VIETNAM “Bad symptom – Discography Pt.1” LP+CD and “Full of mistake world – Discography Pt.2” LP+CD, POISON “Sons of evil” LP, “Bestial death” LP and “Awakening of the dead” LP are all out NOW!!
Here we are in one of the most complex and messy times ever in the history of our label… we are moving to a much larger warehouse, which will be the permanent home of F.O.A.D. and in all of this we are continuing to carry on the mailorder and our monthly releases. So for this time there will be no long introductions, we’re here to tell you that the 5x September releases namely VIETNAM “Bad symptom – Discography Pt.1” LP+CD and “Full of mistake world – Discography Pt.2” LP+CD, POISON “Sons of evil” LP, “Bestial death” LP and “Awakening of the dead” LP are all out NOW!!!
We have shipped all your pre-orders and are finishing sending out the last wholesale ones as well. The diehard editions of VIETNAM’s two anthology collection LP’s are sold out (black vinyl still available), we have a few left of POISON, hurry because they won’t last long! From now for a period of 2-3 weeks we won’t have any releases, but watch out because there’ll be some special offers and substantial discounts on our whole mailorder catalog due to the move and warehouse cleaning. Immediately after that we’ll start with trailers for the next round of sonic monstrosities that promises to be one of the sickest in the entire F.O.A.D. history with an apocalyptic-sized boxset accompanied by other releases that will make you dive back to the golden years of… Wild Rags! Stay tuned because the upcoming releases are truly brain-melting!
More in detail about each release:
VIETNAM “Bad symptom – Discography Pt.1” LP+CD (F.O.A.D 331)
Part 1 of 2: complete discography of this rare gem of late 80’s Japanese hardcore thrash spread over two head-ripping LP’s (with extra CD inside) made with the utmost attention to detail and quality!! Incendiary thrash crossover from Osaka, combining the best elements of old school Japanese hardcore with a solid metallic base. This first chapter includes their Demo 1 (1986) and Demo 2 (1987), plus two giveaway promotional tapes and a bonus CD with a great sounding soundboard live recorded at Egg Plant, Osaka in 1988. Mastered from the band’s archival sources. Recommended to fans of G.I.S.M., Crow, Zouo, Sacrifice (Jpn), Zadkiel.Includes Japanese OBI strip and 4 page insert with rare photos, flyers and scans of the original tapes.
Watch the trailer HERE
Available in the following versions:
Solid black vinyl limited to 250 copies
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VIETNAM “Full of mistake world – Discography Pt.2” LP+CD (F.O.A.D 332)
Part 2 of 2: complete discography of this rare gem of late 80’s Japanese hardcore thrash spread over two head-ripping LP’s (with extra CD inside) made with the utmost attention to detail and quality!! Incendiary thrash crossover from Osaka, combining the best elements of old school Japanese hardcore with a solid metallic base. Second chapter including their third demotape “Full of mistake world” (1988), songs from “Far East Thrash Army – Thrash Live In Savagery” compilation (1989) and bonus CD with a killer soundboard live 1989.4.29.Another incredible Japanese thrash obscurity brought back to light by F.O.A.D., enhancing the great scene of a city (Osaka) with a huge underground metal-punk scene to be discovered… Mastered from the band’s archival sources. Recommended to fans of G.I.S.M., Crow, Zouo, Sacrifice (Jpn), Zadkiel.Includes Japanese OBI strip and 4 page insert with rare photos, flyers and scans of the original tapes.
Watch the trailer HERE
Available in the following versions:
Solid black vinyl limited to 250 copies
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POISON “Sons of evil” LP (F.O.A.D. 082) 2nd pressing
Pure infernal armageddon, not for the weak!! One of the most deviated, disgusting and anti-musical death metal aberrations ever conceived. BACK ON VINYL IN ITS MOST COMPLETE VERSION exactly as the cassette version that was circulating in the 80s! Originally released in 1984, “Sons of evil” is the first demo recording from the malevolent and sinister German entity known as Poison. This sounds so raw and extreme that even the band members took their time to decide whether to license a vinyl reissue or not, and the graal got unlocked only when after years of research through the most insane puritan collectors, we tracked a source whose quality was even “better” than the masters owned by the band and got it properly restored and mastered by our wizard H.O.D. at Toxic Basement studio. So one thing is sure: this LP is the matchless, best sounding version of “Sons of evil” you can dream about. Now quoting what has been said already about this gem: as primitive and barbaric as a Stone Age gang-rape, this tape is possessed by total darkness and evil. Musically, this runs the gamut from morbidly mid-paced to intense and somewhat insane. It bears no real similarities to any of their German counterparts, such as Sodom, Destruction or Kreator. The slower parts sound very reminiscent of Hellhammer, with one very important exception: this is darker and more evil than Mr. Warrior and his cohorts ever could have hoped to be. The vocals of Virgin Slaughter are exactly what Tom should have been doing on releases such as “Satanic Rites”. Possessed and maniacal, at times, his demonic voice actually accentuates the dark mood of the music, rather than detracting from it. As for the rest of the songwriting, this is like a war on the senses. Primitive and violent in nature, the riffs saw through you while the drums pound your skull into oblivion. It is almost difficult to believe something so bestial and grotesque existed back in 1984. The sound is on the same level as the “Death By Metal” demo, from Mantas, and makes the old Venom and Bathory records seem like they were done in high-dollar facilities. “Sons of Evil” is a monstrous offering from a band that had truly tapped into something dark and aggressive. Includes poster and an old school fanzine style booklet with rare photos, flyers and excerpts from zines/mags of that era.
Watch the trailer HERE
Available in the following versions:
Solid black vinyl limited to 200 copies
Diehard edition on swirl milky clear mixed with black vinyl, limited to 100 copies
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POISON “Bestial death” LP (F.O.A.D. 095) 2nd pressing
New mastering made from a band’s lost and found source exhumed years after F.O.A.D.’s 2016 reissue and sounding better than ever! Raw, extreme and BESTIAL blackened Death Metal at its most savage form. Recorded in fall 1985 and following their classic debut Demotape “Sons of evil”, this second chapter offers another journey into the realms of sonic perversion and mental obscurity. This LP offers another chapter in POISON’s uncompromised evil, keeping the original sound the most faithful and pristine as possible with that claustrophobic feeling of cavernous horror that no other band has been able to recreate at so crude dimensions. Alternating moments of ultra-fast (for the time) proto blasting mayhem with slowed down breaks of suffocating doom, “Bestial death” recalls the sickest elements of Hellhammer’s demos and of course the school of Venom, or to keep it closer to Teutonic savagery, Sodom on their “Witching Metal” demotape. Deluxe sleeve with restored original artwork, poster and a 16 page fanzine styled booklet including old interviews, reviews, flyers and rare photos. Licensed and approved by the band!
Watch the trailer HERE
Available in the following versions:
Solid black vinyl limited to 200 copies
Diehard edition on swirl dark yellow mixed with black vinyl, limited to 100 copies
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POISON “Awakening of the dead” LP (F.O.A.D. 096) 2nd pressing
3rd installement in FOAD’s deadly mission of bringing back to light POISON’s official demotapes in the most complete and pristine shape. After their terrifying first two abominations (“Sons of evil” – 1985 and “Bestial death” -1985) and a live tape, 1986 sees these pioneering German maniacs deliver another nightmarish assault of dark, creepy death metal. It’s the turn of “Awakening of the dead” that even showing some kind of progress in their brutal primitivity and a 4-track production, still delivers the insane rawness and hallucinating morbidity they were feared for. On a promo sheet of the time they were describing it as follows: “POISON play a very extreme mixture of ultra-fast + ripping death metal and more classical, Black Sabbath-inspired doom stuff, without trying to follow and special trend or ripping off any famous band”. It’s all there, think of a death chamber unleashing the most stabbing screams of terror in a chtlulhu-ish pace alternating blasts of uncontrolled fury with Hellhammer tinged breakdowns. Once again mastered at Toxic Basement Studio from the best sounding source in existence still keeping the impact and genuinity of the original sound as it was on tape. Deluxe sleeve with restored original artwork, poster and a 16 page fanzine styled booklet including old interviews, reviews, flyers and rare photos. Licensed and approved by the band!
Watch the trailer HERE
Available in the following versions:
Solid black vinyl limited to 200 copies
Diehard edition on swirl dark red mixed with black vinyl, limited to 100 copies
