Elric and I check out his Is!!! It's mostly just the one band, but what a band, these guys were my 1st, (and I am sure countless others), taste of Heavy Metal and I was instantly hooked. Check out the blog for my Is (and my Js) HERE
Check out Elric's online radio show every Monday UK time between 7 and 9pm
Ia! Ia! Cthulhu Fhtagn. Cthulhumass is here and it's a time of great cheer as we all contemplate the enormity of the Great Old Ones and bask in our own insignificance. This show, as always is packed with gibbering squamous things clamouring under a gibbous moon as they perform eldritch rites to unspeakable things and you wouldn't want it any other way you bunch of cultish podophiles, you guys make Alhazred looks positively well-balanced. With tracks by -
There's a heck of a whole load of Hs on this week look at Elric's vinyl. He has practically everything ever by Hawkwind there!! There's probably more out there, (his sister has a whole bunch too), but he's got a massive stack of the stuff and a heck of a lot of knowledge about the band as well. Check out the blog about my Hs HERE
Check out Elric's online radio show every Monday UK time between 7 and 9pm
DJ Santa Grey and his little helper elf Lisa wish you all a very Merry Christmas folks; especially to all you loyal PodOphiles and PodOmaniacs out there. In celebration of the season we bring you the gift of POD, the latest High Speed Hangover Show!! It's covered in sparkly tinsel strings blasted from my shiny baubles and wrapped up in brightly coloured paper and ribbons. The gift within is the gift of Metal, the greatest musical gift of them all! Enjoy the show and have a great Christmas, but remember the most unholy day of the year Cthulhumass is coming next week!! So prepare to have your sanity blasted folks 😱
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Here's the latest Patreon exclusive show folks, enjoy \m/ It's all about 'Places'!! I think I might be running out of theme ideas, so feel free to suggest me some new themes you lovely PodOphiles and PodOmaniacs. With tracks by -
Digging through another of my old CD boxes today. Enjoy these bands folks, do you recognise any of them? They are all a bit old now, mid-90's mostly I reckon.
This week's demo tape is by Love History an Atmospheric Doom/Death Metal band from Ostrava in the Czech Republic. These guys formed in 1992, they seem to have split up but Metal Archives isn't sure exactly when that happened. This is their 1st demo from 1993 "The Astral Silence of Blooming Virgin Beauty". They went on to release 2 full length albums, an EP, a compilation and a single.
Line-up
Tom "Cepel" Cieplý - Bass
Radim Chrobok - Bongos, Drums, Vocals
Richard Chrobok - Guitars, Vocals
Pavel Herich - Guitars, Vocals
Hanka Vanková - Jew's harp, Synthesizers, Vocals
Marek "ET" Dihel - Vocals
(This was the last known band line-up, the font on the demo is too hard to make out)
Today we go through Elric's Gs. Not too many this week but we still manage to waffle for half an hour and drink a couple of nice beers too. Check out my blog about my Gs HERE
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Here you go with today's show, look it's a photo of a thrush that I'm using as the picture for today's show for reasons that are very reasonable. Anyway here's the show with lots of cool Metal music on it, check it out you headbanging heroes and moshing maniacs! With tracks by -
Just going through another box of my CDs, it's been a while and I forget a fair bit about the bands sometimes. If you have any memeories of these CDs drop me a comment or two
This week's look at an old tape from my collection focuses on the 1st demo from Theatres Des Vampires. This band formed in 1994 and are very much still active to this day although with a big progression from their original sound. The demo I have of theirs is their 1st from 1995 "Nosferatu, eine Simphonie des Gravens". Except apparently there is a typo on the original cover and the last word should be "Grauens" not "Gravens"!!! The 1st translates as "Horror" in German whilst the latter means "Sepulcher".
These guys started off as Melodic Black Metal in the early days but now play a more Gothic Metal style. They have an extensive list of releases to their names now, this was the 1st of 3 demos, they've also brought out 10 albums, compilations, videos and a heap of other stuff, so they've done pretty damn well for themselves I'd say.
Line-Up
Lord Vampyr - Vocals, Guitars, Songwriting, Lyrics
Agaharet - Drums
Interestingly neither of these 2 original members are still in the band, with Lord Vampyr leaving in 2004 and Agaharet in 1996! Lord Vampyr according to Metal Archives went on to be in these bands - Cain, Lord Vampyr, Malamorte & Nailed God.
Track List
Unholy Ceremonial
Funeral of a Cursed Child
Dominions of the Northern Empire
Kingdom of Vampires
Here is a video of the full 1st demo that somebody posted up on YouTube, I will play a track on my podcast next Sunday
And this is an album of theirs from 2005 "Pleasure and Pain", check out their Bandcamp if you wanna hear or buy more
