Illinois metal brutality
- ION BRITTON
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Illinois metal brutality
The state that unleashed some of the most brutal metal ever. Here's a list with some of my personal favorites, feel free to add anything else of the same wavelength that's worth mentioning, that means stuff you really like and not bands you simply find listed in M-A.
MASTER - Unreleased album 1985. No comments.
DEATH STRIKE - Fuckin' Death Demo 1985. Fuckin' deadly.
DEVASTATION - Everything. Legendary band. Whoever heard them and refused to sign them back then should have been stoned to death.
FUNERAL BITCH - Both demos. Furious stuff with HC influences.
TERMINAL DEATH - Faces of Death Demo 1985. 13 minutes of sheer brutality. Early death metal was the best.
SINDROME - Into the Halls of Extermination Demo 1987. Classic and known to most people here, I guess.
NOT US - Think What You Want LP + early Demos. "Whore" and "Set Us Free" could have been written by early MASTER, they are THAT good.
BURNT OFFERING - S/T LP + Death Decay Demo 1987. Killer thrash/death album, prefer the demo even more as it features only short 2 minute nuclear grenades.
FUNERAL NATION - After The Battle LP 1991. Amazing evil thrash metal a la early SLAYER/POSSESSED. A monster of an album.
NUM SKULL - Ritually Abused LP + Future - Our Terror unreleased album. Debut features that classic Illinois thrash/death riffing, however the revelation was '91 unreleased album that was even more brutal and deathmetallic.
AFTERMATH - Killing The Future Demo 1987. A Top-15 Demo. Insanely good. They became intellectuals after that and lost their edge.
DECREPIT ŪTH - Action Speaks Demo 1988 + Square One Demo 1990. Terrific lethal thrash metal that went unnoticed by the masses.
METAL ONSLAUGHT - Cease To Exist LP. Short and sweet thrash metal.
CIANIDE - A Descent Into Hell LP. Crushing Death/Doom, well known to most old school death metal aficionados.
Could never get into MACABRE and ABOMINATION. IMPETIGO I find them only OK.
MASTER - Unreleased album 1985. No comments.
DEATH STRIKE - Fuckin' Death Demo 1985. Fuckin' deadly.
DEVASTATION - Everything. Legendary band. Whoever heard them and refused to sign them back then should have been stoned to death.
FUNERAL BITCH - Both demos. Furious stuff with HC influences.
TERMINAL DEATH - Faces of Death Demo 1985. 13 minutes of sheer brutality. Early death metal was the best.
SINDROME - Into the Halls of Extermination Demo 1987. Classic and known to most people here, I guess.
NOT US - Think What You Want LP + early Demos. "Whore" and "Set Us Free" could have been written by early MASTER, they are THAT good.
BURNT OFFERING - S/T LP + Death Decay Demo 1987. Killer thrash/death album, prefer the demo even more as it features only short 2 minute nuclear grenades.
FUNERAL NATION - After The Battle LP 1991. Amazing evil thrash metal a la early SLAYER/POSSESSED. A monster of an album.
NUM SKULL - Ritually Abused LP + Future - Our Terror unreleased album. Debut features that classic Illinois thrash/death riffing, however the revelation was '91 unreleased album that was even more brutal and deathmetallic.
AFTERMATH - Killing The Future Demo 1987. A Top-15 Demo. Insanely good. They became intellectuals after that and lost their edge.
DECREPIT ŪTH - Action Speaks Demo 1988 + Square One Demo 1990. Terrific lethal thrash metal that went unnoticed by the masses.
METAL ONSLAUGHT - Cease To Exist LP. Short and sweet thrash metal.
CIANIDE - A Descent Into Hell LP. Crushing Death/Doom, well known to most old school death metal aficionados.
Could never get into MACABRE and ABOMINATION. IMPETIGO I find them only OK.
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Re: Illinois metal brutality
Yep, lot of great bands.
I would add ENFORCER - Demo 84
Put the Swedish sissies to shame everyday. Simply one of the best demo ever.
I would add ENFORCER - Demo 84
Put the Swedish sissies to shame everyday. Simply one of the best demo ever.
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Re: Illinois metal brutality
Iron Cross - Church and state
One of my alltime faves ...
One of my alltime faves ...
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Re: Illinois metal brutality
You must have missed the word "brutality" Prowler
Re: Illinois metal brutality
War Cry is more brutal than Iron Cross then?
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Re: Illinois metal brutality
not much to add, I'm afreud. or perhaps, if Broken Hope and Oppressor would count? and whole host of other brutal death metal bands ...
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- ION BRITTON
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Re: Illinois metal brutality
I guess not.Noisenik wrote:f Broken Hope and Oppressor would count?
There seems to be an ANNIHILATION from Chicago area that recorded one demo in '85. It looks quite interesting. Anyone heard them?
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"It really didn't matter if they liked it or not, i was going to give it to them straight down their throats" -John Stewart
"It really didn't matter if they liked it or not, i was going to give it to them straight down their throats" -John Stewart
Re: Illinois metal brutality
Add DEMENTED TED All Demos to this list. Very quality Death/Thrash.
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Re: Illinois metal brutality
Prowler recommended and shared two songs from that band with me some time ago. They can be found on the band's myspace:ION BRITTON wrote:I guess not.Noisenik wrote:f Broken Hope and Oppressor would count?
There seems to be an ANNIHILATION from Chicago area that recorded one demo in '85. It looks quite interesting. Anyone heard them?
http://www.myspace.com/annihilation1986
It's a interesting Death/Thrash band.
Another band not mentioned in the list and that I quite like is Tempter from Aurora. Their two demos are very good for me!
- ION BRITTON
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Re: Illinois metal brutality
Couldn't find the 1st demo, the other two were pretty good, especially the '92 demo. Sounds like a less complex Hellwitch with Mike Browning on vocals.lunaboy wrote:Add DEMENTED TED All Demos to this list. Very quality Death/Thrash.
Checked out the two Annihilation tracks, I liked the vocals, musically just OK.
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Re: Illinois metal brutality
Technically and theoretically they could, at least as much as CIANIDE - BH had first demo same year, OPPRESSOR year later. In same way there should be MAIMED, DOGOD, SARCOPHAGUS (early), and let's not forget THE DEAD YOUTH, which are even older band. Of course, practically they do not fit, as they belong to a slightly different milieux, but below line, they confirm Illinois as a trully brutal region. Oh, and I like MACABRE, at least "Sinister Slaughter" and "Beyond the Wall of Sleep", and yeah, we have listened to IMPETIGO a lot, 22 yrs ago. 'Mortado' lived to teeeeeeeeeeeeeell!ION BRITTON wrote:I guess not.Noisenik wrote:f Broken Hope and Oppressor would count?
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Re: Illinois metal brutality
Yeah! Forgot they were an Illinois band.Noisenik wrote:MAIMED
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Re: Illinois metal brutality
Incredible scene for sure. I myself worship Impetigo; it oozes rottenness like nothing else
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Re: Illinois metal brutality
Well, considering both Macabre and Impetigo are two of my favorite bands, and love most of what Ion Britton posted it's not hard to see it's one of my favorite scenes. I was just talking about it the other day with a friend.
Still, I see a few bands named that I had never listened to so thanks for that big list Ion.
Still, I see a few bands named that I had never listened to so thanks for that big list Ion.