Midnite Madness CXVIII—2018, PT. II

Fairly sure this is the best promo pic ever and, like Abyssous, we re-emerge from the deeps with the second part of the 2018 show. Soon!

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...

Midnite Madness CVI—Dance with the Devil

"You over dance with the devil by the pale moonlight?"

Midnite Madness CV—2017, pt. II - Return to the Void

Another year see more of the same lunacy as the past. Yes, we're back, and with, well, the second part of last month's 2017 show. Not lazy, just lots of great stuff to play from last year. Thanks again to all the band and labels (and promo-senders) for keeping the flame lit, let's ensure 2018 is another cracker!
And thanks to Fenriz for pointing out that the Lucifer's Hammer track is a Legend cover...
I return to NTS on February 7th with more MIDNITE MADNESS. Stay alive.

Midnite Madness XCVII—Endless Void

IT'S HAPPENING AGAIN

DEMOndays XIII

Definitely time for one of my favourite ever demos, the second Antichrist offering, "Put To Death". Like I said on a recent show, I wasn't so into the first demo when I got it along with the Bastard Priest one from Blood Harvest back in 2009, but this one blew me away first listen and still fuckin' does, ughhh. Why I bought the second demo of a band whose first one I wasn't so keen on still remains a mystery, but I am glad I did and also glad my favourite Antichrist track ever—the title track on this—didn't make it to the LP. At first I was shocked and somewhat annoyed at its omission, now I get it—they could never record it better than this!
Anyways, two tracks here for those lucky ones who have the album but never heard this demo. Full scans in the zipped folder. LETHAL VOLUME ONLY!!!

Antichrist (Sweden) Put To Death [2010]
1. Sign of the Beast
2. Put to Death
3. Virgin's Blood

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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... 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.