Hell is here! brazilian thoughts occurring through my braincells he he! What's new? Nothing is, in this shithole nothing happens, or too few remarkable things could happen but interesting for the archeologist not for trendies. Anyway life in urgay. Lethargy. SACRILEGE (UK) - Demo #1 1984, blew my skull with "Apartheid" which is something like, if you think of a female vocalist in the HC vein, on a "Show no Mercy" album with a guitar vibe ala DISCHARGE (UK) you get this outstanding mixture! Followed by "Bloodlust", here you notice they play crude Rock n roll with violent screams, oh man, I fuking love female vox! "Dig your own Grave" keeps on the same perfect line and closing this demo, "Blind Acceptance", which is little bit different in sound, may be part of another recording session. This demo is spectacular, I had never heard of this band before what a gem! (Hey Cowboy, I bet this is another Nyte Light influence!). B-side contains Demo #2 1985, which scaled from a demo recording to a "Hear nothing say nothing" recording level! The first track "Stark reality" has an intro with solos that are great, lots of DISCHARGE indeed, even some arrangement with those two paralel guitar notes from time to time that were typical in the aforementioned project. "A violation of something Sacred" goes on really in your face. The improvement this project has over DISCHARGE is that drumming is little bit more complete with more fills and marks with zymbals,etc. "Blood Run" counts with impressive changes and solo, totally showing off they play amazingly. "Out of Sigh, out of Mind" closes this terrific recording. This demo is slightly more thrasher than the one before but, mostly due to those palmuted riffs where ONSLAUGHT(UK) could also be related to them. This is a highly recommended project, besides I know they became thrashers for their first LP, hopefully I will get it one day. Recommended. Thanks for the trade joakill! CRYPT DAGGER(GER) - From Below 12'' EP 2020, by Dying Victims Prods, outstanding quality on every aspect and also includes the stupid code for bandcamp download, something used nowadays still don't know why... in case of broken LP's? or just to show off you have an LP but nowhere to play it? fuk... anyway, this is new to me, a CELTIC FROST(SWI) -ish project with some ressemblanses to the ancient brazilian simple n effective riffs and also some SLAYER(US) -ish tunes, this is a power trio so expect bass ripping your ears and vocals are great, some screams are similar to, yes again, DEATHHAMMER(NOR) but not abused at all, may be sometimes seemed quite out of nowhere but not bad at all. The summary is quite great, I mean, I enjoyed their music and somewhat their attitude exposed on their pictures, because despite counting on a typical black metal artwork, the members seem to be totally uninterested in having a dark, violent or disgusting image, they seem they are kind of Punks in some ways which I happen to enjoy a lot, anyway I wonder what the fuk one of them was thinking when adding a picture of himself on a coach without shirt HA HA HA, in the end, I congrat you man on that one, is totally unexpected and probably more than one will remember you because of that. (Stefan I thought of you when I saw him, because you german psychos are always doing this kind of out-of-nonense shit HAHAHA! liest du mich oder ist dein Leben in der Schweden sehr ausgezeichtnet für diese Scheiße !?!). And to close this EP they included a cover from DEAD MOON(US), a punk band I have no clue about them and probably will give them a try in the near future, so my guess regarding their attitude was not wrong at all. After all some rythms on vocals and guitar tune, also reminded vik of OMEGA(Gre), totally agree with her, I did not know what was ringing the bell on my brain but that was it, thanks darling. SENTINEL BEAST(US) - Depths of Death 1986, CD done pretty good by some russian bootleger. As I fukin love female vox I wanted to remark this gem. It was not known to me but when exchanging band names with a friend of mine, quite a long time ago by now, he mentioned this one, and I was intrigued, this is a brutal Thrash metal act having an amazing vocalist, her tunes come from a kind of "The Queen of Siam" by HOLY MOSES (GER) to something like ZNÖWHITE(US). The guitars are amazing, sometimes with spectacular, almost but not, neoclassical passages where the vocals fit endlessly perfect. Throughout the whole recording, the influences coming from IRON MAIDEN(UK) are notorious which made me think of SAVAGE GRACE(US) too. And as expected, "The Phantom of the Opera" cover was included as part of the tracklist, counting on marvellous sound. Tracks like "Sentinel Beast", "Depths of Death", "Dogs of War" or "Corpse" led you to not stoppig listening to this incredible album. This is a total must. So don't forget to check it out and dig around your friend's collections and beg for a CDR/dubbed one or buy it! KIM SIXX (DNK) - Complete Anthology 1984-1985 - 2020 digipak by Tribute Recs, another of those well preserved recordings including great pictures from the time, being a complete anthology, most of the stuff were unknown to me because I only knew four tracks and these are 16 (one or two are twice in different sessions). This CD starts with their Demo 1 from 1984, "Warrior (whip your horse)" was the track that guided me through their music, spectacular and original track, check the damned harmonics! "Wedding night with the demons" is a slower one with root on the early 70's hardrock/heavy metal. "Tough and Tender" starts as if it were VAN HALEN(US) and then is IRON MAIDEN(UK) 's "Murders in the Rue Morgue", anyway is a great track too, the voice man, she kills!. "Back in Black" is kind of speed metal and JUDAS PRIEST(UK), pretty killer track with excellent solos. Concluding this demo, the raging track of "Bang your Head" digs your grave hugely deep, i fukin love this track! Following tracks were totally hidden, are outtakes from studio sessions, "The Boys Bridge", "The Chosen few" , not remarkable tracks but good to have, probably for sex sessions. I think these don't shine because vocals are not that on the top, or may be I am just wrong. "Tawdinnes" starts much better than the previous ones, good opening scream with great solo, vocals are better on this one, more energy and freedom. "Six are the Metal Five" is a live recording, included to demonstrate they killed live! but it is not as good as other tracks. Then demo 2 from 1985 puts "The Magic Sword" on the table, this is a fantastic track, this one even has a promotional videoclip with them playing on a kind of factory or a submarine haha, Kim with an axe on her hands singing "the magic sword", one of those funny things you won't ever forget, this is spectacular, this was inspired from JUDAS PRIEST too in my opinion. "Lousy Leather" is also fantastic where I found some DEEP PURPLE(UK) on bass while solos. This second demo dies with "They Kill in War", chorus sounds are impressive and rythm changes too. Another studio recording from "Bang your head" was also included, clean production much brighter than the demo version of course, anyway the difference is minimal or the track is that impressive that I don't give a fuk haha! and three more live tracks recorded in 1984, "Let it loose" is a fukin DIO(US) 's "Holy Diver" clon! I thought it was a cover but is not! shame on them (or on the night?) HAHA! , "The boys brigade" which is better on this live recording, and "Bad Girl", besides, you can hear the audcience from the time screaming, seems as if those were thousands! The whole production is great, and the only drawback is that lyrics were not included, may be the label thought is easier to identify the lyrics but my bad ears cannot do it completely well. This is really expensive for metalheads in south america, mostly due to shipping costs from countries like Sweden, Denmark, Norway,Finland, etc; luckily my brother brought it to me from Spain few weeks ago, but if you have the chance to get it you won't regret it, and even more if you were waiting for something like this for years! Thanks Rodrigo HELLAVENGER for telling me this existed! BLOOD SPORT(FIN) - Hot Blood and Cold Steel MLP 2021, by Gates of Hell Recs. This is an spectacular Speed Metal act counting on classical approach towards music, sound and production along with a female vocalist that reminds you of ZNÖWHITE(US) mixed a little bit with some GIRLSCHOOL(UK) tune. Riffs are really good indeed, I cannot avoid thinking of VOIVOD(CAN) , TANK(UK) and RAZOR(CAN) with little ANNIHILATOR(CAN) too. With no doubt, this band has blood guts and beers so no point on avoiding the support one should give on them and grab this fukin MLP. Recommended as fuk because we are victims of the STEEL SYSTEM!! VACANT GRAVE(US) - Life or Death 1990, RE 2020 CD by some russian bootleger, pretty well done bootleg, looks really professional. I wonder why these guys were not properly released by any label, I presume they were not too interesting back then when the DM explosion of the 90s was taking place... anyway, They were part of the spectacular New Reinassence compilation named "Satan's Revenge" with another outstanding art done by Drew Elliot, the guy who drew the marvellous and obscure art for "Inverted Crosses" MLP from THE UNSANE(US), remember? If you don't, then try to remember BLOOD FEAST(US) art on "Kill for Pleasure" LP! On this compilation, they took part here with US acts like NECROVORE(US), MORBID ANGEL(US), THE UNSANE among others I cannot recall, in fact this is how I knew all these bands when I was starting my ways throughout the insane paths of death. Compilations were great! That's why I was so in love with the one entitled "Death Metal" he he. Back to VACANT GRAVE, they play a pretty technical Thrash/Death Metal with a reminiscence in vocals to Patrick Ranieri's ways, from HELLWITCH(US), and the guitar tune, at least in "Graven Sculpture" track reminded me of MEFISTO(Swe) and ANNIHILATOR(Can), probably this track made me realise that fact. Also, in "Premature Burial" you can get those riffings ala REVENANT(US) and "Street Queen" starts as if it were an Horror film with those notes ala DEATH(US), then more ANNIHILATOR. And yes, it's full of great solos and arrangements and vocal chorus give them that Thrash Metal touch. Some time ago I also got their demos, where, thanks to the lack of professional sound and more reverb on vocals, and may be more speed, they were more Death/Thrash. I totally recommend this bootleg if you are desperate to get something from them, I doubt their 12" could be traceable because was independently released back then and with the vinyls feber from nowadays, this could cost your two eyes, your balls and some meters of your intestines, if not all. DISCIPLES OF POWER(CAN) - Power Trap 1989 , RE 2017 by VIC recs, this is the continuation of their demo era, no doubt, better sounding, anyway, their demo from 1988 was fukin terrific, to my surprise, this demo was also included in this release. As you know, Canada counted on spectacular thrash metal acts, this is a kind of SLAYER(US) canadian verison but with its own touches in rythms and cuts, sometimes more agressive almost getting into Death Metal realms, and sometimes not, with some acoustic-like guitars. If you like digging into the past you probably must grab this one too, you won't regret it. LETHAL PRESENCE (Can) - Unholy Alliance, RE 2016 LP by Ripping Storm Recs, this label did an excellent work on this production, the interview included shines impressively full of information, did you know INFERNAL MAJESTY guys had a kind of rockstart attitude ? HA HA! Well, going on with the canadian assault, they played really obscure Thrash Metal, a mixture between SACRIFICE(Can) and INFERNAL MAJESTY(CAN). They were part of the spectacular "Raging Death" compilation along with SADUS(US), EXECUTIONER(US), R.A.V.A.G.E.(US) and others... yeah , that was hell ov a cum-pilation. Back on this LP, the "Unholy Alliance" demo from 1987 is included, a couple of rehearsal tracks and a couple of live tracks. I don't like the idea of cutting the demo, but the first demo's last track did not made it to be part of the A Side, so it was added on the B side, apart from that detail,this LP totally worths it, get in touch with the label while there still are copies left! So Thrash or die!!! RADIATION(SVK) - Polution Overdose EP 2013, 7" by Atomic Vision coproduced with more labels. This is a great EP, even though starts as if it were a rawer version of DESTRUCTION(GER) with "Atomic Age", goes on with a more personal touch later listened on their full length "The Gift of Doom" released few years ago. This release shows off, for those unknowing what they were doing before their album, how Thrashy they started and ended up being little bit more DM influenced later. "Orbital Bombfall" reminded me a little bit of some Paraguayan Thrash Metal, ala EVIL FORCE(PAR) and may be some ATOMIC CURSE(PAR), despite being an instrumental track. This band is another around the underground that does not disappoint. You can get this one directly through Atomic Vision at a great price and totally worth it. I bought an extra copy for distro here but got stolen by joakill before seeing the light! speedy bastard HA HA! MORTAL SCEPTER(Fra) - Where light Suffocates LP 2019 by Epidemia Recs, this is precious! these guys are just in the same vein they were on their previous LP, little bit more professional, more thrashy and technical, they are fukin skilled bastards!! fuk France has a new thrasho kommand!!! These maniacs put their country above the darkened skies once again! In the vein of MASSACRA(Fra),AGRESSOR(Fra) you cannot miss this album! CROSSING DEATH(Mex) - One life is not enough 1992 - RE 2020 by Huanquang Records, this is a pretty consistent Thrash Metal band from Mexico in the vein of TRANSMETAL(MEX) but rawer, mostly because vocals seems to have the very same effect. The whole production is great and obscure. Includes a live gig in 2005, which is greatly funny because of the conversations in between but some tracks are significantly awful, but the live sound is terrific. I was not familiar with them so it was good to give them a chance. BEYOND THE GATES(Ita) Newsletter issue #4, this got into my dirty hands when I got the CRYPT DAGGER LP along with BLOOD SPORT, spectacular underground newsletter done for free with an spectacular introspective about the ancient Australian scene (Yeah the one we all insane bastards from deathrashing abyss love) written by Ian Belshaw from CONVENT GUILT(Aus), it also includes another BLOOD SPORT's interview and a good one with VORTEX(Hol). I am desperate in getting their previous issues because the review about the scene is its part 2 ARGHH!!! And as you might guess, this is done by the Gates of Hell Records people. Spectacular newsletter! It was a long time without writing so cutting my crap, I let you know readers, that GRAF SPEE tapes are now available under my label and ANGKOR VAT too. So get in touch, trades are not possible due to shipping cost for now, and this bullshit prices are even affecting distribution, I am not sure to say I am sorry about this or if we should start getting more jobs HA! Some copies of the first 4 issues of Extreme Resurrection fanzine are still available, written in english and prepare for our next Extreme Resurrection Records release, uruguayan deathrash!