CRYPTIC SLAUGHTER “Life in grave + rarities 85/88” gatefold LP with zine + BULLDOZER “The exorcism – demo ’84” gatefold LP, pre-orders start NOW!
We can hardly believe what we’re going to announce here. This month’s release schedule on FOAD Records consists of 2 chapters in the history of Hardcore and Metal. CRYPTIC SLAUGHTER and BULLDOZER, both with ultra-rare and unreleased recordings from their very early days. And yes, pre-orders for these 2 monuments of asskickery are starting now, and we set their official release party at the mighty HELLFEST in Clisson, France – so if you’re going there, make sure to visit the huge Metal Market and find FOAD Records’ booth, because both die-hard versions of these motherfuckers will be already available there.
So going in detail, here’s what you’re going to see:
CRYPTIC SLAUGHTER “Life in grave + rarities 1985/1988” gatefold LP with 36 page zine/booklet
California’s thrashing Speed-core pioneers CRYPTIC SLAUGHTER team up with FOAD Records for an incredible vinyl treasure finally giving the right treatment to their legendary “Life in grave” Demotape 1985 and to an accurate selection of ultra-rare/unreleased recordings ranging from their 3 piece line-up era (1985) to the “Convicted”/”Money talks” days. This release has been in the works for months until we found the top sounding masters in existence and restored them for the best possible audiophile result when pressed on vinyl. Side A includes the band’s Demotape “Life in grave” adding 2 rehearsal tracks from the same period, one is a speeded up HELLHAMMER cover and one is a super-raw version of VENOM‘s “Welcome to hell”. Side B is all focused on the “Convicted”/”Money talks” 4 piece line-up and includes various live recordings and a good sounding rehearsal 1986. All songs here are performed even faster than how they were played on their classic albums. This is how Goodbadmusic.com introduced “Life in grave”: “1985 was a good year for music – bands like SLAUGHTER, NYC MAYHEM, VOOR, WEHRMACHT, HIRAX, DEATH, REPULSION and CRYPTIC SLAUGHTER amazed me and they still blow me away today! Especially this one here with its youthful urgency, its unpolished power and enthusiasm. And stilistically, this was very refreshing. Could you say whether this is more metal or more HC? Does it matter to you?” Being this one of the most important FOAD releases to date, we also dedicated the right passion to the packaging: a stunning reverse board gatefold sleeve and most of all a 36 PAGE zine/booklet stuffed with rare photos, interviews, zine excerpts and gig flyers. If you’re into any kind of fast music be it Thrash, Hardcore, Grind or PowerViolence, you are MAD if you miss this!!
Die-hard edition in “half n half” coloured vinyl (half black with yellow splattering / half red striped with black)
Regular black vinyl
BULLDOZER “The exorcism Demo 1984 + Fallen angel” gatefold LP
The ultra-fucking-rare BULLDOZER Demotape 1984 with kult “Fallen angel” 7″ added as bonus. One of the most incredible findings in FOAD‘s hunting career: only 3 copies of this demo exist, one was sent to Roadrunner, one to King Diamond and one was recently exhumed in AC Wild’s basement and delivered to us for a top quality treatment. This is the recording that got Bulldozer signed to Roadrunner in 1984 and it sounds killer.. different and rawer versions of classics ended on their debut slasher “The day of wrath”. Dark, demonical Black/Speed Metal from the most savage guts of Italy’s early 80s Metal inferno, for anyone that worships the early releases from Venom, Bathory and Possessed, plus the “Fallen angel” session adds that Motörhead touch making this an instant masterpiece of rawness and sheer power. Check out how AC Wild introduced the unreleased Demo recordings: “This tape was sent to Roadrunner and Roadrunner signed us in 1984. It was also submitted to King Diamond to ask if he was interested in being the producer of our album but he refused saying that this stuff sounded “too Punk”!! Comes in a stunning gatefold cover filled with rare/unreleased photos, alternate artworks and liner-notes.
Die-hard edition limited to 100 copies on splatter vinyl (iridescent blood-red mixed with gold + dark speckles)
including an embroidered patch with the band’s logo
Regular black vinyl
