‪Midnite Madness CLXIX—2022, PT. I

Part one of two 2022 shows. I heard so many good releases since I started listening to 2022 stuff in Novemeber, that one part would not suffice, so watch out for part two in early 2023. 

Thanks again to all the bands, labels, promo senders, etc for keeping the flame well and truly lit. 

OBITUARY:
1. BLACK GRAIL - REFLEXIONES EN CICUTA
2. WARTHOG - TERRESTRIAL PROGRESS
3. NEGATIVE PLANE - POISON AND THE CRUCIFIX
4. SALUTE - STYX STYX STYX
5. STATIC ABYSS - JAWBONE RITUAL
6. METALIAN - FIRE ON THE ROAD
7. HEARSE - WHISPERS OF SORROW
8. BONES - WITHERING
9. DARKTHRONE - IMPECCABLE CAVERNS OF SATAN
10. NITERIS - U SJAJU OLUJE

NTS Tuesday · A Fist in the Face of God presents: Midnite Madness 061222

‪Midnite Madness CLIII—‬Fear Beyond the Vision

 

Did your parents ever tell you to stay away from rock and roll?

 

OBITUARY:
1. EXCITER - STAND UP AND FIGHT
2. AT WAR - ORDERED TO KILL
3. GENOCÍDIO - PACT OF BLOOD
4. DEATH SIDE - MY PACE
5. CENOTAPH - REPULSIVE ODOR OF DECOMPOSITION
6. VIRGIN STEEL - BURN THE SUN
7. IMPALED NAZARENE - CONDEMNED TO HELL
8. WARLOCK - END OF THE LINE
9. KATHARSIS - THE MASTER AND DORMANT LORD
10. BELKÈTRE - LAST SIGH OF GOD
11. NASTY SAVAGE - FEAR BEYOND THE VISION
12. DISEMBOWELMENT - THE TREE OF LIFE AND DEATH

Midnite Madness CXXXVXVI—Masters of Metal - World Inaction

‪There is a theory which states that if ever anyone discovers exactly what the Universe is for and why it is here, it will instantly disappear and be replaced by something even more bizarre and inexplicable... There is a theory this has already happened‬
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THERE IS A THEORY THAT THIS ALREADY HAPPENED

OBITUARY:
1. SEPULTURA - INTRO/MORBID VISIONS
2. HELLHAMMER - MANIAC [RE-RECORDED VERSION]
3. VOIVOD - BLACK CITY
4. DR. SHRINKER - GERM FARM
5. DRILLER KILLER - KILLER (WITH A BADGE)
6. DEATH POWER - SATAN'S LITANIES
7. AXE WITCH - HEAVY REVOLUTION
8. POSION - YOG-SOTHOTH
9. HOBBS' ANGEL OF DEATH - JACK THE RIPPER
10. SPEED QUEEN - LES MAUDITS
11. ONSLAUGHT - LORD OF EVIL
12. VEX - WORLD IN ACTION
13. OZZY OSBOURNE - STEAL AWAY (THE NIGHT)

Midnite Madness CXXXV—Masters of Metal - In Metal We Trust

I want to climb the mountain of dreams
But I'm just lying here on the ground
I can't move and I can't see
And can't hear a fucking sound
Come to me you said
There's something beyond reality
A journey into darkness
To fight against humanity

Mirror, what do you see
Glory, fortune or insanity?
Death, means just rebirth
To the fiery kingdom under the earth
I was never like them
I could never obey their insane lord

Please let me enter
Mark me with the holy sword

Pure hate

Going into nowhere
You're asking me to follow
I really don't know
Where I'll be tomorrow

OBITUARY:
1. ABIGAIL - DESCENDING FROM A BLACKENED SKY
2. SABBAT - IN SATAN WE TRUST
3. MERCILESS - PURE HATE
4. RANDY - THE BEAST
5. EXORCIST - EXECUTION OF THE WITCHES
6. GIRLSCHOOL - NOTHING TO LOSE
7. XIBALBA - HORIZONS
8. DISCARD - BLISTERING LIGHT
9. MALHAVOC - MERIDIANA
10. STRYPER - SOLDIERS UNDER COMMAND
11. SADISTIK EXEKUTION - MAGUS
12. WOLF - 243
13. MELVINS - ROMAN BIRD DOG

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 CXXII—Canadian Metal, Vol. I

Sex With Satan the loudest song
Sounds like a hammer from hell
Pyrokinesis and Take This Torch
Sounds that fill me with no remorse

Whimsical Uproar, Tortured Souls
For these fuckin' sounds my angry heart calls
Canadian metal, just obey
On your weak sounds (new plastic metal) we will prey...

Midnite Madness CXII—Armed and Dangerous

Armed and dangerous

With the music that we play

Our guitars have the power

To blow you all away

We don't need any weapons

Just the ones that we supply

We're armed and dangerous

And that you can't deny...

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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If you have a better recording of this particular demo PLEASE either mail it direct to me here or simply add a link in the comment section. I need it!

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Midnite Madness LIX - BANZAI!

Unfortunately due to conflicting schedules, Maniac Monday is no more. However, it has been renamed as Midnite Madness (same initials, just another stupid title) and now airs once a month at witching hour. So no more 9-11GMT shows every two weeks unfortunately, but one a month regardless for the same 120 minutes as always. Here are the remaining shows for the year:
-June 24th
-July 22nd
-August 19th
-September 16th
-October 14th
-November 11th
-December 9th
Which will take me up to 66 shows in total. These air at midnite UK time, alright? ALRIGHT.
Onto the most recent effort then, a Banzai Records show. Again, this is not the best tracks released on the legendary Banzai imprint, but perhaps my favourite records and tracks I hadn't played off them already over the last 58 shows. It came out pretty good so go download and play it fucking LOUD on the train or mow the lawn to it. Hails to all the 80s gods who appeared on this epic two-hour journey through 80s metal, without you I might not be here, ughhh...

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Maniac Monday XXXVII - A Fist in the Face of God 1980-2009

YES. I had a blast doing yesterday's show and here it is. As I find myself now a year older, I decided to play a track from each year I've been alive, right up until today. However, I couldn't really fit it all in so it goes up 'til 2009. I am sure previous shows won't have you pining for those missing years.
Back for a third show this month on July 29th, so keeping sharpening those swords. 'til then...

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Non-Remasters Of Reality, pt. II

Voivod (Canada) War And Pain (1984) Pony Canyon Inc. [PCCY-00104]

Enjoy this early Canadian beast ripped from a FLAC of the non-remastered 1990 Japanese CD press, at 320kbps. Sounds pretty much the same as my first press vinyl.
1.Voivod
2.Warriors of Ice
3.Suck your Bone
4.Iron Gang
5.War and Pain
6.Blow
7.Live for Violence
8.Black City
9.Nuclear War

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Slaughter (Canada) Strappado (1987) Fringe Product [FPL3028]

This vinyl rip of the first pressing is insanely cool and pretty much a totally different mix to even the first CD version released the same year on the same label. Not sure why, both mixes slay, but this is slightly cooler with its echoey vocals and slightly more discordant overall sound. A true classic, top ten ever, even.
1.Strappado
2.The Curse
3.Disintegrator
4.Incinerator
5.Parasites
6.F.O.D. (Fuck of Death)
7.Tortured Souls
8.Nocturnal Hell
9.Tales of the Macabre

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Sacrifice (Canada) Forward To Termination (1987) Metal Blade Records [72223-2]

First CD press by Restless Records/Metal Blade ripped from FLAC at 320kbps, with artowrk scans. If you haven't already got this one then today is your lucky day!
1.Forward to Termination
2.Terror Strikes
3.Re-Animation
4.Afterlife
5.Flames of Armageddon
6.The Entity
7.Forever Enslaved
8.Cyanide
9.Light at the End
10.Pyrokinesis

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Next month: Brazil. No, maybe Germany.

Deathrashgrind

Sacrifice (Canada) The Exorcism (1985)

The Exorcism is basically the demo of Torment In Fire, however, I've kind of always been a bigger fan of this than the full-length. "Turn in your Grave" sounds incredible on this release.

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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Desecration (USA) Psycho (1985)

This is scorching—the vocals a little odd, perhaps—but great evil 80s thrash, nevertheless. Not many things sound like this nowadays.

1. Intro
2. Psycho
3. Death's Revenge
4. Halloween

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Hobbs Angel Of Death (Australia) Virgin Metal Invasion From Down Under (1987)

Well, much like the Sacrifice demo above, I have always been more of a fan of this than the LP that followed it. "Jack the Ripper" is killer, great drum sound.

1. House of Death
2. Crucifixion
3. Jack the Ripper
4. Bubonic Plague
5. The Journey

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Armoros (Canada) Pieces (1988)

This is a pretty random bit of dark Canadian thrash, long since out of print. Basically, if you have somehow tired of Darkness Descends, this is in the same ball park stylistically, with "Critical Mass" being the standout track for me on here.

1. Forever CDMK
2. Terminal Death
3. Euphoria
4. Apparition of Force
5. Critical Mass
6. Autopsy (Dementia)
7. The Dead
8. Shadows
9. Remember Michelle
10. Earache

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Stagnation (USA) Stagnation (2007)

Okay, I know this is considerably newer than the rest, but this is simply crushing and you should download it now and turn it up past lethal. Brusing death/grind.

1. Tempter
2. From the Fog
3. Shall Be Turned
4. Interceptor
(Bonus Tracks)
5. Farthest From
6. Thunderdrome

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Interview with J.P. Antikrist of Deathroner

 Canada's Deathroner play some of the most furious metal to come out of Canada since the golden age of the 80s. Their new album has been killing me since it came out a few weeks back and I felt it fitting to catch up with the band to hear their thoughts and straighten out a few myths in the process. Vocalist and guitarist J.P. Antikrist was more than up for the task so here goes. I actually got the interview back a week or so ago but they promised me some new band pics, but their bassist got too wasted last weekend apparently so they only just did them: on the moon by the looks of things. On with the battery!

AFITFOG: First up, why the name Deathroner? Is it indicative of a motive for the forming of the band perhaps; i.e., to dethrone all the lame-ass bands around nowadays?
J.P. Antikrist: Of course, the moniker shows a motive, and the one you evoked is perfectly fit for us, ha ha... To dethrone fucking Christianity with infernal powers, to dethrone enemies and weak ones with total war, and when all is done and everything's destroyed and dead, death will claim its rightful throne.
Who are your main inspirations?
First of all, lots of satanic, hateful and aggressive metal bands. Also, Hitler and WWII in general, Nietzsche and serial killers... Satanism, occultism, war, hate, death and nihilism are great inspirations for us.
The LP is even more hate-filled, intense and insane than the demo - especially the vocals - was this intentional?
Absolutely. We've put shitloads of hate and aggression in the making of this demo, we knew we had to top it for the album, and we did it. In addition, the dirtiness of the low-budget production and mixing helped adding some effect to our sound.

The album cover depicts a black hole in space sucking the Earth into it, what do you make of the current state of the world? Does it feel like it is coming to an end, both in terms of natural disasters (flooding, fires etc.) and with mankind intent on killing itself (wars, religion etc.)?
Well, if this fucked up world and pitiful mankind are not already "dead", they're pretty damn close... That's the meaning of the cover art. The worst is yet to come, and this is what Deathroner stands for.
So do you think Death To All is a suitable soundtrack for the apocalypse?
Ha ha, hell yeah!!! Deathroner is sponsored by the apocalypse itself!!!
Ha ha! Canada has had a very rich history of killer metal bands over the years with Slaughter, Razor, Blasphemy etc. What new bands do you think emanate the same feeling and what bands from the old days do you hail yourselves?
New bands... We're not really getting updates about what's new in our country and the rest of the world as well. The only new band we know that is similar to Deathroner in terms of aggression and old-schoolness is Perversifier from France. Bands from the old days, that's what we're mainly listening to, even after all those years; Venom, Bathory, Slayer, Hellhammer/Celtic Frost, Possessed, the great canadian bands aforementioned, Deicide, Beherit, etc. etc.
A while ago I was talking to a friend about Deathroner and he said he liked the band but felt that "politically they are a few snowflakes short of a snowball", yet inside your new LP it states the band is apolitical. Was there some misappropriated idea in the past that you were a political band?
Fuck, yes. Some fucking group of humanists and worthless punks—namely the A.R.A.-Anti-Racist Action—started branding us a bunch of National Socialists, which had us banned from a couple shows as a result. They were too dumb to understand that we were hailing and praising EVIL in all its forms, without political afterthought or understatement. If you're judging Deathroner from a humanist and moral point of view, you're really missing the whole fucking point, ha ha.

How did you come to labeling your music as Evil Speed Metal?
Well, since the mid-80s we were listening to those fucking great cult acts - Venom, Slayer, etc. In Canada, almost every extreme band was released under a label called Banzai Records, which was based in Montreal. It was a kind of very cheap, semi-rip-off shitty label, but all the greats from the 80s we knew were on that label. They had like a 'warning sign' printed on some extreme album sleeves—like Bathory's self-titled release and The Return..., Hellhammer, Possessed, and so on. I think Banzai Recs began branding it in 1984, if I remember correctly. This sign looked like a solar cross and the moniker 'Speed Metal' was written around it. So, when we were going to the record store and saw an album with the 'warning sign' on it, we knew what we were going to buy; something raw, violent and fucking great! Then Banzai Records died and fell into relative oblivion... Still influenced by this old extreme spirit, we decided to revive this 'tradition' with Deathroner by putting that fucking 'warning sign' on our layout. We just added the "Evil" to get a more precise description of our sound and also add some character to the whole thing. So, this is the fucking Evil Speed Metal story... HAIL SATAN!!!
Will Deathroner continue to bring more of their unique unholy brand of Evil Speed Metal to the underground in the future?
Absolutely! The second album is on the way. Everything's written and composed, we're working on it and when it's ready, we'll enter that fucking Hell Hole studio once again to record it... EVIL NEVER DIES!!! 666.

Death To All is out now on cassette from Devil's Blood Production, or on CD from the band themselves via their myspace.

Some Killer Comps...

Metal Massacre VI (1985) Metal Blade Records (USA)

What can I say about this one that one glance at the tracklisting won't better? Some killer tracks on here, stand-outs for me being the Possessed opener (does anyone have the 1985 Demo where that originally featured???), and the slightly more intense version of Hirax's "Bombs of Death", both of which were re-recorded for this compilation.

1.Possessed "Swing of the Axe"
2.Nasty Savage "XXX"
3.Steel Assassin "The Executioner"
4.Mayhem "Tear Down the Walls"
5.Hades "Easy Way Out"
6.Hallows Eve "Metal Merchants"
7.Hirax "Bombs of Death"
8.Pathfinder "Fountain Keeper"
9.Dark Angel "Welcome to the Slaughterhouse"
10.The Obsessed "Concrete Cancer"
11.Martyr "En Mass (Stand Or Die)"

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Raging Death (1987) Godly Records (USA)

Another prime example of 80s extreme metal, if you want to call it that. Obituary (Xecutioner) and Atheist (R.A.V.A.G.E. - Raging Atheists Vowing A Gory End) feature, albeit under their former guises and (better) musical styles, while Canada's Lethal Presence kind of steals the light from the US acts, for me.

1.Xecutioner "Find the Arise"
2.Lethal Presence "Strangled Death"
3.Betrayel "D.D.P. (Destruction, Death & Pain)"
4.R.A.V.A.G.E. "Brain Damage"
5.Sadus "Kill Team"
6.Betrayel "Another Sacrifice"
7.Xecutioner "Like the Dead"
8.Sadus "Twisted Face"
9.Lethal Presence "Unholy Alliance"
10.R.A.V.A.G.E. "On They Slay"

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The Lost Tapes of Cogumelo (1990) Cogumelo Records (Brazil)

Classic Cogumelo, not much else to say really! Holocausto track is immense.

1.Overdose "Ultima Estrella"
2.Holocausto "Massacre"
3.Sarcófago "Christ's Death"
4.Sarcófago "Satanic Lust"
5.Sepultura "Necromancer"
6.Mutilator "Evil Conspiracy"
7.Mutilator "Visions of Darkness"
8.Chakal "Children Sacrifice"

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Überthrash II (2005) Duplicate Records (Norway)

The second, and so far final chapter in the short-lived Überthrash series offers what is maybe my favourite Aura Noir track. Yes, it was included on the vinyl version of Hades Rise, albeit re-recorded, but this version is ferocious. "Metal Commando" is still about as manic as I have heard too, total lunacy.

There is a semi-homage to this series coming this year from four of Norway's newer thrash acts entitled Nekröthrash, and what I have heard from it is amazing. Keep it locked for more info...

1.Nocturnal Breed "Scything Harrow (Mother Whore edit)"
2.Audiopain "Psalvation"
3.Aura Noir "Sulphur Void"
4.Infernö "Metal Commando"

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