Diabolic - Subterraneal Magnitude [digipack] (2001)

The earliest beginnings of Diabolic started in 1996, when drummer Aantar Coates (Exmortis, Horror of Horrors, Unholy Ghost, Blastmasters) teamed up with guitarist Kelly McLauchlin (Pessimist, Unholy Ghost, Possessed) to record the first 4-song Diabolic demo. Although this demo was never officially released, and sent only to select contacts in the underground, it marked the beginning of success to follow for the band.

By January 1997, Diabolic drummer/founder Aantar Coates had relocated to Tampa, Florida and after forming the first complete lineup, recorded and released the successful demo City of the Dead. This demo immediately got the band noticed in the worldwide underground press and was later released as MCD on Fadeless Records. By 1998, Diabolic made their debut live appearance opening for Vader in Tampa, Florida followed by Milwaukee Metalfest XII. The lineup was soon solidified to include Aantar Coates on drums, Paul Ouellette on lead guitar and vocals, Brian Malone on lead guitars, and Ed Webb on bass.

In 1999, Diabolic recorded their debut full-length album Supreme Evil. This CD, which was mastered at Morrisound Recording Studios in Tampa and featured the artwork of Joe Petagno (Motörhead, Marduk, Krisiun), was released on Conquest/Hammerheart Records and received a multitude of excellent reviews and established an enormous international underground following for the band. More live shows soon followed, and the band continued gaining notoriety and writing for their next release.

The following year in 2000, Diabolic recorded their second full-length album Subterraneal Magnitude, again released on Conquest/Hammerheart Records. Produced by Juan "Punchy" Gonzalez (Morbid Angel, Terrorizer), this album expanded the unique Diabolic sound to new extremes. By this time, vocalist Paul Ouellette had switched to bass, and the band had recruited Brian Hipp (Brutality, Cradle of Filth, Acheron) on lead guitars. It once again featured the art of Joe Petagno.

Diabolic was soon enlisted for the "Death Metal Massacre Tour 2000", opening for Cannibal Corpse, God Dethroned and Hate Eternal, playing to sold-out venues for four weeks, all across the USA. In 2001, Diabolic was honored to be chosen for the prestigious Metal Maniacs "Xmass Ball Tour 2001", opening for Enslaved and Macabre (which included a one-off with Lacuna Coil), followed by a 3-week North American Tour of the U.S. and Canada, supporting Marduk and Amon Amarth. Later that same year, Diabolic was hand-picked to open several dates across the southern U.S. with death metal pioneers Morbid Angel. 

In 2002, Diabolic signed to Century Media/Olympic Records and surpassed all earlier releases with their third CD, Vengeance Ascending. Once again produced by Juan "Punchy" Gonzalez, this devastating attack redefined extreme metal in a relentless onslaught of anger, vengeance, and victory. Again this CD featured the art of Joe Petagno, and new lead guitarist recruit Jerry Mortellaro. The band then departed on a month-long, sold-out U.S. Tour supporting Dimmu Borgir, Cryptopsy, and Krisiun, further solidifying the band as one of the underground's most ferocious upcoming death metal acts. In November 2002 Diabolic made their European debut, for a month-long tour of 10 countries in support of Behemoth, Deströyer 666, and Deicide.

By 2003, and after the European Tour, the band had gone through several major lineup changes. Gone was the original lineup, who had all been replaced. Led by sole remaining original member Brian Malone, the band recorded their fourth full-length CD, Infinity Through Purification. Produced by Neil Kernon (Cannibal Corpse, Nile, Judas Priest) and released on Century Media Records, but without the trademark Diabolic of the past it garnered lackluster reviews. The band had even secured an opening slot on Deicide's upcoming U.S. Tour, but soon after the album's release, it was announced that the band was being dissolved permanently. It seemed that this would be the end of Diabolic. 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 Tracklist:

 1.     Vassago     03:14       instrumental
2.     Forewarning     00:11       instrumental
3.     Extinction Level Event     03:58
4.     Failed Extraction     03:12
5.     Deadly Deception     03:06
6.     Fleshcraft     05:13
7.     Infernalism     03:37
8.     Diabolic Perception     02:46
9.     Soul Projection     04:00
10.     Necromancer of the Ancient Arts     04:42
11.     Subterraneal Magnitude     04:04

38:03

 

Line up: 

• Aantar Lee Coates : Drums
• Brian Malone : Guitars
• Paul Ouellette : Vocals, Bass
• Bryan Hipp (R.I.P. 2006) : Guitars.

 

 

 

 Label: Hammerheart Records. HHR101.

This album is dedicated to the memory of Austin "Auggie" May, Eternal Friend of Diabolic.

- Issued in digipak packaging with twelve-page booklet.

- Recorded June 3-7, 2000 at Green House FX Studios, Tampa, FL.
- Mastered at Dixie Wrecked Studios, Mango, FL.

 

 

Bryan Hipp

 

 Bryan Hipp (January 22, 1968 – October 21, 2006) was an extreme metal guitarist. He played in the bands Brutality (1993–1995), Cradle of Filth (1994–1995), Acheron (1998), Unholy Ghost, Diabolic (1999) and Blastmasters.

He was one of the many people to assume the live role of the fictional "Jared Demeter" during his time with Cradle of Filth; after leaving the band, he was replaced by Paul McGlone.

Hipp died on October 21, 2006.

The Absence - Riders Of The Plague (2007)

 

 The Absence is an American metal band from Tampa, Florida. Their style has been described as aggressive thrash metal fused with melodic death metal in the manner of the Gothenburg sound of Scandinavian metal. They were previously signed to Metal Blade Records and are now signed to M-Theory Audio.

The band released a self-titled EP in 2004 and followed up with their debut album, From Your Grave, in 2005. The band's second album, Riders of the Plague, was released in 2007. The album was praised in a review for finding an "interesting balance" between the genres death metal and thrash metal. In 2007, bassist Michael Leon joined the band. Drummer Jeramie Kling left the band that same year and was temporarily replaced by Chris Pistillo from the Tampa death metal scene. The band recruited Justin Reynolds as their new drummer in early 2008.

The Absence stated in late 2008 that they would be entering the studio to record a new album in March 2009. Due to time constraints and touring duties, the band said they would enter the studio on September 10 since the original date "wasn't the right time." The band delayed the recording of the album again and later entered Mana Recording Studios on November 2, 2009, to record Enemy Unbound. Their third studio album, Enemy Unbound was released on September 14, 2010, and reached No. 55 on the Billboard Heatseekers chart. Jeramie Kling rejoined the band during summer 2010. On September 27, 2010, The Absence released their music video of "Enemy Unbound" from their eponymous album Enemy Unbound. As of January 1, 2013, guitarist Peter Joseph parted ways with The Absence. On January 22, 2013, it was announced that Per Nilsson of Scar Symmetry had joined the band.

 

 

 

 

 

 Tracklist:

1.     Riders of the Plague     04:01 
2.     Dead and Gone     05:04 
3.     The Murder     05:22 
4.     Echos     05:05 
5.     World Divides     05:35 
6.     Prosperity     04:08       instrumental
7.     Untitled     00:04       instrumental
8.     Awakening     05:13 
9.     Merciless     06:44 
10.     Into the Pit (Testament cover)     02:48 
11.     The Victorious Dead     04:16
12.     Outro     07:03       instrumental
 
55:23

 

Line up: 

 • Jamie Stewart : Vocals, Lyrics
• Patrick Pintavalle : Bass (tracks 1, 3, 5, 6, 8, 9, 12), Guitars, Songwriting (tracks 1, 3-8, 11)
• Peter Joseph : Bass (tracks 2, 4, 10, 11), Guitars, Songwriting (tracks 2, 4, 5, 9)
• Jeramie Kling : Drums, Vocals (backing) (track 10).

 

 

 

Label: Metal Blade Records – 3984-14623-2P

 Recorded at Mana Studios, Florida, February-March 2007.
Mixed and mastered at Black Lounge Studios, Grangärde, Sweden, March 2007.
Additional editing at Tropicsounds Studios, Florida.
Jonas Granvik's backing vocals recorded by Simon Johansson at Solna Sound Recording, Sweden.

 

 

 

 

 

Cephalic Carnage - Conforming To Abnormality (1998) [Re-issue] (2008) Promo

 

 Cephalic Carnage has also dubbed themselves "hydrogrind", a combination of marijuana themes and grindcore/death metal. The band usually plays different styles of metal on varying songs, ranging from doom, sludge, metalcore, and groove metal, etc. However, their main genre has always been grindcore.

Cephalic Carnage were formed in Denver, Colorado, in 1992 by vocalist Leonard Leal, drummer Anthony Chavez, bassist Tom Clenin, and guitarist Zac Joe. The quartet recorded a demo EP titled Scrape My Lungs in 1993, but then took a break until 1996, when they recruited drummer John Merryman, guitarist Steve Goldberg and bassist Doug Williams. Merryman also collaborated with Secret Chiefs 3. Soon after the reformation, their second demo EP Fortuitous Oddity was released. During 1997, Cephalic Carnage financed its own tour across the United States.

In 1998, the band caught the attention of Italian record label Headfucker Records, which released the band's debut album Conforming to Abnormality that year. Williams left in 1999 and joined Origin. He was replaced by Jawsh Mullen, and the band toured at the Milwaukee Metalfest in 1998, the Dallas Grindfest, the Ohio Deathfest and the Denver Hatefest in 1999.

In 2000, Cephalic Carnage signed to heavy metal record label Relapse Records and released its second album Exploiting Dysfunction, which included a tour with Napalm Death and The Dillinger Escape Plan.

 

 

Tracklist

 1.     Anechoic Chamber     01:33
2.     Jihad     04:13
3.     Analytical     04:28
4.     Wither     01:52
5.     Regalos de mota     05:12
6.     Extreme of Paranoia     04:50
7.     A.Z.T.     00:47
8.     Waiting for the Millennium     03:20
9.     Live at Your Mom's House     00:30
10.     Exhumed Remains     01:45
11.     Britches     00:21
12.     The Struggle     02:29
13.     Trailor Park Meth Queen     01:02
14.     Phantom Pharter     01:20
15.     Strung Out on Viagra     01:15
16.     Perversions and the Guilt After     03:51
17.     Stepped in Cow Shit Blues     00:32
18.     Father Pederast     00:08
19.     Once More with Out Feeling     00:04
20.     -     00:04
21.     -     00:10
22.     Shut Up     00:04
23.     Novacaine (Re-Installing Teeth)     00:14
24.     Shrump Po'Boy     00:50
25.     Celebrate     00:08
26.     Occular Penile Recepticle     02:20
27.     Dave's Lunch     01:51
28.     -     02:17

47:30

 

Line up

 • Lenzig : Vocals
 • John : Drums
 • Steve : Guitars, Bass
 • Zac : Guitars, Bass.

 

 

Label: Relapse Records.

 Reissue of the band's first LP with new cover art. Cover art on the reissue CD is different than on the reissue LP. Tracks 9-28 are bonus tracks. Tracks 9-27 come from the "Perversion...And The Guilt After" split with Anal Blast.

 Recorded Jan. 1998 at Bedlamhell, Denver, CO.

Mixed Feb. 1998 at FTM Studios, Lakewood, Colorado, USA

 Mastered May 1998 at The Recording Work Shop, Chillicothe, OH.

Promo-cd in cardboard.

 

 

 

 

Blast Open + Vio-lence - Sala Rebullón, Tameiga, Mos 02.05.2025

 

 

 

 

Blast Open son una banda de Heavy/Thrash de Asturies formada en 2008. Sus letras hablan sobre sentimientos, miedos y esperanza, política e historias del más allá.

En 2010, Blast Open publica sus dos primeros temas, "Lost" y "Bad to Worse" en una demo, y desde entonces han tocado con bandas nacionales como Mercyless, Clockwork, Pandemia o Morphium y con bandas extranjeras de la talla de Primal Fear, Vicious Rumors, Warbringer o Havok.

Tras grabar en los Estudios Dynamita de marzo a mayo de 2012, lanzan el album " They Destroy Our World" en julio de 2012. Tras el lanzamiento estuvieron tocando en el Luarca Metal Fest el 20 de julio, donde compartieron escenario con bandas tan prestigiosas como Evile o Vita Imana.

 

 

 

 Setlist:

*Riding on a Dead Horse
*Fallen Angel
*Invisible Lines
*Pool of Blood
*Resurrected
*Cross Hate
*Pray Without Fear
*A Light Behind the Darkness
*Traying to Escape

 

 

 Vio-lence was formed under the name Death Penalty in 1985, which they changed to Violence, and then the two-tiered logo with a hyphen forced the name change to its permanent form.

The original lineup was Jerry Birr on vocals, Phil Demmel, Troy Fua on guitars, Eddie Billy (brother of Testament's Chuck Billy) on bass, and Perry Strickland on drums. This line-up appeared on the 1986 Eastern Front: Live at Ruthie's Inn 2-LP compilation with the song "Gutterslut". Eddie Billy left soon and was replaced by Dean Dell. This lineup recorded a rehearsal tape that was released as a demo.

Jerry Birr (later to appear in Enemy Mind) was replaced by Sean Killian on vocals and the band recorded their first official demo before Troy Fua left and was replaced by Machine Head founding member Robb Flynn in early 1987.

The band re-recorded all the songs on their first demo for the second one in 1988 with minor lyrical changes and new song titles for their Mechanic Records demo in 1988. This label released their debut, Eternal Nightmare, later that year. A tour with Testament and Sanctuary followed, and then another tour with Voivod followed by a second album, Oppressing the Masses, in 1990.

The track "Torture Tactics" was deleted from the album due to its offensive lyrical content, but then was released as the title track of a 1991 EP. Another tour, this time with Defiance, followed. The third album, Nothing to Gain, was recorded in 1991, but constant record label problems delayed its release.

At this point, Robb Flynn left to form Machine Head and was replaced by Ray Vegas on guitar, and then Perry Strickland was replaced by Mark Hernandez on drums. A final demo was recorded in 1993 before the band broke up.

Vio-lence reunited for Thrash of the Titans, a benefit for Chuck Billy and Chuck Schuldiner, in August 2001. The lineup of Killian, Demmel, Vegas, Dell, and Strickland played a 64-minute gig, which led to further shows in the Bay Area. Ray Vegas was replaced by a returning Troy Fua and for one gig, Phil Demmel, who was unable to attend, was replaced by Steve Schmidt. Phil also helped out Machine Head as a second guitarist for a few gigs, with Machine Head bassist Adam Duce returning the favor for a gig at Dean Dell's wedding in 2002.

A near-reunion of Vio-Lence took place on January 20th, 2018 at The Midway in San Francisco for "Killian On Command: An Evening of Vio-lence", which was held as a benefit for Sean Killian, who was battling with stage-four liver cirrhosis.

On January 8th, 2019, Demmel announced on social media that Vio-Lence had reformed and would play at least one show in Oakland that April.

 

 

 

Obituary - The End Complete (1992)

 

 The End Complete is the third album by Florida death metal band Obituary, released on April 21, 1992, through Roadrunner Records.

The album marked the return of guitarist Allen West who performed on the debut album. This is their first of four consecutive albums with the full classic lineup of the Tardy Brothers, Perez, West and Watkins.

The End Complete album is Obituary's best-selling, with over 100,000 copies sold in the U.S. and more than 250,000 worldwide. It reached No. 16 on Billboard's Top Heatseekers chart. Additionally, the band's new logo introduced on The End Complete is the best-selling shirt print in the history of Roadrunner Records.

 

 

 

 

 -Tracklist:

 Side A
1. I'm in Pain     04:01
2. Back to One     03:43
3. Dead Silence     03:21
4. In the End of Life     03:42
5. Sickness     04:06

Side B
6. Corrosive     04:12
7. Killing Time     03:59
8. The End Complete     04:03
9. Rotting Ways     05:14

36:21

 

-Line up:

• John Tardy : Vocals, lyrics
• Allen West : Guitars (lead), songwriting (tracks 2, 3, 7, 9)
• Trevor Peres : Guitars (rhythm), songwriting (tracks 1, 4-6, 8)
• Frank Watkins (R.I.P. 2015) : Bass
• Donald Tardy : Drums, songwriting (tracks 1-9).

 

 

 Label: R/C Records. RC 9201-1.
Recorded and mixed at Morrisound Recording, Tampa, FL.
Mastered at Fullersound, Miami, FL.
Co-produced by Obituary.

 Engineer: Scott Burns.
Original logo: Rob Mayworth.
Cover: Andreas Marschall.