Heavy Artillery Compilation
Posted: Wed Jul 18, 2007 8:24 pm
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Summary:
- Heavy Artillery fucking rules.
- This is actually Side 2 of the original comp, not the second volume.
- "Heavy Artillery Vol. 2" was in the early stages when the idea was scrapped and the project was cancelled. That was around 4 or 5 years ago.
- Ive since got most of the (known) material from all of these bands, except for Real Steel, who have an album thats elusive as fuck and a 7" that seemingly disappeared off the face of the earth.
- I know a guy who's ex wife has a copy of the Real Steel album (Auburn's rarest release!)...but she refuses to give it to him or let him copy it for me!
- That guy personally knew them, and filmed shows for everyone from REAL STEEL, to DOFKA and BRICK MISTRESS, to BLACK DEATH, to ABSOLUTE ZERO, to SHOK PARIS, and pretty much everyone else in Ohio. He had tons of unreleased stuff and one-of-a-kind stuff he filmed himself...and it was ALL lost in a massive house fire.
- In the fire was the only existing video footage of PSYCHO SCREAM's last show....and other stuff that I would kill to see.
- Rebellious Angel never released anything else, and only recorded one other song at most.
- The Terror demo listed in the tape under "Also Available" never got released. However, you can listen to a track from it on the Terror myspace.
- This was Destructor's last recording with Dave Holocaust, and is taken from the only finished recordings from thier then-upcoming album, which were compiled on a demo and never released anyway.
- After this release John Marshall would leave Torment, and they'd become Ritual. John Marshall died several years later, which is a fucking shame because his voice is amazing.
- This Attaxe song was written solely by Greg Perry from Purgatory. He was with them for a little while, before starting a new band with Kenny from Purgatory, Juan from Ritual/Attaxe, and Calvin from Chemikill. This band would later lead to the formation of Mystik, and Attaxe using a ton of songs Greg wrote after he left (such as Pedal To The Metal)
- Wretch, Breaker, Hatrix, Destructor, Attaxe, The Spudmonsters, Purgatory, Real Steel, and Chemikill have all reunited long after the original release. Plus, a Terror release is in the works (followed by a reunion) and a Severe Warming release is in the works (possibly also followed by a reunion....if Dave Fox is up to it).
- A Decimation release is possible, although unlikely. If they did do it, it would be a VIOLENCE reunion, not a DECIMATION reunion (which I would prefer...hahaha). Coincidentally, the song on Heavy Artillery was recorded as a Violence song, and used under the name Decimation long after that lineup was changed. Im not sure if this version of "Silenced..." was on the Violence demo, but hopefully Ill be finding out soon.
- Chemikill has mostly recorded their NEW ALBUM...for release on Auburn in '08. FUCK YES!
- Heres a scan from the original tape...
The original message was a lot longer, so I was really pissed when it got deleted....
EDIT------------------------------------------------
I forgot to mention. The closet thing I can think of to a 2nd Heavy Artillery was an Auburn CD Sampler given out at the Black Death/Purgatory/Real Steel/Destructor reunion show (at the BW&BK 6-Pack Weekend in 04), THAT I COULDNT FUCKING GO TO. It includes a lot of awesome unreleased stuff, that has never been released on cd before or since, and stuff that just completely kicks ass. Plus everything is remastered and some of it is a lot better sounding then the originals.
Tracklist....
01 - Shok Paris - Go Down Fighting
02 - Shok Paris - Go For The Throat (Never on cd before this)
03 - Destructor - Sonic Bullet
04 - Destructor - Destructor (Live 2002) (Unreleased at the time)
05 - Breaker - Luck And Gasoline (Demo 2004) (Unreleased at the time)
06 - Breaker - Still Life
07 - Purgatory - Tied To The Trax
08 - Purgatory - Deep Into The Red (EP Version, REMASTERED! Never released on cd ever)
09 - Wretch - Reborn (Advance) (Unreleased at the time)
10 - Aftershok - Against The Rage (Advance) (Unreleased at the time)
11 - Manimals - Blood Is The Harvest (Never released on cd before or after)
12 - Real Steel - Never Mind The Money (Advance track from the 2004 reunion album that never happened! Still unreleased...)
13 - Nightcrawler - Soldier In Time "2004" (Recorded live in the Basement in 2004 w/ Jim Hamar of Breaker on vocals and Ken Easterly of Purgatory on drums!)
14 - Black Death - The Hunger (first time on cd, hopefully will be released again soon!
)15 - Black Death - Taken By Force (From 4-track Demo, 1982. Not the version from the Cleveland Metal LP! This sounds amazing remastered, and so much clearer then on the original demo tape. Never released on cd before or after)
16 - Havoc - Chainsaw (album version, first time on cd unless you count the bootleg)
17 - Havoc - Enter My Mind (from 1984 Demo. Sounds a lot better remastered, but Dave Hughes still kicks Kevin Mahoney's ass. Only time on cd.)
18 - Jag Panzer - Chain of Command ("From the album 'Chain of Command-1987"
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