Glacier - Rehearsals [1983 - 1985]

Glacier existed in a few different forms between the years of 1979 and roughly 1989, and played some pretty killer heavy/power metal.  If you want to dig deeper into their history, you can read all about it on this site that is a mirror of a Geocities page while they were planning a reunion around 2002.

The era that they are most widely known for is during the time that they recorded a s/t EP in 1985 that was released on French label, Axe Killer Records.  The vinyl is still highly sought after by collectors.  It's from this same era of the band that I have various rehearsal recordings.  I did some remastering work on these, and they sound pretty good given that they are 30 year old practice space recordings.

Two rehearsals are primarily instrumental, and the others have vocals.  You'll get to hear some early practice versions of songs that made it onto the s/t EP, and even some tracks that never got recorded in a studio.

Let's take this in chronological order:

Glacier - Rehearsal 12/26/83

https://www.mediafire.com/?a3xvfk3vcql6si2

Glacier - Rehearsal 1/8/84

https://www.mediafire.com/?vvppf42eoonuo63

Glacier - Babyland Rehearsal 6/85

https://www.mediafire.com/?c1i8zlq2c1arqlu

Glacier - Rehearsals 9/21 & 9/21/85

https://www.mediafire.com/?r3jaykb66yypdh7

 Glacier - Give It Up 12/85

https://www.mediafire.com/?lq1zvmlsdpimy36

This one especially rules, because it's just Tim and Pat doing a KISS parody.

On a final note, if anyone out there has the Ready For Battle demo from 1984, or any of the recordings that pre-date it, please get in touch!  pdxunderground43@gmail.com

Cruella - Power Metal [demo 1986]

Cruella was born out of the ashes of Xinr in the mid-80s, and they didn't waste much time chugging out some great power/speed metal.  The interesting thing is that the first three Cruella recordings feature the same songs, and the same sequencing, but different recordings.  There's a demo from March of 1986 that I'm still looking for, this demo from September of 1986, and the Vengeance Is Mine LP from 1988.

I contacted guitarist, Roger Decarlo, to get some clarification as to the differences between this recording, and the future full length.  He said that this version of the songs was recorded in a cheesy 8 track studio in September of 1986 for a mere $300.  Everything was then recorded again at a professional studio for $3,000 in August of 1987 for the Vengeance Is Mine LP that came out of US Metal Records in February of 1988.

Here is the full Power Metal recording from 1986.  I gave it a slight remaster.

Cruella - Power Metal [1986]

https://www.mediafire.com/?q3f4nnilyt7j150