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33 Years Ago: CIRITH UNGOL release King of the Dead

It's going to be a million times more radical. People aren't going to know it's the same band. The lyrics are much more intense and the music is heavy.Everyone had a part in choosing the songs for the first album, and the fan mail we've received reflects public...

2 July 2017

• Tags: Cirith Ungol Heavy Metal History

25 Years Ago: IMMORTAL release Diabolical Fullmoon Mysticism

Recorded during April at Grieghallen, IMMORTAL released their debut LP - Diabolical Fullmoon Mysticism - on this day in 1992. Above the mountainside and into cryptic winterstorms forever...

1 July 2017

• Tags: Black Metal History Immortal

26 Years Ago: GRAVE finish recording Into the Grave at Sunlight Studio

HYPOCRITE spent two days at Sunlight Studio recording their first demo Ruler of the Dark in June 1991. The day after they finished, GRAVE arrived to record their debut LP, Into the Grave. The band had moved from Visby, Gotland to Stockholm that January. For Your God Recording...

30 June 2017

• Tags: Death Metal History Grave

33 Years Ago: KILLING JOKE live at Roskilde Festival

Time to draw some strength from KJ... Fantastic set from KILLING JOKE at Roskilde, the annual music festival in Denmark. Roskilde is roughly equivalent to Glastonbury in size and origin (1971). Tape of the original TV broadcast on this day in 1984. Friday night, the first of the three...

29 June 2017

• Tags: Killing Joke Punk History

24 Years Ago: BLASPHEREION finish recording their self-titled demo (Belgian Death Metal pre-ENTHRONED)

This day in 1993 was the last of two BLASPHEREION spent in Hautregard Recording Studio, Liège - Belgium. The three tracks recorded became their self-titled demo. This came after their 1991 LP Rest in Peace (a very early Osmose title). BLASPHEREION was formed out of MORBID DEATH (86-91)....

28 June 2017

• Tags: Death Metal History Enthroned

30 Years Ago: NAPALM DEATH and RIPCORD live in Belgium

Saturday 27 June 1987Netwerk, Aalst, Belgium6 PM150 Fr (Belgian franc) NAPALM DEATH headlining on this day in 1987 with support from RIPCORD and EARDAMAGE. The venue was Netwerk in Aalst, northern Belgium. Netwerk opened in 1981 as an independent socio-cultural centre hosting music and art events. The building...

27 June 2017

• Tags: Death Metal History Napalm Death

46 Years Ago: Aus Hamburg, LUCIFER'S FRIEND mit Ride the Sky (Beat Club)

Beat Club was a music and culture programme produced in Bremen, West Germany during the mid-1960s to early 70s and broadcast on Erstes Deutsches Fernsehen. Each approx-monthly episode was an hour long and featured live performances, videos/studio dancers and short films and interviews usually focusing on an aspect...

26 June 2017

• Tags: Heavy Metal History Mountain

34 Years Ago: VOIVOD play their first ever gig

Voivod live 25 June 1983, all the Motorhead covers Piggy, Away, Blacky and Snake! Live on this day in 1983, Saguenay QC, Canada about 7 months after forming in November 1982. VOIVOD played 4 original songs at their first gig: "Voivod", "Condemned to the Gallows", "Blower", "Voivod" (reprise!),...

25 June 2017

• Tags: Heavy Metal History Voivod

24 Years Ago: DARKTHRONE release Under a Funeral Moon

Recorded in June the previous year, Peaceville released the iconic Under a Funeral Moon on this day in 1993. We didn't care really much for the albums at the time, we all agreed that the rehearsals we did was the most important thing. We actually rehearsed a lot......

24 June 2017

• Tags: Black Metal History Darkthrone

34 Years Ago: LAIBACH interviewed by TV Tednik (with English translation)

LAIBACH's infamous TV Tednik interview was broadcast by RTV Ljubljana on this day in 1983. Following the broadcast Slovenian authorities banned all public appearances. They also banned the use of the name LAIBACH. ...in June 1983, the group made their first television appearance in an interview on the...

23 June 2017

• Tags: Laibach Punk History

27 Years Ago: INCUBUS rehearse in Tampa, FL

UPDATE: Many thanks to Mark LaVenia for writing to correct the details below! The bassist in this video is a different Mark:"The Mark in the video jammed with the Howard brothers for a period, but was never a formal member. I do see my amp and RAT pedal in...

22 June 2017

• Tags: Death Metal History

31 Years Ago: CRYPTIC SLAUGHTER live in a Bel Air backyard

UPDATE: the band sent us a correction: Actually this party was after “Convicted” was released. We played so we could get some money to get up north to play 2 shows.Just FYI. The gig date is correct, on this day in 1986, but the "days before the release..."...

21 June 2017

• Tags: Cryptic Slaughter Heavy Metal History Punk History

30 Years Ago: NUCLEAR ASSAULT, ATOMKRAFT, ONSLAUGHT and AGENT STEEL live in London

NUCLEAR ASSAULT were on Monsters of Rock a couple of days before to promote this event. They arrived in London on the 16th to play a non-tour gig with ATOMKRAFT at the Mean Fiddler. The tour officially started the next day: Burton, Newcastle and then Hammersmith Odeon (adding...

20 June 2017

• Tags: Agent Steel Atomkraft Heavy Metal History Nuclear Assault

28 Years Ago: KREATOR release Extreme Aggression (2017 Reissue Out Now)

Recording was complete by late March. After two shows in Greece, KREATOR travelled to England and between 15 April and 7 June 1989 played at least 37 dates across Europe. Kreator - Betrayer (Official Video) On this day in 1989 Extreme Aggression was released by Noise in Europe...

19 June 2017

• Tags: Heavy Metal History Kreator

37 Years Ago: CRASS live in Bristol

Not a crystal clear recording but it is a great document of the times. This gig took place at the Trinity community centre on this day in 1980. £1 entry. Trinity centre is right by St. Pauls which saw race riots a couple of months earlier: Tensions were still...

18 June 2017

• Tags: Crass Punk History

21 Years Ago: FLEURETY record Vortex (Last-Minute Lies)

Following the release of Min tid skal komme in 1995 (Misanthropy Records co-released with Aesthetic Death), FLEURETY began working on new material. One of the earliest new songs was the killer "Vortex". The band sent a demo of "Vortex" to Misanthropy who refused the release, or as the...

17 June 2017

• Tags: Black Metal History Fleurety

23 Years Ago: ESOTERIC complete recording Epistemological Despondency at Rich Bitch Studios

The most productive way of listening to it is whilst imbibed, upon perceptionally heightening drugs, in complete darkness, at a high volume. This portrays the music in it's complete form. Debut double-CD now available89 minutes of hateful, drug-influenced tortured doomA journey through the subconscious realms of pure hatred...

16 June 2017

• Tags: Esoteric Heavy Metal History

48 Years Ago: JETHRO TULL record their last Peel session

JETHRO TULL recorded their third and final Peel Session on this day in 1969 at Maida Vale 4. Engineered by Tony Wilson, produced by John Walters. The session aired on the Sunday night (7-9pm) Top Gear programme, 22 June. This is the full set, although we jump right...

15 June 2017

• Tags: Heavy Metal History Jethro Tull