Necromantic Press zine was the brief brainchild of Eric and Mark from Dead Conspiracy that clocked in at two issues. With interviews, demo reviews, scene news and more, below is a full PDF download of issue #1.
Thursday, July 26, 2018
Sunday, July 8, 2018
Berzerk - Demo 1996
Berzerk spent a good amount of the mid - late 90s and into the very early 2000s their brand of Southeast Portland hardcore punk throughout the city. It wasn't unusual to catch them playing with fellow locals like National Guard and Sputnik to national acts like FYP and AFI.
Over the years, they released a handful of records on Recess Records, but this 1996 demo tape is where it all began before they became Recess darlings. Three of these eleven tracks would be re-recorded for the debut 7" a year later.
Berzerk - Demo 1996
Saturday, July 15, 2017
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]
Saturday, March 25, 2017
Wreck Creation - Steal This Tape! [demo 1991]
Wreck Creation existed from 1990 - 1996, and played what most would describe as thrash/crossover. The band carried members of Wehrmacht, Speed Weenie and Bodybag throughout their time together.
Steal This Tape! is their first demo from 1991 and contains four tracks clocking in at just over 15 minutes. They went on to release another cassette, a split 7" with 90 proof and finished with a self titled cd in 1995.
Wreck Creation - Steal This Tape!
[demo 1991]
Friday, June 5, 2015
Glacier interview from Powerline #1 [1985]
Here's a short Glacier interview from the first issue of Powerline in 1985, which was just shortly after the self titled EP had been released on Axe Killer Records.
Thursday, October 23, 2014
National Guard - Unreleased LP [1996]
National Guard's last hurrah came in the form of an unreleased LP in mid 1996. Intended to come out on a record label that was to be run by Billy Galaxy, the full recording never ended up seeing the light of day. As things fell through with the CD, the band was also beginning to go through some changes, and with some personnel changes, National Guard ceased to exist by the end of the year.
Recorded at Anonymous Noise in May of 1996 with Karl Brummers, who also engineered recordings by the likes of The Weaklings, Atomic 61, The Automatics and Everclear, there were 21 tracks in total. Two of those tracks (US Upset and No Way) did get released on the One Big Happy Slam Pit compilation CD.
So here it is, in its full form, the unreleased National Guard LP at 320k and remastered from the master DAT tape.
National Guard - Unreleased LP
[1996]
Sunday, October 12, 2014
Sweaty Nipples - What's Your Funktion? [demo 1989]
As of a few days ago, it has now been 25 years since Sweaty Nipples recorded their What's Your Funktion? demo tape. Many people called them funk-metal or funk-punk, but I think a big part of the fun with a band like Sweaty Nipples was that they didn't really fit into any sort of a box. They were able to crossover with lots of people that were into varied sounds, and that's a big part of what made their shows at La Luna in the early 90s so much fun.
Of course, they would later go on to release records through Media Blitz, Tim/Kerr, Megaforce and Element, but this is where they started.
Sweaty Nipples - What's Your Funktion?
[demo 1989]
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