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30 Years Ago: SABBAT release Blood for the Blood God (White Dwarf Flexi)

Your eyes and mind have been devastated by WHITE DWARF for the past ten years. Now it's time for your ears to get it! Warhammer enthusiasts Sabbat, the speed rock band from the bowels of Nottingham burst out with this specially commissioned Blood for the Blood God disc,...

29 November 2017

• Tags: Heavy Metal History Sabbat (United Kingdom)

25 Years Ago: GRAVELAND complete the Drunemeton promo tape

One of the earliest GRAVELAND demos (the cover says Promo Tape), Rob Fudali (Darken) began recording in Wrocław on the 10th of November and completed Drunemeton on this day in 1992. Very raw and primitive, but that has more to do with the equipment than vision when you...

28 November 2017

• Tags: Black Metal History Graveland

28 Years Ago: MORGOTH release Resurrection Absurd

No we're not a trend band! See, the big death/grindcore explosion started in 1989, and MORGOTH has existed for nearly 5 and a half years. Of course our sound was different in the beginning, but our aim was always to be one of the most brutal bands...On our...

27 November 2017

• Tags: Death Metal History Morgoth

27 Years Ago: MAYHEM live in Leipzig (Photos and Audio)

We just started playing live after a break which lasted 4 years, and the reasons were lack of members and rehearsalplaces. And songs. Now we did a couple of gigs, it was cool except that all the equipment fucked up on the 1st one, and Hellhammer was drunk...

26 November 2017

• Tags: Black Metal History Mayhem

27 Years Ago: MY DYING BRIDE finish recording Towards the Sinister first demo

Recorded at Revolver Studios over a weekend, MY DYING BRIDE completed their debut demo on this day (a Sunday) in 1990. At the same time, ANATHEMA were recording their debut demo at M.A. Studios (they started on the Friday). Towards the Sinister review from Holocaust zine #5 1991:...

25 November 2017

• Tags: Death Metal History My Dying Bride

23 Years Ago: BOLT THROWER release ...for Victory (MTV feature)

Released on this day in 1994, BOLT THROWER's fifth LP! The following MTV feature was filmed during the album's recording at Sawmills Studio, on the river Fowey in Cornwall. Most of the band are interviewed and it includes samples of several unfinished songs as only rhythm guitar and...

24 November 2017

• Tags: Bolt Thrower Death Metal History

34 Years Ago: D.R.I. record the Violent Pacification EP

Recorded on this day in 1983, about a year after the classic 22-track Dirty Rotten EP, Violent Pacification includes some greats like "Couch Slouch" and "To Open Closed Doors". Still very much 'punk-era' D.R.I. - a year before Dealing with It!, three before Crossover.

23 November 2017

• Tags: D.R.I. Punk History

21 Years Ago: Rarog Fire Fest, Moscow (NOKTURNAL MORTUM, LUCIFUGUM) (Full Video)

Live on this night in 1996, NOKTURNAL MORTUM headlined with support from LUCIFUGUM, THRON and NORGARD.

22 November 2017

• Tags: Black Metal History Nokturnal Mortum

22 Years Ago: CELESTIAL SEASON release Solar Lovers

Nicht ganz. Wir waren eigentlich glücklich, daß wir eine CD fur ADIPOCERE aufnehmen konnten, aber das Aufnahmebudget war zu niedrig und die Promotion war ebenfalls mangelhoft. Unsere zweite CD wird bei NUCLEAR BLAST erscheinen. Wir hoffen das ist eine Verbesserung.- Lucas van Slegtenhorst / Celestial Season interview, Chaos...

21 November 2017

• Tags: Celestial Season Heavy Metal History

32 Years Ago: METAL CHURCH live at Muldoon’s Off 10, Mounds View MN

METAL CHURCH live on this day in 1985 at Muldoon’s Off 10, Mounds View, Minnesota. Recorded by John C Fox.

20 November 2017

• Tags: Heavy Metal History Metal Church

21 Years Ago: ASPHYX unearth Embrace the Death (the unreleased first album)

...it's probably the most dark album we ever made. The ASPHYX fans were very happy to see "Embrace The Death" finally being released! It's a piece of important history of ASPHYX. Local label C.M.F.T. has come up before on these daily noise 'histories' with their most important (well, best...

19 November 2017

• Tags: Asphyx Death Metal History

36 Years Ago: NEW ORDER Live in New York (Ceremony)

Live on this day in 1981, NEW ORDER performing the masterpiece "Ceremony". Written while they were still JOY DIVISION, the song was originally released in March of '81 and again that September with another JD original, "In a Lonely Place". JOY DIVISION recordings of "Ceremony" do exist: a couple of...

18 November 2017

• Tags: Joy Division Punk History

31 Years Ago: DARK ANGEL release Darkness Descends

DARK ANGEL released the classic Darkness Descends through Combat on this day in 1986. Topics on Darkness Descends ranged from euthanasia and the very real pain of losing a loved one ("Death Is Certain") to the hypocrisy existing in a beloved book - the Bible ("The Burning of...

17 November 2017

• Tags: Dark Angel Heavy Metal History

25 Years Ago: VADER release The Ultimate Incantation

We wanted to play the demo songs different for the album, maybe a few parts slower and a few parts faster. We didn't just want to copy the same songs on the album. The sound is different also because the studio [Rhythm Studios] is better and we recorded...

16 November 2017

• Tags: Death Metal History Vader

31 Years Ago: MEFISTO record The Puzzle demo

Cult Swedish thrash / death, MEFISTO recorded their last demo together in November 1986. They split soon after (see interview except below) but have recently reunited with the original lineup to record a new album, 2.0.1.6: This Is the End of It All... the Beginning of Everything... and a self-titled...

15 November 2017

• Tags: Death Metal History Mefisto

23 Years Ago: ARCKANUM completes the Trulen demo

Recorded over a month on a Fostex 4-track, ARCKANUM completed the cult Trulen demo on this day in 1994. The 15 song tape was originally limited to 111 hand-numbered copies, several hundred were released later. The well known "Gava fran trulen" video takes audio from this demo. The...

14 November 2017

• Tags: Arckanum Black Metal History

28 Years Ago: GODFLESH release Streetcleaner

GODFLESH released their debut album on this day in 1989. Powerful industrial metal, a term which almost instantly lost any meaning in the following decade. The cover image is taken from a scene in the 1980 film Altered States, watch below.

13 November 2017

• Tags: Godflesh Heavy Metal History

26 Years Ago: ENTOMBED release Clandestine

"The greatest extreme metal platter since Venom's 'Black Metal'." - Raw magazine Entombed - Stranger Aeons (Official Video) Released on this day in 1991, Clandestine was ENTOMBED's second album. A friend of ours who used to work at a record store came up with that name. He had...

12 November 2017

• Tags: Death Metal History Entombed