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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

27 Years Ago: INCANTATION remix Entrantment of Evil at Trax East

Entrantment of Evil was recorded earlier in 1990, between 26 May and 2 June at Stardust Recording. Seraphic Decay released the original 7" in August 1990. INCANTATION's deal with Relapse was formed around the same time, and on this day in 1990 they remixed the songs from Entrantment...

11 November 2017

• Tags: Death Metal History Incantation

31 Years Ago: SEPULTURA release Morbid Visions

Our next LP will be called "Morbid Visions". It will be 8 songs, one being instrumental. It will be much better recorded; our first one was recorded only on eight tracks, and the songs are all on a higher level, they're faster and heavier. We've got a better...

10 November 2017

• Tags: Black Metal History Death Metal History Sepultura

30 Years Ago: CANDLEMASS release Nightfall

This was our breakthrough album! Epicus didn't sell much when it came out, but NIGHTFALL really hit off from the very beginning. A couple of gigs in England and one at the Dynamo Festival in Holland and life never was the same again! CANDLEMASS released their second album...

9 November 2017

• Tags: Candlemass Heavy Metal History

31 Years Ago: EXUMER release Possessed by Fire (...and the flames are burning higher!)

Our current manager, Matthias Prill, knew Tommy Ziegler, the head of Disaster, so he invited the guy to the show. We brought Warfare over from England and we really played our hearts out; the offer came from that night....we did receive some other offers, but I won't say...

8 November 2017

• Tags: Exumer Heavy Metal History

30 Years Ago: PENTAGRAM (Chile) live at Manuel Plaza, Santiago

Cult Chilean thrash and early (POSSESSED style) death! PENTAGRAM live on this day in 1987.Picoroco Records released a compilation CD in 2000, the last two tracks are from this concert with slightly better sound from a tape recording. The above song was "Profaner", below is "Fatal Predictions". With...

7 November 2017

• Tags: Death Metal History Pentagram (Chile)

23 Years Ago: DEMONIC CHRIST finish recording Punishment for Ignorance

DEMONIC CHRIST began recording their only album, Punishment for Ignorance, on 30 October at Sonic Cafe Recording in Charlotte, NC and completed the record on this day in 1994. Dana Duffey – Guitars, VocalsDuane Brown – DrumsJon Vesano – Guitars, Vocals (Jon would go on to form DARKMOON with...

6 November 2017

• Tags: Black Metal History Demonic Christ