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33 Years Ago: DESTRUCTION unleash Bestial Invasion of Hell demo

Tommy met up with Schmeir at a disco, of all places! Schmeir picked up the bass and for the time, the lineup was complete. However, a short time before they went into the studio to record the first demo, the vocalist was fired and Schmeir took over at...

10 August 2017

• Tags: Black Metal History Destruction Heavy Metal History

31 Years Ago: MOTORHEAD release Orgasmatron on GWR Records

I didn't come up with the title Orgasmatron right off the bat. The album's working title was Riding with the Driver (each Motörhead studio album, except Bastards, which we made in 1993, is named after one of its songs), but that track didn't turn out as good as...

9 August 2017

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28 Years Ago: MORTAL SIN live at Enmore Theatre, Sydney

One of Australia's early thrash bands, debuted in 1986/1987 with the killer Mayhemic Destruction! Recorded for a TV special on this day in 1989, this set was released on VHS by Phonogram in 1990 and two of the songs ("Lebanon" and "Voyage of the Disturbed") were included on the I...

5 August 2017

• Tags: Heavy Metal History Mortal Sin

10 Years Ago: SALUTE release Above the Law

Kaptain was heavily into WASP and Thin Lizzy at the time of writing for Above The Law, so he brought rock 'n' roll and sleaze to the album. Then we jammed the tracks, punked them up, drank some cold ones, and got rough, the Salute way! With a...

31 July 2017

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30 Years Ago: DARK AGES release Medieval Sorcery (Seattle Metal)

Obscure Seattle speed metal released this month in 1987. The four song 12" Medieval Sorcery is their only release.

23 July 2017

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21 Years Ago: DESASTER live at Baroeg, Rotterdam

A good live act needs a few things. At first it's important that the band is able to play the stuff from the record live as well. There the problems start for many, because in the studio they need so much technical shit and 20 guitars so that...

13 July 2017

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31 Years Ago: DESTRUCTION release Eternal Devastation (1986 Video Interview)

14 months after the ultra classic Infernal Overkill DESTRUCTION unleashed Eternal Devastation on this day in 1986. Recorded in Bavaria during April and mastered at Studio Nord. Studio Nord was established in 1966 (one of the oldest German private studios) and is still around today with a complete...

12 July 2017

• Tags: Black Metal History Destruction Heavy Metal History

22 Years Ago: MOTORHEAD release Sacrifice (12th Album)

MOTÖRHEAD released Sacrifice on this day in 1995. The first and last songs are killer, quite a lot of punk especially early on... and of course heavy rock throughout! Sacrifice was the last MOTÖRHEAD album with Würzel: He only played one solo on the whole album. He was...

11 July 2017

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32 Years Ago: ABATTOIR release Vicious Attack on Combat (LA Speed Metal)

It did really good. It was a really strong album but because the band lacked support it went nowhere, but it did break the band into the metal scene and showed what the band was all about. Of course this second album is much better, it's still ABATTOIR...

7 July 2017

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31 Years Ago: FLOTSAM AND JETSAM release Doomsday for the Deceiver

The power chords raise the dead,People come alive banging their heads! FLOTSAM AND JETSAM released their debut on this day in 1986. Doomsday for the Deceiver is the only FLOTSAM AND JETSAM album with Jason Newsted. Following Cliff Burton's death in September that year METALLICA auditioned new bassists,...

4 July 2017

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33 Years Ago: CIRITH UNGOL release King of the Dead

It's going to be a million times more radical. People aren't going to know it's the same band. The lyrics are much more intense and the music is heavy.Everyone had a part in choosing the songs for the first album, and the fan mail we've received reflects public...

2 July 2017

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46 Years Ago: Aus Hamburg, LUCIFER'S FRIEND mit Ride the Sky (Beat Club)

Beat Club was a music and culture programme produced in Bremen, West Germany during the mid-1960s to early 70s and broadcast on Erstes Deutsches Fernsehen. Each approx-monthly episode was an hour long and featured live performances, videos/studio dancers and short films and interviews usually focusing on an aspect...

26 June 2017

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34 Years Ago: VOIVOD play their first ever gig

Voivod live 25 June 1983, all the Motorhead covers Piggy, Away, Blacky and Snake! Live on this day in 1983, Saguenay QC, Canada about 7 months after forming in November 1982. VOIVOD played 4 original songs at their first gig: "Voivod", "Condemned to the Gallows", "Blower", "Voivod" (reprise!),...

25 June 2017

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31 Years Ago: CRYPTIC SLAUGHTER live in a Bel Air backyard

UPDATE: the band sent us a correction: Actually this party was after “Convicted” was released. We played so we could get some money to get up north to play 2 shows.Just FYI. The gig date is correct, on this day in 1986, but the "days before the release..."...

21 June 2017

• Tags: Cryptic Slaughter Heavy Metal History Punk History

30 Years Ago: NUCLEAR ASSAULT, ATOMKRAFT, ONSLAUGHT and AGENT STEEL live in London

NUCLEAR ASSAULT were on Monsters of Rock a couple of days before to promote this event. They arrived in London on the 16th to play a non-tour gig with ATOMKRAFT at the Mean Fiddler. The tour officially started the next day: Burton, Newcastle and then Hammersmith Odeon (adding...

20 June 2017

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28 Years Ago: KREATOR release Extreme Aggression (2017 Reissue Out Now)

Recording was complete by late March. After two shows in Greece, KREATOR travelled to England and between 15 April and 7 June 1989 played at least 37 dates across Europe. Kreator - Betrayer (Official Video) On this day in 1989 Extreme Aggression was released by Noise in Europe...

19 June 2017

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23 Years Ago: ESOTERIC complete recording Epistemological Despondency at Rich Bitch Studios

The most productive way of listening to it is whilst imbibed, upon perceptionally heightening drugs, in complete darkness, at a high volume. This portrays the music in it's complete form. Debut double-CD now available89 minutes of hateful, drug-influenced tortured doomA journey through the subconscious realms of pure hatred...

16 June 2017

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48 Years Ago: JETHRO TULL record their last Peel session

JETHRO TULL recorded their third and final Peel Session on this day in 1969 at Maida Vale 4. Engineered by Tony Wilson, produced by John Walters. The session aired on the Sunday night (7-9pm) Top Gear programme, 22 June. This is the full set, although we jump right...

15 June 2017

• Tags: Heavy Metal History Jethro Tull