Impaled Nazarene do a two+ minute live tribute to Anal Cunt.
Way.
Death Sentence U.K. - 1981 Demo & "Death And Pure Distruction" 7" 1982
THRASHMOSH!!!...(all three Death Sentences are a thrashmosh!!!)...Kinda short, razor sharp shocks of chaotic and disorderly hardcore from Northampton. The band was a kiloton heavier, snottier, A-N-G-R-I-E-R, and tunelessly tighter than the Bristolites, as well as being historical in extreme punk for having been founded by afro-caribbean twins (I bring that up in the humanistic way, not the SJW fucked up shithead way). "Criminally underrated, why isn't there an authorized discography blah blah blah"... http://www.mediafire.com/file/wofr86x0jj8e16k/Death_Sentence_UK_81-82.zip/file
Screaming Corpses (Pre Maeror Tri) – "A Different State Of Consciousness" Tape 1987
"Maeror Tri was an ambient, noise, and drone music band from Germany founded by 3 members of 'Screaming Corpses' in 1988. Similar to Zoviet France, they used only analog instruments* with an enormous amount of effects applied. Very little is known about the group except for spokesperson Stefan Knappe, who is also the owner of the label 'Drone Records'. Nevertheless, it is for sure that all three came from the city of Leer in northern Germany, and knew each other since their time in school."*As "Screaming Corpses" the band seemed to exercise live capture of percussion, musique concrete, and patched synth.
Megaptera - "Near Death" Tape 1991, "Nightmares" Tape 1995 (Limited To 6, With Scans), "You Will Never Survive This Nightmare" Tape 1995, "The Curse Of The Scarecrow" CD 1998 (Original Master)
Interview with Peter Nyström By Per Najbjerg Odderskov
First of all, I understand the founding and first member of Megaptera was Mikael Svensson (Deaf Machine). You then joined the project later on. How did you become involved in Megaptera?
It was Mikael and Magnus Åslund (Pettersson) who started Megaptera together. I was making music with Magnus Sundström as Fiskebåtarna and First Aid at that time Mikael and Magnus recorded the first Megaptera tracks. These later became the first homemade release. You Will Recover. I think I started to listen to CMI related music at that time, like BDN, MZ412 and Raison d'etre. I heard that they had started to experiment with some old gear that Magnus mother's new boyfriend had, like a 4 channel portastudio and an analog delay. I borrowed a drum machine from my friends in the synthpop band Cell Division, and then I joined them. We were friends already.
What was the idea of Megaptera in the early days? You managed to create something which was quite unique back then.
I'd say no idea at all. We got very influenced by the CMI sound and we were already big fans of The Klinik, Test Department and Cabaret Voltaire. We didn't know much about instruments so we just took what we had: scenes from various films, TV, radio, whatever we could hear fit in. The reason why we ended up making this kind of music was that it was quite easy. We didn't need expensive gear or a computer to record the atmospheres that we liked. And it was also very funny to just search for crazy sounds and movies and just push record. Very unpretentious.
It seems to me that the cult of Megaptera expanded with your friendship/involvement with Slaughter Productions. You had lots of side projects released there, and you appeared on many of the cult compilations. Do you miss the days of Slaughter Productions?
Of course I miss some of it, and Marco of course. He was such a nice guy. Very polite, gentle and everything went very smooth with him. The best part was that we wrote REAL letters back then, and it was amazingly fun to both receive and send letters, records and tapes. The most important releases were those on Slaughter, otherwise I don't think Megaptera would have reached the status we did. I remember being very proud of having two tracks on Death Odors and also as number 1 and 2 on the disc. Shadowland is still one of Megaptera's strongest pieces of music.
You finally had a bigger "commercial" release on Release Entertainment (also like Brighter Death Now). How did Curse Of The Scarecrow come to be? I'll also point that that a lot people got to know Megaptera through this album.
It really became a hit for us. Magnus Åslund left the band already in 1991 and Mikael and I recorded this album together with Magnus Sundström on his Amiga 500 and EPS sampler if I remember correctly. We felt that we were doing some really good tracks. We did not think, just recorded track after track. It went very easily. I had some contact with VUZ Records and somehow the record came out on Release Entertainment THROUGH VUZ Records and then the guy ripped us on the money. I was very blue eyed, and thought everybody was as polite as Marco Corbelli, but that wasn't the case. I'm still very proud of that album, and it was very important that we got Don't Desecrate the Dead released on Absolute Supper. It really promoted Megaptera well.
Which Megaptera album are you most proud of doing?
I must say Songs from the Massive Darkness back in 1992. Me and Mikael was heavily influenced by Great Death by BDN, so we connected the gear we had in my boy's room and recorded those 6 tracks in 4 hours. I still enjoy listening to that album from start to the end. I love the metallic sound of that BOSS RRV-10 reverb, the sounds we pulled out from the SH-101, and the voices in the background from The Thing. A perfect and funny recording session. I remember that I was down eating a quick dinner while we recorded one of the tracks, and Mikael were sitting on my bed playing a Casio VZ-1 with his feet in the meantime, haha! Great memories!
What does the future hold for Megaptera? Is there still unreleased material hidden in the vaults?
All tracks have been released, so no more old surprises. I get some ideas sometimes, but we'll see. Maybe a CD version of Nailed on vinyl later on. Only Satan knows (*Winking face)."
Hecatomb - "Deep Sleep Therapy" Demo Tape 1992
TUPPA-TUPPA-TUPTUPTUPTUP-CHUGGLE-CHUG-BUH-REAAAKDOOOOOOWN...with a throat-cancer-ravaged werewolf on vocals. ILL!!! http://www.mediafire.com/file/cnesp32qxzljaeb/Hecatomb_-_Deep_Sleep_Therapy_Demo_1992.zip/file
Intestinal Infestation - 1988 Rehearsal
Unseen Terror and E.N.T. (when Mick Harris was still in the group) basically fucking around playing the same song over and over again (and the track isn't even memorable, it's...kinda pedestrian). I don't think this was a serious effort for some future project, but more of a hangout session just for the sheer fuck of it. Not at all an internet debut, but for those who live under rocks... http://www.mediafire.com/file/msugc5cyka14d11/Intestinal_Infestation_-_1988_Reh.zip/file
Hellpreacher - "Ressurection" Demo 1986
Throw the long-horns bro! I dunno why these Texan death-thrashers never received label attention, as they had the "Three S's" (earliest Slayer/Sodom/Sepultura) nailed down tighter than Christ on his handsome cross! Talented, sometimes exceptional performance, riotous pacing (there's not a single chug-slam breakdown to be had), LP-grade studio recording, and their drummer later joined fellow unsigned demigods Necrovore. This one goes out to Splatter Sal and Alex Spawn, fellow old fucks who LIVED the power of their state's totally nutso-as-fuck scene!!!
Juventud Podrida - "1989" 7" 2012 (With Scans)
"Juventud Podrida (Spanish for 'Rotten Youth') is a Panamanian crust punk band formed in 2007, they are the first band of its genre in their country. The members are Rodolfo Alem•n (vocals), Jose Arosemena (guitar), Sean McNally (drums), and Joshua Rodin (bass). The band marked a milestone in the history of Panamanian punk for its 'eccentricity', they embrace the idea to work under the DIY ethics and to release their music on vinyl, in a country where doing that is considered a financial disaster for any music group.'1989' is the very first self-released punk record in Panama. It was recorded and engineered by David Colindres at 'Estudios Insomnio' in 2011 and released in 2012 by 'Lugica Ciega Records'. It was produced by David Colindres and Rodolfo Alem•n, the artwork was done by Jose Arosemena and Rodolfo Alem•n. The sampling on 'Los Demonios Del Norte' was extracted from the documentary 'The Panama Deception', the artwork was inspired by the United States invasion of Panama that occurred in 1989, never forget..."
The Fifth Path - Issues 1-5 (1991-1994)
Neo-gothic, post-pagan, industrial-folk, part-time-aryan, desktop-published legend (the layouts are seriously great, not mind-blowing, but noticeably administered with the same professionalism as the writing). Informative reads that sometimes outweigh the musical misanthropy with social/pop-historical commentary (without being histrionic or cringey). Lops on eBay are trying to sell pissed-on-yellow copies for 300 bucks, so it goes without saying I NEEDED TO PUNISH THEM...
Godflesh - Live Soundboard April 30th 1989 (Mahler's Rip), Live Soundboard May 8th 1989, Audience Recording Final Show Pre-Hiatus December 10th 2001
Extra special mentions to Mahler's rip, a S-O-U-L P-U-N-I-S-H-I-N-G set where the band...waaaaaaaaaaaay more than usual...cranked the knobs on literally everything just to see what would explode and what would merely catch fire (the audience and themselves included). One of the filthiest, rageful, and outright psychedelic performances the duo has ever given!!! "Crazier than Streetcleaner"...
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