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26 Years Ago: AUTOPSY release Mental Funeral

We're gonna record it in November, about the same time the EP comes out. It'll come out in February. So November we'll have the EP and then February we'll have the new album. The album'll be called 'Mental Funeral'.- Eric Cutler / Autospy interview, Deathcheese #1, 1991 In...

22 April 2017

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25 Years Ago: ACHERON release Rites of the Black Mass

ACHERON released their debut album - Rites of the Black Mass - on this day in 1992 through Turbo Music. It was released by JL America in the US later that year. Cast thy shadow over the earth on this blackened night... Preceding each ACHERON song is a...

13 April 2017

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26 Years Ago: PROPHECY OF DOOM record their second Peel session

PROPHECY OF DOOM recorded their second Peel session on this day in 1991. The recordings were broadcast on the 1 June programme, sharing the session slots with a rebroadcast of THE SHAMEN's fourth following Will Sinnott's death. PROPHECY OF DOOM dedicated this session to the Tibet Support Group...

7 April 2017

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31 Years Ago: MASSACRE release Aggressive Tyrant debut demo

The first demo was recorded at a studio in Tampa. We were clueless 18 year olds. Bill, myself, Alan and Kam. The geeky engineer looked at us like we were nuts when he realized we were so down tuned. Then Kam did his vocals and the engineer really...

6 April 2017

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27 Years Ago: DISHARMONIC ORCHESTRA release Expositionsprophylaxe

We are absolutely not satisfied with our releases so far. Most of all because of the sound. As for the new album "Expositionsprophylaxe" I must say that this is our best release so far and shows what DISHARMONIC ORCHESTRA are all about. It could have been better soundwise,...

5 April 2017

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28 Years Ago: XYSMA live in Turku (Finnish Grindcore)

Early XYSMA live on this day somewhere in Turku, 1989. Pre-demo XYSMA even; Swarming of the Maggots was recorded about three weeks after this gig. Raw grindcore/death metal, you'll quickly hear some of their influences (such as the REPULSION cover a few songs in). The crowd start to...

26 March 2017

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32 Years Ago: SLAUGHTER live in Toronto (First Ever Live Show - Live Karnage)

The audiences in Toronto, (who get into the music), are the best in the world. From our first show on, we've had thrashers at the front having fun with us. Toronto is soon going to become the paradise of thrash in the world. Sometimes it gets violent, but...

25 March 2017

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21 Years Ago: PAN.THY.MONIUM release Khaooohs & Kon-fus-ion

Just before I moved to Örebro, we started work on this...what was meant to be our last recording. The guys came up to Örebro to finish it off, with more overdubs and stuff, and after a while Relapse was interested in releasing it.I like this one more than...

19 March 2017

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30 Years Ago: AGRESSOR rehearse early material (French death/thrash)

Somewhere in Antibes, AGRESSOR were recording a rehearsal on this day in 1987. Brutal thrash / early death metal, this recording is known as Rehearsal of Death. Several of these songs made their way to the killer debut album, Neverending Destiny, released by Noise Records in 1990. After...

16 March 2017

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33 Years Ago: HELLHAMMER complete Apocalyptic Raids (the future remains the past)

On this day in 1984 HELLHAMMER were putting the finishing touches to their only major release, the total cult Apocalyptic Raids, which began on the 2nd at Caet Studios, Berlin. Produced by Tom Warrior & Martin Ain, engineered by Horst Mueller. Tom Warrior - SATANIC SLAUGHTER - V-...

7 March 2017

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28 Years Ago: CARCASS Live at ULU

CARCASS live on this day in 1989 at the University of London Union. One song from this set ended up on a 1990 7" titled St. George's Hall, Bradford 15/11/89. Miles Hackett has a great write-up of the night here. Other bands that night (A Night of Rock...

23 February 2017

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30 Years Ago: NECROPHAGIA release Season of the Dead (were things really that fucked?)

In almost every way a completely different band to the NECROPHAGIA of the late 90s, Season of the Dead is a killer grinding thrash / early death metal LP in the vein of POSSESSED, SLAUGHTER! Released during this month in 1987. Larry Madison on guitar, Joe Blazer drums,...

22 February 2017

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26 Years Ago: DISSECTION complete The Grief Prophecy debut demo

The debut demo "The Grief Prophecy" of this Swedish death metal band is finally out!!! 3 bestial tracks and one intro. Let the sounds of pure unholiness swallow your soul. Send $5 (everywhere) to... Well, after I left thrash-bore band RABBIT's CARROT in the beginning of Feb '90,...

18 February 2017

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26 Years Ago: IMPETIGO record Antefatto (split with BLOOD)

IMPETIGO recorded their side of the Antefatto / Salvation...to the Dead split with Germany's BLOOD on this day in 1991 at Sound Link Productions. The two songs are Boneyard (recorded again a few months later for the Horror of the Zombies album) and Cannibal Apocalypse.

10 February 2017

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24 Years Ago: DEMILICH release Nespithe

It's actually from role-playing games, even if none of us plays them. A looooog time ago we just decided to search for a name that nobody had, from some friends' rpg books, and I think we found the right one. Nonetheless, these deminames have got to popular... DEMILICH...

8 February 2017

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25 Years Ago: DEATH live in Sint-Lievens-Houtem, Belgium

Live on this day in 1992 at Zaalhuur, Sint-Lievens-Houtem, Belgium. Part of the Human world tour which began in America (The In Human Tour of the World) in November (1991) and finished at the end of March in Wolverhampton, England (Human-Extravaganza of Europe). Support from PESTILENCE and VIOGRESSION.

7 February 2017

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27 Years Ago: EXTREME NOISE TERROR record their third Peel Session

ENT were amazing. So were their fans. Any track more than 20 seconds long was greeted with derisive cries of "too long, too slow" or "fucking prog-rockers" from the faithful, most of whom looked as though they had but recently risen from shallow graves alongside the A12, the...

6 February 2017

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20 Years Ago: ANGELCORPSE release Nuclear Hell

Bill Taylor joined on rhythm guitar in November, and Angelcorpse toured Europe in Dec 96 in support of Impaled Nazarene. From the last show of the tour we made a 2 song live 7" EP called "Nuclear Hell".- Pete Helmkamp / Angelcorpse interview, Mourning the Ancient This recording...

3 February 2017

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