✝ BANG 'EM 'TIL THEY BLEED ✝ - A MIX BY ANNA HALLSTROM

 

Here is a fantastic guest mix, curated by long-time Maniac Anna Hallstrom, back in 2013. 

It was fully restored when rebuilding the music hard-drive earlier this year and felt it is far too good to be sat there, so it is time you all got a blast of this one.

I found some now-all-time favorurites from this (Black Rose's "Sucker for Your Love", being one) and who knows, it may even end up being your spring/summer 2025 mix...

OBITUARY:
1. PERSIAN RISK - DON'T TURN AROUND
2. NIGHTMARE - WAITING FOR THE TWILIGHT
3. ALIEN FORCE- TO YOU
4. BLACK ROSE - SUCKER FOR YOUR LOVE
5. OBSESSION - BANG 'EM TIL THEY BLEED
6. HERETIC - ENEMY WITHIN
7. QUEENSRŸCHE - DELIVERANCE
8. LIZZY BORDEN - GODIVA
9. ARMORED SAINT CAN U DELIVER
10. ACCEPT - CHINA LADY
11. PICTURE - UNEMPLOYED
12. KILLER - READY FOR HELL
13. SEDUCER - BLIZZARD
14. DEATH DEALER - SHERRY
15. ZONE ZERO - WIN OR DIE

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Midnite Madness CXXXVXII—Masters of Metal - Death to Posers

OBITUARY:
1. IMMORTAL - UNHOLY FORCES OF EVIL
2. DIO - I SPEED AT NIGHT
3. NECROPHAGIA (CA, USA) - BONE CANCER
4. CRUCIFIXION - ON THE RUN
5. SADISTIC INTENT - CONDEMNED IN MISERY
6. MDC - I REMEMBER
7. QUEENSRŸCHE - QUEEN OF THE REICH
8. ANNIHILATOR - PHANTASMAGORIA
9. VENSOR - TERMINAL BREATH
10. GRAVE DIGGER - LEGION OF THE LOST
11. POISON IDEA - PURE HATE
12. SADUS - HANDS OF FATE
13. URIAH HEEP - PILGRIM

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 CIX—Lost Chambers of Hell

Show 109. Thank you for listening and see you again on May 30th for more MIDNITE MADNESS.

Midnite Madness CVII—Painfully Awaiting the Nite

See you like-minded maniacs for more MIDNITE MADNESS on April 4th. Soon!

Midnite Madness LXXXIV—Descent Into Madness

More radio waves here for your ears to devour. I will return on June 1st and 29th next month, so be sure to return for more Midnite Madness then. Soon!

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Midnite Madness LXXXI—Cult of Madness

 

ALRIGHT. Another dose for all you maniacs. Some old, some new, all shit I've been listening to since the last show, as is the way nowadays.

Apologies for the no-demo post this week, I just didn't have time what with composing this week's show and also sorting Sgt. Salsten's new mix, which I will post once VICE have posted it first (looking like it'll be next week now). For now you will have to enjoy the preview towards the end of this week's show. SOON!

P.S. The screenshot above is from the so-far last instalment of Twin Peaks, a movie compiled using mostly outtakes from the Fire Walk With Me movie—imaginatively titled Fire Walk With Me: The Missing Pieces—but also additional scenes after the last shot from the original TV series. Crazy this exists and I only found out about it last week. So, assuming I am not the only one who missed it, it is here for those of you who would like to see it. Recommended for TP maniacs only!

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Midnite Madness LXXVII—MIDNITE MAIDEN MADNESS

ALRIGHT! YOU KNOW WHAT TO DO...

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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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Midnite Madness LXXV—Metal Revenge

YES. Show 75. Thanks to all who managed to catch this week's show live and to those awaiting this very post. As always, you are who the show is for, so thanks for listening.
I will return like the darkness and evil itself as the clock strikes September 23nd with a Live Evil special, of some sort. That's enough for now, 'til then let the metal be your guide!

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A Fist In The Face Of God presents... The Initiation—Carefully Compiled By Janny Ratten

Image by Jan Utecht

Jan from Occvlta is one those multi-talented people who, no matter what he seems to try his hand at (his artwork for a recent mix still kills me every time I see it), is perpetually great. I first heard his band, Occvlta, in the lead up to the very first Live Festival back in 2009, where legend has it he basically told the former organiser that they were playing the festival, no questions asked. I was helping out with interviews for the zine to accompany the festival, but finding them was tough, as, back then they weren't even listed on Encyclopaedia Metallum (Wikipedia for metal-nerds, basically), such was their relative newness.
So we got to the interview eventually, and Jan was the ideal interviewee. His confidence in getting a place at the festival (their first show, if I'm not mistaken, and first-up on the bill of what would be a legendary festival) wasn't unfounded. They fucking slayed.
Then, when VICE's music site Noisey was launched, I travelled to an Occvlta show in -16° Berlin, in December of 2010, to see them desecrate White Trash alongside infernal death-bangers, Deathhammer, and 80s Italian speed metallers, Fingernails. This performance was captured and features in their Noisey show. Jan had just had his first-born around he that time (hey, Grimur!), but as his lady and offspring were out of town for a few days, he put me and few other beer/weed/sweat-stinking metalheads up in his ludicrously cheap Kreuzberg apartment for a few nights, and the allegiance formed.

Jan (middle) in Berlin, 2010

Anyways, recent-ish-ly he did a mix for the prestigious Lodown Magazine, which is mostly made up of just weird stuff and no metal, and it reminded me, 'Hey, wasn't he supposed to do me a mix?' So here it is, all ready to be devoured, below a few words from Jan himself.

Well, this mix. What to say about it. In a way, it's a mirror of the metal I listen to and how I feel at the moment. Which is mostly black and heavy, haha. You'll find obscure stuff and songs you've probably known for ages, but I think that makes the MIX. Actually, I don't listen to "Life Eternal" that often, but it really is one of my absolute favourites. And then there is Winterhawk. Also a true masterpiece. I thought it sucks, when hearing it for the first time. Too much guitar. But I let time decide what I like, if I don't feel in the mood for something new, well, if the gods want, we are gonna meet again. There is so many great bands it took years for me to like/understand, and it feels so good to know that there is no hurry and a lot more. So who cares. A lot of the songs I was introduced to by friends or my brother. Hanging out with cool people listening to cool music ... on facebook, haha.

"Devil Eyes" and "Princess of the Night" I owe to my brother, Torm [Occvlta drummer]; Sapphire I owe to Tooth [drummer of New York band Natur], "Lady of Mars" to Marcelo [Evil Spirits], and Winterhawk I think was originally introduced to me by Henry [Yuan of Electric Assault Records], but it took a few years until Torben played it and then BOOM. There you go.

TRACKLIST:

1. Wendy Carlos and Rachel Elkind (USA) - "Main Title 'The Shining'" [1980]
2. Aura Noir (Norway) - "Towers of Limbs and Fevers (Original Version)" [1994]
3. Mighty Sphincter (USA) - "Ghost Walking" [1985]
4. Isengard (Norway) - "Our Lord Will Come" [1991]
5. Darkthrone (Norway) - "As Flittermice as Satans Spys" [1994]
6. Kringa (Austria) - "Pearly Gates, Abhorrent Ascent (Unreleased)" [2015]
7. Mayhem (Norway) - "Life Eternal" [1994]
8. Mercyful Fate (Denmark) - "Devil Eyes" [1982]
9. Sapphire (England) - "Encounter" [1982]
10. Dark Star (England) - "Lady of Mars" [1981]
11. Saxon (England) - "Princess of the Night" [1981]
12. Winterhawk (USA) - "Free to Live" [1982]

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A Fist In The Face Of God presents... Live Evil Mix 2014

Artwork illustration by Andrew Walter

Live Evil festival is back for another year, and this year's line-up is as strong as any previous, if not the toughest lineup yet. So if you live near The Dome in Tufnell Park, be prepared to spend next weekend sharing the streets with lots of men wearing patched vests, bullet belts, moustaches and leather, as well as plenty of women in very similar get-ups, minus the facial hair, hopefully.
So, in annual fashion, here is a mix featuring one track from each of this year's participants. I lovingly pieced the tracks that curators Marek Steven and Oscar Tuttiett sent me over, with tracks running in chronological order from oldest to newest. There's even a brand-new, exclusive track on here from the mighty Deathhammer's soon-to-be unleashed third album, Evil Power, and also some brand-new stuff from the Marek's own Amulet, and Italy's speed metalpunks Bunker 66. I will let the guys do the rest of the talking followed by the mix.

What we have here are some of our favourite tracks from the amazing 19 international acts from this year's Live Evil Festival. Every year of the fest so far has been legendary and we will feel genuinely lucky to help this event happen. There is something very special about the atmosphere that is inclusive, fun, and completely unhinged, all at the same time. Every year we have bands that get huge shortly afterwards and others who remain unappreciated cult acts, and this year we genuinely think it's the best line-up yet. Still some tickets left so don't miss out - we look forward to hosting you!

Marek Steven and Oscar Tuttiett—Live Evil

1. Quartz (UK) - "Satan's Serenade" [1980]
2. Manilla Road (USA) - "Hammer of the Witches" [1985]
3. Vulcano (Brazil) - "Spirits of Evil" [1986]
4. Nifelheim (Sweden) - "Storm of the Reaper" [2007]
5. Division Speed (Germany) - "Ominous Silence" [2009]
6. Antichrist (Sweden) - "Dark Sorcery" [2011]
7. Wytch Hazel (England) - "Wytch Hazel" [2011]
8. Lizzies (Spain) - "Sacrifice" [2013]
9. Ranger (Finland) - "Steel Dawn" [2013]
10. Nocturnal (Germany) - "Rising Demons" [2014]
11. Bunker 66 (Italy) - "(She's Got) Demon Eyes" [2014]
12. Deathhammer (Norway) - "Powertrip (Unreleased)" [2014]
13. Nocturnal Witch (Germany) - "Black Star" [2014]
14. Nightmare City (Sweden) - "Nightmare City" [2014]
15. Morbus Chron (Sweden) - "Towards A Dark Sky" [2014]
16. Lecherous Gaze (USA) - "End Rising" [2014]
17. Riddles (England) - "Psychedelic Power Engine Iron Claw Thunder Mistress" [2014]
18. Amulet (England) - "Glint of the Knife" [2014]
19. Portrait (Sweden) - "Mother Sun [Judas Priest cover]" [2014]

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And don’t forget there’s a pre-Live Evil show next Wednesday the 15th at east London’s premier blackout drunk vortex, The Alibi, featuring one of the festival’s act’s, the USA’s Lecherous Gaze.
Also, next Tuesday I will hosting a special Live Evil show on my radio transmission, Midnite Madness, 12am next Wednesday morning. You've been warned!

Maniac Monday L - Heavy Metal Mania V

Heavy Metal Mania returns! Like mentioned in the show, I was going to do a best of—seeing as it is the 50th show and all—but I was too lazy to even do that, so here is a new speed/heavy/NWOBHM show. There are a few tracks I have played before, but as always I tried to come up with different bands/songs. Getting trick now I'm 50 shows deep, so who knows how many more of these genre-themed shows there will be in the future.
What I do know is that but the next show will be death fucking metal, and that is a sure thing, on February 3rd.
Tomorrow will see the first guest mix of the year, a two-hour speed metal opus from Omega mastermind Hades, so check back for that, it's a ripper!

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