer cover]
• Demo II (April, 1986): Beware the Scarecrow / Forsaken Survival / Bloody Massacre Carnival / The Final Massacre
Formed as Asylum on Halloween, 1984 (with Langlois originally on bass), these thrashers changed their name at the urging of Voivod manager Johnny Hart. Their 1985 demo (recorded at Studio Prise Un in Chomeday) is hampered by a muddy production, but consists of mostly fast thrash full of crunchy riffing. Reviews at the time noted a heavy Slayer influence, but I don't hear it much, other than them being about as heavy as Show No Mercy. They got much heavier on the soundboard live tape, upgrading to brutal thrash/death with meaner vocals and lots of energy. Even though the guitars aren't loud enough and the tubby sound is heavy on the drums, their brutality shines through more effectively. They fuck up the lyrics to "Circle of the Tyrants," but otherwise the covers are good. Besides a couple of 1986 comp appearances, they managed to record one album in 1987 before splitting, though they came back with a revised lineup in 2004. They did record an unreleased album in December of 1986 (originally announced as The Final Massacre) for the bankrupt label Facemelt, which was finally released as Forgotten Skeleton in 2004. Langlois went back to bass with Cryptopsy, while Barthe (who also spends time with Cradle to Grave) and Duguay reformed the band in 2005. Sadly Bourassa died of a heart attack in February, 2009.
Éric Langlois/"Botcher"/"Butcher" (lv), Dennis Barthe/"Sasquatch"/"Death" (g/bv), Bernard Caudron/"Burn" (g/bv), Yves Duguay/"Dug" (b/bv), Gaëtan Bourassa/"Gate" (d/bv)
• Aggression (September, 1985): Blaspheming at the Altar / Evil Pox / Metal Slaughter / Torment of Death
• Live 1986 (1986): Intro: The Heretic / Evil Pox / Frozen Aggressor / Poseidon / Circle of the Tyrants [Celtic Frost cover] / No Sympathy [Nasty Savage cover] / Forsaken Survival / Metal Slaughter / Blaspheming at the Altar / Fight Till Death [Slayer cover] / Brain Damage / Torment of Death / Exodus [Exodus cover] / The Final Command [Slayer cover]
• Demo II (April, 1986): Beware the Scarecrow / Forsaken Survival / Bloody Massacre Carnival / The Final Massacre
Formed as Asylum on Halloween, 1984 (with Langlois originally on bass), these thrashers changed their name at the urging of Voivod manager Johnny Hart. Their 1985 demo (recorded at Studio Prise Un in Chomeday) is hampered by a muddy production, but consists of mostly fast thrash full of crunchy riffing. Reviews at the time noted a heavy Slayer influence, but I don't hear it much, other than them being about as heavy as Show No Mercy. They got much heavier on the soundboard live tape, upgrading to brutal thrash/death with meaner vocals and lots of energy. Even though the guitars aren't loud enough and the tubby sound is heavy on the drums, their brutality shines through more effectively. They fuck up the lyrics to "Circle of the Tyrants," but otherwise the covers are good. Besides a couple of 1986 comp appearances, they managed to record one album in 1987 before splitting, though they came back with a revised lineup in 2004. They did record an unreleased album in December of 1986 (originally announced as The Final Massacre) for the bankrupt label Facemelt, which was finally released as Forgotten Skeleton in 2004. Langlois went back to bass with Cryptopsy, while Barthe (who also spends time with Cradle to Grave) and Duguay reformed the band in 2005. Sadly Bourassa died of a heart attack in February, 2009.
Wednesday, January 5, 2011
Monday, January 3, 2011
Bay Rum
This band recorded a 1987 demo called Only the Strong Survive. Anyone know where they were from and who played on it?
Saturday, January 1, 2011
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