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35 Years Ago: THE EXPLOITED release Troops of Tomorrow

I've only found one source that gives this specific release date for Troops of Tomorrow. Even the month is excluded for other listings. The best reliable source is an NME review from the 26 June issue, so mid-June is probably a more realistic date... They Won't Stop THE...

15 May 2017

• Tags: Punk History The Exploited

32 Years Ago: HUSKER DU live in London (TV broadcast)

HÜSKER DÜ live at the Camden Palace on this day in 1985. This was their first time in England, and I think their first time playing outside the US. Earlier European gigs were planned but cancelled. The concert was recorded for Live From London by Trilion Pictures and...

14 May 2017

• Tags: Husker Du Punk History

28 Years Ago: PARADISE LOST record Frozen Illusion demo

On this day in 1989 PARADISE LOST were recording their second demo at LION Studios in Leeds. Internal Torment Lion was owned by members of GOLD FRANKINCENSE & DISK DRIVE and had a welcoming attitude towards the growing anarcho-punk scene in Leeds and West Yorkshire.Other bands that recorded their...

13 May 2017

• Tags: Death Metal History Paradise Lost

30 Years Ago: THE STUPIDS record their second Peel session

The STUPIDS recorded their second session on this day in 1987, broadcast on the 27 May John Peel programme. Nothing was planned, no pre-conceptions of any kind, just teenagers going nuts doing what we thought was cool and reacting to what we thought was cool. There have been a...

12 May 2017

• Tags: Punk History Stupids

30 Years Ago: RAGE release Execution Guaranteed (we choose, you lose)

RAGE released their second LP on this day in 1987. Mike Exley's review from Metal Forces, 1987 (9.2 / 10) It's official; Rage definitely eat brain food, because this album is one of the best and most technical releases I have so far heard during my association with...

11 May 2017

• Tags: Heavy Metal History Rage

37 Years Ago: CRISIS (pre DEATH IN JUNE) live for the last time

CRISIS played live for the last time on this day in 1980 supporting MAGAZINE at Surrey University. Conflicting personalities and attitudes in the group finally made it impossible for us to work together. White Youth The lineup was:Dexter - lead vocalsDouglas P. - rhythm guitar, vocalsLester Jones -...

10 May 2017

• Tags: Crisis Punk History

26 Years Ago: MASACRE record Ola de violencia

The first major release by Colombian cult MASACRE! Recorded on this day in 1990 at Midi Mix Studios, Medellín, Antioquia, Colombia. Self-released the following year, it quickly reached the European underground and they soon signed to Osmose. The debut LP Reqviem was released in October 1991; followed by this...

9 May 2017

• Tags: Death Metal History Masacre

26 Years Ago: RIGOR MORTIS release Rigor Mortis vs the Earth

Texas speed thrashers RIGOR MORTIS released their second album on this day in 1991 through Californian label Triple X Records. Rigor Mortis vs. the Earth followed the killer 1988 self-titled debut. The band split almost immediately after release. Pretty much after. As soon as it was released, Mike...

8 May 2017

• Tags: Heavy Metal History Rigor Mortis

30 Years Ago: NAPALM DEATH record the second half of Scum

NAPALM DEATH recorded the second half of Scum during this month in 1987 at Rich Bitch Studios, Birmingham. The first half was recorded the previous August (1986) at Rich Bitch and originally intended for a split with ATAVISTIC. Well, the old demo was a little out of date...

7 May 2017

• Tags: Death Metal History Napalm Death Punk History

30 Years Ago: John Peel airs the BIG BLACK session

BIG BLACK recorded this four-song session in Chicago for John Peel. No date given for the recording, but it was aired on this day in 1987. Three of the four songs appear on studio releases, but "Newman Generator" was only ever recorded (or at least, recorded and released)...

6 May 2017

• Tags: Big Black Punk History

25 Years Ago: INCANTATION release Onward to Golgotha

And when they were come unto a place called Golgotha, that is to say, a place of a skull,They gave him vinegar to drink mingled with gall: and when he had tasted thereof, he would not drink.And they crucified him, and parted his garments, casting lots: that it...

5 May 2017

• Tags: Death Metal History Incantation

28 Years Ago: ROTTING CHRIST record their side of The Other Side of Life split

ROTTING CHRIST recorded and mixed their side of the split 7" with SOUND POLLUTION - The Other Side of Life - on this day in 1989. A few months after the Decline's Return demo. Nine songs, ranging between 7 seconds and a full minute, of grindcore. In the...

4 May 2017

• Tags: Black Metal History Death Metal History Rotting Christ

35 Years Ago: THE CURE release Pornography

...The outing ties in with the release of a new Cure album on the Fiction label, through Polydor. It has the working title of 'Pornography', but as the Polydor spokesperson observed this week: "Whether or not it will actually go out under that title remains to be seen."-...

3 May 2017

• Tags: Punk History The Cure

37 Years Ago: JOY DIVISION live for the last time (Birmingham University)

Tickets were on sale at the union for £1.50, or £1.75 on the door. Food available, late bar. JOY DIVISION played their final concert on this day in 1980. With support from A CERTAIN RATIO, the gig took place at Birmingham Uni's High Hall - a student block,...

2 May 2017

• Tags: Joy Division Punk History

37 Years Ago: MOTORHEAD on TOTP (Leaving Here)

Sandwiched between Hot Chocolate and the Nolan Sisters we get one of MOTORHEAD’s best! Appearing on Top of the Pops on this day in 1980. Motorhead, Top of the Pops, 1 May 1980 "Leaving Here" is a cover of an early Holland-Dozier-Holland number originally recorded by Eddie Holland in 1963. Eddie Holland...

1 May 2017

• Tags: Heavy Metal History Motorhead

22 Years Ago: CRUACHAN release debut album Tuatha na Gael

It was actually recorded and mixed in 5 nights and to be honest we were very naive about the whole studio recording thing, this can be seen when "tuatha" is compared with "kingdom". There are certainly some great parts on the album but overall it really pisses me...

30 April 2017

• Tags: Black Metal History Cruachan

27 Years Ago: HADEZ, SEPULCRO & MORTUORIO live in Lima, Peru

Cult death / thrash from Peru! HADEZ at that point had only released two demos (maybe a third, depending on when Hadez Attack was recorded).The other two bands only ever released demos. Hadez - Altar of Sacrifice MORTUORIO released one official demo, Cámara de torturas, in November 1989. Mortuorio...

29 April 2017

• Tags: Death Metal History Hadez

37 Years Ago: BRATS (pre-MERCYFUL FATE) release 1980

BRATS began as a punk rock band in Copenhagen, 1977. The earliest material is good but not remarkable. Guitarists Hank Shermann and Michael Denner (and briefly Carsten Van der Volsing) soon began incorporating their heavy metal influences - JUDAS PRIEST, SCORPIONS and UFO. BRATS released their only LP...

28 April 2017

• Tags: Black Metal History Heavy Metal History Punk History