Old and unknown metal demos from Malta 80's and 90's

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jnfernal
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Old and unknown metal demos from Malta 80's and 90's

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Here's what we can find searching on facebook....lot of unknown early metal bands from Malta

Just names and pictures....don't expect any reply from the owner:

Kremation: Guardian of the realm Demo 1987

https://imgur.com/aoKdQOL
https://imgur.com/zxGjqhB


Stratkast: Heavy Metal Explosion Demo 198x (later changed name to Stratkast Desaster). Active in the very early 80's. With Joe Mizzi who played in a lot of band in Malta (B3, Eternal Journey) as well as in Germany (High'n'Dry, Ruscut) before recording 3 CD which are virtually impossible to find except for some photos of the covers:

https://imgur.com/rRXl8n8
https://imgur.com/qw27Es0
https://imgur.com/z9gcFYW


Stratkast apparentely recorded also a split 7" but I don't know if the style was still heavy metal or what:

https://imgur.com/5X6LEQ7


Brainstorm: released one demo (year unknown), one vhs with 10 songs and 1 song ("One Eighty Seconds") on the "Eruption" Compilation CD 1995:

https://imgur.com/qxRGmHN
https://imgur.com/r3Rq2g2
https://imgur.com/5FjWZDz


Masada: Untrodded Demo 1995. Unknown. Somebody put the tape on Discogs, luckily:

https://imgur.com/SxEHqPE


Enraged: WWII Demo 1992. Thrash as it seems. A guy has it on Discogs. A rehearsal 1994 is also listed with a catalogue number, so there should be the cover artwork for itbut it didn't surfaced for the knowledge of us mortals:

https://imgur.com/QC3HUFR


Purple Haze: Hard rock/metal with female voice. This is one (?) of their demos. It seems there is another instrumental demo recorded in 1990 as well as a song (Helping Hand) on the "Eruption" Compilation CD 1995 as well as at least a couple of live bootleg recorded in 1984 and 1987:

https://imgur.com/O4lkFPM
https://imgur.com/iugcYCi
https://imgur.com/JBbvkUA


Extremity: They recorded a demo in 1991 (tracklist unknown) as well as I am aware of at least 5 audio and video bootleg recorded in 1990-1991 at Radio City Hall in Hamrun and at Upper Lyceum in Msida. Some concerts broadcasted on TV too. A fan-made DVD-r gathers almost all of them:

https://imgur.com/iugcYCi
https://imgur.com/T5SI3Qo


Empire: totally unknown to the outside world:

https://imgur.com/AY1N7j5


Valdacry: To break the ice Demo early 80's. Formerly known as Triton (late 70s?) then Overdose. Later some members founded Stratakast

https://imgur.com/NGOcZQw
https://imgur.com/Kb4yONx


Ruscut: Time waits for no one Demo 1991. With the maltese bass player Gino Micallef and Gino Mizzi, who were also active with B3 and Stratakast in Malta and High'n'Dry in Germany. Joe Mizzi released also 3 CD in Germany whose tracklist are totally unknown:

https://imgur.com/bmm72rp
https://imgur.com/UeGl7EF


Vandals: well, this band is known and it was very famous. Later changed name to X-Vandals and blah blah blah. It seems there are more tapes around but to get information is virtually impossible thanx to the same usual collectors:

https://imgur.com/KvB2GSv


Acid: Live at Tigne Rockfest 1982. Heavy metal with a macho moustached singer called Mario. In the vein of Judas Priest. It seems they played a lot of concerts. Many flyers around. No samples anywhere:

https://imgur.com/AsPMma8
https://imgur.com/jH9jHDe
https://imgur.com/UwJce4G
https://imgur.com/KwsdKbC
https://imgur.com/DZ2fQFG
http://www.m3p.com.mt/wiki/Acid (some information for other bands too, here)


Lord Adder: some members where in Vandals. Released a CD in 1995 (and maybe another one? as usual it seems discographies and release list aren't so mandatory nor necessary when it's time to talk of a band: anyway everybody overthere know them, so there is no need to mention any eventual discography). I don't know how's the music:

https://imgur.com/xeu3tjI
https://imgur.com/op4iixg
https://imgur.com/57Gbh4d
https://imgur.com/1fxqP9w
https://imgur.com/Hg8pVNZ


Overdose: formerly known as Triton (late 70's?), then Valdacry (released the demo "To Break the Ice" in very early 80's) then changed name to Overdose and were quite active (no wonder if they recorded a demo). Female singer. Lot of gigs and flyers around:

https://imgur.com/SNwQui1
https://imgur.com/vzrpQI8
https://imgur.com/Eg1jNps
https://imgur.com/OGVQynH
https://imgur.com/fVBUsj1
https://imgur.com/mQxUxAt
https://imgur.com/i7g4Dk6


Kraken: I only know there's a full live gig boradcasted on TV recorded in Hamrun on 13/09/1991:

https://imgur.com/9FjqzJA
https://imgur.com/GhLKSxJ


Exorcist: it seems it was quite a successful and famous band in mid 80's. Lot of flyers and promos. No audio samples available to public:

https://imgur.com/rlC6g2U
https://imgur.com/z7XaC7k


Ivory Cross: there is a video concert shot and broadcasted for TVM in the second half of the 80's:

https://imgur.com/u7hWwsO


Passion Blade: another mysterious metal band from the 80's:

https://imgur.com/Z8TVXFi
https://imgur.com/nNUzhYY


Epycure: another unknown band. I found the name of the drummer somewhere. Nothing else. I just know they played some kind of hard rock/metal:

https://imgur.com/044TM4h


The Faith: somebody lost in the sands of time:

https://imgur.com/lM0XBhZ


Forsaken: there is a live gig broadcasted by TVM in 1992:

https://imgur.com/Tfsj9aZ


B3: an old band with Joe Mizzi and Gino Micallef later in Ruscut and High'n'Dry in Germany. It seems they got success at the time. This is the Rokaria Festival 1983 and Raffles 1983:

https://imgur.com/MQNdWUX
https://imgur.com/vZff0wc


Victims Of Creation: they recorded at least one demo in the 90's before the album in the 2000's. I don't know more:

https://imgur.com/w9rMlnk


Orbus Vitae: a band from the 90's. Unknown:

https://imgur.com/AzkTggh


Fatal Aggression: unknown:

https://imgur.com/NA32dqj


Other mysterious bands include:
Blind Alley (pre-Forsaken), Biblical Hinfamy, Birkirkara, Blade (shouldn't be the same Passion Blade), Centaur, Coven, Covenant, Cry, Dark Medallion, Dark Sanctuary, Dilapitated (there is a live at Domus Zebbug recorded in 1993), Dirt, Disinterred (apparentely with a live demo and a tv broadcast with 3 more songs), Entract, Fatal Aggression, Hellequin, In Memoriam (pre-Norm Rejection), Insanity (with a Demo 1995), Lithomancy (from 1990), Lords of Misrule, Manslaughter (with a Demo recorded in 1991 and a live recorded for TV at City Hall in Hamrun), Mortuary (1988-1991), Mystic Pearl, Necrofist (with at least 1 rehearsal track recorded in 1991), Necrosis, Nightwing, Obscurity, Segregation, Sphinx (from 1983), Substraction, Subverts (with a demo with 2 songs, "Break the chains" "Theatre of the absurd" recorded in 1989), Tamarisk, Thera
and possibly others with - to us - totally unknown recordings like Demos or Live Tapes or even VHS (who where quite a popular mean of diffusion at the time)

It would be nice to find some collector from Malta who can share more information. Unfortunately all the attempts to get - at least - a tracklist or a release year for the above mentioned demos (not to say to get further information about more bands/demos) by the one and only collector in the Island just passed unanswered for years.
Before this stuff will disappear in the total indifference by the new generations, it would be nice if somebody would share at least some basic information. I don't say to share the music but at least some cold and rational information.
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Re: Old and unknown metal demos from Malta 80's and 90's

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Nice work.

I would have never imagined that such a tiny island would have a scene such as this.

Any sound clips to be heard?
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Re: Old and unknown metal demos from Malta 80's and 90's

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i will try to find the - few - sources available. Unfortunately as I said those wh have this stuff don't tend to share. In the next days I will try to see what is available but I guess very few, unfortunately
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Nice job!
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Re: Old and unknown metal demos from Malta 80's and 90's

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yes....unfortunately nothing more than few extracts from videos....i wish one day somebody can upload or share the tapes and demos but i don't have much hope
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