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21 Years Ago: FUNERAL MIST release Devilry

FUNERAL MIST, formed by Arioch (MARDUK) in 1994, released their first major release - the Devilry minialbum - on this day in 1998. Recording took place in late 1997-January 1998 at Necromorbus Studio. Some of the songs, including the eponymous track above, originate at least as far back...

30 July 2019

• Tags: Black Metal History Funeral Mist

31 Years Ago: RIGOR MORTIS release their debut LP

Texan legends RIGOR MORTIS released their debut eponymous LP on this day in 1988 through Capitol Records. We did one tour in the States with DEATH ANGEL and they gave us a lot of money! Basically for a band that comes out of nowhere, that did one demotape,...

19 July 2019

• Tags: Heavy Metal History Rigor Mortis

27 Years Ago: MERCILESS release The Treasures Within

...Rogga farting to much in the studio, so it's not so good sound. Ha, hi it's not really true, the true is: I part so much that all tapes burned up!! Om du trodde på det där, så slut fis för i helvetes i nattvakten, ja, ja, now...

1 July 2019

• Tags: Heavy Metal History Merciless

49 Years Ago: BLACK SABBATH record Paranoid

Over a week in June BLACK SABBATH worked on their second LP Paranoid, completing the recording on this day in 1970. Black Sabbath - Paranoid (Official Video) From an article in the NME, 26 September 1970: Black Sabbath turn out a gutsy, sock 'em all the time type...

21 June 2019

• Tags: Black Sabbath Heavy Metal History

49 Years Ago: URIAH HEEP release ...Very 'Eavy ...Very 'Umble

URIAH HEEP released their debut LP on this day in 1970. It was released that August in the US as Uriah Heep with "Bird of Prey" replacing "Lucy Blues". If you're ever totally satisfied with any of your records then you might as well give up. But on...

13 June 2019

• Tags: Heavy Metal History Uriah Heep

35 Years Ago: SIOUXSIE AND THE BANSHEES release Hyaena

SIOUXSIE AND THE BANSHEES released their sixth album on this day in 1984. Hyaena is the only album with Robert Smith (THE CURE) as a composer and member. Former guitarist John McGeoch left the band in 1982, Smith joined, as he had in 1979, and also collaborated with...

8 June 2019

• Tags: Punk History Siouxsie and the Banshees

25 Years Ago: GEHENNA complete First Spell

...out style has progressed a lot since our demo. The new material is more melodic and has a lot more keyboard and acoustics than our demo. Dolgar / Gehenna interview, Petrified #3, 1994 GEHENNA entered Soundsuite Studio to record their second EP, First Spell, on the 3rd of...

7 June 2019

• Tags: Black Metal History Gehenna

38 Years Ago: SIOUXSIE AND THE BANSHEES release Juju

SIOUXSIE AND THE BANSHEES released their fourth studio album, Juju, on this day in 1981. Siouxsie and the Banshees - Spellbound (Official Video) It was the first time we'd made, for want of a better word, a 'concept' album. It drew on darker elements. It wasn't pre-planned, but...

6 June 2019

• Tags: Punk History Siouxsie and the Banshees

30 Years Ago: REPULSION release Horrified

A few weeks ago I received a copy of the rough mix of REPULSIONS's "Slaughter Of The Innocent" LP (thanks Mitch) and it's so mindblowingly excellent I thought I'd tell you about it, OK? REPULSION, as all Death conoisseurs should know, are based in Michigan and were formeerly...

29 May 2019

• Tags: Death Metal History Repulsion

30 Years Ago: SLAUGHTER live in Toronto (last gig with Terry Sadler)

1989 and no feelings. I insulted the audience all night. It was fabulous!! Terry Sadler / Slaughter interview, Voices from the Darkside SLAUGHTER live on this day in 1989! You'll notice the date is different to the video title, in the comments bassist / vocalist Terry Sadler himself...

28 May 2019

• Tags: Heavy Metal History Slaughter

23 Years Ago: ORDER OF THE EBON HAND complete The Mystic Path to the Netherworld

The majority of ORDER OF THE EBON HAND's debut album The Mystic Path to the Netherworld was recorded in April 1995, but the final three songs were recorded on this day in 1996. Mystic Path was released through George Zacharopoulos's Hypervorea Records which also released early albums by...

24 May 2019

• Tags: Black Metal History

32 Years Ago: GG Allin records You Give Love a Bad Name

They want me in a studio, but it ain't gonna change a thing. I'm not selling out, no fucking way. It'll still be a scum fucking record. GG Allin interview, Noise Noise Noise, 1987 GG ALLIN and an assemblage of session members known as The Holy Men -...

18 May 2019

• Tags: GG Allin Punk History

37 Years Ago: THE GYMSLIPS record their first Peel session

THE GYMSLIPS recorded their first Peel session on this day in 1982. The first of two that year, followed by two more in 1983 and one in 1984! At this point the band was less than a year old; they had supported DOLLY MIXTURE, ANDROIDS OF MU and...

12 May 2019

• Tags: Punk History

36 Years Ago: SKELETAL FAMILY record their first Peel session

SKELETAL FAMILY recorded their first of two Peel sessions on this day in 1983. The session first aired on the 21st, sharing the session slots with a repeat of MAGAZINE's first session originally recorded in February 1978. All four songs appear on their debut LP Burning Oil, released...

11 May 2019

• Tags: Punk History Skeletal Family

40 Years Ago: THE CURE record their second Peel session

THE CURE recorded their second John Peel session on this day in 1979. Three Imaginary Boys, CURE's debut album, was released the day before this recording. The Peel session was first aired on 16 May. The last song, "Desperate Journalist in Ongoing Meaningful Review Situation", a brilliant response...

9 May 2019

• Tags: Punk History The Cure

39 Years Ago: MOTORHEAD release The Golden Years EP

In the midst of our travels, Bronze put out an EP of four tracks ('Leaving Here', 'Stone Dead Forever', 'Dead Men Tel No Tales', and 'Too Late Too Late'), recorded live while we were gigging. As a joke I told the label to call it The Golden Years...

8 May 2019

• Tags: Heavy Metal History Motorhead

21 Years Ago: MARDUK live in Rotterdam

MARDUK live in Rotterdam, Holland on this day in 1998.

5 May 2019

• Tags: Black Metal History Marduk

28 Years Ago: DARKTHRONE live in Finland

DARKTHRONE live in Lahti, Finland on this day in 1991. This gig took place a few months after the release of their debut Soulside Journey, while material was being written for what would be released as Goatlord (e.g., the second song, "Life", is "In His Lovely Kingdom" on...

4 May 2019

• Tags: Black Metal History Darkthrone Death Metal History