DEMOndays IX

THRASH!!!

 Sacrifice (Canada) - "The Exorcism" [1985]
1. The Shining
2. Sacrifice
3. Turn in Your Grave
4. Burned at the Stake
5. The Exorcism
6. Decapitation
7. Warrior of Death
8. Beyond Death

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DEMOndays VIII

ALRIGHT. Apparently I either forgot yesterday was indeed Monday or that I have this week-beginning obligation (both, actually), but here it is, nevertheless—volume VIII of the DEMOndays series. This week you are getting one track, but a great eleven-plus minutes. Perfect for the fog/changing season, should you be reading this in the Northern Hemisphere, that is. More black metal on the next Maniac Monday on November 17/18.

STRID (Norway) - "End Of Life" [1993]
1. End of Life

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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

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Midnite Madness LXXVII—MIDNITE MAIDEN MADNESS

ALRIGHT! YOU KNOW WHAT TO DO...

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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

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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

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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.
 

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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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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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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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.

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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!