Volume V - ARCHIVED

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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?

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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)