For this week's peek at one of Dem Old Tapes from my collection we have London Death Metal band Ectopia. These guys formed in 1992 and had 2 demos out in their time. This one "Hate Release" from 1993 was their 1st with their self-titled 2nd demo coming in 1996. I guess they must have split up sometime after this.
Track List Move Ground Down Abuse Line-Up (last known) John Rae - Drums Ben Glover - Guitars
Toby Peters - Vocals, Bass There was a Jim Mitchel in the band at some point too but Metal Archives doesn't know what he played.
1st up for this week's look at some free downloads you can go and pick up we have General Grievous a Sludge/Post-Metal band from Novgorod, Russia. Formed in 2012 they have a split and 4 EPs released so far. A few of them are name your price on Bandcamp with the rest going for just a $ each.
I Am a Debris of Mind - EP 2012
Self-Titled - EP 2016
Go and check them out and download their music HERE
Now for some Spanish Death Metal from Legacy of Brutality. These fellas have been together since 2006 and have a 3 EPs, 2 demos and 2 full-length albums under their belts so far.
Giants - 2014 (Full-Length)
Ad Bellum - 2012 (EP)
Path of Forgotten Souls - 2011 (Full-Length)
Pretty much all of this stuff is available name your price on their Bandcamp HERE
Here to finish the trio of great Metal bands this week we have Truent, a Groove/Thrash Metal band from British Columbia, Canada. They formed in 2012 and have 2 EPs out so far.
Faith in the Forgotten EP - 2017
Their 1st EP "Faith in the Forgotten" is name your price on their Bandcamp page. The "To End an Ancient Way of Life" EP from 2018 is going for $5 (Canadian) HERE
I also am doing a CD giveaway of Truent's new EP on my YouTube channel HERE Just sub my channel and comment in the link to be in with a chance of winning.
Today's digging through my old demo tapes drawers has pulled out the 1st release by Birmingham, England Funeral Doom/Death Metal band Esoteric. This album length demo from 1993 is called "Esoteric Emotions - The Death of Ignorance". The band are very much still in existence with 6 albums having been released since this demo came out.
Line-Up
Greg Chandler - Vocals
Bryan Beck - Bass
Darren Earl - Drums
Stuart - Guitars
Simon Phillips - Guitars
Gordon Bicknell - Guitars, Keyboards
Track-List
Side A
1.Esoteric
2.In Solitude
3.Enslavers of the Insecure
4.Scarred
Side B
5.Eyes of Darkness
6.Infanticidal Fantasies
7.Expectations of Love
8.The Laughter of the Ignorant
As this band are very much still active I won't be archiving this demo but you can buy the re-release of it plus lots of other albums from the band's Bandcamp page HERE
First up we have a Doom/Sludge Metal band from Coventry/Leamington Spa, Warwickshire, England by the name of Parole. Formed in 2008 these guys have a demo and a full-length album available. Demo "Parole" - 2009
Next up we have Subsume a Progressive Rock/Metal band from Calgary, Alberta, Canada. These guys have 3 singles and a full album up on there Bandcamp page...
Finally for this week we have some Death Metal from Australian band Defenestration. I'm not sure when they formed at all but they have 2 EPs out which you can go check out...
...Self-Titled 2017...
... Absolute Termination 2018.
Go and check their music out on their Bandcamp page HERE
This week's look at a tape in my collection is all about this promo from 2000 by London Death Metal band Frustrum. These guys formed in 1998 and this was the only release they put out. They did a few gigs in London that I caught them at and interviewed them in my fanzine way back in time. (Damn nearly 20 years ago now!! According to Metal Archives two of the band members seem to be currently active in new bands, singer Hal is in Talanas and drummer Dani Ben-Haim hits the skins for Adorior, Grave Miasma & Scythian
Sorry for the shit photo!!
Promo Line-up D. Ben-Haim - Drums, Bass, Guitars J. Linton - Guitars H. Sinden - Vocals Full Line-up Pierre - Bass Dani Ben-Haim - Drums Mike Dommett - Guitars Jason Linton - Guitars Hal Sinden - Vocals Track List
