Amazing. I've this demo at c-cassette somewhere at my parents house 'cause I didn't think it all into the end when I moved away from home almost 3 decades ago.
Those were the days, my friend We thought they'd never end We'd sing and dance forever and a day We'd live the life we choose We'd fight and never lose For we were young and sure to have our way La-la-la-da-da-da La-la-la-da-da-da Da-da-da-da, la-da-da-da-da
Death is the Black Sabbath of death metal. They weren't my introduction to death metal but they are my first love and are still in heavy rotation in my song list. The Hoglan albums were so great. It has never been done better. Melody married to chaos. RIP Chuck.
One and only time I saw Slayer was in 1985. I'd never seen or heard anything like it - from Tom first appearing on stage with his wild headbanging and THAT sound of Raining Blood... A memory worth keeping!
I couldn’t even imagine the careers and success all the metal bands that are playing nowadays would get if MTV still did this or cared. Instead, Metal bands tour and play and record relentlessly, in vans, in the middle of winter, for months on end. Then write and record everything, recording videos of playthroughs, all sorts of work that other musicians in other genres do not do at all. It’s maddening but hey, all for the music. Just sucks that they can’t make a living off of it anymore.
