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32 Years Ago: MASTER re-form and rehearse (US Death Metal)

The band [DEATH STRIKE] existed for a few months and ended rather abruptly after Bill Schmidt came into the fold in July of 1985 and we were once again Master.- Paul Speckmann / Master interview, Metal-Rules, 2011 A month later, August 1985, MASTER recorded this rehearsal. Master complete...

6 August 2017

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24 Years Ago: NECROPHOBIC release The Nocturnal Silence on Black Mark

"The Nocturnal Silence" is NOT for the weak, the christians and people with fear for the dark. It contains 9 songs of pure evil and darkness that'll make the sun never rise again!!! Recorded in March at Sunlight Studio - between CEMETERY's Godless Beauty and AT THE GATES'...

2 August 2017

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26 Years Ago: SEANCE emerge with the Levitised Spirit demo

Formed by members of ORCHRISTE and TOTAL DEATH in 1990, SEANCE recorded Levitised Spirit during this month in 1991. It immediately led to label interest and sold hundreds. Within weeks they were signed to Black Mark and about 10 months later had recorded and released the debut album Fornever...

1 August 2017

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26 Years Ago: Mike Torrao's POSSESSED rehearse

Yeah, I was pretty much fed up with everything! It just didn't work out the whole thing but I do kept going 'cause Bob quit and I had some other guys. I did do a demo and stuff with me doing the vocals and lead guitar.- Mike Torrao...

30 July 2017

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25 Years Ago: AT THE GATES release The Red in the Sky is Ours

When we were choosing the cover we wanted a red very intense yet abstract picture. We couldn't find any picture which filled our wishes, so Anders and his father took the picture themselves. It's a picture of a hand holding an onyx (kind of a stone). There is...

27 July 2017

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27 Years Ago: CARCASS, ATROSITY & PUNGENT STENCH live Symphonies of Blue Blood Euro-Tour

150 minute VHS transfer. Live in Ostrava (now in Czech Rep.) on this day in 1990, towards the end of the joint ATROSITY and CARCASS European tour. The Symphonies of Blue Blood Euro-Tour travelled from late June until the end of July 1990. ATROSITY had released the Blue...

26 July 2017

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27 Years Ago: BOLT THROWER record their third and final John Peel session

I miss John Peel a lot. He was a total legend and I feel so fortunate to have been part of the Peel Sessions history. There are not many people who you can say changed your life, but for me John Peel is definitely one of them. A...

22 July 2017

• Tags: Bolt Thrower Death Metal History

31 Years Ago: DEATH begin recording Scream Bloody Gore in Florida (the aborted first session)

...we actually recorded an earlier version in Florida during the summer of '86 that came out so shitty sound-wise, that Combat wrote it off as a mistake and sent us to Los Angeles to do it right. I almost wish I had kept my cassette of the old...

17 July 2017

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21 Years Ago: KATATONIA record Brave Murder Day at Unisound

This month in 1996 KATATONIA were in Finspång, Sweden at Dan Swanö's Unisound to record their classic dark doom album Brave Murder Day. KATATONIA had used Unisound for previous releases: Dance of December Souls, For Funerals to Come... and others. After Brave Murder Day they began recording at...

15 July 2017

• Tags: Death Metal History Katatonia

29 Years Ago: AUTOPSY record Critical Madness demo (US Death Metal)

The key to the real heaviness was getting the two guitar attack going. The first demo was a great start, but we of course wanted things to be more brutal and saw to it that we made that happen. Song-wise, there's not any difference on the first demo,...

10 July 2017

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26 Years Ago: MORBID ANGEL release Blessed are the Sick

It's a real good album, I like it a lot. It represents two years and we've grown a lot. We've learned a lot about songwriting, what works and what doesn't and how it all comes together in the studio. I'm real happy with it, it's a nice solid...

5 July 2017

• Tags: Death Metal History Morbid Angel

26 Years Ago: GRAVE finish recording Into the Grave at Sunlight Studio

HYPOCRITE spent two days at Sunlight Studio recording their first demo Ruler of the Dark in June 1991. The day after they finished, GRAVE arrived to record their debut LP, Into the Grave. The band had moved from Visby, Gotland to Stockholm that January. For Your God Recording...

30 June 2017

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24 Years Ago: BLASPHEREION finish recording their self-titled demo (Belgian Death Metal pre-ENTHRONED)

This day in 1993 was the last of two BLASPHEREION spent in Hautregard Recording Studio, Liège - Belgium. The three tracks recorded became their self-titled demo. This came after their 1991 LP Rest in Peace (a very early Osmose title). BLASPHEREION was formed out of MORBID DEATH (86-91)....

28 June 2017

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30 Years Ago: NAPALM DEATH and RIPCORD live in Belgium

Saturday 27 June 1987Netwerk, Aalst, Belgium6 PM150 Fr (Belgian franc) NAPALM DEATH headlining on this day in 1987 with support from RIPCORD and EARDAMAGE. The venue was Netwerk in Aalst, northern Belgium. Netwerk opened in 1981 as an independent socio-cultural centre hosting music and art events. The building...

27 June 2017

• Tags: Death Metal History Napalm Death

27 Years Ago: INCUBUS rehearse in Tampa, FL

UPDATE: Many thanks to Mark LaVenia for writing to correct the details below! The bassist in this video is a different Mark:"The Mark in the video jammed with the Howard brothers for a period, but was never a formal member. I do see my amp and RAT pedal in...

22 June 2017

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29 Years Ago: BOLT THROWER release In Battle There is No Law (Early Band History)

Total possession of the atmosphere! After receiving the Concession of Pain demo (September 1987), John Peel arranged for a session. They recorded 4 songs on 3 January 1988: "Forgotten Existence", "Attack in the Aftermath", "Psychological Warfare", "In Battle There is No Law". The session was broadcast on Wednesday...

12 June 2017

• Tags: Bolt Thrower Death Metal History

25 Years Ago: SEANCE release Fornever Laid to Rest on Black Mark (Swedish Death Metal)

Formed by members of ORCHRISTE ("Sin" from this album was an old ORCHRISTE song) and TOTAL DEATH in 1990, SEANCE released Fornever Laid to Rest on this day in 1992. This was the debut SEANCE album, recorded and released within a year of their only demo, the extremely...

8 June 2017

• Tags: Death Metal History Seance

27 Years Ago: TIAMAT (formerly TREBLINKA) release Sumerian Cry on C.M.F.T.

We have changed our name to TIAMAT because it does really fit our lyrics better. The Satanic image is to keep the Unholy Black Metal alive. Some people (in fact, alot of people) want to kill it but early Venom, Possessed, Destruction, Slayer, Sodom will forever live on...

7 June 2017

• Tags: Black Metal History Death Metal History Tiamat