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savage-kult-of-gorthaur · 2 months

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FOR THOSE WHO POOL RIDE TO SLAYTANIC SOUNDS -- SKATING & SLAYING TIL DEATH.

PIC INFO: Spotlight on Australia’s Jackson Pilz (of Enjoi Bros.) pool-riding the "Hell Awaits" bowl on the then new episode of "Thrasher" Magazine's "King Of The Road" on Viceland, c. 2017. 📸: Joe Brook.

"Burning from within, You know one spark is all it takes, Hear the piercing cries of all Who found that hell awaits."

-- "Spirit in Black" (1990) by SLAYER

Source: https://m.facebook.com/TelepGaleria/photos/d41d8cd9/1624556580888511.

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megarockradio · 3 years

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Thrashback Thursday – Taking it to ‘88 with TANKARD’s The Morning After! Their t...

Thrashback Thursday – Taking it to ‘88 with TANKARD’s The Morning After! Their t…

Thrashback Thursday – Taking it to ‘88 with TANKARD’s The Morning After! Their third album has a punkish attitude complete with great lyrics like “Thou shall not waste and thou shall not spill, just drink your beer!” Read this article at Classic Rock Magazine!

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signaljams · 4 years

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Thursday Thrashbacks | Seek and Destroy, circa 1983

#diamond_head #hard_rock #heavy_metal #metallica #music #quincy_jones #rave #review #saxon #signal_jams #thrash_metal #thrashbacks

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savage-kult-of-gorthaur · 5 months

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HARDCORE BAND BREAK-UP INCOMING -- SEAN IS GETTING INTO B-BOY CULTURE.

PIC(S) INFO: Spotlight on primary VOID lyricist and band drummer, the late, great Sean Finnegan rocking a "Wild Style" (1983) sleeveless T-shirt, with "Bubba" Dupree to the left of him looking more glammed out than in the band's earlier days, c. 1983-'84? 📸: Jim Saah.

Resolution at 1080x728 & 640x819.

PIC #2: Behind-the-scenes shot of the 1983 hip-hop cult classic/docudrama, "Wild Style," with the titular "Wild Style" mural by graffiti artists ZEPHYR, Revolt, and Sharp in the background.

Sources: www.picuki.com/media/2629286378490184617 & Dazed Magazine.

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savage-kult-of-gorthaur · 1 year

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THRASHERS BY NAME -- STREET PUNK-METAL ASSASSINS IN ATTITUDE.

PIC(S) INFO: Mega-spotlight on late, great bassist Cliff Burton and rhythm guitarist/vocalist James Hetfield of American thrash metal band METALLICA, performing live at the Breaking Sound Festival at Le Bourget Airport outside of Paris, France, on August 29, 1984. 📸: Pete Cronin (I believe he took all of these).

Man, these took a while to track down, and I'll bet there's even more out there that probably haven't even been published yet. I also had to double-check that they were all different, too, seeing as they're multiple shots of just Cliff & James. Stay HEAVY!!

Sources: Various, Classic Rockers, Loudwire, Rolling Stone, the NME, and https://notefornoteblog.wordpress.com/2014/08/06/metallica-ride-the-lightning-1984.

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savage-kult-of-gorthaur · 6 months

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INEXTRICABLY INTERTWINED IN THE '80s UNDERGROUND -- AMERICAN HARDCORE PUNK & THRASH METAL.

PIC(S) INFO: Spotlight on lead guitarist of American thrash metal band METALLICA, Kirk Hammett, rocking a MISFITS "Earth A.D./Wolf's Blood" T-shirt, photographed during a "Ride the Lightning" record signing at Chris' Warped Records, Lakewood, Ohio, USA, on February 2, 1985.

"ON EARTH AS IT IS IN HELL"!!

Source: Facebook (lifted the Hammett pics from an old post of mine), Reddit, Pinterest, & X (formerly known as Twitter).

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savage-kult-of-gorthaur · 7 months

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MOVING UP THE RANKS OF '80s THRASH METAL-MANIA -- RECORD SIGNINGS FOR ONLY THE TRUEST BELIEVERS.

PIC(S) INFO: Spotlight on American thrash metal band METALLICA, photographed during a "Ride the Lightning" record signing at Chris' Warped Records, Lakewood, Ohio, USA, on February 2, 1985.

NOTE: The band signed to major label Elektra Records in the fall of 1984, and re-released "Ride the Lightning" on said label in the fall of the same year, hence why the band was still promoting the album into early 1985. Moving up in the world indeed.

Sources: www.reddit.com/r/OldSchoolCool/comments/i5gmzu & Pinterest (mostly on Pinterest).

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savage-kult-of-gorthaur · 1 month

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BEFORE OR AFTER THE GIG SMOKE BREAK? DIS MYSTERY STILL CONTINUES.

PIC(S) INFO: Spotlight on 3/4 of "Hear Nothing See Nothing Say Nothing" era DISCHARGE line-up (where'd Cal go?) -- L to R: Garry, Bones, & Rainy, photographed either before or after their 9:30 Club headlining gig in Washington DC, on October 17, 1982. Photo from the private collection of Rainy Wainwright.

Dis nightmare still @$!*#&% continues!!

Sources: www.picuki.com/media/2724518381035455248 & https://exhibitions.lib.umd.edu/dc-punk/year/1982.

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savage-kult-of-gorthaur · 3 months

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TWO WAVES WORTH OF FESTERING, STINKING EARLY BLACK METAL.

PIC INFO: L to R -- Spotlight on MAYHEM's Euronymous✝, Tom Angelripper of SODOM, and Necrobutcher, photographed in West Germany, summer 1986. "Best photo I ever took," by Jon Kristiansen, from his 748-page book "METALION: The Slayer Mag Diaries."

Source: www.picuki.com/media/3282952635864484717.

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savage-kult-of-gorthaur · 4 months

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THE ARCANE "DIABOLUS" FONT -- ONE OF MY PERSONAL ESOTERIC FAVORITES.

PIC INFO: Resolution at 1684x1712 -- Spotlight on promotional imagery/ typography for "Diabolus in Musica," the eighth studio album by American thrash metal band SLAYER, released on June 9, 1998, by American Recordings.

EXTRA INFO: The above images are from a 12x12 double-sided poster promoting the "Diabolus in Musica" album, c. 1998. Art direction: Frank.

Source: https://saintstevensthingery.com/mybackpages/slayer-diabolus-flat.

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savage-kult-of-gorthaur · 4 months

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THRASHBACK THURSDAY TO ACROSS THE POND -- GIGGING IN LONDON TOWN.

PIC(S) INFO: Spotlight on SLAYER (sans Kerry King), members of ATOMKRAFT, & one Abaddon of the mighty VENOM, photographed during Slayer's gig at the famed Marquee in London, England, c. June 1985, during the band's European "Hell Awaits" Tour.

Sources: www.flickr.com/photos/rob-matthew-redhead/6326668942 & Picuki.

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savage-kult-of-gorthaur · 5 months

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HAVING NAILED THE AUDITION -- THAT HAMMETT KID WAS REALLY GOING PLACES IN '83.

PIC(S) INFO: Spotlight on a photo-series titled "Kirk Hammett's First Shows," documenting the then newly-recruited guitarist earliest gigs with American thrash metal band METALLICA, c. 1983. All photos from the collection of Lars Ulrich.

JOINING THE BAND: ""I had a week to learn all the songs; and back then, learning eight or 10 songs in a week would have been pretty difficult. I could probably learn eight or 10 songs in like four days now because I’m just better at it. But back then it was a lot.”

“And I remember sitting down with that Metallica demo tape and just learning as much as I could, and then flying out. And I remember when I arrived in New York City, and I arrived at the rehearsal spot in Jamaica, Queens.”

“It was like 20 degrees outside, and it was snowing. That was a bit of a shock for me because I’d never left California at that point. I remember getting there, and it was like early evening, and those guys were just getting up. And I thought, ‘Who the gets up at six or seven o’clock at night?!’

“I remember saying hello to them and then 15 minutes later, they’re saying to me, ‘Come on, let’s just play some tunes! Well, what do you want to play?’ And I instantly went for the easiest song to play, which is ‘Seek and Destroy.’ And I remember playing ‘Seek and Destroy’ with them, and I couldn’t understand why Lars and James kept on looking at each other and smiling.”

“And I thought, "Wow, they must really enjoy this song… Or maybe there’s something else going on that I don’t know about." I later found out that it was because they were just so happy that it sounded so good right from the start.

"I just started playing shows with them. And then the next thing, I’m in the studio with them and recording [the 1983 METALLICA debut] "Kill ‘Em All." So I thought, "Well, I must be in the band if I’m recording an album with 'em now." Because they never sat me down and said, "You’re officially in the band" – they never did that!""

--- ROCK AND ROLL GARAGE, "Guitarist Kirk Hammett recalls his audition to join Metallica," published by Rafael Polcaro, c. June 2021

Sources: https://metallicablackbox.com/products/kirk-hammetts-first-shows & https://rockandrollgarage.com/guitarist-kirk-hammett-recalls-his-audition-to-join-metallica/amp.

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savage-kult-of-gorthaur · 5 months

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U.S. THRASH & HARDCORE REACHES UK SHORES -- UP THE THRASHER-PUNKS!

PIC INFO: Spotlight on an unnamed UK thrasher with impeccable tastes in the then underground sounds of the era, mainly of the Bay Area thrash metal & hardcore punk subgenres, c. 1984.

Really wish there was more background info to be shared on this certain UK thrasher (what gig he was attending, for starters), but the mysterious aspect does hold its own allure as well.

Source: Pic lifted from my Facebook page (original source has been lost to time).

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savage-kult-of-gorthaur · 5 months

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"PLAYING HOMAGE TO VERBAL ABUSE, T.S.O.L., MINOR THREAT, D.I., DR. KNOW, D.R.I., STOOGES..."

PIC(S) INFO: Spotlight on a record/promo advertisement for "Undisputed Attitude," SLAYER's seventh studio album, consisting almost entirely of '80s hardcore punk covers. The album was released in May 1996 under the American Recordings label.

MIDWEST METAL: "My first question to you is, go back a little to the release of 1996's "Undisputed Attitude." Did it do what you wanted it to do? Did it do what you expected it to do?" TOM ARAYA: "It did what I expected it to do, which was not a lot (laughs)! We kept a very low profile, we did a very short tour in which we played smaller clubs. It was low key. I mean it was a cover album, we thought if we put it out and the kids are into it, they're into it. Even the shows that we did we did way more SLAYER stuff, not at all many covers, maybe four or five. I knew it wouldn't do very well, people want to hear SLAYER! The real die-hards picked up on it and that was expected. Kerry (King) really wanted to do the record and it actually started out as classic metal songs, stuff like DEEP PURPLE, PRIEST, UFO the bands that influenced us. We were even gonna try a DOORS song because they're such an influence of mine."

Sources: www.picuki.com/media/3249768470126303486 (Picuki 2x).

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savage-kult-of-gorthaur · 1 year

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CHANNELING HIS INNER TONY "BONES" ROBERTS -- THE NIGHTMARE CONTINUES!!

PIC(S) INFO: Spotlight on a mega photo-dump of a young Kirk Hammett of early METALLICA rocking the almighty English hardcore punk band DISCHARGE, c. "Ride the Lightning" era/tour.

"METALLICA were as likely to be listening to the English bullet-punk anarchists DISCHARGE as they were [THIN] LIZZY or THE MISFITS during those record-playing binges in El Cerrito. "Back in the partying days," says Hetfield, "we'd put on a MOTÖRHEAD record, ANGEL WITCH, then DISCHARGE -- and no one flinched. It all belonged together. It was aggressive, it had guitars, it felt good." That's Hammett in a DISCHARGE T-shirt on the back cover of "Ride the Lightning.""

-- DAVID FRICKE, liner notes to the "Garage Inc." double CD album, c. 1998

Dis nightmare still @$!*&#% continues!!

Sources: www.reddit.com/r/VintageMetalPics/comments/yz36cb, wattpad, https://co.pinterest.com/pin/693835886313293326 (all the rest found on Pinterest).

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savage-kult-of-gorthaur · 5 months

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MILLIONS OF DEAD CHILDREN BROUGHT TO YOU BY THE MULTI-DEATH CORPORATION.

PIC(S) INFO: Spotlight on back cover sleeve art/B-side to the "Chicken Squawk" 7 inch EP by American hardcore punk band MILLIONS OF DEAD CHILDREN (MDC), released in 1984 under R Radical Records.

7 INCH EP OVERVIEW: "It was 1984 and there was a gigantic famine going on in parts of Africa especially Ethiopia. M.D.C. attacked the problem head on. This was all due to greed by multi-death corporations and corrupt governments. If not for this greed this problem could easily be solved. Musically you would see M.D.C. continue to get faster and more thrash-like. Their lyrics would continue to tackle the cause of these problems and offer solutions. This record first came out in 1984 and went out of print shortly after."

-- GRAVE MISTAKE RECORDS (label & distro)

Source: www.picuki.com/media/2978683209197657532.

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