Hell there! I am overjoyed about Melissa man... can't stop playing that album. In fact I even recognized TED NUGENT(US) influences on Hank's way of riffing. Okey okey... let's do it: BLACK SHEPHERD (Bel) - United Evil Forces 1986 - As I wanted to keep on moving through history, I swam into BLACK SHEPHERD realm, belgian Black/Death/Thrash Metal I would say. If you think GRAF SPEE is unique (as I do), you must check this band out. The ressemblance on this demo is awesome, mostly due to the insanity of their vocalist and some cuts on the guitars. Watch out, not for WIMPS! Sadly this project became quite bad in their full length, vocals are not as astonishing as they were, like a lack of anger or something. Did not enjoy the LP as much as this pure fuking evil demo. WASTED YOUTH (US) - This is a HC project, I am refering to their Reggan's In EP from 1981, sound-wise is not as goog as I expected, it seems it was recorded in different sessions because the mixing varies from one track to another, but music is excellent, top HC I must say, in fact as I was gut-ripped by VERBAL ABUSE (US) first LP, well... this has to be one of their prime influences with no doubt. In fact I guess that they also influenced bands like LETHAL AGGRESSION (US). And don't forget, FUK THE AUTHORITY! ACÜSSED (US) - The Return of... Martha Splatterhead 1986, well, what to say man... this is total crushing 80's Trashcore, marvellous LP, I found some connections between this and MIDNIGHT, did you notice that in "Buried Alive" track!? I am not wrong man! The vocals are identical! Besides I cannot stop thinking AUTOPSY(US) is influenced by them too... check the track "Autopsy"! ARGH man this is really aggressive, as fuk! ANNIHILATOR (CAN) - Well, I never thought about checking their demos... I thought, Alice in Hell is hell of a record and I doubted that could be rawer or dirtier or even with different vocals, I found it exquisite as it is. But some day my brother fukulo ( from HEFESTO(URY) ), told me... hey did you listened the demos? they are rawsome! Well... I gave them a try while drinking with him once at Bruno's place... it were good, he was right, but I was quite drunk to notice details. Now, as you already might saw, I did another trade with the ancient warrior from hell, who happened to have them, dubbed my tapes and while fanzine-ing I enjoyed it anxiously. In 1986 - Phantasmagoria demo was released, Jeff Waters was in charge of the vocals too... what!? as the monster guitar player he is, he had a brutal voice too! Vocals are in the front and they are fantastic, more into DM I would say but not the music as it keeps in the same Thrash Metal vein. In 1986 - Welcome to your Death demo, the whole production of this demo is maximum but surely not a clean as the LP, tracks are little slower but more violent due to the vocals being rawer. Is much more obscure. These demos can't be ignored at all. BLACK DETHE (US) - Well, better now than never ah!? Years looking something from these guys I only had checked them out digitally, like what, 13 years ago? Finally I can hold a dubbed tape from their demo Mary's Blood! It was that long ago I cannot recall where I read that theye were named Black Death but someone misspelled it and it ended like dethe JA JA!!! This demo is excellent, they are POSSESSSED(US), DARK ANGEL (US) worshippers, they shared stage also with POSSESSED as far as I remember, fukin brain cells where are they when one needs it! SACRILEGE BC (US) vein, you know what I mean. That hammer of thrash blasting your skull into dust with insane screams! HEADHUNTER D.C. (Bra) - Hell is Here demo 1989, every time I read something about this band, or even interviews, the remarkable aspects of this band is that they preserve the underground spirit even though they are a hellishly big underground name. Again, the same like with BLACK DETHE (US); years without having anything from them in my collection, Uruguay has no good taste for Death Metal nor Thrash Metal, nor anything may be... So it's likely I will never see some official recording from them here unless I buy it myself for my collection and my small crapy distro... Back to the demo, what makes it stay in your brain as if it were tatooed right there is the intro because is funnier everytime you hear it hahaha, is in the vein of bands like SARCOFAGO and SEXTHRASH (BRA) , I am talking about this demo and the studio one from the 90s, because I know later releases are more DM oriented. I am fukin happy to hold this dubbed tape too and HELL IS FUKIN HERE! DECEASED (US) - fleshmelting 2CDs compilation finally at home done by the Area Death Prods label, including what I needed, the whole pre-Luck of the corpse recordings. What else to add? This is fukin DECEASED! ZYKLON-B (US) - Gorenography Demo 1988, another that was urging in my anxiety... fuk this demo is fantastic because vocals are so violent and riffs are so good and original, I fuking love this demo, I know I have the next demo which is not as good as this one, not at all, here they are at their peak! HATRED (US) - another north american fukers who know how to do things, Long time ago I knew this project too... Drowning in Afterbirth is from 1985 but quite ahead for their time, fast, extreme killer! Vocals come from a HC background no doubt. I have even found some similarities in terms of riffs to my other project SCHIZOPHRENIC DEATH (URY) hahahahaha fuk, neurons work in some mysterious ways! I could say this guys influenced me totally! Hahahahahaha fuk man... what a fukin coincidence. This band also reminds me of FREAK from brazil, one of those I am still hoping to get somewhere in this lifetime. Besides Music I have been also reading my pile of pending fanzines, taking down some notes so I could get music in the future from acts that really drew my attention. I read the compilation of first two issues from Damage Inc. from Norway written by Maniac, the guy known for being the vocalist in Deathcrush MLP, I don't know if this is really necessesary to mention but just in case you don't know. I already had them xeroxed but I wanted to get it anyway because the printing quality is above what I had, extreme good quality I must remark. Besides, to give my humble support to this work. Honestly first two issues are killer indeed but the newest one from 2017, issue #3, is awfully disordered and aesthetically speaking it quite sucks. I recommend this book only if you don't have those first two issues already in your collection. I also dug into Tough Riffs fanzines, until the guy tunred into Black & White this fanzine is kind of mainstream, or may be it's me that i have been ignoring lots of bands the last 5 years... issue #2 has brutal death metal bands I kind of dislike, even his #4 issue is kind of boring. But #6 issue kicks your face with an intense interview with SADISTIC INTENT (US) and I looked some pages ahead and MERCILESS (SWE) is there too... so I think at this point seems to be getting quite interesting and interviews are better done. I had these issues thrown in my room sooner to be read and even though they are not up to date, something I just don't give a fuk because I am into fanzines and that happens frequently and I don't care because I like slow phase for things, my time, universal time, not system's one, fuk off fast world, only fast music! I don't know what else to write, I think it's the first time I write about fanzines in here... I cannot remember the name of some others I read but I will mention some sooner or later because there are some that are masterpieces, like SCATOLOGY #1 from Spain which I mentioned (was it a review?! ha ha! ) in the MORBID FAITH newsletter. Ohh.. I also read On Parole which is well written, interesting questions but bands are not my kind of beer, at least not in this first issue, with the exception of one or two bands from the whole. I think the good thing on this one is that, in some ways, it introduces a new scope in the interviewing field. Well psycho lunatics of death this is it for now. Enjoy, rebel and don't be fukin lazy, trade now more than ever, do ilegal concerts and keep the flame burning, music is our power so use it! PS: Extreme resurrection #1 & #2 are finished, working on #3, xeroxing work will be done after finishing #4 issue. #7 is almost closed in terms of content. One or two HEFESTO tapes are left but you can always get in touch with the band.