Unknown 80s metal demo band: take a listen

perishinflames · Post by **perishinflames** » Sat May 23, 2009 12:56 am

This should be interesting

Glockose · Post by **Glockose** » Sat May 23, 2009 1:36 am

F*ckin Bone Pickers!!!!!

xr2m · Post by **xr2m** » Sat May 23, 2009 2:22 am

stormspell wrote:
xr2m wrote:Oh yeah, I find it amusing that a Christian band would give themselves nicknames like "The Beast" and "The Prince of Darkness." It all adds to the charm, though.
This is not a Christian band. No X-ian band will have such artwork, inverted crosses all over the J-card, and "Hanging Judas" for a label...

Yeah, it didn't totally look like a white metal band to me, but doomedplanet referred to them as a xtian band, so I thought there was something I was missing, hehe.

Regardless, it's a great demo. Congrats on finding one of the members!

nightsblood · Post by **nightsblood** » Sat May 23, 2009 3:31 am

Rob mentioned finding it among some crappy x-ian tapes, but I've noticed that some christian music fans will accidentally buy non-xian bands that have religious names. Years ago I found a guy selling some used xian metal cassettes at a flea market, stuff like Saint, Rage of Angels, etc. However, he also had some Sodom tapes, and from talking to him it was clear that he had missed the fact that Sodom was not a xian band like the others

I bought 'em all and laugh about it to this day. A couple of religious kids I knew back in high school would also get interested in an album/band with a religious name, only to be disappointed when they learned the band had not accepted Christ as their savior

Maybe the same thing happened to some poor Oregonian once upon a time

Detest Records · Post by **Detest Records** » Thu May 28, 2009 7:31 pm

Very interesting demo ... and its obscure feeling makes it even more appealing to me!

nightsblood · Post by **nightsblood** » Mon Jun 01, 2009 8:24 pm

Finally had time to listen to the entire thing- this is indeed really good stuff! On first impression 'Dark Rebel' and 'Psalm 313' really stand out, but all the songs are consistently good. Really nice find, and thanks once again for sharing this Rob!

doomedplanet · Post by **doomedplanet** » Tue Jun 02, 2009 6:43 pm

Glad everyone liked it. So do I, it was a great find among the usual junk I see inthe Portland stores I look at now and again. I don't see any inverted cross on the cover, so that confuses me. I have on the other hand seen that "double cross" that is on the cover before, just not sure where it comes from.

Stormspell · Post by **Stormspell** » Wed Jun 03, 2009 3:59 am

doomedplanet wrote:I don't see any inverted cross on the cover, so that confuses me.

On the J-card, not on the cover:

Although they may have some hidden religious or strictly decorative meaning only. Sadly I haven't heard back from the Prince of Darkness yet. Hope he will come through and shed some info on this.

Stormspell · Post by **Stormspell** » Sun Jun 07, 2009 10:33 am

Jackpot!

I discovered that a very cool person I know was very closely associated with ISCARIOT from the very beginning. The world is truly a small place as they say!

Anyhow, here's what she had to say:

They were truly a fantastic band. I have pics and flyers and what not if you need them. They had the best pyro shows (for the time) that ever graced a stage. Gothic metal, not Christian. A lot of Anti-Catholic angst behind their music, if you ask me. Had huge warehouse parties with hundreds of people. Kick ass and way before their time. Dressed all black, had candelabras on stage, and played in the lowest of light: atmospheric metal at its best.
I don't think any of the guys in the band ever realized just how cool they looked. I was blown away by their first show and so were the cops who showed up...ha ha!

Stay tuned for more.

daniel · Post by **daniel** » Sun Jun 07, 2009 10:51 am

Sounds really cool Iordan, seeing pictures would be amazing.

I like the tape, though it doesn't blow me away - it never gave me goosebumps but it is cool, I really like the instrumental, scarily good, mystic

but of course it must sound most amazing of all to Rob having found it, often the experiences we have associated with the acquisition of music or simply the physical owning of it makes a huge difference to how much we enjoy it...

nightsblood · Post by **nightsblood** » Tue Jun 09, 2009 4:22 am

nice work Stormspell! Way to dig up the info!

Shadow Kingdom · Post by **Shadow Kingdom** » Tue Jun 09, 2009 5:25 am

Put this out, Iordan.

Stormspell · Post by **Stormspell** » Tue Jun 09, 2009 7:35 am

Shadow Kingdom wrote:Put this out, Iordan.

Your wish is my command, Sir

Nicko McBuff · Post by **Nicko McBuff** » Tue Jun 09, 2009 7:39 am

Having a download now, I will post a comment later after gym.

Stormspell · Post by **Stormspell** » Tue Jun 16, 2009 6:30 am

Some goofer added this to M-A using this thread and managed to misspell Mark's name in the process