DEMOndays III

Very little to say about this one, as it is, for me anyways, one of the best death metal demos/releases ever. Just download it and kill everyone in sight.

MASSACRE (USA) - Chamber Of Ages [1986]
1. Chamber of Ages
2. Clangor of War
3. From Beyond
4. Symbolic Immortality

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I am hoping to some degree this post will become "interactive". By this, I mean that most of my files are rips from the internet and some, as killer as the music is, are not very good/high quality recordings. Also, sometimes the artwork is incomplete or low-res. So, what I am asking here is for people to help improve these demos. If you have a better recording, higher-res artwork, info regarding the demo, etc, PLEASE either mail it direct to me here or simply add a link in the comment section. Go on.

DISCLAIMER: If you own the recording and want it removed, please do not be an internet snitch and make a DMCA claim, just email me or leave a comment and I will remove it. Thanks.

Midnite Madness LXXVI—Live Evil 2015

YES, it is that time of the month/year again—the return of the darkness... and Live Evil. Had a blast playing out some great tracks from bands who slayed past fests and also some who are due to destroy. Hour two of the show is mostly taken up by this year's official mix compiled by the guys—simply titled Live Evil: Volume II—that is due to be pressed to tape as a freebie with all tickets. So, if you haven't gotten yours yet, there still should be some available, all details are here.
Thanks to Marek and Oscar for bringing us this fifth edition of London's only real metal festival and to Joel De'ath at Music for Nations for his endeavours getting the mix to me in time for the show.
Midnite Madness returns next month. Who knows what I will be playing. You know what to do...

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DEMOndays II

ALRIGHT. Following somewhat in a similar vein to last week's post, comes the deathrashing sounds of Melbourne, Australia's Incubus, not be confused with the Brazilian/American band or the great Incubus from Georgia, either.
This is ripping deathrash with pretty Quorthon-esque vocals. Quite what these maniacs were listening to that fuelled this demo is perhaps irrelevant now as this has almost totally vanished into the ether of the metal underworld over the years. I came into contact with this around 2007, not long after the compilation of this released compiling this and the first demo they went on to record under their next guise, Spectral Birth—I will post those at some point as they are both excellent, too.
A few years back, I got in touch with Hushy—who is (was?) part of another great Aussie act, Trench Hell—at his label The Coffins Slave, as they were set to be pressing all three demos to vinyl. Sadly, it never happened and The Coffins Slave is now defunct, so no idea if these will ever see a physical release any time soon, if ever.
So, for now, take a trip into the hellish visions of one of the original Australian bands that surely influenced Vomitor, et al, down to the PERFECT guitar sound. If anyone has a scan of the original cover, please mail it to me!

INCUBUS (Australia) - Sinful Dreams [1987]


1. Demented Lust
2. Retribution
3. Last Agonies
4. Passage of Souls/Sinful Dreams

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I am hoping to some degree this post will become "interactive". By this, I mean that most of my files are rips from the internet and some, as killer as the music is, are not very good/high quality recordings. Also, sometimes the artwork is incomplete or low-res. So, what I am asking here is for people to help improve these demos. If you have a better recording, higher-res artwork, info regarding the demo, etc, PLEASE either mail it direct to me here or simply add a link in the comment section. Go on.

DISCLAIMER: If you own the recording and want it removed, please do not be an internet snitch and make a DMCA claim, just email me or leave a comment and I will remove it. Thanks.

DEMOndays I

Listeners to last month's show may have heard me lament the lack of places on the internet to discover old demos, right before I played a track from the Razor (USA) demo I found online somewhere recently. When I looked in my vault I realised this was demo number 691 and thought 'Hold on, maybe I should be the one to upload old demos' so here is the first installation of what will hopefully be a weekly post, every Monday, simply titled DEMOndays.
First up, the first (second?) Destruction demo. It seems some places say there is one preceding this that is just the first four tracks, from '83, but I think it's nothing more than internet urban legend. This demo fucking RIPS. In fact, I am not going to say any more. Just download and play it LOUD. "Frontbeast" is so fucking killer, I can't believe it didn't end up on any of their early albums. Btw, the top artwork is for the first-pressing of this demo, with the Skeletor-cum-Medusa one below belonging to the second press, both included in the zip folder.

DESTRUCTION (Germany) - Bestial Invasion Of Hell [1984]

1. Mad Butcher
2. Total Desaster
3. Antichrist
4. Frontbeast
5. Satan's Vengeance
6. Tormentor

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I am hoping to some degree this post will become "interactive". By this, I mean that most of my files are rips from the internet and some, as killer as the music is, are not very good/high quality recordings. Also, sometimes the artwork is incomplete or low-res. So, what I am asking here is for people to help improve these demos. If you have a better recording, higher-res artwork, info regarding the demo, etc, PLEASE either mail it direct to me here or simply add a link in the comment section. Go on.

DISCLAIMER: If you own the recording and want it removed, please do not be an internet snitch and make a DMCA claim, just email me or leave a comment and I will remove it. Thanks.

Trapped Under Vice

It has been almost five years to the day since the last in the so-far-five-part mix series, Trapped Under Vice, was posted on this very blog. The original links for these mixes got lost to DMCA complaints etc. so I have finally re-uploaded all five volumes for your downloading and listening pleasure.
The series spanned a 14-month spell from July 2009 to September 2010 in which the prolific mixmaker, now simply titled DJ Fenriz, supplied me with five killer mixes, each one an almost entirely different genre to the last, which undeniably had its influence on my radio show. Of course, he went on to do more sweet mixes for this blog and others, before finally starting his own radio show earlier this year.
So here, once again, for all those who weren't around then or didn't know/care, are the mixes. I had to "remaster" some of the artworks due to the odd mistake and bad typeface, but if you want more info on the mixes such as tracklistings and wise words from the man himself about each compilation, click through the title to get to the original post for each respective mix. Cry out!

VOLUME I

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VOLUME II

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VOLUME III

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VOLUME IV feat. SINDRE SOLEM

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VOLUME V

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I will be (slowly) re-uploading all the missing links for all the AFITFOG mixes in time. 'til then, keep it locked to Radio Fenriz (especially the CULT METAL shows), for similar listening. Thanks again to Fenriz for keeping the flame lit and to all heavy metal maniacs worldwide. Hell awaits!