Raven

Rock Until You Drop (+ 7"), 1981 Wiped Out (+ Crash bang Wallop 12"), 1982 All For One (+ Born To Be Wild 12"), 1983 Live At The Inferno, 1984 Stay Hard, 1985 The Pack Is Back, 1986 Life's A Bitch, 1987 Nothing Exceeds Like Excess, 1988 Architect Of Fear, 1991 Glow, 1994 Destroy All Monsters (Live In Japan), 1995 Everything Louder, 1997 Raw Tracks (compilation of live & demos), 1999 One For All, 2000 Walk Through Fire (Japanese edition with 1 bonus track), 2009 28 years later! The hottest heavy metal band on earth, Raven!!!! Since the day in 1983 my neuron made contact with the utramegacultosaurus Grandiose Masterpiece superpowered world class infinite force-unmovable king of all-things-hard-rock album All For One, I hadn't had the occasion to attend a Raven live experiment until yesterday night, ZERRRRRRRRrRRRrrrrrRRRRr!R!R!RrrR!R!R R !R !R RRR!R R!! !R!R R !R!R !R!R ! R r ! ! !RR! r!r ! ! ! ! ! Best show of the past years since Vulcain and (the true/Beehler) Exciter!!!!! It's incredible how much energy and power Raven still radiate in your general direction after a career of 37 years of such intense hard rock. And they are SO FUCKING GOOOOOOOD!!! Top class professionals with a constant smile! John Gallagher is the most powerful voice in the metal world, forget Rob Halford and Bruce Dickinson! Of course they did play most of their classics from the first three records, and also some of the last albums, a couple from Nothing Exceeds, Life and Architect, but also surprisingly a great version of their attempt at a radio hit On And On. Regarding their discography, of course the first 4 LPs are just unbelievable classics full of the customized and augmented mix of Motörhead | Judas priest | Anvil that they've been brewing since 1974. No real rock fan can live without these albums or he will be laughed at until the 7th generation. Live At The Inferno is one of the very best metal live record ever released on par with Unleashed In The East and No Sleep Til Hammersmith. Then in 85 and 86, they tried to sell their butts to Atlantic and released the two horrible TV-radio-targeted Stay Hard and The Pack Is Back (I did not even dare to rip my LPs, just took the above rips from a torrent). After that failure of becoming millionaires like Lars Ulrich, they returned for a string of totally rocking albums up to 2009 and the red hot Walk Through Fire and lived happily ever after doing real hard rock for the smaller crowds of truer fans. Raven amen. RAVEN ROCK TIL YOU ZERRRRRRRRRRRRRrrrRrrr !R!R Rr !R r R!RRRRR Rr R R!R! !R R r RR!R r r! RRRRR!!!!r!!!! RRR R!!!!!! ! ! ! ! ! !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! ! !RRR r R rRRRR R!!!! CD rip. Buy Raven albums!!! Raven videos! Raven website

Sodom

In The Sign Of Evil, 1984 In The Sign Of Evil + Obsessed By Cruelty, 1984/1986 Expurse Of Sodomy (mini LP), 1987 Persecution Mania + Expurse Of Sodomy, 1987 Mortal Way Of Live, 1988 Agent Orange, 1989 Better Off Dead, 1990 Tapping The Vein, 1992 Get What You Deserve, 1994 Marooned (Live), 1994 Masquerade In Blood, 1995 'Til Death Do Us Unite (+ again Expurse OF Sodomy + 2 live tracks), 1997 Code Red, 1999 M16, 2001 One Night In Bangkok (CD 1), 2003 One Night In Bangkok (CD 2), 2003 Sodom, 2006 The Final Sign Of Evil, 2007 The Final Sign Of Evil Tour (Compilation), 2007 In The Sign Of Sodom - Sodomaniac Tribute, 2008 In War And Pieces, 2010 In War And Pieces (CD 2 - Live Wacken 2007), 2010 AMEN! SODOM!!!! The word, the sound, the zer. It was the exciting time after the initial shock of Venom | Exciter | Slayer | Anvil | Metallica, 27 years ago... In The Sign Of Evil was really pushing it to a limit, I couldn't believe my ears, it was even more evil sounding than Kreator, Bathory, Discharge and Destruction combined. That was the fastest and heaviest and scariest thing I had ever heard, zer yeah!!! Long story short, Sodom have ruled the thrash metal world for 3 decades and they remain at the very top of the EZTT. Favorite albums ? Very difficult to decide, but Get What You Deserve is a particular darling of mine with its Pungent Stench vibe - lyrically, musically and graphically, and it sports a Venom cover. The last two studio albums sound A LOT like Slayer and are somehow less virulent than the rest, but still very excellent. The 2007 "Final Sign" rerecorded version of the 1984 material is a major failure if you ask me and is the only negative spot in this killer discography. Forget it and submit to the rest of the merciless attack of the legend of SODOM!!!!!! CD rip except Expurse Of Sodomy, Final Sign Of Evil Tour (useless compilation stolen on another blog) and : In The Sign Of Sodom - Sodomaniac Tribute : A1 Toxic Holocaust - Outbreak Of Evil A2 Protector - Sepulchral Voice A3 Bestial Mockery - Blasphemer B1 Suicidal Winds - Witching Metal B2 Nocturnal - Burst Command Till War B3 Vomitor - Proselytism Real Sodom website Sodom on MySpace Buy Sodom albums!!!

Amazome new releases : Japanische Kampfhörspiele, The Crown, Cripple Bastards, Heaven And Hell

Japanische Kampfhörspiele - Kaputte Nackte Affen, 2011

ACH!

The new killer JaKa is now available, alas it's their farewell release. Yes, this is the deunion album, snifffff. Ach. Til the reunion, enjoy this last Panzer of high profile crazy trademark JaKa deathpunkmetalthrashgrindsalsa in the vein of Bilder, ach ja!!
A tribute album (featuring Eisenvater & Kreator!) is being produced, if you're in a band you really should enlist!
Buy this masterpiece before it's OOP!!! It's going fast!
alles Japanische Kampfhörspiele




The Crown - Doomsday King (2 CDs digi edition), 2010 BIS
With yet another (perfectly fitting) vocalist, here is the excellent return of the Crown in full Slayer mode: fast, sharp and loud devil music! On top of that, the packaging is great and comes with a bonus 4 tracks mcd (if you get the digipak) that features an intense and just totally awesome re-recording of Kill The Priest from Eternal Death. Killer speed thrash metal attack!!
Buy it now!!
all The Crown


Cripple Bastards - Frammenti di vita, 2010
This is the CB cover album that features 2 of their own songs plus 14 covers from all the zerifying 80s Italian classics: Bulldozer, Negazione, Indigesti, Necrodeath, Declino, Wretched, Raw Power, Upset Noise, Impact... Insane grinding nostalgia!!!
Buy it now!!
all Cripple Bastards


Heaven & Hell - Neon Nights (30 Years Of Heaven & Hell Live At Wacken), 2010
Farewell Ronnie James Dio! Forever amazing.
Buy it now!!

CD rip.

Nursery Crimes

What Do You Know Anyway?, 1990 Fun Hurts!, 1992 Before the next massive 80s German thrash metal post, let's clean-up the aural conduits with the two super excellent albums by Australia's Nursery Crimes. These guys are the musical ancestors of the hard rock'n'punk'n'rolling of today (Turbonegro and the likes), at the level of early classic Hard-Ons | DI | NoFx | The Vandals | Goo Goo Dolls. Super catchy fast double-bass velocity harmonized punk rock form down under, zer yeah! CD rip. Fun Hurts! features the best Beatles' Eleanor Rigby version ever! Nursery Crimes on MySpace

Erosion

Mortal Agony, 1988 Thoughts, 1989 Gunman MCD, 1991 III, 1992 Down, 1995 I'll take the liberty to indulge once more in a mighty reload of... German 80s thrash metal madnesssssss!!! The previous Erosion posts were separated, also I recently found a CD of the Thoughts album, plus the Gunman mcd, and finally I re-ripped the Mortal Agony LP (louder, cleaner) - so here comes a better Erosion post, totally mandatory for this incredible band. Like the living gods Eisenvater, Erosion were on We Bite records (HC/punk indie label, not very metal oriented), maybe that's why both bands did not have the impact they really should have. Erosion delivered some of the most intense thrash metal I ever heard, German or otherwise: a hard-on inducing, technical, violent, frantic mix of Holy Moses | Attitude Adjustment | Faff-Bey that I personally rank higher than Destruction or Kreator. The "Down" album has a darker "post-NYHC" vibe in the vein of Mindwar or of the last Warpath album. The EZTT contains at least the "III" album because this one is an extra big ass thrash attack of universal size in many dimensions and features the totally monstrous track "70th Floor" (which 1st version also appears on the Gunman mcd), arrrghhhhhh. It's a repost but I had to rewrite all this because Erosion FUCKING RULE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! CD rip and vinyl rip of Mortal Agony: 1. Erosion/Way Of Force 03:37 2. The Unborn 03:18 3. Bilharzia 02:25 4. Aftermath 04:22 5. False Prophets 05:48 6. Paralyzed/Mortal Agony 07:15 7. Nuclear Frost 03:59 8. Into The Void 04:55 9. Humanity 03:51 10. The King 03:27 Erosion on MySpace

Spermbirds

Something To Prove + Nothing Is Easy + Don't Forget The Fun 7", 1985/1988 (CD version) Nothing Is Easy, 1988 (vinyl rip) Common Thread, 1990 (CD version with 3 bonus tracks) Common Thread + Something To Prove, 1990 (vinyl rip) Thanks! (live), 1990 Joe, 1992 (12 tracks version CD) Eating Glass, 1992 Shit For Sale, 1994 Family Values, 1995 Get Off The Stage (CD 1), 1996 Get Off The Stage (CD 2), 1996 Set An Example, 2004 A Columbus Feeling, 2010 The demo Spermbirds/ Walter Elf split, 1985 (Spermbirds tracks also available on the Something To Prove CD) Big fat nostalgiaaaaa repost! My previous Spermbirds posts were stupidly disseminated and several rips were removed from mediafire, so here is now the rejuvenated and gathered catalog of the masters of 80s German punk rock, including the new excellent 2010 album "A Columbus Feeling" - a fresh take on their root sound - and the CD rip of the immense "Common Thread". Hard to say what is their best release, it's all great from the mega classic "Something To Prove" to the last two classic sounding reunion albums, via the darker "Common Thread", the shining "Eating Glass" and the amazome double live that features both singers, all the hits and plenty of the super excellent, more metallic sound of "Shit For Sale" and "Family Values". Family values: today Alice my oldest and largest and pinkest and Japanesest pierced daughter is turning 18 and I am just an old piece of mumbling meat, I need lots of youthful bombastic super catchy punk rock made by equally fossilized Germans! 18 très gros mutz pour un très gros bébé! Zer! Ach! CD rip and some vinyl. 2Bad are here and Steakknife are scheduled. Spermbirds on MySpace Spermbirds website Buy all Spermbirds records and CDs still in print! Boss Tuneage is still the super fucking fastest mailorder on the planet: no more than 3 days elapsed between my 1st click and the package delivery in my mailbox - from the UK to Canada, and just for regular shipping charges! MEGA AMAZOME MAILORZERRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRR!!!! A Columbus Feeling: 1. Matter Of Fact 2. Columbus Feeling 3. Stacks & Piles 4. Meet Me In The Middle 5. Can`t live Without it 6. Black In A Rainbow 7. Choose Not To Look 8. Legend Of The Honest Men 9. A Cliff To Jump Off Of 10. Try And Stop Us 11. Strategy For Victory 12. Let Me Think 13. Honestly There is one more song on the vinyl LP!