Punk Flashback

 Todays Punk Flashback Stage B

Stage B were formed by Dessie Potter and Colin Fletcher after the demise of the punk band the Batteries, the band had played one gig, subjecting the audience to their versions of various punk classics and split up after the gig which had been given some bad reviews. They were now more influenced by the likes of the early Adam and the Ants and Siouxsie and the Banshees than three chord punk. The name Stage B was taken from the stage signs that were clearly visible each week when bands played live on the tv rock show the Old Grey Whistle Test .

New members were brought in Owen Howell replacing Karl Scott on drums and Charlie Reily was now lead vocals replacing original singer John Perfect a Sid Vicious lookalike and an occasional dj in the back room of the Harp bar, and the founding members Dessie Potter (guitar) and Colin Fletcher (bass) completed the line up. The music they now played had a new atmospheric swirling darker sound . They had a different look and sound to most of the other Belfast bands involved in the punk scene. They were offered studio time by Outlet records in the summer of 79 and they recorded a 4 track demo featuring the tracks the Viper , Numbers, Lizzie Borden and Self Portrait minus Colin who was in London at the time. Their one and only single Recall to life / Light On The Hillside was recorded later in 79 .

A support slot to Siouxsie and the Banshees and the Cure on their first N.I. visit 5.9. 79 at the Ulster hall on the Join Hands tour was cancelled due to various Banshee members / equipment problems which meant the gig was going to start late if at all , I remember standing about outside the venue for hours with a lot of angry punks , in the end I got pissed off and went home and needless to say the gig went ahead with a makeshift Banshees performance later on . An industrial strike at the BBC also scuppered their TV debut on the local music show Green Rock . Colin Fletcher left the band in 1980 which had also seen the release of the debut single on the Shock Rock label. A number of temporary bassists were recruited to fill in , including Greg Cowan from the Outcasts for at least one gig at the Harp that I was at . They eventually supported the Banshees on their next visit to the Ulster hall 16 / 10 / 80 on the Kaleidoscope tour and they also played a couple of times on different tours as support to Toyah one of which 8 / 4 / 81 was filmed by the BBC . The band folded a while later .

Anyone who witnessed the band live especially the opening number Darkness on which Dessie took the lead vocals, if you could call them that and I use the term vocals loosely, as he just screamed and howled to the stark musical backdrop, twisting and contorting himself into all sorts of shapes and prowling around the stage as flashing strobe lights slowed his movements left you in no doubt that this was no ordinary punk band. My own personal favourite song of theirs, Open Up, was never recorded. Someone got Charlie to dedicate it to me from the stage at the Future Legend gig and I had a tape of it for a long time but it has disappeared over the years like a lot of other bits. So if you've got any copies out there in cyber world of their gigs let me know.

Hardcore Flashback

 Todays Hardcore Flashback Crucial Unit

Crucial Unit were a hardcore/thrash band from Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, U.S.A. They were influenced by bands like Hellnation, Dropdead, Charles Bronson, D.R.I., Minor Threat, Iron Maiden and Cryptic Slaughter

Crucial Unit have appeared on numerous punk compilations including Hope Records' "Go Down Fighting Come Up Smiling" CD, XMike FitzgeraldX Records' "Death To Hardcore Death To Reagan" LP and Six Weeks Records' "Super Sabado" LP.

Classic Flashback

 Todays Classic Flashback Screaming Lord Sutch

David Edward Sutch (10 November 1940 – 16 June 1999), also known as "Screaming Lord Sutch", "3rd Earl of Harrow", or simply "Lord Sutch", was a musician from the United Kingdom. He was the founder of the Official Monster Raving Loony Party and served as its leader from 1983 to 1999, during which time he stood in numerous parliamentary elections.

Screaming Lord Sutch was born in North London. His father, a war reserve policeman, was killed in an accident when his son was 10 months old. His mother - to whom he was devoted - was a fan of Dickens; she christened him David after David Copperfield. For most of the next fifteen years they shared a flat and poverty in what he called a dead-end street in Kilburn, while she worked as a cleaner and shop assistant. Entertainment was Saturday morning pictures and the Metropolitan Music Hall, Edgeware Road. In 1956, after David had left school, they moved to South Harrow, where he became a window cleaner.

It was the birth of British rock music; a time when the young and desperate could pursue a new escape route. What he called his 'wild man of Borneo look' got Screaming Lord Sutch a spot singing at the Two I's coffee bar in Soho. His style evolved, or lurched, out of that slurry of music hall (he was a Max Miller fan), horror movies, Grand Guignol, pulp comics, slapstick and transatlantic pop. Thus did the black American rhythm & blues singer Screaming Jay Hawkins provide a name, and the basis of an act.

In 1961 he was spotted by the curious and doomed independent record producer Joe Meek. "I was doing the horror", said Sutch, "screaming and yelling. I had 18 inches of hair and I was running around in buffalo horns and my auntie's leopardskin coat. The scout said 'You've got a different approach. You want to make a record?'". Screaming Lord Sutch made records, and recorded with a clutch of (later) distinguished British rock musicians. The early subject matter focused on disembowelment and graveyards - on one occasion Meek posed Screaming Lord Sutch as Jack the Ripper in Whitechapel at night. Both men, observed Sutch, were intrigued by horror films. But he had no real hits. Indeed, by 1963 his career had been swamped by the Mersey boom.

It was then that he went to Stratford, campaigning for commercial radio, votes at 18, abolition of dog licences and his share of the spotlight, with the mix of native wit and puerility that marked his aimless - or dadaist - media courtship. The live act around Europe, and playing small halls and pubs, provided an income.

His last political hurrah was in the 1995 Littleborough and Saddleworth byelection (the OMRLP didn't have the money to run in the last European elections). But more than finances, it was perhaps the times that had finally run out.

R.I.P.

 13 Years Ago Today We Lost Kevin Dubrow

Kevin Mark Dubrow (October 29, 1955 − ≈ November 19, 2007) was an American heavy metal singer, best known as the lead vocalist of the heavy metal band Quiet Riot from 1975 until 1987, and again from 1990 until his death in 2007.

R.I.P.

 17 Years Ago Today We Lost Greg Ridley

Alfred Gregory "Greg" Ridley (23 October 1947 – 19 November 2003) was an English rock bassist and a founding member of Humble Pie.

Ridley was born in Carlisle, Cumberland, England. Early in his career he played under the name Dino as guitarist for "Dino & the Danubes" before joining bands such as the Ramrods. Ridley and Mike Harrison formed The V.I.P.'s in 1963, playing blues based music. The band added guitarist Luther Grosvenor and organist/pianist Keith Emerson, who stayed for a brief period of time before leaving and forming The Nice. After they changed their name to Art and published an album Supernatural Fairy Tales, and then to Spooky Tooth[2] in 1968. Spooky Tooth signed to Island and recorded two albums It's All About (1968) and Spooky Two (1969).

In January 1969 Ridley was approached by Steve Marriott from the Small Faces - who was forming a new band, called Humble Pie. The line up also included guitarist Peter Frampton from The Herd and drummer Jerry Shirley. Humble Pie's first album As Safe As Yesterday Is was released and a second album Town and Country was also released in the same year. A contract with A&M Records and a re-working of their sound into a harder brand of music, coupled with extensive touring of United States followed. A double album Performance Rockin' the Fillmore, featuring a now historic recording of a raw performance of rare quality, catapulted Humble Pie into rock history. Ridley's powerful bass playing anchored the band's performance and was at the centre of their sound. Together, Ridley and drummer Jerry Shirley comprised one of the most respected rhythm sections in Rock music during this period. Although Ridley rarely sang lead vocals, his deep baritone was frequently used to provide contrast with the higher tenors of Marriott and Frampton. Ridley made several songwriting contributions, including "Sucking on the Sweet Vine" on Humble Pie, "The Light of Love" on Town and Country, and "Big George" on Rock On.

This incarnation of Humble Pie continued until 1975 and Ridley left the music business, after finishing an unreleased album with Marriott and abortive attempts with bands such as Mike Patto and Ollie Halsall's band Boxer. Ridley moved to Gloucestershire and lived in a stone cottage in the Forest of Dean with his girlfriend. He found the peace and quiet of country life a pleasant and refreshing change to touring and recording. He became involved in the antique furniture business and throughout the 80's he was a low-key antique trader and he stripped pine furniture for other traders as a business.

On 14 April 2001 he appeared with Jerry Shirley, Peter Frampton and Clem Clempson, billed as a one off Humble Pie re-union, at a Steve Marriott Tribute Concert.[4] Earlier that year, he had also become involved with a Humble Pie project initiated by Jerry Shirley's reactivation of the group. and the enlisting of another former Humble Pie guitarist and vocalist Bobby Tench. This resulted in the album Back on Track, released by Sanctuary in 2002 and a short tour of Germany with Company of Snakes during the early part of 2003. The project was cut short when Ridley became ill.

On 19 November 2003, Ridley died in Alicante, Spain, of pneumonia and resulting complications. He was 56. His funeral was paid for by a concert organised by harmonica player Dave Hunt.

Happy Birthday

 Happy Birthday Matthew Brunson

Matthew Moses Brunson (born November 19, 1981) is the lead guitarist for sludge metal band Crowbar, replacing Steve Gibb, and bass player for Kingdom of Sorrow. He is from Metairie in Jefferson Parish, Louisiana and formerly played guitar in Shedding Old Skin. He attended East Jefferson High School in Metairie

Happy Birthday

 Happy Birthday Monte Pittman

Monte Lee Pittman (born November 19, 1975) is an American musician, songwriter and studio musician, based out of Los Angeles, known largely as Madonna's long-time guitarist and for playing with Prong. He has also appeared in the documentary "Who The F**K Is Arthur Fogel?" Pittman also professionally teaches guitar lessons and exclusively uses the Jamplay Teaching App.

Prong

Bass (2002-?)

Ministry

Guitars (2014-2015)

Five Finger Death Punch

 Today in 2013 Five Finger Death Punch released the album

The Wrong Side of Heaven and the Righteous Side of Hell, Volume 2

Las Vegas Heavy metal thrash metal groove metal alternative metal hard rock

Status:Active

Years active 2005–present

This is one of those bands that those in the underground will treat with a healthy dose of skepticism, a band that seems to have some major money and some ready-made popularity behind it right from the start, without anyone really knowing how or why. Essentially, The Way Of The Fist is really nothing more than a post-nu-metal, groove-laden, slightly metalcore-tinged album, with plenty of hate-filled, immature lyrics, soulless riffing and songwriting, and a too-pristine production that effectively removes any real intensity from the songs. The whole affair has a processed, generic feel to it, as if this is what someone thinks underground metal is without knowing better. It seems unlikely that the initial buzz surrounding this band will carry them forward, but it's too soon to tell at this point.

Prospect Park

Ivan Moody - vocals

Zoltan Bathory - rhythm guitar

Jason Hook - lead guitar, backing vocals

Jeremy Spencer - drums, percussion

Chris Kael - bass, backing vocals

Ryan Clark - Guest Vocals On "Weight Beneath My Sin"

Rob Zombie - Guest Vocals On "Burn MF"

1. "Here to Die" 3:00

2. "Weight Beneath My Sin" 3:36

3. "Wrecking Ball" 3:13

4. "Battle Born" 3:43

5. "Cradle to the Grave" 3:18

6. "Matter of Time" 3:16

7. "The Agony of Regret" (Instrumental) 1:42

8. "Cold" 3:47

9. "Let This Go" 3:16

10. "My Heart Lied" 3:35

11. "A Day in My Life" 3:44

12. "House of the Rising Sun" (A Folk Traditional cover) 4:07

Total length: 40:17

he Wrong Side of Heaven and the Righteous Side of Hell, Volume 2 is the fifth studio album by American heavy metal band Five Finger Death Punch, and the second of two albums released by the band in 2013, with Volume 1 having been released on July 30. It was released on November 19, 2013 through Prospect Park. The album was entirely produced by Kevin Churko and Five Finger Death Punch.

Ephel Duath

 Today in 2013 Ephel Duath released the album Hemmed by Light, Shaped by Darkness

Padua, Veneto,Italy

Progressive Post-Black Metal (early), Avant-garde Jazz/Metal (later)

Status:Split-up

Years active:1998-2014

A band as odd and ecletic as its name might imply Ephel Duath pushed the boundaries of extreme music with each successive release. It all started as a two-man project with Phormula, released in 2000 on the then-new Code666 label. Blending black and progressive metal isn't entirely unknown these days, but back then it was pretty unique, and the album established the band as a unique force in extreme metal. Following a signing to the Elitist label and a repackaging of the debut (hence, Rephormula), the pair split, with Davide Tiso taking the reins, recruiting various new members, and taking the band into uncharted waters, blending progressive, jazz, hardcore, and other influences metal and non. An interesting latecomer to the scene was Karyn Crisis, who hadn't been heard from much since her days in the excellent Crisis (additionally, she ended up marrying Tiso). Finally, Tiso decided to put the band to rest in December 2014, marking the end of one strange, unique, and groundbreaking metal act. Tiso and Crisis have since put together Gospel Of The Horns.

Agonia Records

Marco Minnemann Drums

Karyn Crisis Vocals

Davide Tiso Guitars

Guest/Session

Bryan Beller Bass

Erik Rutan Vocals (backing) (track 1)

1. Feathers Under My Skin 07:06

2. Tracing the Path of Blood 07:24

3. When Mind Escapes Flesh 07:52

4. Within This Soil 06:53

5. Those Gates to Nothing 06:31

6. Through Flames I Shield 06:42

7. Hemmed by Light 01:55

8. Shaped by Darkness 07:30

51:53

Guitar and vocals engineered and recorded at Mana Recording Studios, St. Petersburg, Florida.

Bass engineered and recorded at Nuggetone Studios, Nashville, Tenessee.

Drums engineered and recorded at Homebase Seacost-Studio, Lake Elsmore, California.

Backing vocals engineered and recorded at Different Fur Studios, San Francisco, California.

Mastered at West West Side Music, Orange Country, New York.

Chastain

 Today in 2013 Chastain released the album Surrender to No One

Cincinnati, Ohio Heavy/Power Metal

Status:Active

Years active: 1984-present

Workaholic guitarist David Chastain has had many projects over the years, this band being the most metallic in nature as well as the longest-running. Chastain (the band) has long had a style rooted firmly in 80's metal, with several different lineups recording in the 80's and 90's before going quiet following 2004's In An Outrage. Nine years later, original members Leather Leone and Mike Skimmerhorn rejoined the fold and Surrender To No One was released in 2013.

Leviathan Records

Stian Kristoffersen Drums

Mike Skimmerhorn Bass

David T. Chastain Guitars, Vocals (backing)

Leather Leone Vocals, Vocals (backing)

1. Stand and Fight 04:54

2. Call of the Wild 05:01

3. Deep Down in the Darkness 06:09

4. Freedom Within 04:12

5. I Am Sin 04:40

6. Rise Up 04:07

7. Evil Awaits Us 04:32

8. Fear My Wrath 04:36

9. Save Me Tonight 04:46

10. Surrender to No One 05:51

11. Bleed Through Me 05:16

54:04

This album marks Leather Leone's return to Chastain 20 years after she left.

A video was made for "Evil Awaits Us".

Recording information:

- Guitars, bass, keys & vocals recorded at Leviathan Studios, Atlanta, GA.

- Drums recorded at Pagan Hill Studio, Skien, Norway.

- Mixed at The Music Factory, Waltenhofen, Germany.

Led Zepplin

 Today in 2012 Led Zeppelin released the live album Celebration Day

London, England Hard rock blues rock folk rock heavy metal

Status: Split Up

Years active 1968–80

(reunions: 1985, 1988, 1995, 2007)

Though Black Sabbath was arguably a more influential band in regards to the history of heavy metal, no hard rock/metal discussion is complete without a mention of Led Zeppelin. Besides recording one of the most popular rock songs of all time ("Stairway To Heaven"), Led Zeppelin's back catalog has served as a blueprint for blues-based hard rock for decades. The list of instantly recognizable hits is staggering: "Whole Lotta Love", "Kashmir", "Communication Breakdown", "The Immigrant Song", "Rock And Roll", and on and on. The band abruptly broke up shortly after the unfortunate death of John Bonham in 1980, the remaining three asserting they could not continue without their drummer. Robert Plant and Jimmy Page both have managed successful solo careers, and the two have played Zep tunes (with an elaborate backing band) together in recent years.

Atlantic

Jason Bonham – drums, percussion; backing vocals on "Good Times Bad Times" and "Misty Mountain Hop"

John Paul Jones – bass guitar, Korg OASYS, Korg X50

Jimmy Page – guitar, theremin, production

Robert Plant – vocals; harmonica on "Nobody's Fault But Mine", tambourine on "In My Time of Dying" and "Stairway to Heaven"

All songs administered by WB Music Corp. (ASCAP)

Set

"Good Times Bad Times" (John Bonham, John Paul Jones, Jimmy Page and Robert Plant) – 3:45

"Ramble On" (Page and Plant) – 5:53

"Black Dog" (Jones, Page, and Plant) – 5:53

"In My Time of Dying" (Bonham, Jones, Page, and Plant) – 11:41

"For Your Life" (Page and Plant) – 6:50

"Trampled Under Foot" (Jones, Page, and Plant) – 6:28

"Nobody's Fault but Mine" (Page and Plant) – 6:49

"No Quarter" (Jones, Page, and Plant) – 11:22

"Since I've Been Loving You" (Jones, Page, and Plant) – 8:52

"Dazed and Confused" (Page; inspired by Jake Holmes) – 13:04

"Stairway to Heaven" (Page and Plant) – 8:49

"The Song Remains the Same" (Page and Plant) – 5:57

"Misty Mountain Hop" (Jones, Page, and Plant) – 5:38

"Kashmir" (Bonham, Page, and Plant) – 10:00

First encore

"Whole Lotta Love" (Bonham, Willie Dixon, Jones, Page and Plant) – 9:16

Second encore

"Rock and Roll" (Bonham, Jones, Page, and Plant) – 4:55

Video bonus features

Shepperton rehearsals

BBC footage

Celebration Day is a concert film by the English rock band Led Zeppelin, recorded at the Ahmet Ertegun Tribute Concert on 10 December 2007, in The O2 Arena, London. The film was given a limited theatrical release starting on 17 October 2012, and was released on several home audio and video formats on 19 November 2012. The performance, the film, and album releases have been widely praised.

Destinity

 Today in 2012 Destinity released the album Resolve in Crimson

Lyon, Rhône-Alpes,France Black Metal (early), Symphonic Black/Death Metal (mid), Thrash/Death Metal (later)

Status:On hold

Years active: 1996-2014

French progressive death metal band, fusing thrash and old school death with synth-driven clean passages

Lifeforce Records

Morteüs Drums

Zephiros Guitars

Mick Vocals

Dave Bass

Seb V.S. Guitars

Guest/Session

Stéphane Buriez Vocals (additional) (track 5)

Pierre Le Pape Samples, Orchestrations

1. Black Sun Rising 03:46

2. Reap My Scars 05:48

3. Aiming a Fist in Enmity 04:16

4. Can't Stand the Sight 07:35

5. A Scent of Scorn 04:13

6. Redshift 03:55

7. Only Way 03:55

8. Break into His Heart 04:24

9. The Hatred 04:45

42:37

A video was made for "Black Sun Rising"

Recording information:

Recorded & mixed and mastered at Hansen studios during July 2012.

Aeon

 Today in 2012 Aeon released the album Aeons Black

Östersund,Sweden Death Metal

Status:Active

Years active: 1999-present

Bleeding The False is the 2005 debut full-length album for Aeon, following a MCD release of their demo in 2001. Brutal, chugging death metal is the order of the day here, with staccato riffs and machine-gun double-bass work a constant in virtually every song, which at times comes off as monotonous. Lyrically, songs titles like "Biblewhore" and "God Gives Head In Heaven" (!) pretty much tell the story, clearly the guys have no fondness for Christianity, certainly not a novelty among death metal bands. This isn't groundbreaking stuff, and there is little variation either vocally or riff-wise, but the intensity is there, and those into modern European death metal should give these guys a listen.

Metal Blade Records

Arttu Malkki Drums

Zeb Nilsson Guitars

Tommy Dahlström Vocals

Daniel Dlimi Guitars

Marcus Edvardsson Bass

1. Still They Pray 03:50

2. The Glowing Hate 04:12

3. The Voice of the Accuser 00:51

4. I Wish You Death 04:54

5. Garden of Sin 03:49

6. Neptune the Mystic 01:12

7. Nothing Left to Destroy 05:24

8. Passage to Hell 01:05

9. Aeons Black 03:42

10. Dead Means Dead 04:03

11. Sacrificed 03:23

12. Aftermath 01:20

13. Blessed by the Priest 03:58

14. Maze of the Damned 03:38

15. Die by My Hands 05:22

50:43

"Neptune the Mystic" is a death metal interpretation of the orchestral piece of the same name by English composer Gustav Holst, written in 1915 as the last movement of the orchestral suite The Planets.

Recording information:

Recorded at Empire Studio in Östersund, Sweden in June 2012.

Mixed and mastered at Garageland Studios in June/July 2012.

AC/DC

 Today in 2012 AC/DC released the Live album Live at River Plate

Sydney, Australia Hard rock, blues rock, rock and roll
Status;Active
Years active 1973 (1973)–present
Featuring one of the most recognizeable images in rock (diminutive guitarist Angus Young in his trademark schoolboy uniform), AC/DC has been in the business for more than forty years, scarcely changing their style from album to album but continuing to maintain a large following due to their simplistic yet effective hard rock and energetic live performances. They are undeniably Australia's most well-known rock export, and their style is one of the most recognizeable, and imitated, in the history of hard rock, rising to worldwide superstardom around the time of Highway To Hell, one of their seminal works. They've enduring setbacks in recent years (the failing health of Angus' brother Malcolm, the legal troubles of drummer Phil Rudd, resulting in both taking a leave of absence from the band), but Angus and crew soldier on.
Columbia
Brian Johnson – lead vocals
Angus Young – lead guitar
Malcolm Young(R.I.P.2017) – rhythm guitar, backing vocals
Cliff Williams – bass guitar, backing vocals
Phil Rudd – drums
All tracks written by Angus Young, Malcolm Young and Bon Scott; except where noted.
Disc one
No. Title Length
1. "Rock 'N Roll Train" (A. Young, M. Young) 4:41
2. "Hell Ain't a Bad Place to Be" 4:27
3. "Back in Black" (A. Young, M. Young, Brian Johnson) 4:14
4. "Big Jack" (A. Young, M. Young) 4:07
5. "Dirty Deeds Done Dirt Cheap" 4:58
6. "Shot Down in Flames" 3:47
7. "Thunderstruck" (A. Young, M. Young) 5:32
8. "Black Ice" (A. Young, M. Young) 3:43
9. "The Jack" 10:11
10. "Hells Bells" (A. Young, M. Young, Johnson) 5:37
Disc two
No. Title Length
1. "Shoot to Thrill" (A. Young, M. Young, Johnson) 5:55
2. "War Machine" (A. Young, M. Young) 3:39
3. "Dog Eat Dog" 5:09
4. "You Shook Me All Night Long" (A. Young, M. Young, Johnson) 4:01
5. "T.N.T." 3:57
6. "Whole Lotta Rosie" 5:57
7. "Let There Be Rock" 18:05
8. "Highway to Hell" 4:43
9. "For Those About to Rock (We Salute You)" (A. Young, M. Young, Johnson) 7:44
Disc three (German Exclusive Edition only available on http://www.saturn.de)
No. Title Length
1. "Rock and Roll Ain't Noise Pollution (Live at the Circus Krone, Munich, June 17, 2003)" (A. Young, M. Young, Johnson (incorrectly credited on packaging as A. Young, M. Young, B. Scott))
2. "If You Want Blood (You've Got It) (Live at the Circus Krone, Munich, June 17, 2003)"
3. "What's Next to the Moon (Live at the Circus Krone, Munich, June 17, 2003)"
Live at River Plate is a live album by Australian hard rock band AC/DC. It was released on 19 November 2012.[2]
The album was recorded during AC/DC's Black Ice World Tour at River Plate Stadium in Buenos Aires on 4 December 2009. Video footage from the same concert was previously released officially on DVD and Blu-ray in May 2011.
With the release of the album in the UK, the top ten of the UK Rock & Metal Singles chart was composed of all AC/DC songs, with "Back in Black", "Highway to Hell", "You Shook Me All Night Long", "Thunderstruck", "Whole Lotta Rosie", "Shoot to Thrill", "Hells Bells", "It's a Long Way to the Top (If You Wanna Rock 'n' Roll)", "For Those About to Rock (We Salute You)", and "T.N.T.", all charting within the top ten in corresponding order. However, several songs in the chart were actually the studio versions. This was also a result of all of AC/DC's albums being re-released on iTunes at the time of Live at River Plate's release

Feast of Corpses

 Today in 2003 Feast of Corpses released the album Sudden Death

Sept-Îles, Quebec, Canada Death Thrash Metal

Status: Active

Years active 2002-Present

Brutal death metal from Canada with drum programming.

At the beginning, the two of us were playing in a band called Erum Furor. In 2001 when the band splitted due to some members moving away, we discussed about forming a project about mass killers.

This first release of 2003 came out to represent the shocking events that happened in the United States of America on septembre 11th 2001. In January 2002, we were both drunk and really pissed off hearing about WTC reported by every kind of media. The project had come out: Our music is timeless compared to the stiffed and quick coverage from the information agencies. So we wrote a song called Falling Towers that night. We have been investing our time in recording a cd called Unexpected Plan in Hate's appartment during summer 2003. Two years after the tragic events, we released the demo on 11/09/2003.

We came out with a new disc in 2007, this time to explore the sickest behaviors of mankind. Nothing could have stopped us from evicting our nastiness. The expression of our work came out from our daily state: A mixture of warm blood with social toxins dilluted. Our goal was to say out loud what most people do not even dare to think. We gave a meaning to all those attrocities in the world, reminding us the insecurity of our world.

independent

Bestial Vocals, Guitars

Hate Vocals, Guitars

Guest/Session

Flo Mounier Drums

Kim Gosselin Bass

1. Entrée of Garlic Roasted Eyeballs 01:06

2. Hideous Crime Scene 04:37

3. When World Collapse 04:12

4. Incurable Insanity 03:34

5. Autopsy of a Rotten Corpse 05:09

6. Crushing the Remains 04:08

7. Wanted 04:00

8. Eternal Pain 04:12

9. The Ritual Frenzy 03:48

10. Ice Cold Menstrual Blood Digestif 00:53

35:39

Produced by Feast of Corpses and Kim Gosselin.

Recorded by Kim Gosselin at Mourning After Studios.

Mixed and mastered by Kim Gosselin at Silver Wings Studios

Drums recorded by Steve Burns at Flo´s Studios.

Fastway

 Today in 2011 Fastway released the album Eat Dog Eat

London, England Hard rock, heavy metal

Status:Active

Years active 1983-present

Fastway was an hard rock band formed by guitarist "Fast" Eddie Clarke formerly of Motörhead, and bassist Pete Way formerly of UFO. In 1983 both players had been disgruntled with their own bands and decided to work together in a new outfit. They recruited drummer Jerry Shirley formerly of Humble Pie, and vocalist Dave King and took their name from a combination of the founder-members' names. However, Way then discovered that he could not escape from his contract with Chrysalis Records and also received a tempting offer to play for Ozzy Osbourne, and abandoned the project, forcing Clarke to steer it alone. Bringing in session bassist Mick Feat, the band then recorded debut album FASTWAY.

A critical and moderate commercial success, with successful touring to promote it (with Alfie Angus on bass), the band then recruited Charlie McCracken as "permanent" bassist and released ALL FIRED UP in the following year. Shirley and McCracken subsequently left and there was a hiatus. In 1986 Clarke then reformed the band, retaining King and recruiting with Shane Carroll (2nd guitar), Paul Reid (bass) and Alan Connor (drums) and this lineup released WAITING FOR THE ROAR. In 1987 they collaborated with the movie TRICK OR TREAT and released a soundtrack from it. Unfortunately both film and soundtrack were poorly received. Nonetheless the band persevered, supporting Ozzy Osbourne in 1988. However King then left after the tour and Clarke decided to start again from scratch using vocalist Lea Hart and session men, quickly releasing ON TARGET in the same year.

In 1990 this duo released BAD BAD GIRLS, employing various session musicians including members of Girlschool. It was well-received but widely ignored and sold poorly. After struggling on for another year, in which they released a live album SAY WHAT YOU WILL, Clarke and Hart gave up and the band was defunct. In 1997 however the pair reunited and released a reworked version of ON TARGET, but there was no commercial success.

Vocalist David King is now with Flogging Molly, an Irish inspired punk band.

Secret Records

Fast Eddie Clarke(R.I.P. 2018) - Lead guitars

Toby Jepson - Lead vocals, Bass guitar, Acoustic guitar

Matt Eldridge. - Drums, percussion

All tracks composed by Fast Eddie Clarke and Toby Jepson

"Deliver Me" - 4:41

"Fade Out" - 4:06

"Leave the Light On" - 3:55

"Lovin' Fool" - 4:30

"Dead and Gone" - 5:49

"Sick as a Dog" - 3:44

"Freedom Song" - 3:52

"Who do you Believe?" - 4:04

"Love I need" - 4:37

"On and On" - 3:53

"Only If You Want It" - 4:06

Eat Dog Eat is the seventh album by British hard rock band, Fastway. Released 21 years after their previous album, Eat Dog Eat features a new band line-up including vocalist Toby Jepson, previously of Little Angels and Gun. Leave The Light On was released as a single on 19 March 2012

Suicidal Angels

 Today in 2010 Suicidal Angels released the album Dead Again

Athens, Attica,Greece Thrash Metal

Status:Active

Years active: 2001-present

Inspired by bands like Napalm Death, Celtic Frost, and Kreator, Greek thrash metal outfit Suicidal Angels formed in 2001 around the talents of guitarist Nick and bass player Kostas. The band released the demo United by Hate in 2002, followed by the EP Bloodthirsty Humanity in 2004. A four-track single appeared in 2006, paving the way for the group’s first full-length, Eternal Domination. By this time, the band (which now featured original vocalist/guitarist Nick, guitarist Panos, bass player Angel, and drummer Orfeas) had expanded its fan base throughout Europe and had begun making a splash overseas as well. In 2008, the group inked a deal with metal behemoth Nuclear Blast and began recording its 2009 sophomore effort, Sanctify the Darkness. The next three years saw the group take on an ambitious touring regimen, appearing at numerous festivals, including Wacken Open Air, Metalcamp, Sonisphere, and Brutal Assault Open Air. During that period, they released albums three and four, 2010's Dead Again and 2012's Bloodbath, followed by Divide and Conquer in 2014 and Division of Blood in 2016.

NoiseArt Records Records

Angel Bass

Orfeas Drums

Panos Guitars

Nick Vocals, Guitars, Lyrics

1. Damnation 01:21 instrumental

2. Reborn in Violence 04:18

3. Bleeding Holocaust 02:54

4. The Trial 03:36

5. Suicide Solution 02:34

6. Beggar of Scorn 05:21

7. Victimized 04:13

8. Violent Abuse 02:35

9. The Lies of Resurrection 04:18

10. Search for Recreation 02:52

11. Dead Again 03:02

12. Final Dawn 02:58

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Videoclips were made for Bleeding Holocaust and Beggar of Scorn.

Sodom

 Today in 2010 Sodom released the album In War and Pieces

Gelsenkirchen, North Rhine-Westphalia,Black/Speed Metal (early), Thrash Metal (later)

Status:Active

Years active: 1981-present

Sodom are one of a trio of German bands that are acknowledged as pioneers/leaders of the 80's thrash scene in Germany (the other two being Destruction and Kreator), and like those two, continue to perform after more than two decades in the business. In their infancy they had more in common with bands such as Venom and Hellhammer than straight-ahead thrash, with the result being that much of their work is chaotic, frenzied, a bit on the messy side. Despite mixed critical views, the band has continued to maintain a healthy fan base and are still churning out albums. Interestingly, their most recent album, The Final Sign Of Evil, marks a return to the beginning, featuring re-recorded versions of songs from the earliest days, and featuring the original lineup.

Steamhammer

Tom Angelripper - bass guitar, vocals

Bernd "Bernemann" Kost - guitars

Bobby Schottkowski - drums

1. In War And Pieces

2. Hellfire

3. Through Toxic Veins

4. Nothing Counts More Than Blood

5. Storm Raging Up

6. Feigned Death Throes

7. Soul Contraband

8. God Bless You

9. The Art Of Killing Poetry

10. Knarrenheinz

11. Styptic Parasite

Release dates:

Europe: November 22nd, 2010

Germany: November 19th , 2010

USA/Canada: January 11th, 2011

Brazil: May, 2011 (Digipack version with bonus CD by Shinigami Records)

Recorded at Waldstreet Sound in Dortmund, (Germany) August 2010.

Mixing at The Flying Pigs Studio in Schwerte (Germany) September 2010.

Limited Edition Digipak containing a bonus CD Live in Wacken 2007. The track listing is as follows:

CD 2 (Bonus Live At Wacken Open Air 2007)

01. Blood on Your Lips

02. City of God

03. Proselytism Real

04. Christ Passion

05. One Step Over the Line

06. Abuse

07. Sodomy and Lust

08. Ausgebombt

09. The Saw Is the Law

10. Outbreak of Evil

Also available in double blood red-colored LP containing a bonus track (which also is a Japanese bonus track):

12. Murder One (03:27)

Released including the "Wacken, 25th Anniversary show 2007" live + the "Ten Black Years" 2CD compilation, this edition exclusive to the Nuclear Blast mailorder only.

In War and Pieces is the thirteenth album by the German thrash metal band Sodom. It was released on November 19, 2010 in Germany, November 22, 2010 in Europe and January 11, 2011 in the United States.

The album was released in four formats:

Limited edition digipak with bonus live CD including 10 tracks (Wacken, 25th anniversary show 2007)

Double gatefold LP in blood red vinyl with 1 bonus track ("Murder One")

Standard version

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In War and Pieces sold over 700 copies in the United States in its first week