Midnite Madness CCI—Black Church (of Real Metal)

 

"How much pain can you take?"

OBITUARY:
1. DIOCLETIAN - NEX/DECIMATOR
2. OBSESSION - ONLY THE STRONG WILL SURVIVE
3. MUTILATED - CABALISTIC CRYPTOGRAMS
4. KILLJOY - DEMISE OF HUMANITY
5. CHARGED G.B.H - DEAD ON ARRIVAL
6. EXHUMED - COITAL MUTILATION
7. AGRESSOR - BLACK CHURCH
8. GOAT SEMEN - APOLOGIA TERRORISTA
9. RATT - U GOT IT
10. MORTEM - MUTILATED CORPSE
11. CATHEDRAL - A FUNERAL REQUEST 

Midnite Madness CXCVI—I AM THE NITE

"Funerals get orgasm from my soul"

OBITUARY:
1. SARACEN - CRUSADER
2. MORBID - FROM THE DARK
3. BEOWÜLF - PHUCK
4. CIANIDE - SECOND LIFE
5. THE OBSESSED - CONCRETE CANCER
6. INCINERATOR - INSOMNIA
7. PANTERA - DAUGHTERS OF THE QUEEN
8. TERRORIZER - INJUSTICE
9. VOIVOD - TO THE DEATH
10. FATES WARNING - EPITAPH

‪Midnite Madness CLV—SHOW ZERO

 

This was my first-ever show, well, the pilot show, which aired on 31/12-2011. It is not the original recording, but it is the same tracklist, bar one track which I had to swap out as I'd already played it this year (same band), but this is as close to the original as there is due to there being no recording. Thanks to the people who wrote in and asked for this, it's for you and everyone else who's followed my show for the past ten years. Sláinte!

OBITUARY:
1. BATHORY - THE RETURN OF THE DARKNESS AND EVIL
2. HELLHAMMER - MASSACRA
3. MERCYFUL FATE - BLACK FUNERAL
4. VENOM - DON'T BURN THE WITCH
5. EXCITER - HEAVY METAL MANIAC
6. ANTHRAX - PANIC
7. PILEDRIVER - PILE DRIVER
8. POWERLORD - SILENT TERROR
9. IRON MAIDEN - MURDERS IN THE RUE MORGUE
10. JUDAS PRIEST - EXCITER
11. WITCHFYNDE - LEAVING NADIR
12. SAXON - STALLIONS OF THE HIGHWAY
13. TANGORODRIM - UNHOLY METAL WAY
14. THE RETURN - INFERNUS
15. GRAVE DESECRATOR - INSULT
16. VOMITOR - DEVILS POISON
17. DEATHHAMMER - FALLEN ANGEL [METALUCIFER COVER]
18. NEKROMANTHEON - TWELVE DEPTHS OF HADES
19. ANTICHRIST - VICTIMS OF THE BLADE
20. REPULSION - BODILY DISMEMBERMENT
21. SLAUGHTER - THE CURSE
22. DARK ANGEL - DEATH IS CERTAIN (LIFE IS NOT)
23. POSSESSED - SATAN'S CURSE
24. SLAYER - HAUNTING THE CHAPEL
25. DESTRUCTION - BESTIAL INVASION
26. VIOLENT FORCE - VENGEANCE AND VENOM
27. SACRIFICE - PYROKINESIS
28. SEPULTURA - EMPIRE OF THE DAMNED
29. SARCÓFAGO - BLACK VOMIT
30. BLACK MAGIC - VOODOO CURSE [DEMO VERSION]

‪Midnite Madness CLI—‬Heavy Metal Knights

 

After destruction
We'll go on our way
To cities not knowing
They'll be our prey
Death metal arrives
We are the heavy metal knights...

 

OBITUARY:
1. POWERLORD - INVASION OF THE LORDS
2. AMPUTATION - HEAVENLY GRACE
3. ANGEL DUST - MARCHING FOR REVENGE
4. GROTESQUE - ANGELS BLOOD
5. BARON STEEL - NIGHT OF THE WOLVES
6. ABHORRENCE - CAUGHT IN A VORTEX
7. CROWLEY - IN DEPSAIR
8. CONFLICT - GREAT WHAT
9. POWERMAD - ABSOLUTE POWER
10. NOMENCLATURE DIABLERIE - PREMATURE CREATION
11. SAVAGE GRACE - SINS OF THE DAMNED
12. EARTH - SEVEN ANGELS

‪Midnite Madness CL—‬Bleed for the Godz

EVERY LIVING THING ON THIS PLANET HAS AN AURA

OBITUARY:
1. AGENT STEEL - BLEED FOR THE GODZ
2. WITCH CROSS - NIGHTFLIGHT TO TOKYO
3. BAPHOMET - INFERNAL INVOCATION
4. AMEBIX - LARGACTYL
5. NECRODEATH - THE FLAG OF INVERTED CROSS
6. LOBOTOMIA - DISTORÇÃO POLICIAL
7. MALFEITOR - DIABOLIC EXECUTION
8. DESECRATION - DEATH'S REVENGE
9. SIEGE - TWO-FACED
10. SABBAT - A CAUTIONARY TALE
11. EXPULSER - VOMITING IN PARADISE
12. MORGOTH - SELECTED KILLING
13. TURBO - TOCZY SIĘ PO LINIE

‪Midnite Madness CXXXVXVIX—‬The Forces of Sin

There's no one up there there never was
Only in vain is there a god
There's too much suffering for him to be...
An almighty power, a heavenly being

My god, your god, whose god, there is no god?

OBITUARY:
1. DESTRUCTOR - MAXIMUM DESTRUCTION
2. MINDLESS SINNER - MASTER OF EVIL
3. CHARGED G.B.H. - THE PRAYER FOR A REALIST
4. ACID - BLACK CAR
5. DEATH SS - ZOMBIE
6. AGGRESSION - BLASPHEMING AT THE ALTAR
7. BATTALION - WINGS OF WAR
8. DARKNESS - FADED PICTURES
9. CRYPTIC SLAUGHTER - REST IN PAIN
10. SENTINEL BEAST - DOGS OF WAR
11. RATOS DE PORÃO - SISTEMA DE PROTESTO
12. CARNIVORE - THERMONUCLEAR WARRIOR
13. CANDLEMASS - BLACK STONE WIELDER

 

Midnite Madness CXXXIII—Masters of Metal - Satan's Wrath

We never ever will die 'cause Heavy Metal is life
And not eternal hell

OBITUARY:

1. ORDER FROM CHAOS - ICONOCLASM CONQUEST

2. JAGUAR - STORMCHILD

3. ARMOROS - CRITICAL MASS

4. MASTER - SUBMERGED IN SIN

5. DANZIG - SHE RIDES

6. OBSCURITY - GRAVES OF REBIRTH

7. HELLWITCH - SATAN'S WRATH

8. DIAMOND HEAD - HELPLESS

9. LUZBEL - POR PIEDAD

10. VAMPYR - HELL BENT ANGELS

11. LEVIATHAN - DESTRUCTIVE AGGRESSOR

12. MANILLA ROAD - CRYSTAL LOGIC

Midnite Madness CXV—Nocturnal Decay

ALFUCKINRIGHTTT... Show 115, more total Midnite Madness, with many-a-style represented. I must admit, I have been consciously trying to mix it up a bit more these days, and, well, without sounding like a cunt, it's kinda working. Anyways, my show is only as good as the releases that seem to keep coming, and 2018 is no exception. Show 117 promises to be a blast... See you in four weeks, on November 14th, for more Midnite Madness.

Midnite Madness CVIII—T.I.A.T.T.A.H.

THERE IS A THEORY THAT THIS HAS ALREADY HAPPENED (almost a month ago already, apparently. Apologies for the late posting!)

A Fist In The Face Of God presents... 1-800-666-1986

ALRIGHTTT. Just a little New Year gift to all my loyal maniacs. Yes, I know, it's a repost of a mix I did last year, but I have removed my talking in favour of an extra track and it is now available for both download and to stream on its own. And I also made the pretty killer new artwork above. Shouts again to the Satan Made Me Do It guys for playing this out previously and for all their hard work spreading the forgotten language of HEAVY METAL across the data airwaves. Soon!

Just demo tracks from 1986. Not an essential list or best of, etc, as I've played out a bunch of the really killer stuff on my show or on featured mixes, so just what I felt like playing at the time and what I haven't gotten round to playing out so far. As all came from MP3s with varying quality, sound may fluctuate from good to, well, kinda shit, but hey, they are ALL killer tracks. Shouts again to the guys Satan Made Me Do It Guys again for being patient, appreciative and all-round good people, makes it all the more worthwhile. This one's for you, Satan!

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DEMOndays X

OKAY. I know I am day late, again, but between beating Bosnia in the play-offs last nite and the general drudge through the daily mire, I just didn't have the time. SO, here it is—the classic "Anno Domini" demo from Hungary's Tormentor, featuring one Attila Csihar on vocals. This post is somewhat of a pre-cursor to tonite's show, volume five in the black metal series, Unholy Forces of Evil. I can't say anything about this to equal its ferocity, so just click the link below and you will be informed. One thing worth mentioning is that this was due to be their debut LP, but it got dropped and ended up coming out as a demo.

Tormentor (Hungary) - Anno Domini [1989]

1. Intro
2. Tormentor I
3. Heaven
4. Elisabeth Bathory
5. Damned Grave
6. In Gate of Hell
7. Tormentor II
8. Trance
9. Apocalypse
10. Lyssa
11. Anno Domini

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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 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

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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 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.

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.

A Fist in the Face of God presents... DVP: Shredding The Iron Curtain - A Mix by Florian Grill

The summer may have ended somewhat prematurely, but the mixtape mania has not. This month I welcome a new name to my illustrious team of compilers, one Florian Grill, head of the excellent Dying Victims Productions label and author of the biblically-sized annual zine, Thrash Attack.
We've been corresponding rather sporadically since meeting a few years back, but I always keep an eye on the stuff his label puts out, as he's always championing two things I love: forgotten 80s bands and new bands that raise the spirits of the ancient metal gods. So I asked him to compile some of his best stuff from this year and some forgotten gems, and fail he did not, by showing me some bands I hadn't even heard of. On with the battery!

Over to Florian:

Having played some of my material previously on the Midnite Madness radio show, Dylan suggested I should put together a small mixtape with some material from Dying Victims Productions. I chose the more recent releases, which came out in the last three to four months, but I also included a second lot of tracks. Basically, it's a mixture of killer bands from East Germany who have released or are on the edge releasing their debut albums, with the other half being American bands that never made it over the demo stage in the 80s—except for Hirax obviously, but they sound totally different on this demo— but easily tear apart many properly recorded albums. Enjoy! [This tracklist is a little different to the one posted on VICE as it contains five extra tracks adding 28 minutes to the mix.]

TRACKLIST:

Recent releases on DVP:

1. Deathstorm (Austria) - "Massgrave" [shredding death thrash]
2. Bastardizer (Australia) - "Demons Unleashed" [Whipstriker is known to your followers, that’s why only the 2nd band from the split is represented here]
3. Poseidon (Germany) - "Beyond the Seven Gates of Hell" [forgotten thrash from the late ‘80s]
4. Dresden (Germany) - "Sound of Silence" [‘86 thrash covering Simon and Garfunkel!] 
5. Vigilance (Slovenia) - "Tower of Black Sorcery" [raw black speed]
6. Throaat (USA) - "Evil Dead" [New York’s filthy death/thrash/heavy brigade]
7. Iron Kobra (Germany) – "Cult of the Snake" [amazing track by the heavy/speed metal warriors]
8. Sanctifying Ritual (Germany) - "Carved in Rotten Remains" [dirty underground death metal]
9. Satan's Cross (Mexico) - "Sumerian Night" [cool death/thrash/doom mix]
10. Witch Blade (Sweden) - "Ljusets Apostel" [traditional heavy metal]
11. Mion's Hill (Norway) - "Eaten Alive" [putrid black/death metal]
Other killer bands (New bands from East Germany and old overlooked demo stuff from the USA):
12. Nocturnal Witch (Germany) – H.M.S.S. [blackened thrash]
13. Fatal Violence (USA) - "Violence Is Golden" [power/speed metal, ’85]
14. Serpent (Germany) – Possessed by Night [Nwobhm inspired heavy/speed metal]
15. Blood Spill (USA) – Phantasm [totally possessed death/thrash, ’86]
16. Have Mercy (USA) - "Show Me Your Rage" [great power/speed metal, ‘84]
17. Schafott (Germany) - "Total Cleansing" [some more blackened thrash]
18. Gargoyle (USA) - "Burning Marrow" [raging thrash metal, ’86]
19. Hellhound (USA) - "Killing Spree" [killer speed metal band with long songs that never sucked, ‘85]
20. Division Speed (Germany) - "Blazing Heat" [war speed metal]
21. Savage Death (USA) - "Evil Dead" [insane early death metal,’85]
22. Hirax (USA) – Believe in the King [obviously known, but the demo is totally different but rips, ‘84]
23. Chörnyj Woron (Germany) - "V2 Over London" [2008 speed metal cult]

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You can stream the 18-track version below also.

Midnite Madness LXIX—Total Metal

Apologies to anyone who tuned in to NTS for the live show to be greeted with dead air. This was a fault by the producer, who apparently forgot how to do his job. No big deal, really, as it has been recorded and is now available for download below.

Show is in-keeping with the new formula of recalling the last month or so's listenings, and includes a 30-minute selection from the brand-new mix by Hades and Fenriz, Full Speed Ahead Vol. II. Shouts to those guys again for making yet another killer mix and to Salsten for sending me the new Deathhammer album Evil Power and allowing you to hear the ripping "Total Metal" track.

Midnite Madness returns on April 7th. You know what to do until then.

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A Fist in the Face of God presents... Full Speed Ahead Vol II - A Mix by Hades & Fenriz

Artwork by Jan Utecht

After the relative success of last year's Full Speed Ahead speed metal compilation, its composer—Hades Omega of Greek speed metal outfit Omega—informed me of a follow-up, this time brining more of the proto-speed metal sounds that set the sub-genre in motion for the early to mid-80s. This time he enlisted the skills of one DJ Fenriz, who picked out almost half of the tracks on this second volume of heart-pounding ripping metal.

Live from Kniven

They actually played the mix out at Oslo's finest metal bar Kniven, last weekend. Oh, and he even had the multi-talented Jan Utecht of German speed/black metal band Occvlta draw up the artwork for the mix. And a fine job he did, too. A real group effort, nice one.

I asked the guys if they had anything to say about their selection and Fenriz started by adding:

yeah, it's dopi from machetazo that sent me a whole bunch of old spanish metal from the 80s and i picked out my faves from that and put on this comp, atleast 4 spanish tracks i think. when i heard the whole comp i quickly deducted that the black magic track ruled the whole comp, btw.

Before Hades weighed in with:

Since last year's compilation went pretty good and many people got into it, i thought it's time for a second speed metal attack!  This time though, i was thinking about asking my friend and music trader Fenriz (Darkthrone), since he is the BIGGEST speed metal maniac i know, to join me and choose together the tracks. We even decided presenting the compilation LIVE at Kniven bar (Oslo), while hitting a few beers! I really like how it turned out, cuz there are many obscurities and interesting releases to dig from old and even new bands!! So i hope people will enjoy it , as much as we did!

TRACKLISTING:

1. Hades - Toxic (USA) - "Heart Attack" [1986]

2. Fenriz - Banshee (Canada) - "Breakdown" [1984]
3. H - Gillan (UK) - "What's the Matter" [1982]
4. F - Banzai (Spain) - "Coche Rapido en La Noche" [1983]
5. H - Dio (USA) - "I Speed at Night" [1984]
6. F - Hades (Spain) - "Entre El Fuego y La Crue" [1985]
7. H- Black Magic (Norway) - "Thunder" [2014]
8. F - Jonah Quizz (Sweden) - "Attack" [1982]
9. H - Scorpions (Germany) - "Dynamite" [1982]
10. F - Paradox (Germany) - "At Night Never Twice" [1986]
11. H - Flight (Norway) - "Escape" [2014]
12. F - Sable (Spain) - "Simbolos de Rebelion" [1987]
13. H - Blood Money (UK) - "Metalyzed" [1986]
14. F - Triton (Spain) - "Triton" [1985]
15. H - Outcast (Australia) - "No Tomorrow" [2014]

16. H - Satan (UK) - "Fuck You" [1986]

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Midnite Madness LXVII—Midnite Metal Attack

That's right, a midnite metal attack it was INDEED. Pure 80s first-presses (well, mainly), juggling only, like, three styles this time. Yes, I know I didn't play any German thrash or speed metal in general, so there will be another vinyl show this year, probably in June as I have two shows that month.
March 10th I will return with more destruction, so be ready.

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Midnite Madness LXII - Demo Entrails VI—Buried and Forgotten

Finally, the semi-classic Demo Entrails is here. I did endeavour to play tracks only from my most-listened-to demos, but a few others snuck in. I could easily do another one, but I am sure you've had enough of the grainy, under-produced sounds of underground 80s death/thrash/speed/black metal for another few months. Perhaps October's show—which is pencilled in as another Live Evil special—will contain the classic 2000s demos I originally thought might make this show, but alas, there was too much demo power in my realm to mix decades on this particular effort.
Thanks to the mystery listeners, as always, and to the power from hell that inspired these demos back in the 80s. I will return at midnite on Tuesday, September 16th, or 00.00 hours Wednesday the 17th. I don't know which date is correct, I am guessing the latter. Confusion aside, there will be more to come, but as yet a theme has not been established. Maybe a death or black metal show, or something less noisy, perhaps. Time waits, for the ripper!

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Midnite Madness LXI - Fight Back VI—Make Noise Not War

I didn't forget about you, just been busy. But here, finally, is last week's show for your listening and downloading. Thanks again to James Knight of Blue Tapes who came in and played a 40-minute UKHC set which, in many ways, was the perfect accompaniment to this documentary he had a large hand in making.
I just tried to play some different and newer stuff to the past five Fight Backs—no Discharge this time (!). I will be back with more MIDNITE MADNESS on August 18th, so check back for that (probably the classic demo show).

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