Vyper - Demo [1988]

I was just clued into Vyper very recently, and this 1988 demo tape graciously fell into my lap today.

This demo finds Vyper playing some traditional heavy metal, as elements of NWOBHM influence sound rather evident. With four tracks (one of which feels more like an interlude), I find myself wishing there were more songs or even another release from the band.

Just a year after this demo, Greg Eisenach (guitar/vocals) and Ryan Dyson (drums) were cranking out a much thrashier sound with the band, Roadkill. 

Vyper - Demo

[1988]

https://www.mediafire.com/?9nnqjq2i79m45r4

Fantasmagoria - My Hunger

Fantasmagoria was a short lived thrash/death band that only ever recorded one song, which was released as the My Hunger demo tape in 1988.

Mike Teal handled bass on this demo, but otherwise played guitar for Fantasmagoria.  Here's a brief synopsis of the band from his point of view:

So, Fantasmagoria was a band that was started by James Smith, Kendall Seeman, Jon Englehart, and myself a few months before I started playing drums in Machine, we were introduced by Mark Murphy (AKA Frankie Delmane)  of Dead Conspiracy back in 1987.  They all were jamming together in a band out in Lake Oswego called Osiris, and were looking for a 2nd guitarist.  I showed up with a bunch of thrash riffs and hyperactive ideas and they loved me immediately, I insisted we change the name to something more death metal sounding, and we started playing Slayer, Metallica, Exodus, Motorhead, AC/DC covers, along with a bunch of original stuff.  After a few months we got together a pretty long set of originals, all thrash metal inspired stuff with a bit of melodic progressive metal sounding songs, we played a single live show with Dead Conspiracy and Savior out at the Uhaul place they practiced in out in Gresham, then I quit in the recording studio while we were recording the follow up demo to My Hunger.  James ended up as the vocalist for Savior later on, and I think Kendall and Jon had a band going together after Fantasmagoria.  It was my first REAL band that played live AND recorded, I was 17.

 

Fantasmagoria - My Hunger

[demo 1988]

http://www.mediafire.com/?cdqzbf8um8qqz67

The link above contains a 320k mp3, and full scans of the entire layout.  However, I've also uploaded just the song to youtube.

Oily Bloodmen - Telephone Wire [Demo 1988]

Oily Bloodmen spent a decent chunk of years (1984 - 1992) in various Portland nightclubs, honing a hardcore punk sound that had unique tinges of funk and country buried just below the surface.

This is there Telephone Wire demo from 1988.  At this point in time, Dean Johnson of Poison Idea fame had joined them on drums.

Oily Bloodmen - Telephone Wire [Demo 1988]

http://www.mediafire.com/?z7z0v7qjogm3622

Also, here's a site that has some mp3 rips of Oily Bloodmen's 1987 demo - Old Men Have To Talk Tough along with a few photos.

Unfortunately, in 1998 and 2001, two co-founding members of Oily Bloodmen in Dale Moerer and Rich Rosemus died of drug overdoses.