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What Happened To Zoetrope? – Svitek Ministry / Barry Stern (Life Of Crime)

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Chicago Thrash Band Zoetrope: Where Were They Ever?

Zoetrope was a thrash metal band from Chicago. The group was formed in 1976 by Barry Stern (drums/vocals), Kevin Michael Rasofsky, aka Kevin Michael (guitar), and Calvin “Willis” Humphrey (bass) as teenagers. The band signed Combat Records in 1984. Their first LP was Amnesty in 1985. In 1987 they out a second album, “A Life of Crime,” with producer Randy Burns (Megadeth, Nuclear Assault).

Some Zoetrope Facts

  • During the recording, their original guitarist Kevin Michael was replaced by Louis Svitek.
  • Louis Svitek went on to play with (M.O.D.) and Ministry.
  • Barry Stern played with the doom metal band Trouble after the band broke up.
  • Barry Stern died from complications from hip-replacement surgery in 2005.
  • Louis Svitek is now co-owner of the rap label/recording studio WuLi Records.

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DARK ANGEL FIRST ALBUM
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Tracklist

Detention
Seeking Asylum
Promiscuity
NASA
Unbridled Energy
Prohibition
Company Man
Pickpocket

Zoetrope Line-Up 1988

Barry Stern (R.I.P. 2005) – Vocals, Drums
Kevin Michael – Guitars (lead)
Calvin “Willis” Humphrey – Bass
Louis Svitek – Guitars

SKU: 88561-8159-1

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Destruction – Release From Agony LP 1988 Profile Records – PRO-1255

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Destruction ‎Release From Agony 1988 Vinyl

Release from Agony is the third album by German thrash metal band Destruction, released in 1988 by Steamhammer/SPV.

VERY EARLY PHOTO SHOOT OF GERMAN THRASHERS DESTRUCTION

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Album Artwork

Tracklisting

  1. Beyond Eternity 00:00
  2. Release from Agony 01:11
  3. Dissatisfied Existence 05:54
  4. Sign of Fear 10:25
  5. Unconscious Ruins 17:11
  6. Incriminated 21:38
  7. Our Oppression 27:00
  8. Survive to Die 31:49

Schmier – bass, vocals
Mike Sifringer – guitar
Harry Wilkens – guitar
Oliver “Olli” Kaiser – drums

SKU: PRO-1255

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Canada’s Anvil: Were They The First Thrash Band?

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Anvil: Were They The First Thrash Band?

Was Anvil The First Thrash Metal Band?

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Way back a long time ago, before Anvil was best known for a movie made about them: Anvil was in a tremendously influential, “proto-thrash” band. Musicians like Lemmy, Slash, Scott Ian and Lars Ulich considered them to be a big influence. While Anvil’s sound was more of traditional heavy metal, they did play louder and faster than most bands did at the time.

Listen and Decide, If You Haven’t Heard Anvil (You Probably Haven’t).


Side one

No. | Title | Length
1. “Forged in Fire” 4:45
2. “Shadow Zone” 4:00
3. “Free as the Wind” 5:38
4. “Never Deceive Me” 3:35
5. “Butter-Bust Jerky” 3:20

Side two

No. | Title | Length

6. “Future Wars” 3:11
7. “Hard Times – Fast Ladies” 3:49
8. “Make It Up to You” 3:31
9. “Motormount” 3:43
10. “Winged Assassins” 3:46

Anvil Is:
Steve “Lips” Kudlow – vocals, guitar
Dave Allison – guitar, lead vocals
Ian Dickson – bass, backing vocals
Robb Reiner – drums

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Obscure Thrash Band Alert: English ​Dogs “Where The Legond​​ Began”

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English Dogs – Perhaps The Most Obscure Thrash Band You’ve Never Heard Of?

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CLASSIC ALBUM? WHERE THE LEGOND BEGAN

TRACKLIST

Side A

  1. Trauma 01:54 instrumental
  2. The Eye of Shamahn 04:48
  3. Enter the Domain 05:12
  4. Premonition 05:58
  5. Calm Before the Storm 05:05

Side B

  1. Flashback 04:11
  2. A Tomb of Traveller’s Past 05:08
  3. Middle Earth 05:07
  4. Epilogue 08:08 instrumental

TOTAL PLAYING TIME – 45:31

THE ENGLISH DOGS WERE (IF YOU CAN FIND THEM)

Mark “Wattie” Watson Bass, Vocals (backing)
Andrew “Pinch” Pinching Drums, Vocals (backing)
Gizz Butt Guitars, Vocals (backing)
Adie Bailey Vocals

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Mastodon – Crack the Skye – Was This Mastodon’s Classic Album Or Can The Top It?

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Crack the Skye is the fourth studio Atlanta prog-metal band Mastodon. It is both their highest best album to date and held in the highest regard by critics and fans.

Since Mastodon put out several subsequent albums. Crack the Skye (as of this blog post) is now 10 years old. Their follow up follow-up efforts have all been good, but no Crack The Skye.

Was “Crack the Skye” Mastodon’s High-Water Mark Or Can They Top It?

My question to you is: is this their Reign In Blood, or do they have a better one in them?

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Tracklist

No | Title | Length

  1. “Oblivion” 5:46
  2. “Divinations” 3:38
  3. “Quintessence” 5:27
  4. “The Czar”
    I. “Usurper”
    II. “Escape”
    III. “Martyr”
    IV. “Spiral”
    10:54
  5. “Ghost of Karelia” 5:24
  6. “Crack the Skye” (featuring Scott Kelly) 5:54
  7. “The Last Baron” 13:00

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This vinyl is brand-new and has never been opened or played. Mastodon’s manager sent it to me as a gift after he fell in my pool. I dried his iPhone out and saved it with some rice. Perfect condition..

Additional Info

Brann Dailor – drums
Brent Hinds – lead guitar
Bill Kelliher – rhythm guitar
Troy Sanders – bass, lead vocals

Also credited:

Rich Morris – keyboards, synth, and mellotron
Scott Kelly – lead vocals on “Crack the Skye”
Brendan O’Brien – production, mixing, backing vocals

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Voivod – Killing Technology 1987 Combat Records

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Killing Technology is the third studio album by Canadian heavy metal band Voivod. It was released in 1987 on noise Noise Records and was the first to combine elements of progressive rock in the band’s thrash metal sound. According to interviews contemporary to the release of Killing Technology, by 1986, Voivod was more influenced by hardcore punk and crossover bands than by other metal bands, with only Kreator and Motörhead still appreciated by all band members. A music video was made for the song “Ravenous Medicine”. Estimated sales are more than 60,000 copies worldwide. (SOURCE: WIKIPEDIA)

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Track listing

Killing Side

“Killing Technology” – 7:33
“Overreaction” – 4:45
“Tornado” – 6:02

Ravenous Side

“Forgotten in Space” – 6:10
“Ravenous Medicine” – 4:33
“Order of the Blackguards” – 4:28
“This Is Not an Exercise” – 6:18
Cassette and CD edition bonus tracks
“Too Scared to Scream” – 4:14
“Cockroaches” – 3:40

Voivod Killing Technology 1987 Combat Vinyl LP

Voivod Was

Snake (Denis Bélanger) – vocals
Piggy (Denis D’Amour) – guitar
Blacky (Jean-Yves Thériault) – bass,
Away (Michel Langevin) – drums

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Blind Illusion Thrash Band Featuring Les Claypool Larry LaLonde of Primus

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Les Claypool and Larry LaLonde (Primus) Old Thrash Band

The Sane Asylum is the debut album by the American thrash metal band Blind Illusion. Blind Illusion was the brain-child of Marc Biedermann and differed from Primus as it is progressive thrash metal. The Sane Asylum was initially released in 1988 through Combat Records. The album features guitarist Larry LaLonde (guitar player in Primus and San Francisco death metal band Possessed.) and bassist Les Claypool before they went on to work on Primus and produced by Metallica guitarist Kirk Hammett. (SOURCE: WIKIPEDIA)

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  • Blind Illusion Band Vinyl LP With Les Claypool and Larry LaLonde of Primus
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  1. “The Sane Asylum” 1:39
  2. “Bloodshower” 3:50
  3. “Vengeance Is Mine” 5:28
  4. “Death Noise” 7:04
  5. “Kamakazi” 5:04
  6. “Smash the Crystal” 3:28
  7. “Vicious Vision” 6:14
  8. “Metamorphosis of a Monster” 6:38

Blind Illusion Was In 1988:

Marc Biedermann – vocals, lead/rhythm guitar
Larry LaLonde – lead/rhythm guitar
Les Claypool – bass
Mike Miner – drums

Songwriter, Producer, Arranged By – Marc Biedermann
Produced by: Kirk Hammet

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Kreator ‎- Pleasure To Kill 1986 Noise Records [Germany]

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Rare Vinyl Kreator ‎Pleasure To Kill 1986

Pleasure to Kill is the second studio album by German thrash metal band Kreator, released in April 1986 by Noise Records. Pleasure to Kill is widely considered a thrash metal classic, as well as a landmark album in the history of thrash metal along with Master of Puppets by Metallica, Peace Sells… but Who’s Buying? By Megadeth, Reign in Blood by Slayer, Eternal Devastation by Destruction and Darkness Descends by Dark Angel, all released in 1986.

The album played a considerable role in the development of many extreme metal subgenres, and many death metal bands cite the record as an influence. The lyrical themes follow those found on their first album Endless Pain, containing descriptions of horrible scenes of death and horror. (Source: Wikipeadia)

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Tracklisting

Side A

  1. “Choir of the Damned” 1:39
  2. “Ripping Corpse” 3:36
  3. “Death Is Your Saviour” 3:58
  4. “Pleasure to Kill” 4:11
  5. “Riot of Violence” 4:56

Side B

  1. “The Pestilence” 6:58
  2. “Carrion.” 4:48
  3. “Command of the Blade” 3:57
  4. “Under the Guillotine” 4:38

Total length: 38:41

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Kreator Line Up 1986

Mille Petrozza – vocals, guitars
Rob Fioretti – bass
Ventor – drums, vocals on tracks 3, 5 and 8

Album Cover And Art

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Kreator pleasure to kill first press
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CREDITS

Pleasure to Kill
Released 1st April 1986
Recorded Musiclab in Berlin, Germany, 1986
Genre Thrash metal, death metal, extreme metal
Length 38:42
Label Noise
SKU: MX 8105
Producer Harris Johns, Ralf Hubert

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CANDLEMASS: ​​Ancient Dreams 1988 Original Pressing Metal Blade Records (Rare)

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Doom Metal Classic: CANDLEMASS: Ancient Dreams 1988 – Metal Blade Records

Ancient Dreams is the third album of Swedish doom metal band Candlemass, released in 1988 and reissued in 2001 by Powerline Records with a bonus CD. The cover art of the album is a painting made by Thomas Cole, second in his series, “The Voyage of Life” entitled “Youth”. Ancient Dreams was the first Candlemass album to chart in the US, debuting at No. 174 on the Billboard 200 album chart. (Source: WIKIPEADIA)

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Tracklist:

Side A

Mirror mirror
A cry from the crypt
Darkness in Paradise
Incarnation of evil

Side B

Bearer of pain
Ancient dreams
The bells of Acheron
Epistle No. 81

Candlemass Members

Messiah Marcolin – vocals
Lars Johansson – lead guitar
Mats Björkman – rhythm guitar
Leif Edling – bass
Jan Lindh – drums

Nightfall Album Art

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Possessed (Bay Area Thrash / Death Metal Band) Classic Album – Seven Churches

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Everything You Wanted To Know About The Band Possessed, but Were Afraid To Ask!

POSSESSED LINEUP Jeff Becerra and Larry Lalonde pictured
POSSESSED LINEUP Jeff Becerra and Larrt Lalonde
POSSESSED 1985 - POSSESSED LINE-UP
Everything You Wanted To Know About The Band Possessed, but Were Afraid To Ask!

Possessed is a thrash/death metal band formed in 1983 in San Fransico. They are widely credited with inventing the term “Death Metal”. The band’s classic album is “Seven Churches” came out in 1985. Their subsequent albums, “Eyes Of Horror” and “Beyond The Gates” are also quite good.

Some Interesting Possessessed Facts:

Rather than regurgitating info on their Wikipedia page, here are some interesting facts you probably don’t know:

  • Metal Blade Records passed on Possessed (even they appeared on Metal Massacre). Combat Records would later sign the band.
  • Guitarist Larry Lalonde (who played on all three albums) went on to be the guitarist for Primus. Larry met Les Claypool in Blind Illusion, not long after Primus was formed.
  • Possessed is credited by many for coining the term death metal, which is a song on 7 Churches.
  • Jeff Becerra’s guttural vocal style is considered the first “death metal vocals” – which would later become a staple for bands like Obituary.
  • The “Eyes Of Horror” LP was produced by guitar virtuoso Joe Satriani.
  • Singer Jeff Becerra was shot in a robbery in 1989 and paralyzed for life.
  • Jeff Becerra still performs under the name “Possessed” as the sole original member. On stage, he sings in a wheelchair.
  • Larry Lalonde has been a staunch vegetarian since 1983.

Listen To The Full “7 Churches” Album Here On Youtube

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7 Churches Artwork and Logo

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Possessed Line Up With Larry Lalonde from Primus

Seven Churches Tracklist

Tracklist
 The Exorcist – 4:50
Pentagram – 3:32
Burning In Hell – 3:07
Evil Warriors – 3:43
Seven Churches – 3:16
Satan’s Curse – 4:12
Holy Hell – 4:10
Twisted Minds – 5:10
Fallen Angel – 3:58
Death Metal – 3:12

Throwback 1985 (JEFF HANNEMAN & P) 

Possessed Line-Up

Jeff Becerra − vocals, bass
Larry LaLonde − guitar (also the guitarist for Primus)
Mike Torrao − guitar
Mike Sus − drums

POSSESSED SEVEN CHURCHES IT’S A METAL CLASSIC