Entering at the tail end of the NWOBHM, Algy Ward and his Tank outfit made a rumbling racket with the oustanding Filth Hounds of Hades debut. One of the best albums of the whole NWOBHM she-bang it says here, this was a tough record that was pushing Motorhead levels of intensity and sonics. 

The sophomore Power of the Hunter is praised in many a punter's circle, but I always saw this is a huge disappointment, the song writing watered down and production weak compared to the debut. 

The British unit changed tack on This Means War in 1983, taking a more traditional metal stance with war infatuated lyrics. Definately an improvement over the previous release. They followed that up a year later with the similarly themed and musically equivalent Honour and Blood, an album in my lonely opinion I perceive was even better than its predecessor.

Regardless, let's celebrate the first four years of the legendary Tank with a 40 minute playlist of its best material during their heyday.

Get ready for the shellshock!!!


Filth Hounds Of Hades (1982)
(0:00) Shellshock
(3:11) Struck By Lightning
(6:20) Turn Your Head Around
(9:41) Filth Hounds of Hades
Power of the Hunter (1982)
(13:35) Pure Hatred
This Means War (1983)
(17:30) This Means War

Side 2
(22:49) Echoes of a Distant Battle
Honour and Blood (1984)
(27:50) Honour & Blood 
(34:22) Too Tired To Wait For Love

TANK (82-84) - In 40 Minutes

Onto 1982 we go. While the NWOBHM was running out of steam, many of the hard rock and metal legacy bands stepped up with great records that year to fill the void. And let's not forget the birth of a sub-genre (d-beat) that year, the naming of another (black metal) ... and the release of one of the first true doom metal records.

You've got to have a heart of stone not to love the year in heavy that was 1982!


Side 1
(0:00) "Restless and Wild": ACCEPT - Restless and Wild
(4:10) "Searching For A Reason": MSG - Assault Attack
(7:56) "Heatsink": ANVIL - Metal On Metal
(11:51) "Free Country": WITCHFINDER GENERAL - Death Penalty
(14:57) "The Nightmare Continues": DISCHARGE - See Nothing, Hear Nothing, Say Nothing
(16:45) "Take The Rap": NAZARETH - 2XS
(19:24) "Heart of Stone": MOTORHEAD - Iron Fist

Side 2
(22:23) "Now": SCORPIONS - Blackout
(24:55) "Filth Hounds of Hades": TANK - Filth Hounds of Hades
(28:51) "Dreaming": UFO - Mechanix
(32:39) "Invaders": IRON MAIDEN - Number of the Beast
(36:01) "Don't Push Me": TED NUGENT - Nugent
(38:35) "Midnight Highway": FRANK MARINO - Juggernaut
(42:19) "Don't Burn the Witch": VENOM - Black Metal

1982 THE YEAR IN HEAVY - In 40 Minutes

1982 : THE YEAR IN HEAVY - In 40 Minutes

La ultima canción que intentamos componer, quedo a medias, pero tuve la oportunidad de completarla solo. "Liquid" es el típico thrash agresivo por el cual muchos nos conocieron, muy al estilo de bandas como Entombed, The Haunted e In Flames: brutal pero con esa melodía bizarra incrustada. Solo la llegamos a tocar en vivo una sola vez: durante el Hell & Heaven del 2014 (busquen el video en YouTube). Enjoy!

Draksen (Album Remaster 2017)

Liquid Flesh Vortex

En el 2010, mi amigo Eric "Klerik" Casillas me pidio que lo apoyara a terminar una cancion de su grupo Ignis Atrum. Me invito a ser guitarrista y hasta baterista sustituto para unos conciertos, pero no pude apoyarlo en esos casos. En lo que si pude apoyarlo es en hacer un demo prueba de un tema nuevo. Los riffs los habia compuesto con otro guitarrista. Me paso los video clips del guitarrista tocando los riffs, los aprendi y me dio carta libre para programar la idea en bateria. Cuando escucho lo que grabe le agrado bastante y dijo que queria usar la cancion tal cual para un nuevo demo de Ignis Atrum (su ultima banda).

Desgraciadamente, el demo solo lo oyeron los muy cercanos a el. En honor a Klerik, quien fallecio tragicamente hace unas semanas, hago publica la grabacion de ese demo que hice que tanto le agrado. Aunque estoy tocando todo aqui, la cancion e idea primaria es de Klerik. La unica colaboracion musical que tengo con el.

Salud Klerik donde quiera que estes!

Ignis Atrum (New Song Demo 2010)

Lifestyles Of The Rich And Famous

Schindlers - List - John - Williams - Nl - Orchestra

Grindcore with the sound of Swedish death metal and lyrics based on horror novels

Terror takes Shape

My piano version of the original theme for violin and orchestra from the film "Schindler's List" by John Williams. This is one of the saddest and most touching pieces ever. It shall be my contribution for the International Day of Remembrance for the Holocaust (27.01.)

It is played by http://soundcloud.com/cmdigital (Carlos Márquez)

Please feel free to contact me, if you want the sheet music. You get them for free.

Theme from "Schindler's List" (1993 John Williams, arr. 2004, rev 2013)

Ref: DNZF847 - Style: Dance - Produced by: Stillzy
JUNO: https://www.junodownload.com/products/stillzy-sweet-caroline/4731975-02/
BEATPORT: https://www.beatport.com/release/sweet-caroline/3101344
ITUNES: https://music.apple.com/es/album/sweet-caroline-single/1528950523
AMAZON: https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B08GZ3PBV8/ref=dm_ws_tlw_trk1

Stillzy - Sweet Caroline

This is the SoundCloud account for all things Broken Bit/Mamut/Draksen/Stamina/Hardware/Fire and assorted shit from the bands I play and used to play in. Hope you enjoy our nerve-wrecking music. My sincerest thanx to all
my friends whom I played with along almost 35 years: Alejandro Isaac, Jorge Pimentel, Tacho Torres, Juan Carlos Pimentel, Alfredo “Freaky Ruiz”, Fabian Medina, Martin Lugo, Daniel
Bermudez, Salvador Ponce, Luiz Ahumda, Juan Carlos Guerrero, Carlos Bautista, Miguel Ángel Lares, Roberto Amaro, Cesar Medina, Uriel Ponce de León, Diego Alvarado, Carlos Humberto Cervantes, Luis “Temo” Domínguez, Alex “Pantera” Sánchez, Oscar Del Río, Manuel Reveles, Carlos Muñoz, Francisco Uribe, Carlos Humberto Rodriguez, Angel Estarron, Iván Yigael Herrera, Ernesto “Paisa” Villalobos, Galito Ochoa, Christian Gómez, Carlos Aviles, Christian Gómez, J. Polo Corona, Javier Camacho, Valentín Segura, Roberto Carlos Lara Arellano, El Chemo, Saúl Melgar, Andrés Rodriguez, Gregg Argenziano, Uriel Ponce de León, Alberto Heyser, Robert Amorelli, Emilio Guerra, Mike Moon, Roberto “Compa”
De Alba, El Gallo, Manuel “Manixxx” Rendon, Nito Escalante, Alhib Salazar, Chino Montoya Galarza, and all those friends that for some reason I missed, : Alzheimer’s a bitch!!! Take an overdose of Bilanca!  I love you all, my dear friends 🙏🍻!!!

Don't forget to leave your comments (and insults!).Thrash on ... forever 🤘!!!

Ignis Atrum (New Song Demo 2010)

Ernesto Catalan