Tuesday, September 9, 2008

Hexx (US) - Demo '84 (Demo) (192)















Line-up :

Manzo - Vocals
Dan Watson - Guitar
Bill Peterson - Bass
Dave Schmidt - Drums

1.Terror03:54
2.Invader02:47
3.The Other Side03:36
4.Night Of Pain03:13
5.Live For The Night03:30
Total playing time16:53

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Steel Warriors - On the Road to Hell (Ep) (192)



















line-up :

Steve Scott - Vocals, Guitar
Mike Gillian - Bass, Vocals
Lance Crane - Drums

1.On the Road to Hell

2.Metal Storm

3.Move it All Night

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Steel Warriors - Steel Warriors (Ep) (192)


















line-up :

Steve Scott - Vocals, Guitar
Mike Gillian - Bass, Vocals
Lance Crane - Drums

Review :

“…metal music, it should be the law…”

Easily finding a spot in metal’s bad cover art museum is Steel Warrior’s debut, an ep that, on the surface, poses so ham-handedly as ‘true’ metal you’re almost afraid to approach your stereo. You’re looking this thing over, torn, distrustful, your darker half certain the four tracks are as cliché as a dream sequence in a sitcom, but your other half, the one that leaves a tip even though the service has been shitty, whispers that the NY trio may actually be okay, if not surprising. Your darker half laughs ‘cause visually there’s the Omen-esque/Battle Cry cover art (complete with the obligatory guitar replacing the axe). In addition, of the four song titles, two are bold metallic statements that by ’84 were already rusty, one does nothing to hide its sanitary napkin, and the last is the millionth tune to give rock a salute. The fact that ‘metal’ is further defined as ‘music’ in their back cover blurb is just another nail in the coffin. And the hammer? Steel Warriors: the moniker. Your light-hearted side hangs its head, sighs, and regrettably agrees, but with a light hopeful glimmer in its eye says there’s still really nothing to lose by giving it a whirl. Yeah, famous last words.

Well, “Steel Warriors” comes out squealing and semi-bulging where a soiled, bass-heavy guitar tone meshes with discordantly conventional sensibility, something fantastic like drunken Motorhead meets, oh I don’t know, Autograph. The din is continually unkempt and soon some of the Motorhead nuance departs, leaving a weirdly grubby pop aftertaste in the chorus’s mouth. Suddenly it happens: the unmistakable deadpan clunk of cowbell, and even your more optimistic half shows visual fear. “Heavy Forces” sees the Motorhead influence reduced to a mere iota, overtaken by a current of happy-rock that doesn’t quite roam into glam territory.

Side two officially says adios to anything Lemmy, and while a steady pace of more cowbell clonks “I Found That Something In You” into sugary existence, it’s followed by the thankfully less spandex-attired “We’re Gonna Rock All Night”, and to your dismay sound like dismal, off-color covers of Kix or Bullet Boys performed by very early Oz or Anvil. So, what’s your optimistic half doing with that length of rope and chair?

The only thing that remains fairly constant is the vocals of Steve Scott, possessing a roughness that runs the gamut of light (“I Found That Something in You”) and coarse (“Steel Warriors”), but is still out in the cold as far as desirability goes.


1.Steel Warriors05:02
2.Metal Forces03:39
3.I Found That Something In You04:31
4.We're Gonna Rock all Night03:52
Total playing time17:04

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Axe Minister - Evil Grows (Demo) (320)





































line-up :

Bret Wienrich - Guitar
Lee Skyles - Drums
Adam Brooks - Vocals
John Van Coutren - Bass

Tracklist:
01 - Intro
02 - Sane Asylum Cries
03 - The Force of Fire
04 - Ballad of the Homeless
05 - Into the Darkness
06 - Condemned
07 - Evil Grows

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Avenger (Ger) - Depraved to Black (Ep/Pre-Rage) (192)

















Line-up :

Vocals/Bass : Peter Wagner
Guitars : Thomas Grüning
Guitars : Jochen Schröder
Drums : Jörg Michael

1.Depraved to Black04:37[view lyrics]
2.Down to the Bone05:01[view lyrics]
3.Prayers of Steel (live)04:56[view lyrics]
4.Faster Than Hell (live)02:47[view lyrics]
Total playing time17:21

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Avenger (Ger) - 1984 demo (Pre-Rage) (192)












Line-up :

Vocals, Bass : Peter Wagner
Guitars : Jochen Schröder
Guitars : Alf Meyerratken
Drums : Jörg Michael


1.Battlefield02:50[view lyrics]
2.Southcross Union03:25[view lyrics]
Total playing time06:15

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Thursday, September 4, 2008

Metallica - Ron McGovney's '82 Garage (Demo) (160)


















Line Up :

James Hetfield-Vocals/Guitar
Dave Mustaine-Guitar
Ron Mcgovney-Bass
Lars Ulrich-Drums


Review :

When listening to this demo, you get the feeling that this band had a lot of potential and surley they had a promising future. It's clear that this demo had been recorded during a rehearsal in a garage, the sound quality is pretty low, there is an obscure feeling on all the instruments, but you still can listen to the music and really hear it. There was a lot of energy when they recorded this demo, but the cheap sound just totally buried it.

So what we got here is three original songs (I've also got 'Mechanix' on my version) and six covers of NWOBHM bands. The covers are pretty catchy and intense, here you can check out from what Metallica started and what was their inspiration for their own material. 'Killing Time' and 'The Prince' are the best covers here, they have the catchiest riffing and the most rock'n'roll feeling, the bass is also pretty noticeable in 'The Prince', athwart the most of the tracks here.

The original songs are done pretty well, but not as they will be in future demos or 'Kill Em' All'. in 'Jump In The Fire' the guitar sounds a bit out of tuned, or it was too much vibrated. The first solo at the intro is also missing, but it's forgettable. It also played at a bit slower tempo than the final version of it, but you know, it sounds pretty intense at all. The riffing is catchy, the lead guitar doing a short but pretty piercing solo and the vocals...well, they often vanished under all the instruments, and they aren't harsh as they will be. James had a bit higher tone here and he sounds like trying to sing in a NWOBHM style, but when you get used to it, it won't sound too much irritating.

Overall it's sound decent for a garage demo, and while it isn't essential as their upcoming demos, you still can enjoy from it. Get it if you wanna listen to the first steps of one of the most important bands in the 80's.

1.Hit The Lights04:19[view lyrics]
2.Jump In The Fire04:25[view lyrics]
3.Killing Time (Sweet Savage cover)02:36[view lyrics]
4.Let It Loose (Savage cover)03:10[view lyrics]
5.Sucking My Love (Diamond Head cover)06:43[view lyrics]
6.The Prince (Diamond Head cover)05:00[view lyrics]
7.Am I Evil? (Diamond Head cover)07:43[view lyrics]
8.Helpless (Diamond Head cover)06:13[view lyrics]
Total playing time44:37

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Hell (UK) - Demo 1986 (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))

1.Plague and Fire04:40[view lyrics]
2.Land of the Living Dead03:58
3.Depths of Despair05:39[view lyrics]
Total playing time14:17


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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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Hell (UK) - Hell (Demo) (192)






















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))


Review :

There's something about NWOBHM that just makes it so...metal! It's like finding a black metal demo from Norway that came out beween '89 and '94...chances are it's gonna be good. I've yet to hear anything bad from the NWOBHM, it's that fucking good. I really can't think of a good metaphor. It's like pizza. Some pizza is really great, but even the really shit pizza, with burnt crust and scarce toppings and an unbalanced peppers/meat ratio is still good, in and of itself.

The recording for this demo, for all intents and purposes, is shit. There's some thick, heavy static, all the instruments are deeply muffled, there are little squeeks every now and then. Other than that, the musicianship, whilst for the most part being stellar, can get a bit sloppy, and the vocals sound like the dude from Budgie on helium (seriously...'on helium' gets overabused as a description of vocals, but here it's really spot on).

But putting all that aside, there's just something about NWOBHM that simply saves it from being even average. You cannot deny that, for example, the opening riff (after the Macbeth intro) is purely epic, and the riff that follows drives manically and forces you to headbang without favour to your neck. And then 'I bid you welcome to heeeeeeeeeeeeell!' refuses to leave your head forever until you drive it out with another album. Keep listening to it, the quality never drops. Dark, fast and epic riffs, one after the other, driving through the tape without mercy. You simply cannot beat the NWOBHM. There's so defeating the cries of 'Deliver us from EVIL!!!'

Speaking nothing of the musicianship! The lead guitar especially here is fantastic! Take first song (well, not the Macbeth intro, the second song I guess) and listen to the first solo, and how it screeches in, and how the rest of the music picks up and speeds off as it does. Too fucking cool.

I would say that this is as good as it gets, but really, this is an example of how poorly something can be produced, yet still rock so hard due to the fact that the NWOBHM was just so awesome.


1.Macbeth07:07[view lyrics]
2.Let Battle Comence04:13[view lyrics]
3.Blasphemy & the Master06:43[view lyrics]
4.Deliver Us from Evil03:24
5.On Earth As It Is in Hell05:06[view lyrics]
6.Plague & Fire04:17[view lyrics]
7.The Devil's Deadly Weapon08:11[view lyrics]
Total playing time39:01


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Hell (UK) - Scheming Demons (Demo) (320)












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. Macbeth
2. Blasphemy & The Master
3. The Oppressors
4. The Disposer Supreme

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Wednesday, September 3, 2008

Stellar Seed - The Godz of Man (Demo) (192)


















line-up :

Vocals : John Cyriis (aka Max Havlock, Max Kobol, John Camps) (Agent Steel, Abattoir (US), Black Reign (US), Pontius Prophet, Sceptre (US), Malfeitor, Lemegeton, Vermin (US))
Guitars : Shuichi Oni (S.E.T.I.)

One track demo released on CD.

''Trilogy of The Stellar Cult : (Vehicle 1) Xerpion Particle Storm'' was the supposed first title of the Stellar Seed album trilogy, but there are many news about Cyriis disbanding the project and so the future of Stellar Seed remains a mistery.

Review :

In the year 2002, Mr. Cyriis re-appeared to the scene after he dissapeared for almost a decade. Rumours were that he was abducted by the aliens, that he was hiding from god knows who and what, that he died...but no one exactly knew where he was and what he was up to. However, after being involved with many projects that never released anything more than a demo, he, together with a rather unknown Japanese guitarist Shuichi Oni, returned to the scene with a new thing called Stellar Seed. He launched a new Official Site which had a promo (live) recording of their new song called Godz Of Man that was available for download some time ago, but now the site is no more on the internet. Stellar Seed were planning on releasing a Trilogy called: ''Trilogy of The Stellar Cult'', and the first part ''Vehicle 1 - Xerpion Particle Storm'' was supposed to be released in fall of 2003, but as the latest news tell, Stellar Seed is no longer active and the whole thing will probably never see the light of day. Shuichi Oni is involved in a new project called S.E.T.I. and nothing is certain for John Cyriis.

However let's focus on the song now. ''The Godz Of Man'' is definetily something unique, what I've never heard before. The song starts off with some quiet strange alien vocies in the background and soon the guitars begin their, pretty cool riff that goes on through almost the whole song. In about 15 seconds or so the drums kick in and besides them, some eerie wailing effects probably created by Cyriis' voice. The whole song is fast-paced with altogether rather unispired riffs and the production is overpowered by plenty of sinth effects that create a really eerie atmosphere. The mastermind - Cyriis sounds like he's being abducted by aliens. He doesn't exactly sing much but he mostly recites lyrics but also does some really high shrieks, I could say that he still sounds like back in the old days, but he just doesn't have the same the same vocal interests anymore, at least I got this kind of impression listening this song. It's really hard to say what kind of genre Stellar Seed play...I would say it sounds like some new age/thrash, but in other words: This is really more like a prayer to the Extra-Terresials with a metal background. The sound is pretty okay for a demo, but the guitars ruin it all with their ''bumble-bee'' sound, otherwise it's fine.
This would definitely be a very interesting and inovative new thing on the metal scene, but unfortunatelly some time ago Stellar Seed called it quits and now we can only wait for Mr. Cyriis to reappear once again.

1.The Godz of Man04:31
Total playing time04:31

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Mersinary - Choose Death (Ep) (320)


















Line -up:

Ice (vocals)
Eric Thompson (guitars)
Shawn Sherman (guitars)
Steve A. Bray (bass)
David Schiller (drums)

Released as 12" Picture-Disc (Limited 500 Copies)

1.Hunt You Down03:48
2.Torn Apart03:43
3.Medals04:36
4.The Pendelum03:33
5.R.I.P.04:26
6.Tear Down The Walls02:43
Total playing time22:49

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Mersinary - 1986 Demo (Demo) (192)













Line -up:

Ice (vocals)
Eric Thompson (guitars)
Shawn Sherman (guitars)
Steve A. Bray (bass)
David Schiller (drums)

1.Rest In Pieces04:27
2.Long Gone04:15
3.Tear Down The Walls02:46
Total playing time11:28


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Mersinary - Demo I (DEmo) (192)













Line -up:

Ice (vocals)
Eric Thompson (guitars)
Shawn Sherman (guitars)
Steve A. Bray (bass)
David Schiller (drums)

1.Hunt You Down03:55
2.Torn Apart03:43
3.Unknown Soldier04:41
4.Pendulum03:35
Total playing time15:54


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Monday, September 1, 2008

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 Surface05:33[view lyrics]
2.Sirens03:22[view lyrics]
3.The Whip03:16[view lyrics]
Total playing time12:11

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Old Man's Child - In The Shades Of Life (Demo) (320)


















Line-up:

Grusom - Vocals, guitars and synth
Jardar - Guitars
Tjodalv - Drums and vocals
Brynjard Tristan - Bass


The demo which got them signed, and was later released as a split with Dimmu
Borgir.

Review :

But not great. It's certainly better than DB's part of the split (I bought this as part of a split) but it isn't the best I've heard. The production isn't bad in any way, but it's kinda overdriven and overwashed at parts. The distorted guitar comes in after the clean guitar does this intro of sorts, and then goes into typical DB/OMC faire, with keyboards lining the sides of the guitar lines. The guitar tone is similar to that of DB's For All Tid. The rest of the demo concludes with this same formula, with acoustic guitars beginning the second song. The band also seems to love the 6/8 formula, which I wish they would stop using so much, because it gets annoying after awhile, along with Galder's vocals, which aren't developed, it seems. Overall, this music is a lot calmer than most of DB's stuff, and is akin more to Stormblaast after several listens, but with a more produced and active guitarist, along with better production and a few other differences here and there.

1.St. Aidens Fall05:48[view lyrics]
2.Seeds of the Ancient Gods06:37[view lyrics]
3.Manet Sorgfull Igjennom Skogen05:34[view lyrics]
4.The Old Man's Child03:56[view lyrics]
5....Og Jeg Iakttok Dødsrikets Inntog05:04[view lyrics]
Total playing time27:08

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Battlelore - Dark Fantasy (Demo) (192)



















Line Up :

- Jyri Vahvanen, Guitar
- Miika Kokkola, Bass
- Henri Vahvanen, Drums
- Tommi Havo, Raging vocals, Guitar
- Patrik Mennander, Clean male vocals

Guest musicians:
- Maria, Synthesizer
- Kaisa Jouhki, Female vocals

'Beyond the Shadowgate' is a demo version of the track 'Shadowgate' from the
band's 1st full lenght album.
'Swordmaster' and 'The Green Maid' were re-recorded for the 1st album using the
same titles.

1.Swordmaster05:32[view lyrics]
2.The Legend02:25
3.Beyond the Shadowgate05:37[view lyrics]
4.Raging Goblin04:22[view lyrics]
5.Northern Crown06:13
6.The Green Maid02:48[view lyrics]
7.Dragon Magick03:49
Total playing time30:46

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Cryptopsy - Ungentle Exhumation (Demo) (320)












Line-up :

Lord Worm : vocals
Steve Thibault : Lead and rhythm guitar, vocals
Dave Galea : lead and rhythm guitar, vocals
Kevin Weagle : bass
Flo Mounier : drums, vocals

Cover: Left = Original Tape version
Right = Re-release CD version

Has been re-released by Defen Society in 2002.

1.Gravaged (A Cryptopsy)03:05[view lyrics]
2.Abigor03:46[view lyrics]
3.Back to the Worms03:31[view lyrics]
4.Mutant Christ04:25[view lyrics]
Total playing time14:47

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Sunday, August 31, 2008

Cauldron (US) - Driven By Hate (Ep/Demo) (192)


















Line-up :

Matthew Barlow - vocals (Iced Earth, Pyramaze)
Bill Swentor - guitar
Jim Barlow - guitar
Adam Evans - bass
Dave Breazeal - drums (Trokar, Unholy Ghost)


Parts of this song were later used by Iced Earth after Matt Barlow joined.


1.Driven By Hate
[view lyrics]
2.Extinction Prevalent

3.Entry Number 161914

4.Behead The Deathless
[view lyrics]

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Amorphis - Disment of Soul (Demo) (256)



























Line-up:

Esa Holopainen - Guitar
Tomi Koivussaari - Guitar, Vocals
Olli - Pekka Laine - Bass
Jan Rechberger - Drums


Only available as a tape.

Review :

Although you can hear the Abhorrence influence brought in by the guitarist (and some of the guitarwork), I like this demo a lot more than Abhorrence's work. Both are typical early old-school death metal (that is: brutal old school death metal lacking clear thrash influences). But this demo has a lot better sound/production. The guitars are heavy as lead, and the vocals are gurgled deep as a demon's, as opposed to Abhorrence's fuzzy guitarsound and screams.

The songs are actually semi-memorable, mostly because they have a sort of vibe. Because the guitars are low and heavy, the music impresses more. It isn't the epitome of originality (although I can't really judge lacking knowledge of deathmetal chronology), but it does have something most other death metal bands lack: keyboards. They're typical 'sinister' synths, but they add atmosphere nonetheless.

Funny this band would later make progressive doom metal; there isn't much of a trace of that on here.

1.Disment of Soul04:02
2.Excursing from Existence03:27[view lyrics]
3.Privilege of Evil04:05[view lyrics]
Total playing time11:34

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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 Us03:53[view lyrics]
2.Death Squad04:51
Total playing time08:44

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Friday, August 29, 2008

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 Fire04:44[view lyrics]
2.Ride the Lightning06:23[view lyrics]
3.Creeping Death06:50[view lyrics]
4.When Hell Freezes Over08:16[view lyrics]
Total playing time26:13


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Darkthrone - Thulcandra (Demo) (192)













Line-up:

Ivar - Guitar
Ted - Guitar
Dag - Bass
Gylve (Fenriz) - Battery

This demo also apears on the Mayhem/Darkthrone split bootleg cd.

Review :

Evil, Dark, Grim. Thoes are the 3 essential words for describing this demo. Very nice and raw guitar riffs, the drum beats are coordinating with the music, the instruments are really spreading an evil and raw attitude, very good blast beats, althought the vocals are very black-ish, they turn to be more like death vocals in this demo.You really enjoy the music, the sound is not that good but the quality of the songs are good and interesting to hear...

1.Eon03:45
2.Thulcandra05:48[view lyrics]
3.Archipelago04:53[view lyrics]
Total playing time14:26

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Metallica - One (Ep/Demo) (320)

















Line Up :

Kirk Hammett : Lead guitars
James Hetfield : Guitar, vocals
Jason Newsted : Bass
Lars Ulrich : Drums

A Japan-only EP. The live tracks were recorded on February 5th, 1989, at
Reunion Arena, Dallas, Texas.

1.One07:24[view lyrics]
2.Breadfan (Budgie Cover)05:44[view lyrics]
3.For Whom the Bell Tolls (live)04:48[view lyrics]
4.(Welcome Home) Sanitarium (live)06:06[view lyrics]
5.One (demo)07:03[view lyrics]
Total playing time31:05

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Theatre of Tragedy - Demo 1994 (Demo) (192)


















Line Up :

Raymond I. Rohonyi - Vocals
Liv Kristine Espenæs - Vocals
Pal Bjastad - Guitar
Tommy Lindal - Guitar
Eirik T. Saltrø - Bass
Lorentz Aspen - Keyboards
Hein Frode Hansen - Drums


1.A Song by the Hearth?!04:52[view lyrics]
2.A Hamlet for a Slothful Vassal04:13[view lyrics]
3.Dying – I Only Feel Apathy05:30[view lyrics]
4.Soliloquy02:45[view lyrics]
Total playing time17:20

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Battleroar - Dragonship (7" Single) (128)


















Line-up:

Vagelis Krouskas - vocals
Kostas Tzortzis - guitar
Manolis Karazeris - guitar
Chris Remoundos - bass
Nick Papadopoulos - drums

1.Dragonship05:05[view lyrics]
2.Swordbrothers07:04[view lyrics]
Total playing time12:09

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Graveland - Following The Voice of Blood (Demo) (320)


















Line-up:

Darken - vocal, guitar, bass, keyboard
Capricornus - drums (session)


The lyrics for "White Hand's Power" are written by JFN of German band Absurd.

1.White Hand's Power08:33[view lyrics]
2.And the Horn Was Sounding Far Away11:58[view lyrics]
Total playing time20:31

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Friday, August 1, 2008

Blind Guardian - Demo IV (Demo) (320)















Line Up :

Hansi Kürsch - vocals, bass
Andre Olbrich - guitars
Marcus Siepen - guitars
Thomas Stauch - drums

1.Time What Is Time05:15[view lyrics]
2.Theatre of Pain04:16[view lyrics]
3.Ashes to Ashes06:00[view lyrics]
Total playing time: 15:18

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