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Wasteland Riders- Speed Rock & Roll

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PAX AETERNA- 1917

Vintage fantasy and horror

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Proclamation

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Kathleen Burke as The Panther Woman

Circa 1932, Island of Lost Souls

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This was something I struggled with when I first got into extreme music. however, thanks to internet and social media, this process is much easier now than it probably was in the 80s and 90s. here I compiled a list of my favorite sites to buy band merch.

♠️ Hell's Headbangers: Metal Merchants based on Ohio. these guys have a huge selection of shirts, hoodies, vinyl, cds, tapes, and patches. whatever band you're looking for they most certainly have in stock.

♠️ Shadow Kingdom Records: Record label that specializes In speed, thrash, power, and heavy metal, though you will certainly find more extreme music here as well. their online store has plenty of cassettes, t shirts, and even magazines.

♠️ NWN: if yo'ure looking for the most extreme bands, Nuclear War Now! is the place to go. they Pretty much have everything you need for your favorite black, death, black death, and death thrash bands. they also have a physical store in Texas, and a yearly fest that's typically hosted overseas.

♠️Armed with Hammers: My go to for official patches, pins, and buttons. They ship from Israel, so Beware shipping costs!

♠️ T -shirt Slayer: Online network of maniacs worldwide. the site is pretty dated, but the community is still thriving. they have a whole section dedicated to selling and trading merch, or you can use the search bar if you're looking for something specific.

♠️ The band's themselves; this one is pretty straightforward. if you like a band that is still independent, then it's best to buy from them directly. in this day And age alot of bands have a bandcamp setup, or at least a social media presence. if they don't carry stuff online, then catch them live to see what merch they have available.

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Artwork by rok_sadistik_art

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Destruction- Germany

Destruction is a thrash metal band hailing from Germany.

Formed in 1982, the band featured Ulf Kühne on vocals, Mike Sifringer on guitar,  Marcel "Schmier" on bass,  and Tommy Sandmann on drums.

The band was originally formed as "Knight of Demon " and took inspiration from notable musical groups like Iron Maiden, Venom, and Mercyful Fate.

Kühne would not last long as vocalist, and was kicked out the band due to a conflict with Sifringer.

Sifringer would then take on vocals, before officially changing the name of the band to Destruction.

In 1984, the band released their first demo, titled "Bestial Invasion of Hell." Shortly after this release, Destruction would sign on with Steamhammer Records. They would release their first EP, "Sentence of Death" in November of the same year.

In 1985, Destruction would release their first full length album, "Infernal Overkill." In 1986, they followed up with another release, "Eternal Devastation At this time, a second guitarist named Harry Wilkens was recruited. They would also replace Tommy Sandmann with Oliver Kaiser.

With the updated lineup, the group would go on to produce their second EP, Mad Butcher in 1987, along with their third full length, Release from Agony.

Destruction was wildly popular among the underground, and toured aggressively all over Europe and North America. They shared the stage with other well known groups such as Death Angel, Exodus, Testament, Slayer, and Iron Angel.

In 1989, the band released their first live album, "Live without Sense." This year would also be the year that Schmier was fired from the band, and replaced by Andre Grieder of Poltergeist for 1990's Cracked Brain album. This was the only album in which he appeared.

Mike Sifringer continued to release more material under the moniker of "Neo Destruction." Together with  vocalist Thomas Rosenmerkel, second guitarist Michael Piranio, bassist Christian Engler and continuing drummer Oliver Kaiser, the new Destruction would release 2 EPs and 1 Album into the world.

This lineup lasted until 1999, when Schmier rejoined new drummer Sven Vormann, and reformed Destruction as a trio once again.

Throughout the 2000s, Destruction would see several lineup changes, live performances, and many DVD/album releases.

They are still very active in the metal scene to this day, and have had several new releases in the past few years.

Today, they are considered one of the most influential German Thrash metal bands, alongside Sodom and Kreator.

Their newest release, Diabolical, was launched on April 8th 2022, in celebration of the band's 40th anniversary. They are currently finishing a tour in the United States.

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Sacrifizer- La Mort Triomphante (France, 2017)

Sacrifizer is an underground speed metal band from France.

The band formed in 2017, consisting of vocalist "Sexumer," guitarists "Night Reaper" and "Steelgrinder, " "Slaughterwytch" on bass, and "Lethal" on drums.

In 2018, the band released their first demo, titled "Night of the Razors," and followed up shortly with their first EP.

By 2019, the band released their first EP titled "La Mort Triomphante," (The Triumph of Death) and gained a considerable amount of attention, having been featured in underground zines, blogs, and interviews. Slaughterwytch also officially joined the band at this point.

The band played several live shows throughout France, however The 2020 Coronavirus pandemic caused a short pause in their stage appearances.

By 2021, the band was allowed to resume their in person assaults, and was scheduled to play a show in France with Butcher and Hexecutor. However the band had to drop from the lineup and was replaced by Morbid Scepter. (This was possibly due to another opportunity that allowed Sacrifizer to open up for German thrash Legends Destruction the night before. )

The band is still active, and is anticipating the release of their first full length album sometime in late April. They are scheduled to appear at the Anthems of Steel fest in May.

Listen to La Mort Triomphante in full:

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Nuclear Holocausto, (Marko Laiho)

Founding guitarist, vocalist, keyboardist, and programmer of black/warmetal band Beherit.

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Lady Death

Art by John Zeleznik

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Infernal Execrator- Singapore

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Sarcofago- Brazil

Sarcofago was a Brazilian extreme metal band founded in 1985, and is considered one of the most highly influential metal bands of all time.

Founded in Belo Horizante by Wagner Lamounier and Geraldo Minelli, the group sought to create the most extreme music that the world had ever encountered, and drew musical inspiration from other extreme bands like Slayer and Celtic Frost, along with groups from the Finnish hardcore punk scene.

Sarcofago made their first appearance on a 1986 split album titled "Warfare Noise I," contributing the tracks "The Black Vomit," "Satanas, " and "Recrucify." At this time, the band consisted of "Antichrist," (Lamounier, vocals, ex Sepultura, ) "Butcher," (guitars,) "Incubus," (Minelli, bass) and "Leprous," (Armando Sampaio, drums.)

The groups' extreme lyrical content and Satanic imagery drew them a sizeable amount of attention, and shocked the country with their openly blasphemous lyrics.

In 1987, the band released their debut album "INRI" with drummer D.D. Crazy, who would become widely renowned for his excessive use of blast beats. This album is highly regarded as the first official representation of black metal, both in sound and imagery. Sarcofago's use of bullet belts and corpsepaint influenced many other bands, most notably in the Norwegian scene, (much to Lamounier's confusion.) Soundwise, Sarcofago is considered the epitome of first wave black metal, and is highly influential to the war metal scene.This album alone is considered highly influential on the black metal genre, and is considered a huge milestone in the evolution of extreme metal.

While the release of this album reached legendary status, Lamounier himself was displeased with it, citing inner conflict and the recording quality for his dissatisfaction.

Sarcofago briefly disbanded after the album's release, with Wagner going off to study economics. Meanwhile, Butcher and D.D. Crazy left the band, with D.D. going on to contribute drums for Sextrash's 1990 debut, "Sexual Carnage."

In 1990 Sarcofago returned to release their first EP, "Rotting," this time with session drummer "Joker" joining the lineup.

This record differed drastically from the legendary INRI album, replacing the hyper speed black metal with influences of cross over thrash.

The founding members would also undergo a change in aliases upon release, becoming "Wagner Antichrist" and "Gerald Incubus." They also abandoned the use of spikes in their stage appearances, as they were difficult to perform in. Additionally, Wagner would pick up the guitar for this record, and contributed many of the album's riffs.

While Rotted was the first Sarcofago release to boast international distribution, the band found conflict with Maze Records from the U.S., when they released a censored version of the album and placed a sticker (without agreement from the band,) that read:

"Featuring the Original Lead Singer of Sepultura."

Sarcofago sued them.

The band would release their second album, "The Laws of Scourge" in 1991. This record was another radical shift in Sarcofago's musical sound, and is considered one of the first technical death metal releases in the history of Metal. This new sound was partly influenced by the band's new members, "Jhasko" (guitars) and Lucio Oliver (drums.) The album would become Sarcofago's best selling record, and resulted in their most robust touring schedule in their entire career.

The band would release a third album in 1994 titled "Hate." This album would cause controversy over the band's use of a drum machine, though Lamounier had no respite with its use.

At this time, the band also cut their hair short in protest of the grunge music scene that was taking the world by storm. Wagner stated that they had no issues with bands like Nirvana or Pearl Jam, but that their defiance was directed towards "jumping the. Bandwagon," or trends, which they believed stripped people down of their intelligence through massification.

Sarcofago would release a compilation CD in 1996, which included rare backstage pictures and demo versions of their early song.

The band would release their fourth and final album in 1997, titled "The Worst." This record saw a considerable change in tempo compared to it's speed infused predecessor.

Around 2000, Sarcofago released another EP called "Crust," and was supposed to serve as a preview for their next album. However, the band split up before recording.

While the band had parted ways, Geraldo Incubus and Cogumelo Records would collaborate on a comeback show in celebration of Warfare Noise's 20th anniversary. The lineup for the event would feature Minelli, Jhasko, Joker, and an old time friend named Juarez "Tibanha" to cover vocals. Wagner himself did not participate due to his disinterest in performing professionally. The event took place in 2006 at Belo Horizonte, and was recorded.

The last appearance of Sarcofago would be in 2007, when they played alongside Possessed for the Black Shadows fest in Santiago, Chile.

In 2009, Sarcofago was rumored to reunite, and make appearances at well known music festivals like Wacken and perform in various cities like New York, Los Angeles and Tokyo. Wagner exposed these rumors as false.

The band is still split up, having been inactive since 2007. There is one final compilation released in 2015, titled "Die... Hard."

Wagner now works as an economics professor, and has a crust punk side project titled "Commando Kaos."

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Whipstriker- (Brazil) Merciless Artillery

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Another Victory for the Force of Darkness

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Violent Hex is an extreme black/thrash metal band from Mexico City.

Founded in 2020, the band's lyrical themes range from Witchcraft, violence, and blasphemy.

They released their first single, "Phantoms of Speed" in 2020, and followed up with their EP, "Midnight Guest, " in the same year.

In 2021, they released their first demo, "Black Mass at the Attic."

The band is still active and plays various live shows throughout Mexico.

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Merciless is an extreme metal band with influence from groups such as Sodom, Kreator, and Bathory.

Founded in the summer of 1986 in Sweden, the band consisted of guitarist Erik Wahlin, Frederik Karlen, (bass) and Stefan Carlsson (drums).

The band was known as "Obsessed" and "Black Mass" for a few live gigs, before officially changing their name to Merciless in 1987. In July, Merciless released their first demo titled "Behind the Black Door," which led to a change in vocalists.

In 1988, a second demo, titled "Realm of the Dark" was released, and caught the attention of Deathlike Silence Productions, which was a record label ran and owned by Mayhem's Euronymous.

This led to the release of the band's debut album, "The Awakening" in March 1990.

Merciless recorded their second album, "The Treasures Within" in 1991. However, due to mismanagement, this album would not be released until the following year, in 1992.

Their third album, "Unbound" was released in 1994. This would be the same year that Merciless would split up, before reuniting again in 1999. They released one more album in 2002, simply called "Merciless."

They are still active to this day.