Blatant Yobs

01. Blatant Yobs - No Pain, No Gain, 1992 CD Album      Old World Records - OWR 022 CD      1-11: No Pain, No Gain, 12-26: Step Aside (1989) Crossover time! One CD, two great albums of straightforward thrashing hardcore with the 80s metal edge. This is nothing you have not heard before - a bit of the Accüsed, some Angkor Wat, a touch of Emils, a slice of ST - but it is all delivered with energetic passion and all the necessary speed and rage. Very effective rocking turbozer crossover! Remove brackets and unzip: [cross of zer] !ZER Blatant Yobs ZER!

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Demilich

01. Demilich - Nespithe, 1993 CD Album      Pavement Music - 76962-32208-2  02. Demilich - 20th Adversary Of Emptiness, 2014 CD Compilation Remastered x 2      Svart Records - SVR257CD      CD1 - Nespithe remastered 03. Demilich - 20th Adversary Of Emptiness, 2014 CD Compilation Remastered x 2      Svart Records - SVR257CD      CD2 - demos & unreleased tracks 1991 / 2006 Orgy of death! The Finnish super-classic has eaten your flesh and mind for over 25 years, and has now taken off to a new orbit with the superb 2014 reissue that contains pretty much everything else the band ever recorded. This album - this band - is one of a kind. It cannot be compared to anything else. Yes there are the fast parts, yes there are the inhuman vocals, yes there are the crazy riffs, but the sum of it all is weirder - more original - than words may convey, and yet it remains extremely user friendly. Complex but flowing, strange but not impenetrable - more like offering a new thing to discover upon each listen, with a big smile for its uplifting spirit. The headbanging is strong, the mood is perfect, this is spiritual death metal for the true zerist. Eternally hovering death metal quadrant in the Zeriverse! Remove brackets and unzip: [death and madness] !ZER Demilich ZER!

Blitzkrieg

01. Blitzkrieg - A Time Of Changes, 1985 CD Album Reissue      Castle Music - CLACD 268      Reissue from 1992 02. Blitzkrieg - Unholy Trinity, 1995 CD Album      Neat Metal - NM002 03. Blitzkrieg - Ten, 1996 CD Album      Neat Metal - NM010 04. Blitzkrieg - The Mists Of Avalon, 1998 CD Album      Neat Metal - NM032 05. Blitzkrieg - Absolute Power, 2002 CD Album      Edgy - EDGY115 06. Blitzkrieg - Sins And Greed, 2005 CD Album      Metal Nation Records - MNR004 07. Blitzkrieg - Theatre Of The Damned, 2007 CD Album Enhanced      Armageddon Music - AMG 064-0 08. Blitzkrieg - Back From Hell, 2013 CD Album      Metal Nation Records - MNR013 09. Blitzkrieg - A Time Of Changes: 30th Anniversary Edition, 2015 CD Album      Metal Nation Records - MNR 014 10. Blitzkrieg - Judge Not !, 2018 CD Album      Spiritual Beast - IUCP-16287 British heavy metal will never die! Featuring the legendary Brian Ross on vocals who also makes Satan great again, Blitzkrieg deliver a less-speed-metal-more-hard-rocking version of NWOBHM than the aforementioned Satan. Fans of Avenger, Angel Witch and Tysondog already know and love that. A big influence on Metallica (see B side of Creeping Death), Blitzkrieg are fabulously catchy, crunchy and simply brilliant, not one bad album here. If you need an introduction, start (of course) with the two version of the first album (the re-recording is amazing), and then the superb Back From Hell. The new one Judge Not! and Absolute Power are of course excellent too - as all the the rest. Up there with Saxon, one of the best bands of their generation, and the next, and so on! Blitzkrieg eternalizer triplazer heavy metalizer! Remove brackets and unzip: [NWOBHM forever] !ZER Blitzkrieg ZER!

Guilt Parade

01. Guilt Parade - Coprophobia, 1989 Vinyl LP Album      Fringe Product - FLP3085 Here is another case of excellency unjustly ignored by the general population of punk consumers. This record deserves much praise: great energetic songs, great energetic execution, great energetic production. It's all great! And energetic! Fans of Nomind shall rejoice and celebrate. This is Canadian punk rock of the first order! Remove brackets and unzip: [guiltophobia] !ZER Guilt Parade ZER!

Molested

01. Molested - Stormvold, 1991/1995 Vinyl LP Compilation Limited Edition Numbered      Galgenstrang Produktionen - GS 008      Reissue from 2009 - A1-A5: Stormvold, A6-A7: Stalk The Dead, B1-B5: Unborn Woods In Doom 02. Molested - Blod-Draum, 1995 CD Album      Effigy Records - EFFI 001 03. Molested - Blod-Draum, 2009 CD Album Reissue Remastered x 2      Ars Magna Recordings - AMR 010      Blod-draum (Original Recording) + Stalk The Dead + Unborn Woods In Doom 04. Molested - Blod-Draum, 2009 CD Album Reissue Remastered x 2      Ars Magna Recordings - AMR 010      Blod-draum (Remastered Version) + Stormvold The black death has rarely been more potent than when spread by Molested. While most of their peers went fvll trve Norwegian black metal, Molested firmly remained entrenched in the death metal camp with some deadly arsenal. Blod-raum clutched my throat and never let go: almost 25 years later, it remains one of the darkest, fastest, most evil piece of death ever released - in one word, a classic. More oppressive than Incantation at the speed of Morbid Angel but with a distinct Scandinavian weirdness in the riffing, it is as refined as it is brutal but without showing off. This is the sound of visceral morbidity, not of the anger of frustrated suburban apes. Eternal triplazering death! Remove brackets and unzip: [deathonizer] !ZER Molested ZER!

Living Colour

01. Living Colour - The Paris Concert, 2009 CD Album x 2      In-Akustik - INAK 9093 2CD 02. Living Colour - The Paris Concert, 2009 CD Album x 2      In-Akustik - INAK 9093 2CD 03. Living Colour - Shade, 2017 CD Album      Megaforce Records - none To complete the main LC post, here come the two latest releases by the living legends of hard rock. The live album is another tour de force of spotless, first class, soulful, magnificent delivery of their best songs (to be accurate, I know no bad song in their discography). From execution to sound production, this recording is the ultimate gem, possibly better than than their other live albums. Shade furthers the establishment of Living Colour as a monument of perfection in the hard rocking music department. The songs are shorter, simpler in structure but still over the top as far as instrument expertise goes, and maybe a bit moodier than on their previous releases - and all the more excellent. Hard to rank this marvel among their other albums, for me it is just the superb beast I was not expecting, the surprise effect boosts the enthusiasm all the more. One amazing piece of infectious top notch hard rock! Remove brackets and unzip: [colorizer] !ZER Living Colour ZER! PS: don't know what's going on with Blogger - probably a side-effect of the activation of the collectivist GDPR crap, but I do not receive your comments in my email these days. I shall be slow to respond. The FB group is of course open to anyone for faster interaction.

Heresy - Face Up To It! (Expanded 30th Anniversary Edition)

01. Heresy - Face Up To It! (Expanded 30th Anniversary Edition), 2018 CD Album Remastered Special Edition      Boss Tuneage, Break The Connection Records - BTRCRS096, NOE009 Hyprazer of the rezer! This is not just another reissue of the eternal classic, it is a complete remix from the original masters. And yes, it does sound much better - especially the drums - so much that I doubt I'll ever listen to the 1988 mix again nor any of the remasters. This is the 4th version I have of this album, and it is by far the best. One of my all-time favorite albums entirely rejuvenated at last, it is Christmas! This release also contains the tracks that were only available on the Japanese version back then. And all the songs now sound deadlier, sharper, more intense and even faster (of course not) than when we were all young and slim. 80s hardcore forever totalizer of the thrashcore triplazer! NB: true fans will certainly want to buy the CD or the CD/LP version to support this achievement. Boss Tuneage are the fastest mailorder on the planet, got my copy in 4 days. Remove brackets and unzip: [trapped in a zer] !ZER Heresy ZER!

Acid Bath + Agents Of Oblivion

01. Acid Bath - Edits, 1994 CD Promo      Rotten Records - none 02. Acid Bath - When The Kite String Pops, 1994 CD Album      Rotten Records - 2095-2 03. Acid Bath - Paegan Terrorism Tactics, 1996 CD Album      Rotten Records - 3000-2 04. Agents Of Oblivion - Agents Of Oblivion, 2000 CD Album      Rotten Records - CD-3005-2 Classic of classics! In the highest galaxy of the EZTT shine these unmatched marvels of rocking sludge hypnosis. The Kite incarnates the perfection of harshness in heavy duty mesmerizing sludge thrash that combines the best of Eyehategod with the best of Soundgarden, only 9287 times better than the best of both: sweetness and destruction, black fairy tales and endless corrosion. This album forever sits in my desert island top 5 - the unparalleled output of a unique sound of composition genius with more feeling than a Bad Brains classic. You will also cry with the incredible Tactics that focuses on the more subtle and lighter side of their craft. Another stellar perfection that is the seed of the equally amazing Agents Of Oblivion album. That singer is just one of the best voices in the entire rock music industry (while the other brain of Acid Bath went on with the black metal thrashing of Goatwhore). I'll just stop typing pointless words now because only your aural orifices can accurately conduct the über greatness deployed at every second of these gems. Zer, rezer, triplazer and eternal intensification of all zerification. Remove brackets and unzip: [le paulinosaure] !ZER Agents Of Oblivion, Acid Bath ZER!

Concrete Sox - Whoops, Sorry Vicar! reissue

01. Concrete Sox - Whoops, Sorry Vicar!, 1987 CD Album Reissue      Speedstate Records - SSR-004      Reissue from 2003 So as not to slow down my cheese & saucisson consumption, here is a quick and easy post with this excellent reissue with many bonus tracks of this minor UK crossover classic. Moustache! Remove brackets and unzip: [ooops] !ZER Concrete Sox ZER!

Cretin

01. Cretin - Freakery, 2006 CD Album      Relapse Records - RR 6685-2 02. Cretin - Stranger, 2014 CD Album      Relapse Records - RR7266 All right, I am taking off for a vacation, so I will just leave the Cretin here to entertain your lust for dirty, sleazy, nasty, brutish and short grindcore. Priceless stuff that any fan of Rupture's Cunt Of God or, of course, Repulsion already worships. Freakery has more of the Rupture punk feel, Stranger has a slightly more polished production - both deliver AAA straightforward neck-bending 80s-resuscitating megathrashing grindcore. Complete triplazering terrorizer megazer! Next post no sooner than in a full week of at least seven days. Remove brackets and unzip: [des alpes] !ZER Cretin ZER!

Exciter

01. Exciter - Heavy Metal Maniac, 1983 CD Album Reissue      Rock Brigade Records, Die Hard Records, Voice Music, Rock Machine Records - EHMM 001, EHMM 001, EHMM 001, EHMM 001      Reissue from 2005 02. Exciter - Violence And Force, 1984 CD Album Reissue      Steamhammer - SPV 076-18452 CD      Reissue from 1999 03. Exciter - Long Live The Loud, 1985 CD Album Reissue      Megaforce Records - MEGA1986      Reissue from 2005 04. Exciter - Unveiling The Wicked, 1986 CD Album Reissue Remastered      Megaforce Records - MEGA1987      Reissue from 2005 05. Exciter - Exciter, 1988 CD Album      Maze Music - MMACD 6000 06. Exciter - Kill After Kill, 1992 CD Album      Noise International - N 0192-2 07. Exciter - Better Live Than Dead, 1993 CD Album      Bleeding Hearts Records - CDBLEED 5 08. Exciter - The Dark Command, 1997 CD Album Promo      Osmose Productions - OPCD 059 09. Beehler - Messages To The Dead, 2011 CD Album      High Roller Records - HRR 200 CD Speed metal hell! On that day of 1983, I bought in the same store Kill'Em'All, Court In The Act, Forged In Fire and Heavy Metal Maniac, and I have spent the past 35 years trying to figure out which one I liked the most among these legendary records - because everyone knows lists and ranks must be kept up to date. That first Exciter album is a milestone in the saga of speed metal, it is a complete masterpiece. The roughness of the production adds to the meanness of the chainsaw songs, and unstoppable headbanging ensues. This was the beginning of a new era in heavy metal - right before Show No Mercy, a step up in heaviness from Judas Priest and co. Absolute first class! The following two albums are almost better, especially the super classic Violence And Force, then up to the vicious and raging Kill After Kill they recycle with great inspiration and energy their own formula, but the established fan does not feel the breeze of novelty anymore, and then there is that amazing live release featuring all the best songs. After the mid 90s, variable line ups (which often included only the original guitarist)  released albums that were less to my liking, but I have not given these enough attention to really know. Let us concentrate on their first decade of aggression, these albums are as awesome as their artwork is horrible. Extra triplazer cult of speed metal! Long live heavy metal force and violence until everything becomes nothing! The original trio is touring! Remove brackets and unzip: [stand up and zer] !ZER Exciter, Beehler ZER!