SLAUGHTER came from Canada and released a couple of albums of which I only know the first one, “Strappado” (it has a photo of meself on the printed innersleeve). This 7″ was released simultaneously to promote the LP but things never really took off for Terry and his boys. This wouldn’t surprise me too much, now looking back, cause SLAUGHTER were just too raw and maybe copying Celtic Frost a bit too shamelessly (without adopting the latters ludicrous imagery, thank Gawd!). Historically, you have exactly the moment when Death Metal and (proto-)Grindcore tore everything apart: DEATH and GENOCIDE (REPULSION) had already escalated things and from there on, it could only disintegrate furthermore.
So enjoy this second best SLAUGHTER release after the bands inflamatory 2nd DDemo, “Surrender or die”. The LP “Strappado” is very good too, but for music this primitive (and with such a sloppy drummer), the format just didn’t seem right.
However – enjoy this limited to 1000 copies promotional 7″EP for what it is: Great raw fucked up primitive aural butchery (of some sort).
Nocturnal Hell.mp3
One Foot in the Grave.mp3
Tortured Souls.mp3
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AAARRGHH “tortured souls”" is THE SHIT MAN!!!! thanks for this!!!!
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cheesy but not bad at all. “tortured souls” rocks.
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Another friggin’ AWESOME post!
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Awesome 7” by this killer band!
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Pretty decent stuff that would have been the shit at the time. Looking back, I’d say metal started going down the shitter around 1987 or so. Personally, I’ve always found perfomances by these sort of bands to be really tame and uninteresting both then and now–the real entertainment is some of the metalhead weirdos who show up to see them!
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This was a great record, but having been a metal-hating Toronto hardcore kid in ’86, I feel duty-bound to say TERRY SADLER IS A FAT BITCH. Not because I believe it to be so, but because it was on every bathroom wall at my high school.
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any chance of posting early DI (oc band)???
great blog. i didn’t know the NYCM boot on revoltation was that rare got a copy a while ago.
thanks!
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Hahaha Simon – I see you are severly traumatized!
About D.I.: Great band on their first 3 records, but I think this material is quite easy to get, isn’t it?
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I had bootleg EP of this record, got it from Hellion records in 1996 or so.
-Henri-
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Thanks Henri – didn’t know of this bootleg!
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aaaaarrrggghhhhh!!! this killz!!! rad of you to post this..im gonna start fucking thrashing right..NOW!!!
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that’s a fuckin cool 7″. i have the strappado LP. who of them on the sleeve are you?
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ain’t this the Nocturnal Hell EP?
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As you can see (just uploaded the cover scans), the EP actually bears no title. It’s common practice among some to name records after the first song. This causes a lot of confusion actually, cause untitled records are untitled records. But yes- this is the “Nocturnal Hell” EP or, if you please, the “Tortured Souls” one. Or else.
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