Wednesday, December 10, 2008

HELLWITCH purveyor of fear 7" (1987)

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1.purveyor of fear
2.pyrophoric seizure

This record was released in '89, but recorded in 1987. Pretty thrashing death metal stuff from these Florida metal pioneers. The band played tons of shows with the likes of DRI, COC, Agonostic Front, etc. In fact the bands first show in 1985 was with Florida's infamous punk band Roach Motel. Though these guys were heavily involved in the diy hardcore scene, they had a huge impact on Florida and underground metal. The production is raw as shit on this release as they recorded most of their early stuff in their living room. Both these songs can be found on the first LP, in a less raw more pro recording. I hear lots of Possessed and Death when I listen to this ep. Only 300 of these were pressed on flight nineteen records. This was heavily traded in the underground tape trading community of the 1980's. This makes takes me back to those days of trading with pen pals around the globe. Thought of this band after seeing a high school/metal buddy by the name of Dave Stevenson at the A7 reunion gig in NYC this past weekend. Dave hasn't changed at all and is still as metal as ever. We used to roam the back streets and malls of Latham NY back in the mid 80's smoking up, and blasting metal in the woods.

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Me, & My buddy Dave..

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10 comments:

  1. Fuck yes!! I love Hellwitch man. Such a great band - and with a pretty unique sound to be just another Floridian Death metal band. lately I've been listening to a lot of early Death and Possessed actually - remembering how great and underrated "Beyond The Gates" is.

    i never got to hear these recordings so I'm excited to peep this. love their crazy song titles an shit.

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  2. I actually lived in Gainesville at the time Hellwitch was getting going. Saw them a few times at house parties , but only saw them on the big stage once during a 12-band metal fest near Orlando. I was more into punk at the time, and found the rapid-fire headbanging of their loyalest fans amusing. Now I myself am among the headbanging contingent.

    Nosferatu, Nosferatu, he will possess you indeed!

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  3. great (I mean great, ok?:)) ep, thanx.
    axegrinder

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  4. so raw, and so brutal. These guys were a staple in Florida metal for so many years.
    Thank you for making me remember these guys.

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  5. Thanks for putting shit like this up! otherwise i probably woulda never heard this. Not your typical Florida death metal. That gig with Roach Motel must have been quite a show!

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  6. thanks for this man and thanks for your blog your hard work is not taken for granted!!!!

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  7. HELLWITCH!!!! Syzgial Miscreancy has just been rereleased on Displeased Records! It has all the early demo tracks from 84-89.

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  8. awsome post...this pretty much kicks ass. Thanks again!

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  9. i got a thrash metal compilation from 86 or so that has a hellwitch song called "torture chamber" on it that has the most hilariously awful guitar sound ive ever heard

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