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20 Years Ago: VULPECULA release Fons Immortalis

After all those years writing in the narrow confines of ORDER FROM CHAOS, I felt exhausted. VULPECULA gave me a break and desperately needed chance to work in a different direction.- Chuck Keller / Ares Kingdom interview, Voices from the Darkside Formed by Chuck Keller (ORDER FROM CHAOS)...

30 September 2017

• Tags: Black Metal History Vulpecula

15 Years Ago: CRYSTALIUM, BLODSRIT, BELENOS live in Paris (From the Past Tour)

The gig of the Nehema/Crystalium tour was nice, it was at the Loco in Paris, it's a well know venue and somehow a cult place for some. Unfortuately, on this particular day, there were very few people if you compare to gig in 2001 when we headline the...

29 September 2017

• Tags: Belenos Black Metal History Blodsrit Crystalium

32 Years Ago: ANGEL WITCH release Screamin' 'n' Bleedin'

It should've been so different for ANGEL WITCH... it took five years, at least one break-up, and a line-up change before their second album Screamin' n' Bleedin' arrived on this day in 1985; released by Killerwatt Records. Overall it's a step down from their peak as one of...

28 September 2017

• Tags: Angel Witch Heavy Metal History

30 Years Ago: SAINT VITUS release Thirsty and Miserable

SAINT VITUS released the Thirsty and Miserable 12" on this day in 1987. The title comes from the BLACK FLAG cover song: We picked that song because we like it, and it represents the alcoholic side of the band. The only reason we were allowed to do it,...

27 September 2017

• Tags: Heavy Metal History Punk History Saint Vitus

29 Years Ago: RUNNING WILD release Port Royal (It's time for the red flag, no remorse!)

RUNNING WILD released their fourth album on this day in 1988. Many memorable songs, this was where they really took up the piracy theme: It was a very weird thing. We started that stuff with the Under Jolly Roger album, and everything started with the song "Under Jolly...

26 September 2017

• Tags: Heavy Metal History Running Wild

35 Years Ago: MERCYFUL FATE unleash their debut, the Mercyful Fate MLP (Nuns Have No Fun)

Those were the times of paying your dues. When we did the mini LP for RaveOn, I had planned all the backing vocals. A choir. The engineer was like, "No, you don't have the time. You can have one backing vocal.' I was like, "What?! I can't do...

25 September 2017

• Tags: Black Metal History Heavy Metal History Mercyful Fate

28 Years Ago: ENTOMBED finish recording their first demo But Life Goes On

But Life Goes On was recorded very shortly after Nihilist had split up. Alex was busy with his studies at that time, so everything was made by me, Uffe and L.G. Uffe and I played all the guitars and bass. Recorded over two days, 23-24 September, the newly...

24 September 2017

• Tags: Death Metal History Entombed

21 Years Ago: GEHENNA release Malice (Our Third Spell) on Cacophonous

Recorded a couple of months earlier at Soundsuite Studio, Malice was released on this day in 1996. The third of the 'spell' releases, following First Spell in 1994 and the debut full-length Seen Through the Veils of Darkness from 1995. All three were recorded at Soundsuite, which GEHENNA...

23 September 2017

• Tags: Black Metal History Gehenna

21 Years Ago: MOONBLOOD record at Digan Tonstudio, Saxony

On this day in 1996 MOONBLOOD held a recording session and completed two songs. "Fullmoon Witchery" was included on the 1997 Encyclopedia Pestilentia compilation but "Under the Abyssic Black Wings of the 3rd Angel" was never officially released. Recording took place at Digan Tonstudio in Annaberg, Saxony (Sachsen)...

22 September 2017

• Tags: Black Metal History Moonblood

21 Years Ago: MYSTICUM live at Grotten, Asker, Norway

In the Streams of Inferno-era MYSTICUM live in Norway on this day in 1996! This rare footage is included on recent CD reissues of the album as a bonus DVD.

21 September 2017

• Tags: Black Metal History Mysticum

30 Years Ago: Чёрный Обелиск (Black Obelisk) release Цветы зла (Flowers of Evil) (СССР Thrash)

Early Russian heavy / speed / thrash metal from Moscow. Чёрный Обелиск officially formed in August 1986 and began recording the following year.Цветы зла (Flowers of Evil) was released on this day in 1987 and collects several live recordings from earlier in the year. The lyrics to "Литании Сатане"...

20 September 2017

• Tags: Heavy Metal History

30 Years Ago: RETROSATAN record Grito mortal (Argentinian black metal)

RETROSATAN's 1987 tape Grito mortal is killer speed metal influenced by NWOBHM (PRIEST / MAIDEN etc) played with high intensity and lyrics dealing with religion and corruption.The video above is a bonus from the 2010 CD reissue of this demo with some extra tracks. About the date: some...

19 September 2017

• Tags: Black Metal History Heavy Metal History

28 Years Ago: XENTRIX release Shattered Existence (UK thrash metal)

Preston thrashers XENTRIX released their excellent debut LP on this day in 1989 on Roadracer Records. If you look at bands like Forbidden, Testament and Metallica which were and still are big bands, and everybody goes on about the British thrash scene but we were never really part...

18 September 2017

• Tags: Heavy Metal History Xentrix

33 Years Ago: NIGRO MANTIA record Poetry of Subculture

Poetry of Subculture is a truly cult tape, the only release by NIGRO MANTIA (black magic). Recorded by five teenagers from Vejle over two days, completed on this day in 1984. Three songs in total, concluding with the great "Monolith of Infinity" (in five parts). Filled with great...

17 September 2017

• Tags: Heavy Metal History

28 Years Ago: CADAVER live in Sarpsborg (Sunset at Dawn)

An early tape by CADAVER (known as CADAVER INC. in 2001) recorded live on this day in 1989. The gig was released as Sunset at Dawn on the bands own Graf Productions / Rapax.

16 September 2017

• Tags: Death Metal History

38 Years Ago: JOY DIVISION on BBC Something Else (like a death at a birthday party, you ruin all the fun)

The 'Manchester' (including Salford and Rochdale) episode of Something Else (BBC) aired on this day in 1979. This was JOY DIVISION's third and final television appearance, the previous two being on local Granada TV. Also appearing on this episode are THE JAM, John Cooper Clarke, and an interview...

15 September 2017

• Tags: Joy Division Punk History

31 Years Ago: RIGOR MORTIS (TX) record their first demo (a super charged zombie awakes...)

There was one called 'The Troll', that never appeared on any record. 'Six Feet Under', from our second record, was on that demotape as well. It was okay. I wouldn't now say that it was all great, but apparently the girl at Capitol liked it a lot. A...

14 September 2017

• Tags: Heavy Metal History Rigor Mortis

26 Years Ago: GOATLORD release Reflections of the Solstice (Joe Frankulin 1992 interview)

TOTALLY HORRID, SADISTIC AND SICKENED... DOOM/DEATH FROM LAS VEGAS! US Cult GOATLORD with their sick doom attack classic Reflections of the Solstice!! Released on this day in 1991 by German label Turbo Music, it was released in the US the following year by JL America. Joe Frankulin interview,...

13 September 2017

• Tags: Death Metal History Goatlord