Volume XI

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Slayer - Die by The Sword

Wolvhammer - World War Winter

Excel - Wreck Your World

Absolution - Dead and Gone

Gammacide - Shock Treatment

Satyricon - Orgasmatron

C.O.C. - Leeches

Torche - Snakes are Charmed

Iron Age - Dispossessed

Horna - Kirous Ja Malja

The Noumenon - Journey in the Absolute

Sacrilege - Shadow from Mordor

Downfall of Gaia - In the Rivers Bleak

Saint Vitus - Burial at Sea

Master - Mangled Dehumanization

Volume X

Episode TEN kickin' you in the Shmoo! Just back from Greece where the weather was pleasant, the food excellent and the scenery wonderous. Back home in Prague now where it's 14 degrees and snowing. Dobry den motherfucker.

This week I've been lucky enough to score the new Gringos LP and am sharing three tracks from it for you lucky sons o' bitches. I've also loaded up a nice selection of metal, core and sludge. And there you go. 

For more info on the new Gringos LP - it's vinyl only - go here:

https://www.facebook.com/pages/gRiNgOs/

Click on the British 'eadbangers to download.

Gringos - Ghost

Post Mortem - Armies of the Dead

Watain - Storm of the Antichrist

Eyehategod - Kill Your Boss

Municipal Waste - The Inebriator

Husker Du - Pride / I'll Never Forget You / The Biggest Lie

Skeletal Remains - Extirpated Vitality

Tank - Struck By Lightning

Gringos - Lycanthropy

Motorhead - I Know How To Die

The Brood - Good vs. Evil

Black Tusk - Set The Dial to Your Doom

Dark Tranquility - The Gallery

Extreme Noise Terror - Bullshit Propaganda

Sobering Consequences - Sobering Consequences

Taintskins - Art of Work

Stains - Sick and Crazy

Manalive - Pilate Party

Gringos - Nuhaytl

High on Fire - Bloody Knuckles

Volume IX - Judas Priest - ARCHIVED

Judas Priest. Gods. Duh. Click on Rob givin' it to KK to download.

The Hellion / Electric Eye

Starbreaker

Rapid Fire

Running Wild

White Heat, Red Hot

Dissident Aggressor

Burnin' Up

The Green Manalishi With the Two Pronged Crown (live)

Hot Rockin'

Tyrant

Screaming For Vengeance

Exciter

Jawbreaker

Sinner

Judas Rising

Hellbent for Leather

Volume VIII - ARCHIVED

Shit yeah. Romney loses. THIS EPISODE HAS BEEN ARCHIVED. 

Now, let's party.

Young and in the Way - That Is Not Dead Which Can Eternal Lie

Bloodbath - Brave New Hell

Kreator - Enemy of God

Siege - Conform

Rapturous Grief - Maltratar

Little Sister - Exile's Return

D.B.C. - Deadlock

Arch Enemy - Leader of the Rats

Dodecahedron - Allfather

Deicide - Lunatic of God's Creation

Aura Noir - Iron Night / Torment Storm

Nuclear Assault - Vengeance

1349 - From the Deeps

The Gates of Slumber - Stitched back from Death

Volume VII - ARCHIVED

Don't feel much like writing today. Kinda worn down by three 6-day work weeks. So here's your dosage: it's a good mix of new and old. Plus it has a song by Bitch. Take it like a man. 

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Neurosis - To Crawl Under One's Skin

Swans - Half Life

Gojira - Ocean Planet

Kiss It Goodbye - Man Thing

Converge - Sadness Comes Home

Dead in the Dirt - Watching it Die

Perth Express - Funf Vor Pflicht

Candlemass - Crystal Ball

Onslaught - Death Metal

Lair of the Minotaur - Evil Power

Think I Care - 28 Visions

In Flames - Graveland

Craft - Thorns in the Planet's Side

Bitch - Be My Slave

The Beast - The Beast

This also here.

Volume VI - ARCHIVED

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Dokken. Yes, THAT Dokken, added on here as a gesture of celebration for my friend Joel -he'll get it. DOKKEN - they of the poofy hairdos and glitzy Nightmare on Elm Street IV (III?) videos. Don't scoff, the two songs presented here (one song and an intro really) are excellent examples of what these fellers were capable of when they wanted to put the pedal to the metal. The whole point of the podcast, by the way, is to expose people to good tunes, regardless of how "cool" the band is our how "uncool" they are. Same with the Motley Crue song here. Don't make me whip out some Loudness on your asses!

Feeling a little defensive this morning? Why yes I am, thank you.

Also included this episode: Canada's Barn Burner, some dramatic and slightly-over-the-top prog metal from Italy's Rhapsody of Fire, classic thrash from Holy Terror and Repulsion, classic hardcore from Final Conflict (Ashes to Ashes is one of the best LPs the 80's ever produced), the UK's Ripcord and NYC's Antidote plus new stuff from Unleashed (such a great album!), Black Moth and Tempest (raw and unforgiving, excellent stuff).

We end with Dio's Black Sabbath. The three tunes here are lumped together as one, just like on the LP, because they really are inseparable and you'd be doing yourself a disservice listening to them individually. Finally, we start with a new and (I hope) improved podcast jingle that incorporates Morrissey and is also about 45 seconds shorter: less talk, more rock.

Enjoy.

Dokken - Without Warning from the LP Tooth and Nail

Dokken - Tooth and Nail from the LP Tooth and Nail

Black Moth - Spit Out Your Teeth from the LP The Killing Jar

Rhapsody of Fire - Aeons of Raging Darkness from the LP From Chaos to Eternity

Tempest - Death Rattle from the EP Passages

Satan - Trial by Fire from the LP Court in the Act

Repulsion - Black Breath from the LP Horrified

Antidote - Something Must Be Done from the EP Thou Shalt Not Kill

Unleashed - White Christ from the LP Odalheim

Barn Burner - The Earth's Crust from the LP Bangers II: Scum of the Earth

Final Conflict - Crucifixion from the LP Ashes to Ashes

Trepalium - Blink of Time from the LP XIII

Holy Terror - Debt of Pain from the LP Mind Wars

Amebix - Fear of God from the LP Arise

Motley Crue - Live Wire (original mix) from the LP Too Fast for Love

Ripcord - No Effort, No Thought from the LP Poetic Justice

Black Sabbath - Sign of the Southern Cross / E5150 / The Mob Rules from the LP Mob Rules

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First and foremost - Motorhead. Four songs here, each illustrating one of the things that I have always loved about Motorhead: they're at their best when they play fast in the key of E and find someway to isolate Lemmy's bass, even if just for a brief break. These are also, with the exception of Back At The Funny Farm, relatively new Motorhead tunes illustrating how fucking good Motorhead remains. I also threw in a Neaderthal song from their flexi disk on Slap-a-Ham records. Neaderthal, for those unaware, was members of Infest and PHC and are generally created with inventing the whole "powerviolence" thing that blew up in the 90's HC scene (and was a welcome alternative to the floppy, watery, pseudo metal that many other former hardcore were playing). The At The Gates song is deliberately placed before the King Diamond song. Blatant riff theft or unconscious influence? You be the judge - both are great songs regardless. The Anathema song is a Venom cover - duh. The Tombs song is punishing, plain and simple. The unholy racket these guys create is fantastic and this particular song is indicative of the thought and craft that goes into writing their stuff. Under the crushing volume and blast beats is some really smart songwriting. Void was one of the first hardcore bands I ever heard and to this day, very little rivals the intensity and raw violence their special brand of noise delivered. Literally a classic. Finally, I start the show with a song from theLegacy demo, 1985. Legacy's lead singer would go on to join Exodus and he'd be replaced by a hulking dude with two first names. They'd also change their name to Testament. I first heard this on a college radio show in Memphis, TN in, I suppose in either 1985 or 1986, back when the Bay Area Thrash scene was really coming together with bands like Death Angel, Blind Illusion, Possessed, etc. It wouldn't last long and would soon be replaced by Florida and Sweden, but it was a glorious 2 or 3 years for a while. This song brings back fond memories of discovering new sounds and bands - exactly what I hope to do with this podcast which is why it kicks things off.

Enjoy.

1. Legacy "Reign of Terror" from the 1985 demo
2. Immortal "Demonium" from the LP Sons of Northern Darkness
3. Voivod "Order of the Blackguards" from the LP Killing Technology
4. Rhythm Pigs "Military Fairy" from the 7" An American Activity
5. Neanderthal "Brain Tourniquet" from the Slap-a-Ham Flexi Disc
6. Motorhead "Sucker" from the LP Kiss of Death
7. Goatsnake "Innocent" from the LP Goatsnake I
8. At The Gates "World of Lies" from the LP Slaughter of the Soul
9. King Diamond "Charon" from the LP Fatal Portrait
10. Motorhead "Rock Out" from the LP Motorizer
11. Miasmal "Equinox 432" from the LP Miasmal
12. Anathema "Welcome to Hell" from the LP In the Name of Satan
13. Tombs "To Cross the Land" from the LP Path of Totality
14. Karp "Prison Shake" from the LP Action Chemistry
15. Misfits "Death Comes Ripping" from the LP Earth AD
16. Motorhead "We Are Motorhead" from the LP of the same name
17. Government Issue "Time to Escape" from the LP Joyride
18. Void "Think" from the Faith / Void split LP
19. Motorhead "Back at the Funny Farm" from the LP Another Perfect Day
20. Horned Almighty "The Works of Witchcraft" from the LP Contaminating the Divine

Volume IV - ARCHIVED

Welcome to Volume 4 which, despite the cheesy Sabbath / Cheap Trick artwork, contains no Black Sabbath. Click on Ozzy to get to it. THIS EPISODE HAS BEEN ARCHIVED

No liner notes this week – I’m rushing to get this posted because I’m out of town the next two weeks and am currently pre-occupied with how nice it will be not working for a couple weeks. So, short and simple. 

Be sure to eat plenty of riffage.

1. Keep of Kallesin – The Awaking from the LP Reptilian(2010)
2. Keep of Kallesin – Crown of the Kings from the LPArmada (2006)
3. Crucial Unit – Chinese restaurant Mosh Pit from the split 7” with Rambo (OOP 2001)
4. Bison B.C. – Two Day Booze from the LP Dark Ages(2010)
5. Voorhees – Pissed from the LP Spilling Blood Without Reason (1994)
6. Doomriders – Come Alive from the LP Darkness Come Alive (2009)
7. Final Warning – Rain of Death from their 7” on Fatal Erection (oop 1984)
8. Iskra – Nazi Die (originally by Doom) from theirEuropean Tour Demo (2012)
9. Krallice – Autochthon from the LP Dimensional Breakthrough (2009)
10. Samhain The Hungry End from the EP Unholy Passion(1984)
11. Cathedral – All Your Sins (originally by Pentagram) from their first demo, released as In Memoriam (2000. . . I think)
12. Art of Burning Water – Oh My Days from the LP Love You Dead (2012)
13. Centuries – Broken Hymns from the split 7” with Patsy O’Hara (2012)
14. F.O.D. – Meat Factory from the 7” Love Songs (oop 1984)
15. Shellfin – In the Head from the LP Secondhand Family(2010)
16. Hated Youth – Hardcore Rules from the 7” Hardcore Rules (oop 1983)
17. Damnation A.D. – Kingdom of Lost Souls from the LP of the same name (1998)
18. Napalm Death – Collision Course from the LP Utilitarian(2012)
19. Alcest – Faiseurs De Mondes from the LP Les Voyages De’Lame (2012)
20. Wolves in the Throne Room – Vastness and Sorrow from the LP Two Hunters (2007)

Volume III - ARCHIVED

Click on the goat lord to download. Also, unless an item is out of print, you can click on the album titles below to purchase the full LP by each of these artists - and I highly suggest you do.

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Trouble are awesome. When they first showed up in the early 80's they were written off as being "too late" with their slow, Sabbathy tunage. As it turns out, they were actually too soon as they, along with Saint Vitus and Witchfinder General would go on to influence the modern "doom" genre. This is one of their more "up-tempo" numbers. It's got some pep in it's step. Discharge. Seriously, if you don't know Discharge you need to get familiar with them - at least everything up to 1984. Bastardator remind me of early Venom and Voivod. Sloppy and thick with an excellent bass tone. I had never heard of Russian Circles until a few weeks ago when I saw that my old pal Sam had them "liked" on Facebook. So I checked them out and am so happy I did. Holy shit. Warhammer are a blatant Hellhammer ripoff / dedication. Down to the shitty guitar solos and Swiss accent. How can you not love that? Speaking of which . . . I threw Black Breath on here after Entombed, Carnage and Dismember because they sound dead on like early 90's Swedish death metal. I hope it's more a cheeky "dedication" and less "aping". Regardless, I really dig those dudes. Finally we have Angel Witch, the unsung progenitor of thrash and speedmetal. The "big 4" owe a LOT to Angel Witch who, sadly, went absolutely nowhere other than into infamy....

Lastly, and I hate to write this sentence out...but hey, if you dig the blog why not "like" it on Facebook?

https://www.facebook.com/TheDoomlaut?ref=hl

Sorry. Enjoy, turkeys.

Trouble "The Wolf" from the LP Trouble (out of print apparently?? 1990)

Absolutist "Patriot Act"from the LP Ave (2012)

Accept “Restless and Wild” from the LP Restless and Wild (1982)

Corrosion of Conformity “Holier” from the LP Animosity (1985)

Witch "Gone" from the LP Paralyzed (2008)

Warhammer “The Serpent’s Tantrum” from the LP The Doom Messiah (2001)

Saviours “Narcotic Sea” from the LP Into Abaddon (2008)

Discharge "Doomsday"from the ep State Violence, State Control (1982)

Extinction "In the Shadow of the Moon from the LP Down Below The Fog (2001)

Bastardator “Identify the Dead” from the LP Identify the Dead (2009)

Killing Joke "Intravaneous" from the LP Extremities, Dirt and Various Repressed Emotions (1990)

Girlschool “Kick it Down” from the LP Hit and Run (1981)

Russian Circles "309" from the LP Empros (2011)

Citizens Arrest "Activate" from the LP Colossus (1991)

Warfare "Burn Down the King's Road" from the LP Pure Filth (OOP 1984)

Entombed “Chaos Breed” from the LP Clandestine (1991)

Carnage “Torn Apart” from the LP Dark Recollections (1990)

Dismember “Soon to be Dead” from the LP Like an Everflowing Stream (1991)

Black Breath "Forced Into Possession" from the LP Sentenced to Life (2012)

Angel Witch "Angel of Death"from the LP Angel Witch (1980)

Volume II - ARCHIVED

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Here’s Volume II for you all - click on the scary dude to download. A nice mix, no theme, no featured artist, just good shit. The items listed as "oop" are out of print, but if you like them you can probably find copies out on the internet if you search hard enough. I have to think that someone has re-released the S.O.B. LP along with the rest of their stuff (the split with Napalm Death is excellent).

Some liner notes

The first song is by BL'AST! who were an excellent mix of Black Flag, C.O.C. and SSD. I remember seeing ads for the LP "It's In My Blood" in Thrasher magazine and, if I recall correctly, it was being sold as "the heaviest record ever". When I bought it I have to admit I was let down because to my 16 year old ears it was nowhere near as heavy as Celtic Frost or Saint Vitus. Over the years of course I came to appreciate that "heavy" has a lot of meanings.

Exciter was a Canadian band who predated the whole Bay Area thrash explosion. Along with Raven, Anvil, Angel Witch and some others, they remain really unappreciated and their influence and impact was pretty lasting. Also, like fellow Canadians Triumph, their drummer was the singer.

Speaking of drummers, TT Quick's drummer (Glen Evans) went on to play in Nuclear Assault. Sweet Savage's guitarist was Vivian Campbell, later to be Dio's first guitarist. Born Without a Face released two 7"s, both of which were well ahead of their time in terms of blending together metal and hardcore. My friend Drew turned me onto these guys way back in 1988 or so. Thanks buddy. GISM were a Japanese hardcore band that people loved but I always found a little generic. This particular song shreds though, if only because it's so weird. I know very little about Skeletonwitch other than they have a ridiculously metal name. Gehenna here is the Scandinavian black metal band, not the metalcore band from San Diego whose singer, Mike Cheese, used to punch people out while playing.

Upcoming themes I'm working on: an all NWOBHM post, a tribute to Iron Maiden, and a couple surprises. 

B'LAST! "Only Time Will Tell" from the LP It's In My Blood (1987)

Yob "Prepare the Ground" from the LP Atma (2011)

The Sword "Fire Lances the Ancient Hyperzephyrians" from the LP Gods of the Earth (2008)

Glorior Belli "Manifesting the Raging Beast" from the LP of the same name (2007)

Exciter "Violence and Force" from the LP Violence and Force (1984)

Ghost "Con Clavi Con Dio" from the LP Opus Eponymous (2010)

S.O.B. "Look Like Devil" from the LP Don't be Swindle (oop) (1987)

Gism "Endless Blockade for the Pussyfooter" from the P.E.A.C.E. / War compilation LP (1984)

The Execute "Spunk Out" from the Hardcore Temptation 7" (oop) (1983)

Melvins "Queen" from the LP Stoner Witch (1994)

Helmet "Oven (Melvins)" from the re-release of the Born Annoying EP (1992)

Skeletonwitch "Of Ash and Torment" from the LP Forever Abomination (2012)

Darkthrone "High on Cold War" from the Too Old Too Cold EP (2006)

Budgie "Guts" from the LP Budgie (1971)

TT Quick "Victims" from the TT Quick EP (oop) (1984)

Sweet Savage "Killing Time" available on the Killing Time compilation (1981)

Zodiac "A Bit of Devil" from the LP Bit of Devil (2012)

Born Without a Face "Crawl" from the Worship 7" (oop) (1986)

Gehenna "Unearthly Loose Palace" from the First Spell LP (1994)

Opeth "Demon of the Fall" from the LP My Arms, Your Hearse (1998)

Volume I - ARCHIVED

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Volume I is heavy on 80's shit which is intentional. I found a record store in my neighborhood that I had not seen before. They're currently selling a lot of old metal on vinyl - stuff that I thought was way out of print and that no one cared about (let alone remembered). For example - all of the Possessed LPs. And these were not used originals, they were represses on 180 gram vinyl with gatefold covers. Made me feel really old. So, I thought I'd roll with it and kick things off old school. 

Click on the spooky skeleton guy to download the archived podcast via Mediafire. 

Enjoy.

1.       All Pigs Must Die “Pulverization” (2012)

2.       Death “Forgotten Past” (1988)

3.       Nomeansno “Teresa, Give Me That Knife” (1988)

4.       Mastodon “Megalodon” (2004)

5.       Morbid Saint “Damien” (1988)

6.       The F.U.’s “What You Pay For” (1983)

7.       Kvelertak  “Ulvetid” (2010)

8. Possessed "Burning in Hell (demo) (1984)

9. Possessed "March to Die" (1986)

10. Possessed "Swing of the Axe - Metal Massacre VI version" (1985)

11.       Nachtmystium “Addicts” (2010)

12.   Danzig “Twist of Cain” (1988)

13.   Subhumans “Religious Wars” (1982)

14.       Rollins Band “Planet Joe” (1989)

15.   Trap Them “Slumcult & Gather” (2011)

16.   Flotsam and Jetsam “Metal Shock” (1986)

17. B.G.K. "Pray for Peace and Kill for Christ"(1982)

18. Dr. Know "Mr. Freeze"(1984)

19. From Ashes Rise "Blood on the Screen"(2000)

20. Raven "Read All About It"(1982)