Patriarch (US) - First Hand (Ep) (192)

Tracklist:

1. Two steps away

2. You fool

3. Ten years ago

4. Elisium

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Enfer (Fra) - La légende des fils de la guerre (Demo) (192)

line-up :

Fred - vocals/guitars
Phil - bass/backing vocals
J. Marc - drums

1.	Eclipse (Intro)	05:13
2.	Enfer	03:57
3.	La légende des fils de la guerre	03:25
4.	Rock se soir	03:25
5.	Trottoir Connection	02:57
6.	Exéces de vitesse	05:04
7.	Explosion	03:14
8.	On joue pour vous	03:00
Total playing time		30:15

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Amebix - No Sanctuary (Ep) (320)

Line-up:

Aphid (Rob Miller aka The Baron) - Bass and Vocals
Stig - Guitar
Jenghiz - Synth
Virus - Drums

The cover is a photograph of Polish mothers looking for their dead sons during
the 2nd World War.

1.	Battery Humans	04:05	[view lyrics]
2.	Control	04:02	[view lyrics]
3.	Progress?	03:35	[view lyrics]
4.	Sanctuary	03:56	[view lyrics]
5.	The Church Is For Sinners	03:16	[view lyrics]
6.	Sunshine Ward	05:48	[view lyrics]
7.	Moscow Madness (No Gods Part 2)	01:53	[view lyrics]
Total playing time		26:35

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Amebix - Winter (7" Single) (192)

Line-up:

Aphid (Rob Miller aka The Baron) - Bass and Vocals
Stig - Guitar
Virus - Drums


The painting on the cover is called The Second Coming (of which it was their
second release) from the Czech painter and graphic artist Frantisek Kupka.

7" Single

1.	Winter	05:32	[view lyrics]
2.	Beginning of the End	03:33	[view lyrics]
Total playing time		09:05

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Argus (US) - Argus (Ep) (224)

line up:

Frank St. James - vocals
Glenn Enriquez -guitar
Dave Aylor - guitar
Jerry Ryburn -bass
Michael Anthony-drums


all words and music by ARGUS
recorded at Import Recording Studios Tampa USA
cover by Phil Scandariato

1.	Lady Killer	03:32
2.	Another Gloomy Day	03:58
3.	Children ...	04:33
4.	Down the Motorway	03:34
Total playing time		15:37

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Hell (UK) - Demo 3 (Demo) (256)

Line Up :

Dave G. Halliday - Vocals & Guitars (R.I.P. 1987 - suicide)
Sean Kellen - Guitars
Kev Bower - Guitars (Paralex)
Tony Speakman - Bass (Paralex, Rainbow's Rising)
Tim Bowler - Drums (Paralex, Overdrive (UK))

Track List :

1. On Earth as it is in Hell
2. The Devil's Deadly Weapon
3. Plague & Fire

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Hell (UK) - Demo 2 (Demo) (256)

Dave G. Halliday - Vocals & Guitars (R.I.P. 1987 - suicide)
Sean Kellen - Guitars
Kev Bower - Guitars (Paralex)
Tony Speakman - Bass (Paralex, Rainbow's Rising)
Tim Bowler - Drums (Paralex, Overdrive (UK))

Track list :

1. Macbeth
2. Let Battle Commence
3. Blasphemy & the Master
4. Deliver Us from Evil

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Avatar (US) - City Beneath the Surface (Ep) (160)

Line-up :

Criss Oliva - Guitars
Jon Oliva - Vocals
Steve Wacholz - Drums
Keith Collins - Bass

The three songs included in this 7"EP will be rereleased when the band changed
its name into "Savatage": the A-side "City beneath the Surface" and the 2nd of
the B-side "The Whip" on the "Dungeons Are Calling" EP (1985, Combat Records)
while the B-side opener "Sirens" became the title-track of the first Savatage's
full length (1983, Par Records).

The very first 25 copies were printed in yellow vinyl and the remaining 975 in
black vinyl for a total amount of 1.000 copies pressed.

An early Jim Morris/Morrisound Studios effort.

Avatar is an early name of the band Savatage. When they first formed, they sometimes went under the name Metropolis. They recorded two songs, "Rock Me" and "Minus Love" for a compilation released by the 95YNF radio station, and played a show in a K-Mart parking lot to support the release.

Review :

“…to all our metal minded disciples who have backed us thru this perilous flight…”

Most Savatage fans know the name Avatar. It’s the same crew that would perform together since almost the beginning to the debut and some time beyond, the Oliva brothers the nucleus that would persevere up until ‘93’s Edge of Thorns lp when Criss would be killed by a jerky drunken driver.

While there are those that like to wave the prog pennant around Savatage’s sound, it’s always been a traditional trip more than anything, and even calling it power metal doesn’t bother me much.

A space age keyboard intro slides this early fragile Jim Morris/Morrisound Recording into motion, the title cut traveling along in a fine doom-edged mid-paced, yet jogs spryly in a “Jump in the Fire” fashion. From the first amputated scream, Jon Oliva’s vocals fly somewhere in the lower soprano/higher mid-tone that have been dragged on enough rocks to give it a rough heft. The most dangerous-sounding track is “Sirens” with its bursts of tingling, bell-rung peril and intrinsically ominous chorus, meanwhile following it is the much more energetic “The Whip”, a nimble dasher that runs past the debut and would be found next panting at the end of the band’s The Dungeons Are Calling ep.

It’s always easier to compare a 7” to another rather than to a full-lengther (for obvious reasons I think). For same year entrances to the masses, it’s a better representation of sound than Anthrax’s Soldiers of Metal, coincides more with the energy found on the band’s future debut than Venom’s In League With Satan, and can probably spar nicely with both Raven pre-Rock Until You Drop singles. Plus collectors don’t mind seeing it.

1.	City Beneath The Surface	05:33	[view lyrics]
2.	Sirens	03:22	[view lyrics]
3.	The Whip	03:16	[view lyrics]
Total playing time		12:11

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Hell (UK) - Save Us from Those Who Would Save Us (7" Single) (224)

Line Up :

Dave G. Halliday - Vocals & Guitars (R.I.P. 1987 - suicide)
Sean Kellen - Guitars
Kev Bower - Guitars (Paralex)
Tony Speakman - Bass (Paralex, Rainbow's Rising)
Tim Bowler - Drums (Paralex, Overdrive (UK))

Notes :

notesHell signed to the Belgian label Mausoleum, but two weeks prior to the recording of the album, the label collapsed. This led to the split-up of the band, and the suicide of Dave Halliday (by carbon monoxide poisoning).

Dave Halliday taught Andy Sneap of Sabbat (UK) to play guitar and Sneap mentions Hell as one of his main influences.

The remaining members of Hell have reunited to finally record their album. Dave Halliday's vocal recordings will be used where possible. Sabbat (UK) members Martin Walkyier and Andy Sneap will play on the album to replicate Dave's vocals and guitar tracks respectively (Kev Bower has stated they are considered full members of the band). Sneap will also be the producer.

1.	Save Us from Those Who Would Save Us	03:53	[view lyrics]
2.	Death Squad	04:51
Total playing time		08:44

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Metallica - Ride the Lightning (Demo) (320)

Line Up :

Kirk Hammett : Lead guitars
James Hetfield : Guitar, vocals
Cliff Burton : Bass
Lars Ulrich : Drums

"When Hell Freezes Over" was later retitled "The Call of Ktulu".

Review :

After the release of the famous Kill 'em All debut from Metallica, they recorded this demo, Ride the Lightning. Ride the Lightning is by far one of the best of Metallica albums, and on this demo you will be pleased to hear the infancy of song of the material. Musically, the album is similar for the most part. There are some parts I recognized that were different from the album, Ride the Lightning, but overall it's pretty similar compositionwise.

This demo features 4 early versions of some of the most popular songs from Lightning: Fight Fire With Fire, Ride the Lightning, Creeping Death, and When Hell Freezes Over (Later titled The Call of Ktulu) in the immature form. Some of the differences noticed on this demo though are the production and vocals. In the production matters of this demo, it's pretty raw and sloppy. Not as polished as the later releases of Metallica, but still very well production, especially for a demo tape.

The vocals on this release are very different from what you hear on the Ride the Lightning album itself. Sometimes can get annoying as well. You can tell that James didn't polish his vocals on this demo due to the very weak delivery through this demo. Probably one of the most horrid experiences is hearing his attempt at screaming on this release.

The guitars and drums on this release sound fucking great when raw. When these songs are played raw like on this recording, you can tell how special these songs are. In some cases the intros (Especially on Creeping Death and Ride the Lightning) sound even better on this demo version with the raw sound. The harmonics feel even more power fun throughout this release with the difference in production. Giving the demo much more life.

Overall this is a really good demo to pick up if you can find it. Shows a rawer version of the famous ride the lightning demo and definately worth a good listen or two if you can find it.

1. Fight Fire with Fire 04:44 [view lyrics] 2. Ride the Lightning 06:23 [view lyrics] 3. Creeping Death 06:50 [view lyrics] 4. When Hell Freezes Over 08:16 [view lyrics] Total playing time 26:13

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Slayer - Satan's Children (bootleg) (192)

Line-up:

Tom Araya: Vocals, Bass
Jeff Hanneman: Guitars
Kerry King: Guitars
Dave Lombardo: Drums

Tracklist:

1. Unguarded Instinct (Rare Track) 03:43
2. Die By The Sword 03:51
3. Tormentor (Alternate Ending) 03:28
4. Simple Aggression (Unreleased Track) 04:50
5. The Final Command 02:45
6. Ice Titan (Unreleased Live Track) 04:13
7. Assassin (Unreleased Track) 03:03
8. Night Rider (Unreleased Track) 03:53
9. Crionics (Alternate Beginning) 02:38
10. Aggressive Perfector 07:35
11. Witching Hour (Live Venom Cover Featuring Robb Flynn) 03:00

Total playing time: 42:59

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Bathory - Demos (Demo) (192)

Artist: Bathory

Album: Demos (83-84) [Demo]
Year: 1984
Genre: Black Metal
Country: Sweden
Format: mp3@192
Size: 31 Мб.

Tracklist:

1. Sacrifice 3:58
2. The Return Of Darkness And Evil 4:34
3. Intro 2:04
4. In Conspirancy 2:26
5. Necromancy - Sacrifice 6:29
6. Raise The Dead 2:46

Total playing time: 22:17

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Gotham City - Black Writs (Ep) (128)

Line-up :

Ola Ohlsson - Vocals
Mεrten Edlund - Guitar
Bjφrn Erik Melander - Bass & Acoustic Guitar
Jonas Φstman - Drums

Produced by Gotham City
Engineered by Per Sorlin
Recorded at Tonteknik Studios in February 1983
Front and back covers by Anders Sellberg

1.	Monsters of Rock	05:06
2.	1995	04:05
3.	The Coven	03:44
4.	Black Writs	04:39
5.	Born to Rock Hard	05:04
6.	In Vino Veritas	01:14
Total playing time		23:52

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Onslaught (UK) - What Lies Ahead (Demo) (192)

Line-up:

Roge Davies - Vocals
Nige Rockett - Guitar
Paul �Dickie� Davies - Bass
Steve Grice - Drums

Only on tape.

1.	Witch Hunt	03:52
2.	Protest But Who Said You`ll Survive	01:53
3.	The Choice	03:50
4.	Visions of the Future	01:38
5.	Black Horse of Famine	02:06
6.	Shadow of Death	01:23
7.	Skill Crusher	04:24
8.	Thermonuclear Devastation	01:13
9.	Hear the Scream	04:42
10.	Fight for the Earth	01:35
11.	Steel Meets Steel	03:45
12.	Treading the Path Toward Death	01:58

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Iron Fist (Ger) - Demo (Pre-Helloween) (192)

Line Up :

Piet Sielck - Vocals, Guitars
Kai Hansen - Guitars, Vocals
Markus Grosskopf - Bass
Ingo Schwichtenberg - Drums

Initially called Gentry, then Second Hell, then Kronus, then Iron Fist before finally becoming Helloween.

Kai Hansen and Piet Sielck also played drums when the band was still called Second Hell.

When Piet Sielck left, Michael Weikath was found as a second guitarist.
The rest is history.

1.	Cold Heart	05:03
2.	Prisoner	04:19
3.	Ain't No Fantasy	03:57
Total playing time		13:19

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Odin - Caution (Ep) (128)

Last known Line Up :

Randy O. Roberg - Vocals
Jeff Duncan - Guitars
Aaron Samson - Bass
Shawn Duncan - Drums

1.	The Blade	06:30
2.	Midnight Flight	05:30
3.	Judgement Day	03:50
Total playing time		15:50

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Zoetrope - Metal Log Vol. 1 (Demo) (192)

Produced by Zoetrope.
Engineered by Judd Sager.
Recorded in may 1983 at Solid Sound Hoffman Estates, IL.

1.	Kill the Enemy	03:04
2.	Speed Zone	02:46
3.	The Company Man	05:03
4.	Member in a Gang	02:50
Total playing time		13:43

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Orialix - La Geste d'Orialix (Demo) (256)

Line Up :

Fred Calestreme - Guitar
Jean-Michel Lavigne - Guitar
Joλl Thibaudeau - Vocals
Philippe Atteret - Bass
Bruno Caboblanco - Drums

1.	Prιlude et Fugue	04:39
2.	Le Saint-Graal	05:29
3.	L' Animal et la Perversitι	00:57
Total playing time		11:05

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Death Angel - Heavy Metal Insanity (Demo) (192)

Line-up:

Rob Cavestany - Guitar
Gus Pepa - Guitar
Dennis Pepa - Bass
Andy Galeon - Drums

The first Death Angel demo. Mark Osegueda was not yet a member of the band: Gus
and Rob handled the vocals.

This demo has been released as bonus in the "Ultra violence" re-issue by
Enigma.

Some decent true Heavy Metal by these famous teenagers. Hard to believe that the same band changed their style so drastically. Metal archives claims this is on the "Ultra violence" re-issue CD, but I never saw that, here is a rip from the real demo tape.The last track has a glitch from when my old pc had memory problems, so you get to enjoy the glitch too.

1.	No Time for Love	05:20
2.	The Hunted	03:01
3.	Intruder	04:32
4.	Barren Lands	06:30
Total playing time		19:23

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Znowhite - Demo '83 (Demo) (192)

Line-up :

Nicole Lee - Vocals
Nickie Tafoya - Bass
Ian Tafoya - Guitars
Sparks Tafoya - Drums

1.	Hell Bent	01:53
2.	Something for Nothing	02:46
3.	Never Felt Like This	04:06
4.	Vengeance	02:16
Total playing time		11:01

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