My faves BLOODSTAR! (2nd CD + 10" added)

[pzman]

The "Hyperspace" 10" EP and the "Anytime, Anywere" CD are a bit more electronic/techno-ish but they still have the same heavy guitars, raw vocals and sometimes-fast-sometimes-epic style, so fans of this debut should definitely check it out.

Thx for the info DaN

[DaN]

Thanx for the cool & honest feedback - I really do appreciate it since it's such a special album for me and it's always interesting to pick the minds of others about records like these.
I thought I'd just as well rip & upload the Hyperspace EP and Anytime Anywhere CD too:
http://uploadmirrors.com/download/1Q2KZ ... rspace.rar

A bit more clean & electro productionwise, but definitely in the same vibe & atmosphere as the debut, and with vocals at least as brutal as before. Songs like "Wasteland", "Scanner" and "Exterminator 666 Does Not Answer" should make it worth a download.

Normally I wouldn't put music like this in Poisonoise since it's even less "Metal" than the s/t debut album, but since they were sort of a unique "3rd-genre" act and I'm looking for opinions from a Metal-fan-perspective, I'm still gonna post it here.
Anytime, Anywhere lyrics
Hyperspace lyrics

[lunaboy]

So far I did not listened to BLOODSTAR.How the music sounds like? Is this something like MORDOR ? If there's so much electro sound I do not disturb my ears.

[DaN]

I'm not sure which MORDOR you're referring to, but there's certainly nothing "electro" about the debut (see OP). Simplest description of that one would be Motörhead-meets-Godflesh-meets-"Hammerheart"Bathory, but again - it's an unfair comparison. Just download it and let me know what you think - I'm sure it won't disturb your ears too much

[lunaboy]

I had in mind MORDOR from Switzerland (if I remember corect this band sounded like Industrial Black ano 1990).OK I'll give a Try.

[FuneralCircle]

Jesus! This album is fucking addicting as shit!! Maybe because of how heavy it is and because it sounds like the soundtrack to Sega Genesis games with a guy screaming in frustration... At least, I think so!

Some the leads are really wicked too, especially around the 5:00 minute mark on the s/t track - Solid and catchy! I constantly find myself listening to this on my way to work or while I'm on the bus, very solid!!!

[sagrotan]

thanks for these, quite up one of my alleys!

positively easy to obtain as well. (apart from that 1st vinyl maybe) - just snapped the 2nd CD for 5 EUR and thought I made one hell of a bargain - noticing a moment later it is on amazon for about 1 ct plus postage

[Stormbringer]

I first heard Bloodstar on Swedish radio back in 1989. Don't remember the name of the show (it wasn't Rockbox atleast). I believe they also played "Primitive Future" with Sepultura. Also read a review of the album in Metal Forces back then as well. Was looking for a copy of it for 15+ years, but ended up getting one in a trade a few years back. For some reason I never got around playing it until earlier this year, but I've been listening to it quite a lot since then.

[DaN]

I first heard Bloodstar on Swedish radio back in 1989. Don't remember the name of the show (it wasn't Rockbox atleast).

I think that was the alternative/underground show "Bommen". I remember they offered the album as a prize for a listener's-competition.

(Great to know this album once was exposed to 8 million+ possible listeners in my home county back in the days )

[LaGouille]

Fantastic band (a man & a woman if I remember properly), very different from anything that was released at that time (even Godflesh).

[LaGouille]

Talking about Bloodstar makes me think of another dark sick band (and again very different from the rest): GGFH. That was something!