22 March 2019

AZAGTHOTH (UK) + '80s JAPANESE METAL/PUNK


The title of this mix should really give you all that you need. Well known Japanese hitmakers GHOUL (Jerusalem EP - 1985), THE EXECUTE (Hardcore Temptation EP - 1983), THE CLAY (Middle East Combat Area EP - 1984) and POISON (Mystery Temptation EP - 1986) join forces with a slightly more under the radar banger from CASBAH (1987's Infinite Pain EP, which has appeared here before but deserves a revisit) and R.U.G.'s wild NWOJHM-esque Deathly Fighter/Crazy Bomber 45. These are all mandatory releases, and most command serious coin (because they are mandatory)....so crank these degraded twenty year old mix tape quality reproductions and save your coffee shop tips. But the real highlight here is AZAGTHOTH's 1987 filthy deathrash masterpiece Shredded Flesh demo. The only non-Japanese act on the tape, AZAGTHOTH was a short lived Shane Embury side project and they were absolutely disgusting. To listen to "Bloodsucking Freaks" is to forever alter your perception of what is music. Three tracks here (P.D.C.," "Dwell On Death," "At Our Leisure") that don't appear on most (any?) of the track listings I've found online, but the dude who made this for me was teenage penpals with the people involved, so who knows. Dig it: Mix Tapes > Youtube Algorithms. 

3 comments:

Luc said...

Where the hell does this come from? That's my handwriting on the cover!! And definitely the sort of tape I'd make... Just don't remember it.

the wizard said...

I assumed it was from you....and from a long time ago, hahaha.

PunchingConesWithDevil said...

I can't believe I never listened to that Clay EP until now!

So many wasted years...