Monday 26 October 2015

DEMOndays VII

ALRIGHT. Seeing as how you all lapped up that last dose of punk with zeal, here's another. Not quite as caustic as last week's demo, but every bit as ripping. And yes, the cover does kinda suck, but you know what they say about cover-judging...

AVFALL (Norway) - Das System [2011]
1. Norsk Moral
2. Avfall
3. Systemslave
4. Mein Klassenkampf
5. Dødsprofitt
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.

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Monday 19 October 2015

DEMOndays VI

Here's a "new" band for a change, mangel maniacs Infernöh, from Sweden. Listeners to my show will have heard them on the Fight Back shows and sporadically where I can fit them in. Killer d-beat crust demo that I managed to get on vinyl—it's side B of the War Tjard EP—but the tape cover rules!
INFERNÖH (Sweden) - Demo [2011]
1. Gamdregel
2. Länge Leve Mig
3. Strida För Vadå?
4. Inferno
5. Kyla
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.

Monday 12 October 2015

DEMOndays V

 A last little Live Evil post here in the form of the killer Bulldozer demo. That's right, there was a demo preceding the classic The Day Of Wrath début, but until 2013's The Exorcism compilation, it was "lost". According to Metal Archives, there was originally only three copies; one went to King Diamond, AC Wild (above) kept one, and the final copy went to Roadrunner, getting them signed. This demo is taken from that 2013 release compiling this demo that AC Wild "rediscovered" along with the Fallen Angel single that released the same year, 1984. Great early black/speed/thrash metal and you can see why it was a no-brainer to sign these Italian maniacs, as a good deal of the tracks are perhaps better than the ones on the LP. There is no cover, so I kinda knocked one up. I doubt King Diamond got one, but you never know...
BULLDOZER (Italy) - Demo 1984 [1984]
1. The Exorcism
2. Cut Throat
3. Welcome Death
4. Whiskey
5. Mad Men
6. Insurrection of the Living Damned
7. The Great Deceiver

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.

Live Evil: Volume Two

 
London is preparing for the return of darkness and Live Evil, once again. That's right, my favourite real metal festival is back and, as usual, they've somehow managed to produce another impressive line-up. This year's edition sees Bulldozer and Tygers Of Pan Tang headline, with a killer pre-show on the Friday before a weekend of headbanging heaven.

The guys at Live Evil—Marek and Oscar—have included a free cassette compilation of some of the bands playing the weekend—featuring some exclusive tracks—free with each ticket, and they've been kind enough to let me preview it for your ears to get you all pumped up and ready to destroy Tuffnell Park this week. Hell's fire!
Here, some words from Marek:
Last year was the best Live Evil yet, which is saying something. The Dome is the perfect venue for us and the atmosphere was electric. This year will be even better, with our biggest and best line up and loads of great extras in place, including the free cassette. Our headliners are going to blow the doors off; we have all the young bands we wanted, including Helvetets Port (finally); and Chaos UK and Stray give us a slightly different flavour with the best hardcore punk and classic rock currently playing in the UK. I'm expecting to hear: "This is the best festival in the world, mate" at least ten times a day.
There are still some tickets available, so be sure to clear the calendar of all that lying around hungover for some heavy metal mania. All info here and tickets here.


TRACKLIST:
SIDE A
1. Mindless Sinner (Sweden) - "We Go Together"

2. Flight (Norway) - "Flight" [03:39]
3. Nekromantheon (Norway) - "Cryovolcanic Eruption"
 [08:29]
4. Helvetets Port (Sweden) - "Hero of an Age"* [14:00]
5. Vampire (Sweden) - "Night Hunter"* [17:25]
6. Witching Hour (Germany) - "Once Lost Souls Returned"* [20:40]

SIDE B
7. Speedtrap (Finland) - "No Glory Found" [28:02]
8. Bulldozer (Italy) - "Cut Throat (Live At Rock Hard Festival 2012)"*
 [32:10]
9. ZOM (Ireland) - "Flesh Assimilation" [33:54]
10. Krossburst (Norway) - "Goddess of Midnight"* [38:38]
11. Seven Sisters (England) - "Lost in Time"
 [42:55]
12. Dungeon (England) - "Unholy Speed Attack"* [47:26]
* Exclusive tracks for Live Evil: Volume Two


Thanks to all the bands, Fenriz, Joel De'ath, Joseph Oremus, Costin Chioreanu, James Gall and the staff The Dome, plus all hard rock advocates.
 

Monday 5 October 2015

DEMOndays IV

OKAY. So I've decided to keep the musical theme going here, delving deeper into the 80s death metal sound. Regular listeners of my show will have noticed I've played all three tracks from this demo somewhere in the last 76 shows, which says it all, really. Death metal or DIE!!!

INCUBUS (USA) - Incubus [1987]
1. God Died on His Knees
2. Reanimator's Mutilations
3. Engulfed in Unspeakable Horror

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.