It's 1989. The Berlin Wall is falling, the Exxon Valdez is hemorrhaging oil, Bush has assumed office, and my god, there is a lot of thrash metal coming out. This episode is a long look at what heavy music looked like that year, including briefs on death, doom, and hair, three big industrial classics, a dip into the burgeoning Seattle Sound, an Earache overview, and a world tour of killer thrash. Get into it.

Episode 81: A Year in Heavy Metal (1989)

In our latest #coverstory, #rickywarwick talks about the personal demons he tackled which inspired his latest solo record #bloodties.

Full Article: https://v13.net/2025/06/ricky-warwick-blood-ties-interview-cover-story

V13 Cover Story #096 - Ricky Warwick

2021 revisiting of the original "Demise" 2003 LP recording.   The core of these tracks is the original album in it's entirety, but atop the original, terribly thin-sounding guitars we've laid new tracks, recorded properly on all guitar parts and applied a new (and audible this time!) bass track, as well as some synths and samples that were intended to be on the original that we didn't get a chance to add before the album was mixed / ready for release. (mainly due to lack of ease of doing such things in 2003....recording like cavemen on an old 8-track ADAT machine and a 16 channel Mackie mixer with a couple of rack mounted effects....)

The new performances are played *exactly* as they were played on the original recording.  We did not "update" the songs in any way aside from making them sound thicker and as originally intended.   

Tape and digital release available at https://nachtmystium.band/music

Complete Demise

Scorpio Incarnate 2021

Nachtmystium Store

Rise and Fall 2021

The Glorious Moment 2021

Solitary Voyage 2021

Intro 2021

Ashes to Ashes 2021

A radio show dissecting heavy metal piece by piece, hosted by Emily! Airing live on WRIR LP 97.3 FM Sundays from 9-11pm. Got a request for an episode? Email theunquietgrave666@gmail.com.

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Your true enemy.  The official Nachtmystium / Blake Judd Sound Cloud page.

New tracks tagged #Earache Records