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21 Years Ago: BATHORY release Blood on Ice

Released on this day in 1996, but the material dates back further - to the days of Blood Fire Death - and could have been the fifth BATHORY album if released in 1989. Re-recorded / re-worked at Hellhole Studio in June-July 1995 Blood on Ice was finally released...

27 May 2017

• Tags: Bathory Black Metal History Heavy Metal History

25 Years Ago: MONSTROSITY release Imperial Doom

Yes, so far, and we're waiting to get the year end figures. It's amazing that sales have been good since our tour with Pestilence was cut short in Europe and we haven't toured at all in the U.S. It's been totally the underground which has supported us with...

26 May 2017

• Tags: Death Metal History Monstrosity

30 Years Ago: DEATH release Scream Bloody Gore

...it's a five-album deal. As far as I know, Randy Burns will hopefully be producing and we will start recording in mid-to-lare July....I'm very confident in our new material. We've got a fairly large following. Just wait for the album - it will devastate. Combat are very supportive...

25 May 2017

• Tags: Death Death Metal History

32 Years Ago: DESTRUCTION release Infernal Overkill

Our brand new material is more technical and ofcourse still speedy and heavy. Songs like: "Black Death", "The Ritual", "Death Trap" and "Bestial Invasion" are real killer!!- Tommy Sandmann / Destruction interview, Brain Damage #2, 1985 DESTRUCTION released their classic debut on this day in 1985! Hardcore highspeed...

24 May 2017

• Tags: Black Metal History Destruction Heavy Metal History

29 Years Ago: RAPEMAN release Budd

We had half a dozen songs that we were going to record and release as an EP, and we did an entire studio recording session of that, over a couple of days, and then a couple of days mixing, and in the end we weren't happy with any...

23 May 2017

• Tags: Punk History

25 Years Ago: MY DYING BRIDE release As the Flower Withers

At the moment we're working on the LP and we are keeping our new songs a bit of a secret for a while. They will be quite different from the usual Death Metal style though.- Aaron Stainthorpe / My Dying Bride interview, Mortuary #3, 1992 MY DYING BRIDE...

22 May 2017

• Tags: Death Metal History My Dying Bride

29 Years Ago: LIP CREAM live at Shinjuku Antiknock, Japan

On this day in 1988 LIP CREAM were playing at Antiknock (which is still around) in Shinjuku (Tokyo), Japan. This concert was released on video as Lip Cream Only in '88. Track listing: 危機賢者は語らずHonest9th NightmareるなてぃっくEnd Of YouGrasserCry Of SilenceBroakin'鋭角な未来For My LifeBig FootLonely RockDespair After Hope, Hope After Despair

21 May 2017

• Tags: Lip Cream Punk History

32 Years Ago: SAVATAGE release Power of the Night

There's a power that comes from the heavens. It is not evil or good. It enters your soul at a specific time in your life. It is at this time that you start to understand your purpose. Now you must deal with it. There are no villains. There...

20 May 2017

• Tags: Heavy Metal History Savatage

33 Years Ago: BLACK FLAG, RATTUS, HAGAR THE WOMB live in Leeds

An all-day punk festival at The Bierkeller, Leeds on this day in 1984. It proved tough to find much information about this concert, headlined by BLACK FLAG, but some excellent footage has survived. The complete BLACK FLAG set is available and one of their best. Just a few weeks...

19 May 2017

• Tags: Black Flag Punk History

28 Years Ago: MASTER'S HAMMER first ever gig, illegal black metal in Zbraslav

The very first MASTER'S HAMMER gig! The true underground, performed in Zbraslav (southern Prague) without permission from the authorities in what was Communist Czechoslovakia on this day in 1989. The police did begin to investigate their acitivity following this concert. Before the year was over Prague and Czechoslovakia...

18 May 2017

• Tags: Black Metal History Master's Hammer

30 Years Ago: DARKNESS live in Bocholt (German Thrash Metal)

German thrashers DARKNESS live on this day in 1987. Recorded in Bocholt (north west Germany) around the time their debut LP, Death Squad, was released. Supporting DARKNESS that night were EVIL PROPHECY (this is Bochum not L.A. - a nod to their hardcore influence), the band that soon became...

17 May 2017

• Tags: Darkness Heavy Metal History

25 Years Ago: MAYHEM rehearse De Mysteriis Dom Sathanas (audio)

MAYHEM rehearsed material for De Mysteriis Dom Sathanas on this day in 1992, just over a year after Dead's suicide. The recording is bootlegged as From the Darkest Past. All instrumental. Hellhammer - drums, Euronymous - guitar, Count Grishnackh - bass. These songs were finally recorded in a studio - the infamous...

16 May 2017

• Tags: Black Metal History Mayhem

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