XYSTER: demos 1987-88.

Ernest Thesiger · Post by **Ernest Thesiger** » Wed Jun 27, 2007 12:39 am

Intense Slayerised Frash from Warrington, Cheshire. These two demos were recorded on 4-track (their last tape, Black Bible, was their first studio effort) but sound a lot more effective that the In Good Faith..? album.

COCK-UP ALERT! The first song on Children of Violence is encoded at 128 rather than 192 kbps, although it doesn't seem to sound worse than the other tracks, and there's an embarrassing system alert sound plink-plonking some 1' 10" into the last song. These aren't my rips, but I thought I'd warn you. Apart from that, enjoy!

Xyster, Children of Violence demo 1987
http://www.megaupload.com/?d=I0FK76P5

1. Firestorm
2. Dead Life / The Hour of Death
3. Frozen Mind
4. Burning the Cross
5. Suicide
6. Children of Violence

Xyster, In Cold Blood demo 1988
http://www.megaupload.com/?d=7XDNYMCZ

1. Inquisition
2. Subnormal
3. Xyster
4. Genetic Deformity [*]
5. In Search of the Swastika
6. In Cold Blood
7. Death Sentence

[*] I nearly typed "Genital Deformity".

Post by **DaN** » Wed Jun 27, 2007 8:39 am

EVERYONE who claim to be a fan of brutal stuff need to check this out! I'll try and remember to bring the TED HEATH demo for upload tomorrow.

Enforcer · Post by **Enforcer** » Wed Jun 27, 2007 11:25 am

This sounds really interesting!

omen of hate · Post by **omen of hate** » Wed Jun 27, 2007 11:39 am

Thanks for the demos !
I'll give this band another chance, if my memories are good, their album was rather average !

Post by **DaN** » Wed Jun 27, 2007 11:42 am

omen of hate wrote:if my memories are good, their album was rather average !

Your memory is excellent. These early recordings on the other hand ---> Death By Evil Hell-KIll!!

The Sentinel · Post by **The Sentinel** » Wed Jun 27, 2007 12:09 pm

Thanks, will download later

The Sentinel · Post by **The Sentinel** » Wed Jun 27, 2007 8:49 pm

Holy Fuck !! This is great !!! Reminds me sometimes of Recipients Of Death. Can indeed someone re-release this on LP, please?

BloodOfChrist · Post by **BloodOfChrist** » Thu Jun 28, 2007 12:36 am

I only have the In Cold Blood demo, the LP, and the Black Blood demo. Ive always wanted to hear Children Of Violence. Thanks a lot for this!

Ive seen the '30 Minutes of Metal' demo on some tradelists, but I never got it. Does anyone know if its as good as the other demos?

Ernest Thesiger · Post by **Ernest Thesiger** » Thu Jun 28, 2007 3:04 am

BloodOfChrist wrote:Ive seen the '30 Minutes of Metal' demo on some tradelists, but I never got it. Does anyone know if its as good as the other demos?

I downloaded it but one song was cut, so I didn't keep it. It's easily as heavy as the other stuff, and Steve Hatton (Xyster guit/voc) claimed it was his favourite of all their tapes.

Post by **DaN** » Thu Jun 28, 2007 9:51 am

BloodOfChrist wrote:Ive seen the '30 Minutes of Metal' demo on some tradelists, but I never got it. Does anyone know if its as good as the other demos?

I didn't recognize the title at first but when I checked Metal Archives it turns out this is the TED HEATH demo I was talking about - now available for your listening pleasure:

http://rapidshare.com/files/39797120/TE ... 6.rar.html

Ripped at a whopping 320kbps and straight from an original tape if I remember correctly. This is my fave of all their tapes. It has the best vocals and the lead riff in Eternal Conflagration is to die for!

The Sentinel · Post by **The Sentinel** » Thu Jun 28, 2007 8:12 pm

Thanks, this raging stuff, great !!!

BloodOfChrist · Post by **BloodOfChrist** » Thu Jun 28, 2007 8:13 pm

DaN wrote:
BloodOfChrist wrote:Ive seen the '30 Minutes of Metal' demo on some tradelists, but I never got it. Does anyone know if its as good as the other demos?
I didn't recognize the title at first but when I checked Metal Archives it turns out this is the TED HEATH demo I was talking about - now available for your listening pleasure:

http://rapidshare.com/files/39797120/TE ... 6.rar.html

Ripped at a whopping 320kbps and straight from an original tape if I remember correctly. This is my fave of all their tapes. It has the best vocals and the lead riff in Eternal Conflagration is to die for!

Ernest Thesiger wrote:
BloodOfChrist wrote:Ive seen the '30 Minutes of Metal' demo on some tradelists, but I never got it. Does anyone know if its as good as the other demos?
I downloaded it but one song was cut, so I didn't keep it. It's easily as heavy as the other stuff, and Steve Hatton (Xyster guit/voc) claimed it was his favourite of all their tapes.

Nice! Thanks a lot to both of you! Im going to download it now.

Ernest Thesiger · Post by **Ernest Thesiger** » Fri Jun 29, 2007 1:17 am

DaN wrote:http://rapidshare.com/files/39797120/TE ... 6.rar.html

HOORAY! Thangyew!

omen of hate · Post by **omen of hate** » Sat Jun 30, 2007 5:15 pm

DaN wrote:
BloodOfChrist wrote:Ive seen the '30 Minutes of Metal' demo on some tradelists, but I never got it. Does anyone know if its as good as the other demos?
I didn't recognize the title at first but when I checked Metal Archives it turns out this is the TED HEATH demo I was talking about - now available for your listening pleasure:

http://rapidshare.com/files/39797120/TE ... 6.rar.html

Ripped at a whopping 320kbps and straight from an original tape if I remember correctly. This is my fave of all their tapes. It has the best vocals and the lead riff in Eternal Conflagration is to die for!

The track-lists of the TED HEATH demo and the "30 minutes of Metal" demo are indeed the same. Is it 2 different recordings or the same demo released under 2 different band names ?

Ernest Thesiger · Post by **Ernest Thesiger** » Sat Jun 30, 2007 11:06 pm

omen of hate wrote:The track-lists of the TED HEATH demo and the "30 minutes of Metal" demo are indeed the same. Is it 2 different recordings or the same demo released under 2 different band names ?

I always thought they'd already changed their name to Xyster by the time 30MoM was released, & that they'd recorded one demo as Ted Heath previously. That was my understanding from reading UK zines from '89/'90. Hmm.