Shadowy Men On A Shadowy Planet - Sport Fishin' Accessories (1993)

Canadian surf rock trio Shadowy Men From A Shadowy Planet put this promotional-only 5-track mini CD out in 1993 before releasing Sport Fishin': The Lure Of The Bait, The Luck Of The Hook the same year. Best known for providing the opening theme music to "Kids In The Hall," the Canadian sketch comedy show that was reminiscent to "Monty Python's Flying Circus" but far more perverted and gay (and in some ways, rivaling in humor or even funnier). "Having An Average Weekend" is their all-time greatest and biggest hit, but personally I find that "Plastics For 500, Bob" is almost as good; it's faster, catchy and you can see the frantic surfer struggling to keep balance when you crank this song up before he wipes out. Many of their songs were used as interludes between sketches on "Kids In The Hall," this song being one of them. "Having An Average Weekend '78" is the band parodying themselves, putting out a heavily distorted, almost stoner-rock version of the song by the same name. Enjoy this and I will upload a full-length by them soon. They formed in 1984, won a Juno in 1992 (the Canadian equivalent to the Grammys), broke up in 1996 and their bassist, Reid Diamond, died in 2001. Easily one of the best surf rock bands there ever was, as out-of-place-and-time as they were.

Artist: Shadowy Men On A Shadowy Planet
Album: Sport Fishin' Accessories
Year: 1993
Genre: Surf
Quality: 320kbps (Very high) with the exception of track 5, which is 128kbps (low-to-average)

1. Memories Of Gay Paree - 1:49
2. Plastics For 500, Bob - 1:44
3. Having An Average Weekend - 2:41
4. Vibolux Deluxe - 2:01
5. Having An Average Weekend '78 - 1:28

20.3 MB

"Having An Average Weekend"



"Plastics For 500, Bob"



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Fight - War Of Words (1993)

Artist: Fight
Album: War Of Words
Year: 1993
Genre: Heavy metal
Quality: 320kbps (very high)

1. Into The Pit - 4:12
2. Nailed To The Gun - 3:38
3. Life In Black - 4:34
4. Immortal Sin - 4:38
5. War Of Words - 4:29
6. Laid To Rest - 4:40
7. For All Eternity - 4:42
8. Little Crazy - 3:49
9. Contortion - 4:35
10. Kill It - 3:29
11. Vicious - 3:11
12. Reality, A New Beginning - 13:51

137 MB

After Rob Halford left Judas Priest in 1992 he wanted to venture into other bands and try different genres and styles; this one turned out to be the best and the first of a couple bands he tried out (2wo, Pig, both of which were really bad). Scott Travis from Judas Priest also drummed on the record as well, who has been drumming in Judas Priest since "Painkiller." It is more Pantera-esque than what Halford had typically been playing. Either way, it's awesome, and certainly beat the hell out of the non-Halford-era Priest albums (though "Jugulator" did have some decent songs on it).

Unfortunately, Rob Halford's management have taken measures to prevent songs from their library to appear on Youtube and other video sites, so the best I can do for now is to take you to a site that lets you stream each track individually.

http://www.lala.com/#album/504684633419882490

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Carcass - Pre-"Heartwork" Parr Street Demos

Artist: Carcass
Album: Pre-Heartwork Parr Street Demos
Year: 1993
Genre: Death metal, thrash metal, extreme metal, melodic death metal
Quality: 320kbps (Very high)

1. Blind Bleeding The Blind - 5:14
2. Buried Dreams - 4:06
3. Carnal Forge - 4:05
4. Death Certificate - 3:49
5. Deliverance (Later renamed to Embodiment on Heartwork) - 5:52
6. Doctrinal Expletives - 3:45
7. Heartwork - 4:38
8. No Love Lost - 3:26
9. This Mortal Coil - 4:05
10. Arbeit Macht Frei - 4:31

95.7 MB

I wanted to upload something from my CD collection that a lot of people probably actually don't have so here we go. This is from the reissue of Carcass' magnum opus "Heartwork," originally released in 1993. Re-released in 1998 with remastered tracks, a DVD with in-the-studio stuff and discussing the H.R. Giger art custom-made for this release, Michael Amott's departure, vegetarianism, Parr Street Studios (which is the reason for the long release name), and other stuff. Interesting if you are a fanboy. The Parr Street Studio demo material is great, though. You hear all the tracks from "Heartwork" in often slower tempos, some with different guitar solos. The track listing is different but beyond that it's not wildly different. If you want to see how these 17-18 year old songs were birthed then perfected for the album, take a listen.

These Youtube previews of the songs are AWFUL quality, the actual demo recordings are actually much, much better.

"Blind Bleeding The Blind"



"This Mortal Coil"



"Heartwork"



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Macabre - Sinister Slaughter (1993)

1993's Macabre breakthrough album "Sinister Slaughter," hard for many to access and a favorite among many others. A collection of songs about various killers, murderers, psychopaths and rageaholics throughout time from the Zodiac Killer to Richard Speck to Albert Fish and Charles Whitman. I do not have a single track on here I don't like, but my personal favorite is "Vampire Of Düsseldorf," about Peter Kurten, a serial killer from Germany who struck the hardest in 1929, killing a wide range of people from an 8-year old girl to a middle-aged mechanic and at least 7 others with 9 attempts at murder. He would stab most to death and said at his trial that it was purely of a sexual nature; that the excessive stab wounds on certain victims were because it took longer to achieve an orgasm. Anyways, the song itself has a catchy piano opening and the chorus is also by far the catchiest for me. "Sniper In The Sky" is about Charles Whitman, the man who killed 14 people at the University of Texas in 1966 from the tower and observation deck of an administrative building. I made sure to list which killer each song is about because they are each interesting reads. The album cover is a parody of The Beatles' "Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club," with celebrities' heads replaced by notorious killers. One of my favorite album covers ever. Enjoy!

Artist: Macabre
Album: Sinister Slaughter
Year: 1993
Genre: Thrash metal, grind, death metal, "murder metal"
Quality: 320kbps (very high)

1. Nightstalker (Richard Ramirez) - 2:06
2. The Ted Bundy Song (Ted Bundy) - 1:19
3. Sniper In The Sky (Charles Whitman) - 1:51
4. Montreal Massacre (Marc Lépine) - 1:26 (note: he is noted as Mark Lupine on any Macabre-related site and on the CD, but this is the official French-Canadian listing for this person)
5. Zodiac (Zodiac Killer) - 3:46
6. James Pough, What The Hell Did You Do?! (James Edward Pough) - 2:10
7. The Boston Stranger (Albert DeSalvo) - 1:10
8. Mary Bell (Mary Bell) - 0:44
9. Mary Bell (Reprise) (Mary Bell) - 0:46
10. Killing Spree (Postal Killer) (Patrick Sherrill) - 1:22
11. Is It Soup Yet? (Daniel Rakowitz) - 1:19
12. White Hen Decapitator (Michael Bethke) - 2:31
13. Howard Unrah (What Have You Done Now?!) (Howard Unrah) - 2:29
14. Gacy's Lot (John Wayne Gacy) - 2:21
15. There Was A Young Man Who Blew Up A Plane (Jack Gilbert Graham) - 2:10
16. Vampire Of Düsseldorf (Peter Kürten) - 2:43
17. Shotgun Peterson (Christopher Peterson) - 2:49
18. What's That Smell? (Jeffrey Dahmer) - 3:02
19. Edmund Kemper Had A Horrible Temper (Edmund Kemper) - 2:35
20. What The Heck, Richard Speck (Eight Nurses You Wrecked) (Richard Speck) - 2:05
21. Albert Was Worse Than Any Fish In The Sea (Albert Fish) - 1:35

100 MB

"White Hen Decapitator"



"Nightstalker"



"Mary Bell"



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Death - Individual Thought Patterns (1993)

One of the greatest albums of the 90's, "The Philosopher" is probably one of if not the most well-known Death songs ever, with a music video and even a spot on "Beavis & Butt-head." More technical, experimental and sometimes jazzy compared to their earlier records; don't take that as a softening sound.

Artist: Death
Album: Individual Thought Patterns
Year: 1993
Genre: Death metal
Quality: 320kbps (very high)

93.3 MB

1. Overactive Imagination – 3:28
2. In Human Form – 3:55
3. Jealousy – 3:39
4. Trapped In A Corner – 4:11
5. Nothing Is Everything – 3:16
6. Mentally Blind – 4:45
7. Individual Thought Patterns – 4:00
8. Destiny – 4:04
9. Out Of Touch – 4:19
10. The Philosopher – 4:10

"The Philosopher"



"Destiny"



Beavis & Butt-head's feature on "The Philosopher"



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Mercyful Fate - In The Shadows (1993)

Heavy metal band from Denmark.

Artist: Mercyful Fate
Album: In The Shadows
Year: 1993
Genre: Heavy Metal, power metal, maybe slight black metal?
Quality: 320kbps

1. Egypt
2. The Bell Witch
3. The Old Oak
4. Shadows
5. A Gruesome Time
6. Thirteen Invitations
7. Room Of Golden Air
8. Legend Of The Headless Rider
9. Is That You, Melissa
10. Return Of The Vampire... 1993

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Preview the opening track's music video on Youtube:



I know the video sounds "quiet" but I assure you on the album it's nice, crisp and loud!