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34 Years Ago: CONFLICT release It's Time to See Who's Who

Eltham's CONFLICT released their debut album during this month in 1983. It's Time... was originally released on Corpus Christi Records, the label formed by members of CRASS and Southern's John Loder as an outlet for bands that did not necessarily fit on the Crass Records label. Within a year or two...

8 March 2017

• Tags: Conflict Punk History

33 Years Ago: HELLHAMMER complete Apocalyptic Raids (the future remains the past)

On this day in 1984 HELLHAMMER were putting the finishing touches to their only major release, the total cult Apocalyptic Raids, which began on the 2nd at Caet Studios, Berlin. Produced by Tom Warrior & Martin Ain, engineered by Horst Mueller. Tom Warrior - SATANIC SLAUGHTER - V-...

7 March 2017

• Tags: Black Metal History Death Metal History Hellhammer

36 Years Ago: NEW ORDER release Ceremony (this is why events unnerve me)

Written by JOY DIVISION, released as NEW ORDER on this day in 1981 following Curtis' suicide on 18 May 1980. The lyrics for this song were never written down so the band attempted to use rehearsal recordings - like the one below - to decipher and transcribe the sung words....

6 March 2017

• Tags: Joy Division Punk History

34 Years Ago: JFA live at Mad Garden, Phoenix AZ (a hall where weirdos sometimes wrestle)

The great JFA (Jodie Foster's Army) live on this day in 1983 at the Mad Garden, in their hometown of Phoenix, Arizona. Bands played in the wrestling ring at the building's center, setting their amps and drums on the padded floor between rubberized ropes. The stage wobbled during...

5 March 2017

• Tags: JFA Punk History

27 Years Ago: KREATOR, CORONER, SABBAT, TANKARD live at Thrashing East Festival

Just months after the fall of the Berlin wall, and still several months from formal reunification, the Thrashing East Festival took place at Werner-Seelenbinder-Halle, East Berlin on this day in 1990. Headlined by KREATOR with TANKARD, CORONER and SABBAT! There is a lot of killer footage from the...

4 March 2017

• Tags: Heavy Metal History Kreator Sabbat (United Kingdom)

20 Years Ago: EMPEROR release Reverence

The first new material since the storms of 1993/1994 and the well received debut In the Nightside Eclipse, EMPEROR released Reverence during this month in 1997. Reverence t-shirts now available. A three song mini CD featuring "The Loss and Curse of Reverence" (acting as a single / preview for Anthems...

3 March 2017

• Tags: Black Metal History Emperor

36 Years Ago: IRON MAIDEN release Twilight Zone c/w Wrathchild

Here in Britain Twilight Zone was a non-album single. A double-A side with "Wrathchild". We couldn't afford to pay for another video for 'Twilight Zone', so we did a double A-side, because we knew we were gonna be off touring a lot and, if by any chance they...

2 March 2017

• Tags: Heavy Metal History Iron Maiden

29 Years Ago: HERESY record their second Peel session

As mentioned on the INTENSE DEGREE post, March saw several UK hardcore/grind bands record Peel Sessions. On this day in 1988 HERESY recorded their second. This was the same year they released the debut LP Face Up To It. ConsumeFace Up To ItInto The GreyWhen Unity Becomes SolidarityThe...

1 March 2017

• Tags: Heresy Punk History

29 Years Ago: INTENSE DEGREE record their Peel session

INTENSE DEGREE recorded their Peel session on this day in 1988. Later that year (October) they released the crushing album War In My Head. Maida Vale 4 hosted several UK hardcore / grind bands at that time! HERESY recorded their second Peel session a couple of days after...

28 February 2017

• Tags: Intense Degree Punk History

39 Years Ago: CRASS record a demo at Southern

Come to Southern Studios, cheap evening rates... CRASS recorded this demo eight months before their debut LP The Feeding of the 5000. On this day in 1978. Live at Southern Studios with John Loder. End ResultG's SongGeneral BacardiSecuricorAngela RipponMajor General DespairDo They Owe Us a Living?Punk Is Dead You...

27 February 2017

• Tags: Crass Punk History

25 Years Ago: DARKTHRONE release A Blaze in the Northern Sky

From Peaceville's original promo sheet: Darkthrone are not like any other death metal band from Norway, in fact they are not even a death metal band! They prefer the title 'unholy black metal', which this second LP 'A Blaze in the Northern Sky' will show you.It's more of...

26 February 2017

• Tags: Black Metal History Darkthrone

28 Years Ago: OBLITERATION live in Dover

OBLITERATION live on this day in 1989 at the St Johns Ambulance Hall, Durham Hill, Dover. Supporting AXEGRINDER with EPIDEMIC, TOMORROWS ALCOHOLICS and RISE. 7pm, £2. We have OBLITERATION's only album Obscured Within in stock. The remastered CD includes bonus demos Into The Void and Internal Corrosion which...

25 February 2017

• Tags: Heavy Metal History

20 Years Ago: IMMORTAL release Blizzard Beasts

We managed to be different from our earlier albums also this time, and we changed the concept a bit, but not the style. It still sounds Immortal. We also wanted to develop ourselves continuously. Develop, but maintain and keep our own style. Theme is the usual, which I...

24 February 2017

• Tags: Black Metal History Immortal

28 Years Ago: CARCASS Live at ULU

CARCASS live on this day in 1989 at the University of London Union. One song from this set ended up on a 1990 7" titled St. George's Hall, Bradford 15/11/89. Miles Hackett has a great write-up of the night here. Other bands that night (A Night of Rock...

23 February 2017

• Tags: Carcass Death Metal History

30 Years Ago: NECROPHAGIA release Season of the Dead (were things really that fucked?)

In almost every way a completely different band to the NECROPHAGIA of the late 90s, Season of the Dead is a killer grinding thrash / early death metal LP in the vein of POSSESSED, SLAUGHTER! Released during this month in 1987. Larry Madison on guitar, Joe Blazer drums,...

22 February 2017

• Tags: Death Metal History Necrophagia

23 Years Ago: EMPEROR release In the Nightside Eclipse

...we have recorded a full lenght album, it's entitled "In the nightside eclipse" and are to be released as soon as the final mix and artwork is ready...it will be a monument in the Black Metal history. Released during the height of public hysteria surrounding the events and arrests...

21 February 2017

• Tags: Black Metal History Emperor

20 Years Ago: ARCKANUM release Kostogher

Through wooded glades he wanders with dancing nymphs who foot it on some sheer cliff's edge, calling upon Pan, the shepherd-god, long-haired, unkempt. He has every snowy crest and the mountain peaks and rocky crests for his domain; hither and thither he goes through the close thickets, now...

20 February 2017

• Tags: Arckanum Black Metal History

23 Years Ago: BEHERIT release H418ov21.C

"H418..." was supposed to be a special teaser-release before the release of a new band-BEHERIT album. I just never managed to get the band together again. Released on this day in 1994, only three months after Drawing Down the Moon.

19 February 2017

• Tags: Beherit Black Metal History