Volto formed in the early 2000s but had not previously released any material. Incitare was recorded in drummer Carey’s home studio, using only live takes.
With the other members equally enthusiastic by the piece, together with art control by Tool guitarist Adam Jones, the packaging was complete. The album generally received positive reviews, being especially lauded for the technical skills present on the album.
Listen To Volto On Youtube
Tracklist:
Grip It (5:50) Gillz (6:37) Whopner (6:13) Drumbeaux (8:36) Quirk (4:09)BHP (6:03) Meltdown (4:57) Tocino (4:25) I’m Calm Now (6:49)
Volto! is:
John Ziegler – guitar Lance Morrison – bass Danny Carey – drum Jeff Babko – keyboards Incitare
Released July 23, 2013Length 53:36 Label Concord Music Group (Source: Wikipedia)
Run to the Light was the third studio album by the American doom metal band Trouble, released on July 15, 1987. It was the band’s last release on Metal Blade before signing to Def American. (SOURCE: WIKIPEDIA)
Listen To Run To The Light
Tracklisting
Side one
“The Misery Shows” – 5:36 “Thinking of the Past” – 3:52 “On Borrowed Time” – 5:26 “Run to the Light” – 6:02
Side Two
“Peace of Mind” – 3:03 “Born in a Prison” – 4:49 “Tuesday’s Child” – 3:25 “The Beginning” – 5:26
Trouble “Run To The Light” Line-Up:
Eric Wagner – vocals Bruce Franklin – guitars Rick Wartell – guitars Ron Holzner – bass Dennis Lesh – drums
Leprosy is the second studio album by Tampa’s Death, released on August 12, 1988 on Combat Records. It is best known for the track “Pull the Plug“, which is about as close to a hit song as a band like death can get. Leprosy was much more progressive than the “Scream Bloody Gore” album. Much of this can be assigned to the engineering work of Scott Burns, who was the go-to thrash metal producer of the time.
The Many Early Death Line-Ups
The only constant thing about Death is a continually changing lineup. Each album has almost an entirely different group of players on it outside of founder Chuck Schuldiner. This album “featured” Terry Butler, who now plays bass, and Obituary but froze up in the studio actually didn’t play on the album. Chuck Schuldiner recorded his bass parts.
Many critics and fans alike consider Leprosy to be Death’s best album. Metal radio stations and even MTV played the song “Pull the Plug” relatively frequently (at least as extreme music goes). By the time the subsequent album “Spiritual Healing” was released, almost the entire band was replaced with a new group of players outside of Chuck Schuldiner,
LeporasyTracklist
“Leprosy” 6:19 “Born Dead” 3:25 “Forgotten Past” 4:33 “Left to Die” 4:35 “Pull the Plug” 4:25 “Open Casket” 4:53 “Primitive Ways” 4:33 “Choke on It” 5:54
Death leprosy line-up:
Chuck Schuldiner – guitar, bass, vocals Rick Rozz – guitar Bill Andrews – drums Terry Butler – credited with bass but did not actually play on the album
SIDE A “Torture Me” – Omen – 3:26 “Condemned to the Gallows” – Voivod – 5:09 “Call on the Attacker” – Attacker – 3:35 “Nightmare” – Future Tense – 3:50 “Death Rider” – Overkill – 3:52 “Soldier Boy” – Fates Warning – 6:20
SIDE B
“The Brave” – Metal Church – 4:27 “Destroyer” – Lethyl Synn – 3:27 “The Warrior” – Final Warning – 3:49 “Crucifixion” – Hellhammer – 2:50 “Marching Saprophytes” – Mace – 4:07 “End of Time” – Jesters of Destiny – 3:20
LISTEN TO THE FULL ALBUM ON YOUTUBE
Metal Massacre Bands: Where Are They Now?
Several huge metal bands have had their debuts on the Metal Massacre compilations from Metal Blade Records, perhaps most notably Metallica who have their name misspelled on Metal Massacre 1. Early on they featured “hair bands” like RATT until Metal Blade became the go-to record label for thrash metal and started working with better bands like Cryptic Slaughter, Slayer and Hirax.
Mettallica or Metallica? – Misspelling on Metal Massacre 1
Metal Massacre Graduates
ABOUT: Metal Massacre was started1981 Brian Slagel, founder of Metal Blade Records, decided to put out a compilation of unsigned, underground metal bands. Throughout the ’80s and early ’90s, he continued to release more volumes of the collections. Metal Massacre XII was released in 1995 and was the final Metal Massacre album until Metal Massacre XIII, released 11 years later in 2006. (SOURCE: WIKIPEDIA)
Why Slowly We Rot Is Metal That Rips Your Head Off
“Slowly We Rot” by the Tampa, Florida band Obituary is the heaviest album of all time. That isn’t just my opinion. That is a fact. The album is even more intense because the band does not rely on “down tuning.” The play in E 440 concert pitch, but it sure doesn’t sound like it!
Rhythm guitar player, Trevor Perez, is known for omitting most of the high-end on his guitar by turning the tone knob all the way down. Trevor also plays a Fender Stratocaster with a maple neck, which is far from a typical death metal guitar. The rest of the patented Obituary sound comes courtesy of a RAT pedal and a vintage Marchall JCM 800. This leads to his signature guitar sound, which is often imitated but never duplicated. However, it’s worth noting Trevor’s tone is reminiscent of Tom G. Warrior and Celtic Frost in some ways.
The band released a series of highly influential death metal albums through the 90s before disbanding from 1998-2005.
Listen To Slowly We Rot On Youtube
The guys in the band were barely eighteen when the album was produced for a budget of $4000! It’s hard to believe that such an epic slab of metal that stands the test of time could’ve been produced in 1989 under the circumstances! In April 2013, Obituary started recording their ninth studio collection, “Inked in Blood” before bassist Frank Watkins died from cancer on October 18, 2015. They released a self-titled 2017 and have a new album, “Dying Of Everything” slated for release in January 2022.
This may not shock or amaze even some of the most metal fans: “live albums” that were really recorded in the studio — most notably KISS and Peter Frampton.
There was a simple reason record companies were putting out so many live albums back then: THEY SELL!
But how about Slayer? Would they pull such a stunt?
You might be surprised….you can even listen to some of Slayer’s live recordings and demos that have been bootlegged from that period if you can deal with the crappy sound quality.
Kind of.
SLAYER LIVE UNDEAD – LISTEN TO THE WHOLE LP
Are You Ready For The Truth?
SLAYER LIVE UNDEAD
Here are the tracks:
Side A
Black Magic 03:56
Die by the Sword 04:01
Captor of Sin 03:32
Side B
The Antichrist 02:57
Evil Has No Boundaries 02:54
Show No Mercy 03:04
Aggressive Perfector 02:32
Total Running Time – 22:56
HERE IS HOW LIVE UNDEAD WAS RECORDED….
Tracks B1-B2 taken from 1984 Haunting the Chapel EP. Track B3 is taken from the 1983 Show No Mercy album.
Recording information:
Tracks A1-A3 recorded live with a small number of fans in the studio.
Side one mixed at Track Record Studios, N. Hollywood, CA.
Side two recorded and mixed at Track Studios, N. Hollywood, CA.
Mastered at Capital Mastering, Hollywood, CA.
Track B3 mastered at MCA Whitney Recording Studios & The Town House Studios.
That said, it’s still an awesome album. If that shocks you, I can assure you that Show No Mercy was not a fake live album. In fact, the studio was so small that drummer Dave Lombardo had to OVERDUB HIS CYMBALS because they would “bleed over” into other tracks. If you list you can tell.
Cryptic Slaughter was formed in 1984 by Les Evans (age 17), Scott Peterson (age 14) and Adam Scott (age 15), who met through their mutual participation in the American Youth Soccer League (AYSO). Soon they were joined by Bill Crooks (age 15), a friend of Adam Scott and a fellow soccer player. Adam Scott was let go a few months later due to conflicts regarding his parents and school. (Source: Wikipedia)
Their first demo, Life in Grave, was produced in 1985 and became well circulated in the burgeoning tape-trader underground. Their first full-length LP, Convicted, was released in 1986 on Death/Metal Blade records, whose artist roster also boasted D.R.I., Corrosion of Conformity, Dr. Know, The Mentors, and Beyond Possession. Within its first year of release, Convicted sold over 25,000 copies and earned Cryptic Slaughter the reputation as being one of the fastest bands in hardcore.
1 M.A.D.
2 Little World
3 Sudden Death
4 Lowlife
5 Rage To Kill
6 Rest In Pain
7 Nuclear Future
8 State Control
9 Hypocrite
10 War To The Knife
11 Nation Of Hate
12 Black And White
13 Reich Of Torture
14 Convicted
15 Flesh Of The Wench 2:36
16 Necessity Supreme 2:45
17 Life In Grave 1:36
18 War To The Knife 2:17
19 Rest In Pain 3:34
20 Set Your Own Pace 2:19
21 Positively 2:29
22 Black And White
23 Lowlife
Cryptic Slaughter Line Up 1985
Bill Crooks – Vocals Les Evans – Guitars Rob “Blasko” Nicholson – Bass, Vocals (backing) Scott Peterson – Drums
STILL WONDERING WHAT HAPPENED TO CRYPTIC SLAUGHTER?
HERE IS A PICTURE OF GUITAR PLAYER LES EVANS TODAY!
While Stormtroopers of Death were recording their debut album, Speak English or Die, tentative plans were made for a follow-up titled U.S.A. for S.O.D.. When the band did not release an immediate follow-up, M.O.D. used the title instead. (SOURCE: WIKIPEDIA)
Eternal Devastation is the second full-length album by German thrash metal band Destruction. It was released in 1986. It showed the band had moved away from their previous black metal-influenced style of material evident on the Sentence of Death EP and Infernal Overkill albums, and were headed in the direction of a more contemporary thrash metal style. (SOURCE: WIKIPEDIA)
While they make have gone some at times silly fashion phases (pictured below) the band continues to tour and blow newer acts off the stage like they were not even trying.
DESTRUCTION (THE BAND) FROM GERMANY – STILL HEAVY AFTER ALL OF THESE YEARS!
01 – 00:00 – Curse The Gods
02 – 06:07 – Confound Games
03 – 10:37 – Life Without Sense
04 – 17:01 – United by Hatred
05 – 22:05 – Eternal Ban
06 – 25:46 – Upcoming Devastation (Instrumental)
07 – 29:53 – Confused Mind
WHATEVER HAPPENED TO SACRED RIECH? LET’S FIND OUT.
If you are a Sacred Reich fan (like I am) then you already know the quintessential album is Ignorance. If fact. while we are at it, let’s get that one quick spin. My favorite song is “Death Squad: (especially the first riff) classic thrash metal!
Sacred Reich still tours in 2019
Phil Rind and Whiley are the only 2 original members
Sacred Riech is still sighed to Metal Blade Record
In 2020 Phil Rind blast all Trump supporters and demanded that all people that are right of center should stop liking his band –
“If you are part of the Trump cult feel free to unfollow. We couldn’t give a fuck.
“If you can’t see the white supremacy that permeates this country I suggest you open your eyes and take a hard look. Read the book ‘White Fragility’. But if you dont see it, it’s probably because you don’t want to. Maybe you should go listen to ‘One Nation’.”
He added in a follow-up message: “If you can’t see the difference between BLACK LIVES MATTER standing up for unarmed black people being shot by police for decades across this country and armed white nationalist domestic terrorists storming the Capitol to stop an election in support of a dumb, racist, lying President then by all means UNFOLLOW, UNLIKE, DON’T SUPPORT…WHATEVER.
SURF NICARAGUA was all in all a decent album. It came out October 4, 1988 on Metal Blade. The EP. THE ALBUM contains a cover version of the Black Sabbath’s, “War Pigs”, which also appeared on the band’s next EP, Alive at the Dynamo in 1989, in live form. The song “Surf Nicaragua” contains a part from the song “Wipe Out” as well as the drum part from the Hawaii 5-0 theme song. The live tracks “Ignorance” and “Death Squad” were only supposed to be on the CD version, but due to a pressing error, they appeared on all formats. (Source: Wikipedia)
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