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44 Years Ago: PENTAGRAM record Hurricane b/w Earth Flight in Falls Church, VA

Some of the earliest PENTAGRAM material. Recorded on this day in 1973 at Bias Recording Studios in Falls Church, VA where they had put together a 5-song demo in March. "Released" in 1973 on Boffo Socko as either a very limited or just promotional single. Only "Hurricane" has...

13 June 2017

• Tags: Heavy Metal History Pentagram

34 Years Ago: TANK release This Means War (NWOBHM)

Just Like Something from Hell Ward, Tucker, Brabbs & Brabbs! This Means War - TANK's third album - came out on this day in 1983, an early Music for Nations release. "Noce Szatana" from KAT's classic 666 bears a pretty striking similarity to TANK's "Just like Something from Hell"...

10 June 2017

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33 Years Ago: ACID Speed Metal live in Belgium

Recorded live in Leuven, Belgium on this day in 1984. ACID had released Maniac in 1983 and were about to release the Black Car maxi-single. Some of the new songs performed here were from that single (including "Exterminator"). No Time This set was released as Live in Belgium...

2 June 2017

• Tags: Acid Heavy Metal History

29 Years Ago: SODOM live in Braunschweig

Hallo Braunschweig! Wie geht es euch? SODOM live on this day in 1988, part of the Sodomania tour of April and May that year. The full set was released as Mortal Way of Live on both audio and video. Killer cover artwork by Sebastian Krüger (DESTRUCTION, TANKARD, RUNNING...

28 May 2017

• Tags: Heavy Metal History Sodom

21 Years Ago: BATHORY release Blood on Ice

Released on this day in 1996, but the material dates back further - to the days of Blood Fire Death - and could have been the fifth BATHORY album if released in 1989. Re-recorded / re-worked at Hellhole Studio in June-July 1995 Blood on Ice was finally released...

27 May 2017

• Tags: Bathory Black Metal History Heavy Metal History

32 Years Ago: DESTRUCTION release Infernal Overkill

Our brand new material is more technical and ofcourse still speedy and heavy. Songs like: "Black Death", "The Ritual", "Death Trap" and "Bestial Invasion" are real killer!!- Tommy Sandmann / Destruction interview, Brain Damage #2, 1985 DESTRUCTION released their classic debut on this day in 1985! Hardcore highspeed...

24 May 2017

• Tags: Black Metal History Destruction Heavy Metal History

32 Years Ago: SAVATAGE release Power of the Night

There's a power that comes from the heavens. It is not evil or good. It enters your soul at a specific time in your life. It is at this time that you start to understand your purpose. Now you must deal with it. There are no villains. There...

20 May 2017

• Tags: Heavy Metal History Savatage

30 Years Ago: DARKNESS live in Bocholt (German Thrash Metal)

German thrashers DARKNESS live on this day in 1987. Recorded in Bocholt (north west Germany) around the time their debut LP, Death Squad, was released. Supporting DARKNESS that night were EVIL PROPHECY (this is Bochum not L.A. - a nod to their hardcore influence), the band that soon became...

17 May 2017

• Tags: Darkness Heavy Metal History

30 Years Ago: RAGE release Execution Guaranteed (we choose, you lose)

RAGE released their second LP on this day in 1987. Mike Exley's review from Metal Forces, 1987 (9.2 / 10) It's official; Rage definitely eat brain food, because this album is one of the best and most technical releases I have so far heard during my association with...

11 May 2017

• Tags: Heavy Metal History Rage

26 Years Ago: RIGOR MORTIS release Rigor Mortis vs the Earth

Texas speed thrashers RIGOR MORTIS released their second album on this day in 1991 through Californian label Triple X Records. Rigor Mortis vs. the Earth followed the killer 1988 self-titled debut. The band split almost immediately after release. Pretty much after. As soon as it was released, Mike...

8 May 2017

• Tags: Heavy Metal History Rigor Mortis

37 Years Ago: MOTORHEAD on TOTP (Leaving Here)

Sandwiched between Hot Chocolate and the Nolan Sisters we get one of MOTORHEAD’s best! Appearing on Top of the Pops on this day in 1980. Motorhead, Top of the Pops, 1 May 1980 "Leaving Here" is a cover of an early Holland-Dozier-Holland number originally recorded by Eddie Holland in 1963. Eddie Holland...

1 May 2017

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37 Years Ago: BRATS (pre-MERCYFUL FATE) release 1980

BRATS began as a punk rock band in Copenhagen, 1977. The earliest material is good but not remarkable. Guitarists Hank Shermann and Michael Denner (and briefly Carsten Van der Volsing) soon began incorporating their heavy metal influences - JUDAS PRIEST, SCORPIONS and UFO. BRATS released their only LP...

28 April 2017

• Tags: Black Metal History Heavy Metal History Punk History

30 Years Ago: RIPPING CORPSE record Death Warmed Over demo

I would say we started out as speed metal went through the thrash zone and ended up at death metal with a touch of hardcore. We were with the first ones doing it. We were there from day one really, I remember when there wasn't a death metal,...

26 April 2017

• Tags: Death Metal History Heavy Metal History Ripping Corpse

30 Years Ago: ARTILLERY release Terror Squad

Terror Squad was in many ways a ground breaking album for us with an amazing support from the media and fans, with my favourite songs like "The Challenge" and the title track.- Michael Stützer / Artillery interview, Power of Metal, 2008 ARTILLERY released their second album on this day in...

24 April 2017

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30 Years Ago: SLAYER live in Birmingham (Reign in Pain European Tour)

Live on this day in 1987, SLAYER at the beginning of their European Reign in Blood tour. £5.50 at the Birmingham Odeon box-office, get there for 7:30 p.m.! Great quality crowd recording, remastered by Mahler Haze. The tour started a couple of nights earlier at the Mayfair, Newcastle....

19 April 2017

• Tags: Heavy Metal History Slayer

35 Years Ago: MOTORHEAD release Iron Fist (flying hooves don't touch the ground)

MOTÖRHEAD released their fifth studio LP - Iron Fist - on this day in 1982. It would be the last MOTÖRHEAD album with Fast Eddie Clarke, who also co-produced the recording. Any quotes from the band are usually negative towards this album, personally it's one of my favourites!...

17 April 2017

• Tags: Heavy Metal History Motorhead

33 Years Ago: VENOM release At War with Satan (inform the Grand Master of Hades!)

Barbarian! Destroyer! Warrior! The Return of True Power Metal Unleashed from the darkest depths of Damnationto bring forth the book of Armageddon ... Barbaric black metal (NEAT 1015, that is) arrived on this day in 1984. VENOM's third album, At War with Satan! You won't believe it, we...

16 April 2017

• Tags: Black Metal History Heavy Metal History Venom

35 Years Ago: WITCHFINDER GENERAL record Death Penalty (if your girl is tight, he'll take his bite)

The recording date isn't recorded officially, but some cleaver soul used an interview with Phil Cope to work it out. At the start of '82 like I said before the love of my life left me and I was gutted. And we did a gig and it went...

11 April 2017

• Tags: Heavy Metal History Witchfinder General