The current lockdown has stopped the entertainment industry – at least in terms of physical venues – dead in its tracks, but I guess one of the benefits of the internet age is that we can do things online instead. So, after years of considering whether to bring Stormblast back in one form or another (even for a one-off), this past few months finally provided the impetus I needed to get something going.
/DJ/Stormblast/140/40 Years of Extreme Metal
/DJ/Stormblast/Venue/Date
/Twitch online Livestream
/22-Oct 2020
This one, though, was a special one. Kiraskuro came up with the idea of a set of songs covering a period, and the concept got expanded to “Forty Years of Extreme Metal” – so, between Kiraskuro, Xjort and myself, we worked out a song per year that we could play in one set. It took three weeks of robust discussion, and such a surfeit of songs that we’ll repeat this, with a whole new playlist, in a couple of months time (likely just after New Year).
For now, too, we’ll be continuing on a regular basis, so join us again for /Stormblast/141 on 12-Nov (there is a three-week gap this time, due to the Paradise Lost livestream on 05-Nov).
/DJ/traumahound
1980 – Iron Maiden – Running Free
1981 – Venom – Welcome to Hell
1982 – Discharge – Free Speech for the Dumb
1983 – Mercyful Fate – Black Funeral
1984 – Trouble – The Tempter
1985 – Possessed – Seven Churches
1986 – Kreator – Ripping Corpse
1987 – Napalm Death – You Suffer / Siege of Power
1988 – Bathory – Blood Fire Death
1989 – Godflesh – Devastator / Mighty Trust Krusher
1990 – Entombed – Drowned
1991 – Carcass – Incarnated Solvent Abuse
1992 – Darkthrone – A Blaze in the Northern Sky
1993 – My Dying Bride – The Crown of Sympathy
1994 – Moonspell – Tenebrarum Oratorium – Andamento I / Erudit Compendyum
1995 – Meshuggah – Future Breed Machine
1996 – Neurosis – Locust Star
1997 – Arcturus – Painting My Horror
1998 – Nile – Ramses Bringer of War
1999 – Emperor – Sworn
2000 – Cradle of Filth – Lord Abortion
2001 – Akercocke – A Skin for Dancing In
2002 – Immortal – One By One
2003 – Mithras – Psyrens
2004 – Necrophagist – Stabwound
2005 – Primordial – Song of the Tomb
2006 – Aborym – Between the Devil and the Deep Blue Sea
2007 – Shining – Längtar bort från mitt hjärta
2008 – Belphegor – Sexdictator Lucifer
2009 – Sunn O))) – Big Church
2010 – Watain – Reaping Death
2011 – Sólstafir – Fjara
2012 – Author & Punisher – Terrorbird
2013 – Rotting Christ – Κατά τον δαίμονα εαυτού
2014 – Behemoth – Blow Your Trumpets Gabriel
2015 – Misþyrming – …Af þjáningu og þrá
2016 – Necronautical – Nihilartikel
2017 – Myrkur – Måneblôt
2018 – Portal – ESP ION AGE
2019 – Fen – Witness
2020 – Katatonia – Neon Epitaph