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((___)) ((___))
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[ x x ] cDc communications presents... [ x x ]
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(` ') CROSS OF IRON FANZINE (` ')
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(U) (U)
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Volume I, Number 1 (Part #1) May-June 1988 (c)1988 cDc
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>>> A CULT Publication......1988 <<<
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-cDc- CULT OF THE DEAD COW -cDc-
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FROM THE DEMON'S DEN Written by The Raver "Yo dude, mosh the bathroom!"
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Yeah, and welcome to the pre(fuckin)miere issue of the unholy thrash
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FanZine, CROSS OF IRON. We are not only promising to be THE best thrash 'zine
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out in the computer underground, we WILL be the best. But we aren't like
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arrogant dudes or anything -- just read the issue and see what YOU think.
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We all know that the MetalliBasher's FanZine was the first 'puter
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underground FanZine, and we also know that MBI is dead. So what now? Why,
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it's time to get nailed to the ... CROSS OF IRON!
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But before I go on any further, I guess I gotta tell ya how COI came
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about, right? Well, back in the dark ages of '86 a couple'a dudes and I were
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just hanging out in the darklands of NC and we decided that the state needed a
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good/brutal FanZine, so CROSS OF IRON was born. All nice and well, but then
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a few problems came about -- most of the staff bailed out leaving just a few
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of us with all the explaining to do. Well, not content to sit on our asses
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we have decided to turn CROSS OF IRON into the first REAL electronic FanZine
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with industry-backing. So there you have it in a nutshell... the death and
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rebirth of CROSS OF IRON. And now, since my brutal joining to cDc, CROSS OF
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IRON has become the official cDc communications E-Zine.
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We also plan to eat the old MBI 'zine alive (and spit the wasted
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sectors back out into your face). No offense to any MBI'ers or associated
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followers who're reading this, but the MBI 'zine had quite a few problems.
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The main probs are all that are important, tho', and those were: lack of
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ideas (Beer Ratings?), stolen interviews (like I'm sure that the Metal Forces
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interview with ANTHRAX was "exclusively" for the MBI FanZine), and general
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lack of timely info.
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The CROSS OF IRON staff have quite a few contacts in the thrash
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underground and we receive albums and press releases in the mail all the time
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and setting up live interviews is not hard at all. So what does that mean to
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you, brain-dead reader? Why, massive quantities of information (why else would
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this issue be so fuckin' big, eh?). So watch out, we're gonna show you how to
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do a real electronic thrash FanZine!
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Crunch-a-Munch, Crunch-a-Munch, Cruncha, Cruncha, Crunch-a-Munch -- The Raver
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EDITOR'S INTREPID MESSAGE: Hey, if ya don't like what ya read then sue us, ok?
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CROSS OF IRON'S RADIO SHOW ("RUDE AWAKENING") TOP TEN 4/15/88 Arrgh
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1. HALLOWS EVE Monument 6. ZNOWHITE Act Of God
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2. METALLICA Ride The Lightning 7. NECROPHAGIA Season Of The Dead
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3. SLAYER Reign In Blood 8. INDESTROY Indestroy
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4. SACRED REICH Ignorance 9. TOXIK World Circus
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5. WRATH Nothing To Fear 10. ATROCITY Live And Live Again (demo)
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Yeah, if you're ever in Winston-Salem, NC, then check out RUDE AWAKENING every
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Friday night from 12:00 to 2:00 in the morning. It's the most devastating
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radio show in the state. On WAKE Radio AM 530 (soon to be FM).
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UPCOMING NEW RENAISSANCE RELEASES: Compiled by Anaxagorus
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May 6 Speed Metal Hell Compilation (re-stocked and re-released)
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May 13 GARGOYLE Debut LP
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May 20 KING KOBRA King Kobra III
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May 27 SCREAMER Debut LP
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June 3 WEHRMACHT Beermacht
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June 10 PROWLER Prowling Death Squad
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June 10 IRON CHRIST Debut Mini-LP
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June 17 THE UNSANE Inverted Crosses
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June 24 Thrash Metal II Compilation
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VEHICULAR MEAT SLAUGHTER
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New Thrash/Hardcore News!
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Compiled by The Raver
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DEADLY BLESSING: Originally formed in 1985 by Ski (vocals) and Tony Kerr
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(guitar), Deadly Blessing has had their first vinyl pressing come about on New
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Renaissance Records. After numerous lineup changes and a long search to find
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true pro players, the arrival of Tom Bach (guitar), Nick Mitchell (bass), and
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Wayne Kellie (drums) were added to complete this powerful metal unit. Soon
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the band released an impressive demo that, with its incredible vocals and
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tight, driving sound, drew the attention of many 'zines and college radio
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stations on the East coast. Now a long term deal with New Renaissance Records
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has been signed (includes for both U.S. and European releases). Be on the
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lookout for a limited special edition EP (NRR 39) out last January and their
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debut LP "Ascend From the Cauldron" on LP (NRR 37), cassette (NRC 37), and
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compact disc (NRCD 37) last month (February). You can get in touch with
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DEADLY BLESSING by writing them in care of their management firm: Bullwinkle
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Management Inc, 64 E. Branch Ave., Pine Hill NJ 08021.
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NUCLEAR ASSAULT SIGNS TO I.R.S. RECORDS: This is news to us. Seems as if
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after numerous problems between the Nuclear guys and their label, Nuclear
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Assault has left Combat for greener pastures ... I.R.S. Records. According
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to Combat this is a one-shot deal and Combat will get 'em back after they
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do one LP for I.R.S. It's a pretty strange deal that only the higher-ups
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really understand. Read about the problems in the article, "A Chat With The
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Nuclear Guys" -- in this issue.
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SATAN'S REVENGE COMPILATION OUT SOON: New Renaissance Records has announced
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the acts which will be appearing on "Satan's Revenge Part Two". The groups
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include: THE UNSANE (East Meadow, NY), RIPPING CORPSE (Red Bank, NJ), TEMPTER
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(Aurora, IL), DAMIEN (Sweden), SACRED DEATH (Old Bridge, NJ), ANGKOR WATT
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(Corpus Christi, TX), NECROVORE (New Brs., TX), DARKNESS (West Germany),
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SEVERE WARNING (Northfield, OH), MORBID ANGEL (Charlotte, NC - Yahooz!), and
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VACANT GRAVE (Manchester, MO). The Satan's Revenge compilation series began
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in 1986 with the release of the first volume, which included Artillery,
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Desecration, NME, and others. The record fell under the eye of the PMRC, who
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opposed the record in all possible ways. When one of the bands members on
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volume one was convicted of murder, the label discontinued the album's prod-
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uction. As a result, Satan's Revenge (volume one) has become a collectors'
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record. All the songs on Satan's Revenge Part Two have lyrics which deal with
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occult subjects. A number of the musicians which appear on this album are
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actively involved in the practice of the various occult arts. Some, however,
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do not practice magick but are interested in it as a subject for their lyrics.
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Released April 15th...
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MORBID FABLES: Swiss death masters, CELTIC FROST, have not split up, contrary
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to popular rumors. Tom, Reed, and Martin are working on new material right
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now for the next album, although it looks as though guitarist Ron Marks won't
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be working with Da Frosties any longer. A new Swiss axeman has joined the
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ranks, and Tom Warrior promises that this album is gonna be leaner and meaner
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than the last [Yeah? -Eds]. And what's that we heard about FROST doing the
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soundtrack for an upcoming major gothic horror film? We'll keep you posted.
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SELDOM SEEN SACRIFICE: Two members of Canadian-based SACRIFICE, Joe Rico and
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Rob Urbinati, had a promotional visit to the Metal Blade Offices in January
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to give a jolt to their album "Forward To Termination". They also did an in-
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store appearance at Thrash Records that went great. Interested in SACRIFICE?
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Want a SACRIFICE tee? Write to: SACRIFICE, c/o Fringe Products, P.O. Box 670,
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Station A, Toronto, Ontario, Canada, M5W-IG2.
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THE NIGHTMARE CONTINUES: The dark and devious band known as HELLION, led by
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the mysterious Ann Boleyn (prez. of New Renaissance), are starting off a big
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European tour with the release of their new EP "Postcards From the Asylum".
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A few of the stops for March include: Salisbury, Bristol, Stoke, London,
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Leeds, Leicester, Birmingham (all in England), Amsterdam (The Netherlands),
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Bremen, Hamburg, Dusseldorf, Nurnberg, Moehinger (all in West Germany), Zurich
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(Switzerland), and Paris (France). April is to be filled with more dates in
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England, Spain, and Scandinavia. A continuance of this terrifying report will
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follow soon...
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MENTORS ON THE LOOSE: ...Hide the women and children. The MENTORS are still
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out on a successful tour and will commence on their third LP, "Rock Bible"
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soon. Perhaps Jimmy Swaggart should make a guest appearance.
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NOISY NEWS: The good old dudes from NOISE International are hard at work.
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Seems as if April was a devastating month for the German label. New releases
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included VOIVOD's "Dimension Hatross" and a limited edition compilation LP
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entitled "Doomsday News". In the studio are RAGE, SCANNER, and HELLOWEEN
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(who are working on the followup to "Keeper of the Seven Keys, Part 1", which
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will be called none other than "Keeper of the Seven Keys, Part 2"). Ahh, I
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almost forgot [Nooo! You can't do that! -Eds]... HELLOWEEN's new LP (see
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above) will be released in August, to be followed by a massive world tour.
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DR. KNOW EXPLOITED AGAIN: Rik Heller (drummer) has left DR. KNOW to join the
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English punk band, THE EXPLOITED. You may remember that the two bands toured
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together last year. Larry White, formerly with Stalag 13, is the new skinsman
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for DR. KNOW.
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COMPLETE DEATH TOUR: Two bands that were featured on COMPLETE DEATH 2,
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TYRANNICIDE and ANGKOR WAT, will be doing some dates together down south this
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summer.. Fuck yeah..
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ThE BiRdhOUsE: "More raw power than a dozen Harley's put together" is what
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THE BIRDHOUSE'S label, Link Records, says. I'd tend to agree. These guys
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really kicked my ass. Drawn from backgrounds as far apart as New Zealand to
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the U.K. to Italy, THE BIRDHOUSE form a melting pot of hardcore/Detroit punk/
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metal thrash, and Australian rock. This is some seriously good shit. They
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first met on the streets of Brixton during the '85 riots, surrounded by
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urban decaying wastelands they saw through the fire and carnage and saw a
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future. THE BIRDHOUSE have just released their napalm assault on the U.S.
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with their debut domestic LP on Link Records. The EP, entitled "Burnin' Up",
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not to be confused with the import EP, will be released soon.
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FATES WARNING RELEASES "NO EXIT": The new masterpiece from FATES WARNING,
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"No Exit", is an approach to metal few would dare and only FATES WARNING can
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pull it off. Featuring the epic, "The Ivory Gate of Dreams", a twenty-five
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minute voyage that makes rock history. Powerful, progressive, and intell-
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igent. "No Exit" is for metal gourmets. Produced by Roger Probert. Executive
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Producer and mixed by Max Norman. On Metal Blade Records, marketed by Enigma.
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CRACKED UP CORROSION: Simon Bob Sinister has left CORROSION OF CONFORMITY on
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account of musical differences. This may be viewed as good or bad... it all
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depends on your thoughts. I live in North Carolina, so I definitely have my
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thoughts on the matter. Simon is putting together his old band, THE UGLY
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AMERICANS, who were on Death Records. Meanwhile, COC is auditioning singers.
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If you think you have what it takes to howl for COC, contact William at Death
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Records. (818) 981-9050.
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CANDLEMASS SIGNED, SEALED, AND DELIVERED: Swedish metal act, CANDLEMASS, has
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just signed a multi-record contract with Metal Blade Records. This deal came
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about after Metal Blade licensed their latest LP, "Night Fall" from Axis
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Records in England.
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NEW RENAISSANCE RECORDS TO BE DISTRIBUTED IN EUROPE: LA based New Renaissance
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Records has announced an agreement with U.K. based Pinnacle Imports for the
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exclusive distribution of its products in England and Europe. Distribution in
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the U.S. will continue to be handled by Important Record Distributors. And
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look out for a London based NRR office by the spring of 1988.
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DRI WORKING ON NEXT LP: DRI headed back into the studio for their follow-up to
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"Crossover" last Feb. 8th. Bill Metoyer (Metal Blade's inhouse engineer) will
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be producing. No word on the title yet. Look for the album this summer with
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a live video of the band at The Ritz in NYC. A few song titles are "Dead In
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A Ditch", "Suit And Tie Guy", and the soon to be classic "Shut Up".
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NEW TROUBLE LP: TROUBLE headed into the studio a week or so back to begin work
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on a new LP. Hopefully to be released around July.
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ANN BOLEYN SINGS ON MOVIE SOUNDTRACK: HELLION vocalist Ann Boleyn has been
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busy recording some music for the soundtrack of the upcoming motion picture
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RETURN OF THE LIVING DEAD -- PART TWO. Ann's voice will be included in the
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remake of that famous tune, THE MONSTER MASH, which will play at the end of
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the film when the credits are being shown.
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VIKING HAS SIGNED WITH METAL BLADE: VIKING of Metal Massacre 8 fame has been
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signed to a Metal Blade/Restless deal and their first release, "Do Or Die"
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was released last Feb. 12. They have played with the likes of MEGADETH and
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DARK ANGEL and are well worthy of a thrash title.
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OMEN TO RECORD NEW LP: OMEN began recording a new LP on February 26th. Paul
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O'Neil of AEROSMITH and SAVATAGE fame is producing this project. Expect this
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release in late summer.
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QUORTHON ESCAPES LA POLICE DEPARTMENT: Swedish doom-metal master Quorthon of
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BATHORY had a close call with the Los Angeles Police Department during his
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recent voyage to America. Reportedly Quorthon was on top of an apartment
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building breathing fire for a photo shoot with Italian photographer P.G.
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Brunelli when some people in a neighboring high-rise spotted the flame and
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phoned the local Fire and Police departments. When the police cars arrived on
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the street below, Quorthon and his entourage spotted the flashing lights and
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made a quick get-away. By the time Quorthon was driving away a number of fire
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engines had also appeared on the scene.
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MEGADETH SUES LA BAND NAMED "MEGADEATH": Dave Mustaine and his band mates
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have won a temporary court order restraining a Los Angeles band from using the
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name MEGADEATH. Though differing by one letter, both names are based on the
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term for one million dead people, presumably in a nuclear disaster. A large
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amount of slagging has been rumored to be going on between both of the Megas.
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-- FROM THE WALL STREET JOURNAL.
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RADICAL MEGADETH LINEUP CHANGES: Speaking of MEGADETH, here is a rather nasty
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turn of events. Dave "God" Mustaine (pardon, me) has fired both Gar Samuleson
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and Chris Poland from the band and replaced them with Chuck Bieler (drums) and
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Jay Reynolds (guitar). Unfortunately for Jay, he was fired a few weeks later
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and was replaced by his very own guitar teacher, Jeff Young. Whew. A brief
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sidenote is that one of my friends from Pittsburgh, PA said that Bieler looks
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like a slug. Hah hah hah.
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More thrashin' news in the next mind boggling issue of CROSS OF IRON.
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P X A <[ THRASHING RAGE ]>
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/ \ by His Unholiness ANAXAGORUS
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Then to me he said, "Although I may get angry, do not fear, for I will win the
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fight, whatever is contrived within." -Dante, The Divine Comedy
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This is probably the most political-type article that you will read in this
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issue of CROSS OF IRON. This is my forum, the floor of thrashers and skins.
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In this article I will discuss two occurrences which dually piss me off. In
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both of these situations, the rights of thrashers and skins are being abused.
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How can we, as a group, stand for this? The time is nigh to fight back.
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The first of these occurrences takes place in my very home, Winston-Salem, NC
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(a rather backasswards place to live, in the first place). Being a fairly
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small city, there is only one halfway-decent mall complex to shop at. There
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are several stores of interest there to thrashers and skins, these being the
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two record stores and a store specializing in t-shirts, leathers, and jewelry
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called Leather Express. The mall also serves as a simple hangout - a place to
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hook up with others.
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It seems as if the security guards there hate punks and thrashers with a
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passion, especially punks. I may not be a punk, but I am a thrasher, and I
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can sympathize with the hell that they go through there. First off, they are
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always abused verbally by the rent-a-pigs. Some have even been assaulted - I
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have seen this happen. We are talking being dragged down a service hall and
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being slammed face first into a wall and then being told to "Get against the
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wall". Why did this happen? Because they dressed the way they do, and THAT
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is WRONG. Although I have never been assaulted, I have been told to leave
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because of having a hole in my "Hetfield" jeans. I guess if we all bowed down
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to their mightiness and wore Polo shirts and loafers that they would leave us
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all alone, but this is (?) a free country and people have the right to wear
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what they want to wear. Even more pathetic is that you can purchase thrash and
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hardcore shirts at the mall and be verbally assaulted for wearing them. All I
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can say is that I will never put up with this. Everytime the rent-a-pigs fuck
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with me, I'll fuck with them right back. This is a free country and I WILL
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wear what I want to when and where I want to. As for the Hanes Mall rent-a-
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pigs, all I can say is: "Look out wankers!"
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The second occurrence that pisses me off is this outfit of "concerned" (and I
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use that word as loosely as possible) parents and officials in California that
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call themselves "Back In Control". These people not only strike out at metal
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and hardcore in general, but also infringe on fans' Constitutional rights.
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The head of this Plastic Army front, Dianne P., is referred problem kids who
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listen/dress/act metal or hardcore. Her organization then attempts to
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"rehabilitate" them by not allowing them to communicate with their friends,
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listen to their music, or anything. Their idea of "treatment" is synonymous
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with imprisonment. These fascists seem to forget that people should have the
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right to be individuals and choose their own music, clothes, etc. based on
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personal preferences, not what is deemed 'correct' by self-rightous
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authoritarians.
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Members of Back In Control are regarded by both law enforcement agencies and
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concerned parents (who are usually never home or bombed out on drugs and
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alcohol) as metal/hardcore experts. Unfortunately, this is not the case.
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The fact that they have labelled "Metellica" (Metallica) and "Anthray"
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(Anthrax) as being satanic is one of the greatest arguments for ignorance
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that I have ever heard.
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At present, this organization is based solely in California, but we have a gut
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feeling that they will be expanding in the near future. Their stormtrooper
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tactics must be stopped. So if you live in California and have friends being
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subjected to such unconstitutional tactics, we urge you to step in and help
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your friends. We do not, however, condone any violent/unlawful means to
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achieve the above goal as that would merely strengthen their case against us.
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I don't know why I just said that, 'cuz I'd be one of the first to go off and
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slam all of their faces into a fucking brick wall.
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If any of you have any stories or comments to make, please send them to:
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Thrashin' Rage c/o CROSS OF IRON, 145 Rosedale Circle, Winston-Salem, NC
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27106. U.S.A. (for m.o.d?)
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We hereby challenge Dianne P. and other members of Back In Control to a tel-
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ephone interview. If you feel brave, then respond. Address all hate mail to:
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BACK IN CONTROL CENTER, 1234 W. Chapman, Suite 203, Orange, CA 92668. Tell 'em
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that CROSS OF IRON sent you. In fact why don't you collect all your junk mail
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for a month and mail it to them? Don't forget to reverse the charges! I'm
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sure they'd really enjoy that. Mail them some goddamn horse shit.
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Kill the PMRC! Kill! Kill! Kill! Kill the PMRC! Kill! Kill! Kill!
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ALBUMS THAT WE SUGGEST THAT YOU NEVER BUY! Sludge List Compiled by Anaxagorus
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GARGOYLE "Limited Edition EP", HELLCAT "Hellcat", DIAMOND "Diamond", D.C.
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LACROIX "Livin' By The Sword", and KING KOBRA "Limited Edition EP" --Please
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burn all copies in your area. Thanks.
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[Raver: If you bought any of these then you like basically wasted your money!]
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AN INTERVIEW WITH NECROPHAGIA Conducted by The Raver in Feb, 1988
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TR is The Raver and KJ is Killjoy, Necrophagia's vocalist (lungs of
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death, vomit, and skanking). This interview was done over the phone between
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the Drastic Productions World Genocide Center (NC) and New Renaissance's
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offices in California.
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TR: So Killjoy, I hear that you kicked out everyone else in the band.
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What's up?
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KJ: Yeah, the guys weren't maturing as musicians and band wasn't progressing
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as I wanted it too. Trust me, the new lineup will be much better.
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TR: What are Larry "Madthrash" Maddison and Moloch up to now, then?
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KJ: Off doing their own stuff, I suppose. I don't know who "Moloch" is. There
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was never anyone in the band with a name like that.
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TR: Th bio I received said that there was a dude named that in the band.
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KJ: Yeah. The bio was pretty much false. No one here at New Renaissance will
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take credit for it.
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TR: I don't blame 'em. Sounds like the National Enquirer Bio Sheet Company
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must have taken a part in this (heh).
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KJ: Yeah (laughing). I'll have to remember that.
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TR: Who makes up the new lineup besides yourself?
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KJ: Well I really can't say. I'm pretty sure of the new guys, but the label
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said not to say anything about it until I was completely sure.
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TR: Alright. So what about the follow up to "Season of the Dead"?
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KJ: The new album promises to be a lot weirder.
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TR: That'll be a hard act to follow. How has "Season of the Dead" been doing?
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KJ: Well if you mean sales then it's sold past 10,000.
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TR: That's good to hear. In what ways will the new album differ from "Season
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of the Dead?" And what will the new album be called?
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KJ: There will be more rhythm. It will be slower and we will be consent-
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rating more on heaviness. Lots of fast parts still tho' and it will be
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HEAVY. I can't tell ya what the album will be called since we haven't
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thought up a name yet. We're waiting for it to hit us.
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TR: Alright, what about touring plans?
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KJ: We'll be touring after the new album has been released.
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TR: When will the new album be released?
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KJ: It'll be released around mid July. There will be a pic disk too.
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TR: Sounds like the New Renaissance people are really into it.
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KJ: Yeah. There's even a "Season of the Dead" CD out. They have been really
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helpful.
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TR: I remember first getting "Season of the Dead". The artwork really blew me
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away. Has Drew Elliot done the new LP's artwork yet?
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KJ: Yeah. He's done some really heavy artwork. It's better than the "Season
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of the Dead" album cover).
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TR: I can't wait to check it out. So tell me, how did you pick up a name like
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Necrophagia?
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KJ: Well, I love zombie flicks and wanted to sing about shit like that but I
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wanted a name that was deeper than something like Zombies or Death.
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TR: What exactly does the word Necrophagia mean?
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KJ: It means a love of eating the flesh of dead bodies.
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TR: One of my favorite things to do. What are some of your influences?
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KJ: Earlier thrash like Venom, the complexity of Mercyful Fate, the
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Plasmatics, and all horror soundtracks.
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TR: Thanks for the interview. Hope to talk with ya soon.
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KJ: Yeah, see ya later.
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NECROPHAGIA < You can get new Necrophagia merchandise from
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P.O. Box 282 << this address. Just send an SASE (or an IRC if
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Wellsville, OH 43968 < overseas) to this address requesting info.
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SPEAKING OF DEATH by His Unholiness, ANAXAGORUS
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It seemed a promising evening as I dialed the phone number of Rick
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Rozz (ye olde guitarist for DEATH). When we finally hooked up I immediately
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inquired if he was back in the band and, if so, what had happened [For all
|
|
readers who have been lost in some dank cavern, DEATH's debut release, Scream
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Bloody Gore, was done without Rick -Eds]. Rick said that although the DEATH
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lineup had changed previous to this LP's release, it had been changed once
|
|
again. About this time I came to realize that the bio sheet I had could be
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regarded as ancient history. "There go most of my questions," I said as I
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threw the bio away. Rick and I both laughed.
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Apparently after the release of Gore Chris Reifert and Robbie [We
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forgot his last name -Eds] had left for bloodier pastures. Rick, who had
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originally been in the band, was then in a band called MASSACRE. Also in
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MASSACRE were Kam (also originally in DEATH), Bill Andrews, and Terry Butler.
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With all these hectic lineup changes here is what became...
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Rick, Terry, and Bill joined up with Chuck Schuldiner (of DEATH)
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and formed the new DEATH lineup. When asked what became of MASSACRE, Rick
|
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said, "MASSACRE is now history." Kam, Chris, and the other dude are all off
|
|
persuing their own projects now. Robbie is supposedly forming a new band with
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Tony Scaglione [Of ex-WHIPLASH fame -Eds] and Pat Burns [Of DEATHRASH -Eds].
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What is DEATH up to nowadays? Why working on their new LP which is
|
|
unnamed as of yet. Recorded at More Sound Studios (Tampa, FL), it is to be
|
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released sometime this coming May. Rick says that it will be DEATH's best
|
|
album AND the best release of 1988 [Yeah? -Eds]. Some of the titles we can
|
|
expect to see on vinyl include "Choke On It" (about a bunch of Mexicans that
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|
died in a box car when they got locked in and temperatures soared to 120),
|
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"Left To Die", and "Land Of No Return" [This track appeared only on the Gore
|
|
CD -Eds].
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What changes will we be seeing on the new DEATH album? "The songs
|
|
will be longer. They will be epics," says Rick. "The songs now span about
|
|
4 and a half to 6 minutes apiece and are more complex." What about the
|
|
riffing, you ask? "There will be unbelievable riffing," says Rick. He goes
|
|
on to say that the new LP "will be the top LP of '88," and that Bill is a
|
|
better drummer than Tony Lombardo of SLAYER [Really? -Eds].
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|
To support their upcoming slab of oppressive death metal, DEATH is
|
|
planning on doing a European tour in '88. More on this later.
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|
Lastly, DEATH no longer plays the tunes "Evil Dead" or "Beyond The
|
|
Unholy Grave" as they are tired of them and feel that they can play better
|
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songs anyway.
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AN INTERVIEW WITH FATES WARNING Conducted by The Raver in Jan, 1988
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|
TR is The Raver, as usual. The interview was done over the phone with
|
|
Frank Aresti (FA) and Joe DiBiase (JD) at Metal Blade's New York office.
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TR: What's been going on with Fates Warning of late?
|
|
FA: Well, we have new management, real management, and a new album coming out.
|
|
TR: Oh yeah? Tell us about the new album. What will it be like?
|
|
FA: "No Exit" will be different -but it will be "us". It's being mixed now
|
|
and will be released on February 19th.
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|
TR: What's going to be different about this album than your last few releases?
|
|
JD: It's going to be heavier and more progressive...
|
|
FA: Yeah, and it will have a lot more moodiness, and will be more aggressive.
|
|
It will have a lot of weirdness, but will be pretty heavy and straight
|
|
forward.
|
|
TR: Can ya clue us in as to what will be on the album? Like a few song
|
|
titles and whatnot?
|
|
FA: Sure. Side one will have five songs, including: No Exit, In A Word, and
|
|
Shades of Heavenly Death. Side two will be one song with eight sub-
|
|
sections like mini-songs. Each will have a separate name, like The Ivory
|
|
Gate of Dreams.
|
|
TR: Vehicular. Who did the production work on the LP?
|
|
JD: Roger Probert.
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|
TR: Alright. What else has been going on with Fates?
|
|
FA: Well, we fired John Arch, the old vocalist.
|
|
TR: Yeah? Who's doing vocalez for ya now?
|
|
FA: Ray Alder. He's from San Antonio, Texas and used to be in a demo band
|
|
called Syrus. They might have broken up by now.
|
|
TR: Why'd ya give John his processing papers?
|
|
FA: He was a pain. His attitude was incompatible with ours. Being on tour
|
|
with him was like being in a living Hell.
|
|
JD: It wasn't that easy...
|
|
TR: Okay, what about touring plans?
|
|
FA: Well, we're going to do local tours and wait for the album to set in.
|
|
Then we're going to go on a major tour, starting in late February. We'll
|
|
be on the road for about a year, making up for lost time.
|
|
TR: Diggin'. Anything you'd like to throw at all our hackin' readers?
|
|
FA: We hope you like the new album and we hope to see you all on tour. We'll
|
|
be everywhere.
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|
TR: Like thanks for the interview. Later.
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DESTRUCTION WITH INDESTROY by The Raver
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~~~~~~~~~
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|
This is a hot new band from Rockville, MD, formed in '83 by Mark
|
|
Strassburg (lead guitar and vocalez). The other members include Jeff Parsons
|
|
(bass), Rob Brannigan (drums), and Shaun Williams (rhythm guitar and vocals).
|
|
Their debut LP is out on New Renaissance Records and is a sure-fire killer.
|
|
|
|
These four disciples of speed decided upon the name INDESTROY when
|
|
they were driving down the Jersey Turnpike and saw all the smog. The name
|
|
INDESTROY just sorta popped into their heads [We like it -Eds].
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|
|
|
The New Renaissance deal was conducted between '86 and '87 and took
|
|
a year to complete. These guys have one helluva sense of humor. Mark Stra-
|
|
ssburg sais that he likes the LA smog. "It's the best smog in the world".
|
|
|
|
INDESTROY is heavy and fast, exemplifying industrial thrash. They
|
|
want everyone to know that even tho' they are fast the don't play speed for
|
|
the sake of playing speed. They rise above the LP-selling warhorse of
|
|
Satanism and would rather sing about things like drugs and getting busted.
|
|
|
|
INDESTROY's debut LP, Indestroy, was produced by Chris Kozlowski
|
|
(has worked with TROUBLE before), and is...um...brutal as hell [See the
|
|
review in the review section -Eds].
|
|
|
|
As for formal musical training there has been none (and it's not
|
|
apparent from the album). Their new drummer has been pounding away for 14
|
|
years. Their old drummer, Gus, left for Safeway 'cuz of musical differences.
|
|
Mark said that he was a pussy and couldn't handle touring and live perform-
|
|
ances. He also says that he went back to the 'burbs to be a grocer. "He's
|
|
a weenie! He died in a bizarre gardening accident and couldn't take a joke,"
|
|
says Mark.
|
|
|
|
Musical influences, you ask? Why sure, they've got influences
|
|
(doesn't everyone?). All the members are open-minded and Mark likes every-
|
|
thing from MINOR THREAT to WILLIE NELSON [Yea, We'd say that was open-minded
|
|
-Eds]. Shaun is into progressive music and likes YES and SABBATH. Rob is
|
|
the more hardcore oriented guy and used to play in SENSELESS THEORY. Jeff P.
|
|
is the thrash maniac here and likes DEATH and POSSESSED.
|
|
|
|
Now Mark wants to make sure that you think he's intelligent 'cause
|
|
we told him that this was an intelligent publication [Awright, who lied? -Eds]
|
|
so he decided that he'd say something on the political swing of things. "At
|
|
first I didn't like Ollie North, but now I'm going along with the rest of the
|
|
U.S. He admitted he fucked up. I'd vote for him. I hate Albert Gore."
|
|
|
|
What's an "average" day for the members of INDESTROY? Generic food,
|
|
rock 'n roll, beer and/or liquor, and sleep. Beer of choice? Bud. "It all
|
|
really depends upon the cycle of the moon," said Mark.
|
|
|
|
More information about INDESTROY to be disclosed in the near future.
|
|
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|
A CHAT WITH THE NUCLEAR GUYS by The Raver
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|
|
|
It was a rather hurried day when Rob-'R'ock and I were to do an
|
|
interview with John Connelly of NUCLEAR ASSAULT [Note: this interview was
|
|
done before the bizarre I.R.S./Combat deal -Eds]. Rob forgot all about it
|
|
and got here [At the Drastic Productions World Genocide Headquarters -Eds]
|
|
just before I called up John.
|
|
|
|
Well, we got a hold of John at his apartment in Manhattan, NY and
|
|
started the interview rolling with a barrage of questions and inquiries.
|
|
|
|
First up, Rob asked John a couple of questions about Maximum
|
|
RockNRoll, the leading hardcore publication, based in Berkeley, CA.
|
|
It seems as if the readers have been slagging NUCLEAR ASSAULT and the staff
|
|
have not even bothered to cover both sides of the issue. John further said
|
|
that he sent a letter to MRR but that it will probably not get published.
|
|
Take cover, some hypocritical so-called 'punks' are on the march!
|
|
|
|
The first question I asked John regarded their most recent release,
|
|
The Plague EP. I was wondering if the cover was supposed to depict Chernobyl
|
|
and indeed it does. Unfortunately it was also supposed to depict Three Mile
|
|
Island. John mentioned that he had spent three days discussing how the cover
|
|
was supposed to be with the artist [at Voodoo Airbrushing Studios in Canada
|
|
-Eds]. While NUCLEAR ASSAULT were gigging the artist went ahead and did the
|
|
cover artwork and the end product depicted only Chernobyl. The artist argued
|
|
the point that to depict both Chernobyl and Three Mile Island in the same
|
|
picture was "artistically impossible" [Sounds like a cop-out to us -Eds].
|
|
Needless to say, John was rather disappointed. In fact, the Game Over LP
|
|
cover was also not exactly what they had wanted. NUCLEAR ASSAULT seem to be
|
|
plagued by the problem of getting cover artwork done the way they want it
|
|
done.
|
|
|
|
NUCLEAR ASSAULT has written the material for an upcoming LP (no
|
|
title as of yet) and it was recorded at Pyramid Studios in Ithaca, NY during
|
|
November of '87. The LP is t be released on I.R.S. records and will have
|
|
between 10 and 12 tracks on it.
|
|
|
|
The new LP is good news as NUCLEAR ASSAULT have been having problems
|
|
with their label, Combat [Note: all info here is according to John Connelly
|
|
-Eds]. The problems were mainly in the neighborhood of budget and touring.
|
|
The Plague was supposed to be a 4 track EP but the NUCLEAR guys turned it into
|
|
a 6 track instead. Combat had originally wanted them to do their new LP with
|
|
a budget less than that of The Plague. However, all these problems seem to
|
|
have been ironed out. Rumor has it that there will be a NUCLEAR ASSAULT video
|
|
after the new LP has been released.
|
|
|
|
Although NUCLEAR ASSAULT have been signed to Combat for two years
|
|
there has been no real tour as of yet, save for a few gigs here in the States
|
|
and in Europe [With AGENT STEEL and ATOMKRAFT -Eds]. Hopefully there will be
|
|
a full-scale U.S. tour in the near future.
|
|
|
|
I guess this was about the time when a friend of John's, Jeff Hickey
|
|
[Roadie for NUCLEAR ASSAULT and HELIX -Eds], came in. I knew someone had come
|
|
in when John started exclaiming, "Man, that's fucking sick!" As to what was
|
|
so sick, it appears that Jeff was eating Beefaroni right out of the can - cold.
|
|
[Yeah, that's pretty fucking sick -Eds].
|
|
|
|
At this point it is really a trial period for both NUCLEAR ASSAULT
|
|
and Combat. If it works out now then I guess everything will be okay. But
|
|
lemme tell ya, it was rough there for a while. In fact there was mention of
|
|
breaking contracts, etc. I guess in eight or nine months we shall see what
|
|
becomes of all of this.
|
|
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GUTERALIZING WITH PRIMAL SCREAM by His Unholiness, ANAXAGORUS
|
|
|
|
PRIMAL SCREAM was the first band signed to Mercenary Records, the
|
|
metal division of Celluloid Records. PRIMAL SCREAM burst onto the scene in
|
|
April of '86 and their debut LP, Volume One, was released in April of '87.
|
|
|
|
Keith Alexander, PRIMAL SCREAM's guitarist, explained that "throk"
|
|
best describes their style of music (and is it good). "Throk is the mating
|
|
of thrash and rock," explained Keith. Throk "just kinda came up". It fits.
|
|
|
|
PRIMAL SCREAM respects both the older forms of metal (MOTORHEAD,
|
|
LED ZEPPELIN, and BLACK SABBATH) and the more recent forms (METALLICA, et al).
|
|
In fact, the D.J. at L'Amour called PRIMAL SCREAM a "pissed-off METALLICA".
|
|
PRIMAL SCREAM's music is reminiscent of the METALLIKATZ and their songs fall
|
|
into the socially conscious arena of thought. They take an angry stance when
|
|
writing songs and their songs convey this. Just look at such songs as "State
|
|
Of The State", which is about terrorism, and others.
|
|
|
|
I had heard that they were going to call their debut slab First
|
|
Breath and was wondering why they had changed the name to Volume One. Keith
|
|
explained that he "had wanted to call the album First Breath but the other
|
|
members of the band didn't like it." I guess that First Breath implies that
|
|
the next will be Last Breath while Volume One implies that there will be more
|
|
to come. Keith wasn't thrilled about it be he isn't dwelling on it.
|
|
|
|
Keith Alexander plays the guitars for PRIMAL SCREAM and dedicates
|
|
himself to the creative process. He has played and recorded with CARNIVORE.
|
|
Steve Alliano plays drums for PRIMAL SCREAM and has played with numerous NY
|
|
bands [Ex-DEATHSLAYER and HELLION -Eds]. He has also appeared on two comp-
|
|
ilation albums, Iron Tyrants and New York Metal '84. An interesting side
|
|
note is that Steve is a skilled classical cellist and clarinetist.
|
|
|
|
As for PRIMAL SCREAM's other members we have no information.. Seems as if
|
|
there have been some radical lineup changes and they have a new bassist and
|
|
are either (a) looking for a full-time vocalist or (b) already have a full-
|
|
time vocalist [Wow, aren't we informed? -Eds]. More information next ish.
|
|
|
|
PRIMAL SCREAM's new LP will be out soon (unnamed as of yet) and
|
|
will feature such titles as "Dead By Thirty" (about suicide and diseases),
|
|
"All The Blood Lost" (about sea disasters), and "Fall And Decline" (about
|
|
environmental problems).
|
|
|
|
PRIMAL SCREAM go for the caveman appearance during stage shows
|
|
with specially crafted guitars and a host of 9' tall sculptures of cavemen
|
|
(collectively called Rok, their consent). Rok is not to be construed as
|
|
an IRON MAIDEN/Eddie clone as he does not come alive and is not the center-
|
|
piece of their album covers, nor will he ever be.
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|
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EXODUS, CELTIC FROST, AND ANTHRAX LIVE AT THE TOWER, PHILADELPHIA by The Raver
|
|
|
|
This is an example of the lengths to which we will go to supply you
|
|
with information which you will want to know. A special road trip was org-
|
|
anized to book up to see EXODUS, CELTIC FROST, and ANTHRAX play at The Tower
|
|
in Philadelphia, PA. While the show was fuckin-A the trip turned out to be
|
|
a living Hell but I won't bother you with all the gory details cause we do
|
|
not have the room to print it and you'd probably rather hear about the gig.
|
|
|
|
We arrived at The Tower at about 7:30, about a half hour before the
|
|
curtains opened and hung out until the overactive cops and security started
|
|
kicking people out if they didn't have their tickets. We went to collect our
|
|
guest passes and got the Combat passes, but lo and behold Second Vision fucked
|
|
up and two of the guys didn't get in [This i where all the problems began
|
|
-Eds]. The remaining three of us went on in and started to mill around. The
|
|
place was packed and quite sold out. More problems made themselves visible
|
|
now and we lost our interviews with CELTIC FROST and EXODUS because of
|
|
ANTHRAX's tight security (thank you, wankers). Seems as if Megaforce World-
|
|
wide (ANTHRAX's label) just "forgot" to tell the other labels that you would
|
|
need an ANTHRAX laminate to get backstage. We couldn't even get within ten
|
|
feet of the backstage entrance.
|
|
|
|
About this time the show started and EXODUS sauntered out and began
|
|
to slay...uh...I mean play [No you didn't -Eds]. ANTHRAX allotted them a
|
|
massive slot of four songs [Um..I think The Raver's being sarcastic here].
|
|
Starting off their set, they played such mass murderers as "Parasite", "Brain
|
|
Dead", and an old classic, "And Then There Were None" (a favorite of your
|
|
truly). The fans were out in massive numbers and one guy even managed a
|
|
decent stage dive (there would've been more but for that goddamn security).
|
|
|
|
About thus time the security started to act like assholes and made
|
|
us move way over to the right side of the venue so we lost our great front
|
|
coverage. After a while of waiting and bashin' to the thrashin tunes being
|
|
kranked over the PA system CELTIC FROST made their appearance. The Swiss
|
|
death masters were able to play more songs, including "Mexican Radio",
|
|
"Mesmerized", "Procreation Of The Wicked", and "Dethroned Emperor". CELTIC
|
|
FROST really held the crowd by the throat as they reaped audio-destruction
|
|
throughout The Tower.
|
|
|
|
About now the security really began to piss me off [You mean it
|
|
took you 'till now? -Eds]. They started throwing people out for no reason.
|
|
That may not sound bad but let me tell you about the manner in which they
|
|
threw people out. Six guards would grab a dude that was moshin' or bangin'
|
|
and would throw him out face-first into the concrete alley and would then
|
|
proceed to kick him a bunch of times. Absofuckinglutely pathetic.
|
|
|
|
Soon thereafter, ANTHRAX made their way onstage amidst a purplish
|
|
haze and kicked right into "Among The Living". They were well-received by
|
|
the masses. The ANTHRAX boys must have played over twenty songs, mostly from
|
|
Spreading The Disease and Among The Living. If not the whole song then
|
|
half of it. At one point a fan of theirs was trying to get onstage while
|
|
being pummeled all the way by those goddamn, stinking security guards.
|
|
When ANTHRAX's bassist saw this what did he do? Why he shook his head and
|
|
walked away [Grrr -Eds]. ANTHRAX apparently didn't give a fuck. Near the
|
|
end of their second encore about thirty or forty of their fans got onstage
|
|
and started moshin' away. Joey Belladona said, "Hey, we don't want anyone
|
|
to get killed! Chill!" Seems like the front half of The Tower got totally
|
|
destroyed. We're talking megatonnage here, brutal reader. ANTHRAX said
|
|
that they would be back in the City of Brotherly Love (or is that Death?)
|
|
next year after their new album was released.
|
|
|
|
The aftermath was pretty brutal. It looked as if someone had set
|
|
off a couple'a grenades in The Tower's lower section. The theatre seats were
|
|
ripped apart. We're talking about ripped from raw steel. Well, most of you
|
|
should know that you don't throw a thrash gig without a slammin' pit. Folks
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representing The Tower were highly pissed [Can ya blame them for their utter
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stupidity? -Eds].
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In closing I will reveal my opinions on the show. EXODUS and CELTIC
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FROST blew ANTHRAX away. Hell, I already had it in for ANTHRAX anyways. All
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of the bands put one one helluva show, though. It was definitely not a waste
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of $15.00 for the tickets (unless you were one of the people who got kicked
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out). The Spectra-Guard security were all assholes. I just wonder how scared
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the smaller men and women were. God, I hope I never meet one of those people
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who were running guard duty for that show ever again. No telling what might
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happen. But all in all it was a thrashin' gig, even if the venue did get
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bashed and trashed.
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Well, we're out of room for this part of Issue 1. Now read parts #2 and #3!
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CROSS OF IRON (c)1988 cDc communications
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>>> A CULT Publication......1988 <<<
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-cDc- CULT OF THE DEAD COW -cDc-
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CROSS OF IRON Number 1, Part #1 0/5,6/88-52
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