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Monday, October 15, 2018
Thursday, March 01, 2018
Overkill - Years of Decay Demo II 1989
Overkill - Years of Decay Demo II. This tape was never released commercially. Recorded 6/15 and 6/16/1989 and given to Jonny Z at Megaforce records. This tape saw the light of day at Jonny Z's garage sale a few years back and has made it's way into my collection. Sharing for historical purposes only. I am not interested in leaking the audio files...Dave G.
Tuesday, November 21, 2017
Syianic - The Cross Has Fallen ! demo tape 1987
Here's a demo tape from my youth that was actually made by some friends of mine and my brothers back in the day. Syianic hailed from Rockland County NY and they released this demo in 1987 and a second demo in 1988 that consisted of only 1 song, but what a killer song it is, more on that later. Anyway, the band feature Glenn (guitars), Rodney( drums) and Damon (bass and vocals) who later went on to play with Non-Fiction with Dan Lorenzo of Hades.
Well, that's enough background let's get to the music. The first 1987 demo is complex underground Death/Thrash metal with tons of good riffs, pounding drums and walking bass lines. In 1988 the band went back into the studio looking to improve on the sound quality of the 87 demo and also to take the music to an even more complex place, and what they ended up with is an epic VoiVoid meets Slayer "Hell Awaits" era sounding masterpiece of a song...Dave G.
Click HERE to download the 1987 " The Cross Has Fallen" demo, the 1988 demo and a song from the At War With Self - A Familiar Path cd.
Thursday, November 16, 2017
Sanctus - Accept The Blessing - Demo Tape 1988
Sanctus at times reminds me of Nuclear Assault, like on the song "Gutter Bitch" and also in parts they remind me of "Wrecking Crew" era Overkill, with vocals that bring Alan Tecchio of Hades to mind. These guys went all out with this very professional demo, which they recorded at Pyramid sound with John Periales, had Glenn Evans record the drums and then they had Rob Wacko Hunter mix. That's a lot of well known dudes mixed up with an unsigned band. This tape is pretty good, but the high pitched vocals are a bit too much at times for me personally.
Unfortunately,based on a search of the Encyclopaedia Metallum website it appears this demo never did lead to a record deal for these thrashers from Glenn Oaks NY.
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Wednesday, November 15, 2017
Selective Outrage - 1988 Demo Tape
Here's an old post of a great band. Figured with the new activity on the blog that this post would also fill people in on my background a little bit...Dave G.
I am posting this demo to fill a request for Brian who did some detective work and figured out where I grew up by piecing together little random details about me from my previous posts. For the rest of you I will tell you that I grew up in the burbs of NYC in Rockland County.
Rockland was a pretty normal place to grow up... full of the usual burnouts, jock assholes and rednecks that you find in pretty much everytown U.S.A. The only thing Rockland had going for it was its proximity to NYC...about 30 minutes, so it took little effort to sneak out and hit NYC for some record shopping or to see a good show at Lamours or CBGB etc. Anyway, with this easy exposure to the metal and punk underground it made perfect sense that in a short period of time between say 1985 - 1990 there were probably no less than 10-15 hardcore/metal bands from Rockland who would get together at various small local bars, clubs and VFW halls to play shows, hang out and cause all kinds of trouble lol.
Anyway, after that ridiculously long intro let me tell you that Selective Outrage were one of the, if not the best band of the bunch. I would describe their style as Thrash Discharge if that makes sense. They even cover State Violence / State Control on this demo. The songs are agressive,straight forward and catchy as hell. The vocals and lead guitar work really stand out to me still to this day. Overall this demo rips and I hope some of you enjoy this obscure little gem of a tape.
Click Here
P.S. Thanks Chris S ( SOR vocalist) for hooking me up with the cd containing all of the Selective Outrage material recorded between 1985-88. Maybe if you blogheads dig this demo I will upload their other demos in the future.
Terminal Bliss - Dark Side of Tomorrow demo tape 1993
Beast Within
Journey / In The Black
Aimlessly Lost
Broken Circle
Deadly Persuasion
Tuesday, November 14, 2017
Parasyte - 1988 Demo Tape
Predator
Darkness Can Be Deceptive
Your Life Ends Slut
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parasyte 1988 demo tape
Thursday, November 02, 2017
Cyanide - 1986 Demo Tape
s.o.s
out of the night
opus 13
mass attack
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Cyanide 1986 demo tape
Friday, October 27, 2017
Paragon - Heed The Prophecy 1989
Heed The Prophecy
My Final Warning
Under Seige
Witch Hunt
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Paragon Heed The Prophecy
Wednesday, October 25, 2017
Violent Wisdom - Demo 1991
Desolation Solitude
World of Hate
The Price on Insanity
Time to Die
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Violent Wisdom - Demo 1991
Monday, October 23, 2017
Darkness - Shadow of Insanity demo tape 1992
This demo is very well produced. The bass is thick and heavy and the riffs are solid. I think they may have a bit of a Metallica or early Meshuggah thing going on. Anyway, not bad for a fairly obscure band whose tape I found at a flea market 25 years after it was released...Dave G.
Last Breath
Unholy Sin
Killer
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Darkness Shadow of Insanity
Sunday, October 15, 2017
Smut - Middletown NY 1985
Smut were a ripping thrash band from upstate Middletown NY who formed out of the ashes of Black Witch who hailed from Chester NY. Smut recorded a full length Lp in 1985 that apparently never got properly mastered, but honestly who gives a shit because the 5 songs that the band have made available for our listening pleasure contain the perfect mixture of filthy nasty thrash metal that you just can't find on most of the generic overly produced metal acts of today.
I guess what I am trying to say is go to the bands ReverbNation page, give their songs a listen and spread the word about one of NY's best keep metal secrets from the mid 1980's...Dave G.
Smut
Steele - demo tape 1984
Musically, Steele play power metal not thrash metal, and they were damn good at it...Dave G.
Steele
Saturday, October 14, 2017
Phantasm - Demo 87
As most of you already know Gene Hoglan (Dark Angel etc) played drums and Katon W. De Pena of Hirax fame sang for Phantasm, and I have to say that Katon delivers all the vocal acrobatics you would expect and then some. The riffs are sharp, drums are pounding...hell they even throw in a cover of SSD's Glue....Fun tape to listen to again after all these years...Dave G.
PS: When I got the tape it came without a cover, but the band gave me a bio and a separate lyric sheet.
Phantasm
Gargoyle - Violence Is Golden - demo tape 1986
Gargoyle hailed from Elizabeth NJ and released this killer thrash demo in 1986. There is some serious Slayer worship going on on this tape. I also here similarities to fellow NJ thrashers Fantom Warrior mixed in as well.
I do not see any full scans of the demo tape cover on the net so figured I would add a full scan...Dave G.
Gargoyle
Torture - Enter The Chamber - demo tape 1986
Interesting demo that I can't find much of anything about online except that the band hailed from El Paso TX.
Musically I would compare Torture to Venom, however the riffing on this tape reminds me of the Black Metal band Horna which is odd considering this demo pre-dates Horna by 7 years The music on this demo is by no means Black Metal, but nice thick mid tempo power metal with vocals that sound like growling from a deep dark cave.
If anyone has any information about this band please leave the details in the comment section...Dave G.
enter the chamber
into the darkness
power metal
the vision
Friday, October 13, 2017
Executioner - Metal Up Your Ass 1985
Metal Up Your Ass
Syco-Pathic Mind
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Executioner metal up your ass
Wednesday, October 11, 2017
Macabre - Be Forewarned / Lazy Lady 1972
Be Forewarned
Lazy Lady
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Be Forewarned,
Macabre,
Pentagram
Tuesday, October 10, 2017
Jonas Grumby - Cry of The Ripper / Short Engagements 7" 1985 - Private metal
Cry Of The Ripper
Short Engagements
Monday, October 09, 2017
Shell Shock 7" Louisiana 1981
Your Way
My Brain Is Jelly
Execution Time
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New Orleans,
Shell Shock punk band
Tuesday, October 03, 2017
Knightmare - 7" 1989
1) Darkness
2) Begin Again
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Knightmare metal band
Friday, September 29, 2017
Striker - 7" 1982
1) Striker
2) Finish You Off
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Striker NJ metal band
Thursday, September 28, 2017
Prisoner 7" 1986
1) Fire In Your Heart
2) Rock You Through The Night
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Prisoner Heavy Metal band
Wednesday, September 27, 2017
Crossroads 7" 1986
Lost
Hostage
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