Embittered - "And You Ask Why" 1991 Demo (With Hi-Res Scans)


Grindy stench and encrusted core from Airstrip One. Despite sharing vinyl splits with Dystopia and Hiatus, the band seems completely forgotten now (not that they ever had a "diehard reissue" sound).

Rip stolen reanimated from Panzer "rarer-than-Joe-Riot" Badger...

Eu's Arse - 1982 Demo

 

I shoulda upped this with the 2004 demo (https://selfishfew.blogspot.com/2017/02/eus-arse-january-2004-demo.html), but.........YEAH!


"Europe's Ass were a hardcore punk band from Udine, Italy. Together with 'Upset Noise' they were among the most important groups of the 'Friuli Venezia Giulia' scene. Formed in 1981, the first 'real' line-up was 'Killy', 'Stinky', 'Stiv' and 'Totis'.

In 1982 they participated in the 'Spring Offensive' festival at the Virus social center in Milan, and very soon after published their debut EP titled 'Does the state need you? Well, fuck it.' This 7" was recorded in the studios of 'No Submission' and supported by the fanzine 'Nuova Fahrenheit'.

In 1983 they self-released a new production, a split EP with 'Impact' titled 'This Is Their Speculation Of Death'. The record spread quickly, even all the way to Maximumrocknroll, where Tim Yohannan described their side as 'breakneck DISCHARGE-like repetitive riffs with unlikely-sounding vocals that suggest a poet gone berserk.'

After a long tour and numerous line-up changes, Eu's Arse finally dissolved in 1985."

Stretchheads - "Five Fingers, Four Thingers, A Thumb, A Facelift, And A New Identity" LP 1988 & Peel Session 1991

"Scotland's Stretchheads were formed in 1987 by Andy Maconald (guitar) and Phil Eaglesham (vocals), with Steven MacDougall and Richie Dempsey joining on bass and drums. The band wore asbestos firewear, gas masks, flashy shirts, and balaclavas on stage, and blossomed after support slots with Happy Mondays, The Wonderstuff and The Shamen. Their debut album 'Five Fingers, Four Thingers, a Thumb, a Facelift, and a New Identity' followed in 1988. Touring Europe with Holland's 'Revenge Of The Carrots' and old colleagues 'Dog Faced Hermans', the group split up in 1992, but not before recording a session for John Peel."

"Musically they were influenced by U.S. bands Butthole Surfers and Killdozer, as well as British indie groups such as Big Flame and Bogshed. They have since been compared to the Japanese noise-rock of the Boredoms and Ruins. Phil's vocals have been described as 'inhuman, reminiscent of nothing so much as Sesame Street's Grover with electrodes affixed to his genitals', and their overall sound as 'the weirdest, fastest, and heaviest thing to ever come cartwheeling out of the British Isles'." [And not Napalm Death?  --S]


Fatal Catastrophic Destructive Noise Tormentor - Live 6-13-86 (Fenders Ballroom)


"Fuck grindcore, we're down with Slaaayerrr!!!"*
 

*Actually said, just not at this show

Human Gas - "Explosives" '86 Demo (FLAC) & "Honbetsu Glory" '86 Demo (MP3)

Explosives: Mastrobuono > Hogan > Damaging Noise > Bootleggers > Vloggers > And the circle of life, uh, circles again.

Honbetsu Glory: No idea who or when, but it was the right thing to do (arigato x 1,000,000 you patron to all humanity).

http://www.mediafire.com/file/tx2jz9s1844l3nw/Human_Gas_Demos.zip/file

Slovakian Death-Grind Demos 1990-1999 (1+ Gig Ultra-Upload)

Abortion, Apoplexy, Cad, Dark Mordor, Decay, Dehydrated, Dementor, Embalmed, Gladiator, Insepultus, Mentally Parasites, Nailed Nazarene, Obliterate, Pyopoesy, Suffocate, Typhoid (mostly with scans)...

http://www.mediafire.com/file/f5if5i288wuh6b6/Slovakian_deathgrind_demos_1990-1999.zip/file

Test Dept - Live 4-9-89

"Test Dept is an English industrial music group that was one of the most important and influential of that scene's earliest acts. Particularly notable for their complex and powerful percussion, the band used unconventional instruments such as scrap metal and factory machinery for '...sophisticated sound-collages and helter-skelter momentum of cyclical rhythms...'"

http://www.mediafire.com/file/u8x5r9esfz4dzv3/Test_Dept_89-09-04.zip/file

Emperor - Rehearsal 7-4-93 (High Wycombe U.K.)