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those speed kings Slayer, who will
be touring the states, then over to
Europe, to play a Dutch metal-fest
and more exclusive dates But before
they hit Europe, a show on Hallo
ween will be recorded live for their
next lp. And speaking of speed
metal. Megadeath ZOOM. Check
into their demo-tape, it hauls at light
ning pace, brain mashers will go ec
static over Megadeath's Intensity,
watch for rocord release soon. Also
new release by Volvold will curf your
innerns with their quick ferocity. Also
check into Sodom from Germany,
speed-venom times two. Posses
sed, who terrorize the decibels, and
Nasty Savage, the full leather metal
outfit from Florida, Metal Blade re-
cords releasing a special edition,
"Metal Massacre. the complete col-
lection, all picture discs and in a box
set. Don't miss out. The speed metal
takeover slowly takes hold...
Hot on the trail of the excellent
debut Lp. Die Kreuzen will be hitting
the cities with a rip roaring tour, that
you won't want to miss. Those mad-
capped Meatmen are at it again,
with the newly reformed meat crew
still with tall man Tesco Vee at the
helm. Delighting your hearts with or
gasms of spewed out craziness, as
they jerk the studio and record a new
Lp release, guaranteed to be a
"Smoking Bud dude. Then, when
you thought it was safe to come out,
the Meatmen will hit the road with
the Meat-tour and don't miss out on
those Meat-shirts Is this Meat-
promo or what? Sam Hala featuring
ex Mistit Glenn Danzig back from
a very successful midwest/East
Costiour, as their new Lp storms in
sales Sam Hain promising to finish
the rest of the tour by the end of the
year. Watch for Glenn reportedly
to do a movie in 1985. Could this be
the blood splattered horror-gore X-Mal Deutschland landed in the
fick he so dreams Nightmares states for a quick 10 day tour with
abound, B.Y.O. 10 cepse an stops o N.Y.C., Chicago, Los
album's worth of Stalin's best stut Angeles, and Thrasher's hometown
This blazing Japanese outfit takes of SF. among others. The three girl/
everyone's ears by storm, an2guy ensemble play an outrageous,
tense performance. That maniac
Finnish thrash attack Terveet Kadet
is planning a summer 1985 tour, and
have asked Septic Death to tour
along. This, could be a banzal of
speed and mayhem, if it happens
New Condemned to Death ip out
now as they brought the band
down to a 3-piece. Over in Boston,
Curtis' working hard at Taang to get
the next release gut, scheduled to
be Negative FX who were once
one of Boston's premier ferocity at-
tacks. D.Y.S. to have second lp out
on Modern Method, bot on the heels
of S.S.D.'s successful platter, and
also following the form, more metal-
lic, the F.U.S. will have their 3rd p
released thru Enigma, and The
Seige are working on the debut lp
which should be a smoker. Down in
D.C., Jeff and lan at Dischord have
had more than enough demands for
their early seven inchers Teen
Idles, S.O.A., Government Issue
and Youth Brigade, so they will re-
release them all together on one 12"
platter. Should make everyone
happy, since the music is good.
METALLIC-EDGERS
HERE.Exciter touring the states
with their raw power and speed as-
sault, slagging their record label,
Megaforce, at every show. Mercyful
Fate, the Danish black metal band
with King Diamond's unique vocal
stylings, bring their madness to the
states with an outrageous tour. Don't
miss these hell hounds. Trouble
also on tour with their grinding metal
attack, hitting some shows with
haunting set that ecstatically crept
through the feverous crowd. Playing
major focus on Manuela's eerie
electric guitar effects and Anja's
compelling vocal notes. The crowd
was awe spun. The next day, X-Mal
was treated to a mini-tour of San
Francisco
by now-resident
Pushead. Lost in tourist spots and
record shops, much fun was had by
all. X-Mal exited to hit Disneyland
the next day, but D-land's entire staff
went on strike just 2 days before, of
all the luck.
...NEWS FROM PHILADELPHIA
(and other assorted areas...)
CASSETTE FANS TAKE NOTE:
Cassettera is a new magazine de
voted entirely to independently pro
duced cassettes. They'll provide list-
ings of cassettes, contacts, network-
ing information and more in a no-
nonsense format. In addition to the
aforementioned information, Cas-
settera will publish one feature arti-
cle per issue. In the January issue
the feature will be on methods of
cassette production and distribution,
and for the March issue (the publica-
tion is bi-monthly) the feature will be
on cassettes and mail art. For those
interested in subscribing or being
sted: Write to Cassettera, P.O. Box
393, 89 Massachusetts Avenue,
Boston, MA 02115 for your listing/
subscription/questions/ideas and
more... Meanwhile, back in the City
of Brotherly Love, Murgatroyd Pro-
ductions is now operating under a
new title: CRUNCH Music (stands
for Crazy Radical Underground
Noise Called Hardcore). They have
a new hall which will be opening in
mid-month...the first show is to fea-
ture Flag of Democracy, Sunshine
State, Seven Seconds and 76%
Uncertain.... In addition to the new
hall, the Crunch people are also
working with the Eastside Club
people to bring bands into that -
venue...which means more shows
for everyone since there are more
places to bring bands...A couple of
new bands on the scene: Social Re-
gister debuted at the Eastside Club
to rave reviews-everyone's talking
about this band and it's all
good...No Blame is planning to
debut in late fall with ex-members
from other local Philly bands. The
Sadistic Exploits opened for 45
Grave and did terrific. Upcoming
shows include a Battle of Bands in
New York, with the winner netting an
album deal. Word is out that these
guys are heads-on faves to clinch
it...Initial Attack are planning to re-
lease a tape called Not To Be Con-
fused, which has already received
topnotch response from Flipside,
Maximum Rock 'n' Roll and var
ious other fanzines. For info, write
117 N. 20th Street, Philadelphia, PA
19103... Mr. Mehta are THE band to
watch, according to a lot of people.
They are entering the studio with
plans to release vinyl scheduled for
1985.If you are interested in ob
taining copies of the Flag of Demo-
cracy and Kremlin Korps releases
contact Speed of Sound Records,
P.O. Box 16117, Philadelphia, PA
19114-0117. Upcoming releases
also on Speed of Sound will be Un-
derground Soldier's 12" (the band
from Washington D.C.) and
Knucklehead's album (from Madi-
son, WI) McRad and Ruin not
only lost members this past year, but
have regrouped and played live
again, seemingly losing alot of their
energy as well...Mad Dog has been
rehearsing and word is out that this
is no ordinary band...Little Gentle-
men have a new drummer, and their
album keeps getting good re-
views... Futile Effort from Trenton,
NJ keeps getting better and better
with their music and are getting a
large following. For info on the band
and/or receiving a tape contact the
band at 11 Blue Grass Drive, Tren-
ton, NJ, 08638... Another band from
Trenton, Mr. Natural, are also doing
well...they will be doing all-ages
shows in the area and hope to be
playing out soon... Camp David
from Washington D.C. have been
playing with HR (formerly of the Bad
Brains) Their appearance on a
local compilation has garnered them
some good attention. Keep your
eyes peeled here for more on
them...Marginal Man from DC are
tops. Their fans are growing by
leaps and bounds...Asbestos
Rockpyle from Maryland played re-
cently with Rat At Flat R (from New
York) at the Eastside Club in
Philadelphia... Talk about a show
worth watching! Asbestos Rockpyle
jam with a lot of energy and feeling,
and Rat At Rat R is one of the best
bands to watch this side of the club
stage. Asbestos Rockpyle have a
tape and a 45 available. Write to
the band at P.O. Box 1172, Salt
Land, MD 20746, and Rat At Rat R
are entering the studio to prepare a
vinyl release soon-more on them
distant fu
ture!. Another New York band,
well worth checking out, is Live
Skull. They have a 12" out now, and
are heading back into the studio to
release an album (which they are in
the process of mixing). They played
with the Butthole Surfers not too
long ago to an enthusiastic crowd
and did really well, they will appear
on a compilation album which is
scheduled to be out by December
(and will have the Swans, Sonix
Youth, The Fall and more on
Hot out of the Enigma atables
are the notorious Red Hot Chill
Peppers, with their Heavy-Metal-
Rap-Funk-Raunch, Pumping it out
at a few S.F. gigs (H-Beam and
Oasis these boys proved to be one
of the gigginent, goof-ballish bands
on the scene. Their debut album is
selling madly, and they've just re-
cently completed a Graeme/Wister
produced video of their pong, "Get
Up and Jump Watch for it on
MTV....Also, a whole bunch of new
releases are lining up off the same
label. Scott Goddard of Surt
Punks fame has released a new
album and is getting mega-airplay
on all the Rock of the Eighties for
mat radio stations. Scott also claims
to have at one time hold the land
speed record on
skateboard. the soundtrack from
the Penelope Spheeris movie,
Suburbia, featuring TSOL, D.I. and
others, is reportedly hot!... Chris D.
from the Flesh Easters is finishing a
project with John Doe, Dave Alvin
and Steve Berlin A new Red
Kross Ip, Kendra Smith lp, Leav
ing Trains ip and Naked Prey p'all
out soon. A new T.S.O.L. lp to be
watched for. Dead Kennedys
start touring right about now...the
ever elusive (three years now) Jello
Biafra interview gets pushed back
to a later date once more, but,
maybe next month you can read a
real Boss interview with D.O.A.
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