RECOMMENDED LISTENING: V/A ”NO SUBSTITUTE FOR STEEL” [LP] (1985)

Org. published 2025-06-30 (Updated with links)
If you’re like me and love to deep dive into the more obscure side of 1980’s metal, here’s a compilation of unsigned bands from San Diego from 1985. You can check out the release on discogs here: ”No Substitute for Steel”.

01. Assassin - Treason

02. Chalace - Under The Attack

03. Prowler - From Out Of The Dark

04. Ragged Lace - Backs Against The Wall

05. Zzyzx & Lorah Bodie - Lonely Little Eyes

06. Raven Mad - Search For Signs

07. Jackal - Hidden In Gold

08. Bible Black - Bible Black

09. Snakebyte - Knife In The Back

10. American Steel - Everchanging Wind

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BIEST (GER)

Heavy/Thrash Metal band from Jüterbog, Brandenburg ... from what was then East Germany.

"ONLY TEARS" [DEMO TAPE] 1991 

This is the bands demo tape from 1991. I don't know why but this is the kind of music that I put on if I have a shitty day. Music wise it's ok, but you can clearly hear that English is not their first language and they probably didn't even study it in school. It puts a big smile on my face!

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BIBLE BLACK (US/CA)

 

SS-20 (KAZ)

Death/Thrash band from Petropavl, Kazakhstan. They released two demo tapes in 1991 and 1992, before changing their name to Sermon.

ALGHAZANTH (FIN)

 

CADAVER (NOR) .... LIVE SOMEWHERE IN TIME

CACUMEN (GER) [ALBUM DISCOGRAPHY]

Heavy Metal/Hard Rock band from Ingolstadt, Bavaria, Germany. In 1986 they changed their name to Bonfire.

ALBUM DISCOGRAPHY

(1981) "CACUMEN" [LP]

(1983) "BAD WIDOW" [LP]

(1984) "DOWN TO HELL" [LP]

(1984) "LONGING FOR YOU" [EP]

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GRAND PRIX (UK) (FOREARM SMASH #2, 1983)

KISS "HOTTER THAN HELL" ALBUM AD (CREEM MAGAZINE, DECEMBER 1974)

 

RAY ALDER (FATES WARNING), BOBBY HICKS & SCOTT MENSER (MYSTIC-FORCE)

May 15, 1988. Ray Alder singer for Fates Warning, Bobby Hicks singer for Mystic-Force and Scott Menser former singer for Mystic-Force. This was at a show with Fates Warning & Mystic-Force played together at ROCKERS in Baltimore Maryland. (Courtesy of Mystic-Force facebook page).

IMMORTAL (NOR)

NIKLAS (SHINING) & MANIAC (EX-MAYHEM) IN THEIR OWN BAND, SKITLIV

TRAUMATIC (SWE) (HYPNOSIA #2, 1989)

Traumatic "A Putrid Reek Of Mangled Remains" Demo Compilation album.

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HIROSHIMA (SWE)

STEELWINGS (SWE)

ALICE COOPER (CREEM MAGAZINE, JUNE 1973)

CARCASS POSTER

 

JUDAS PRIEST "THE PALLADIUM, NEW YORK, USA (JULY 22, 1981)

Fans waiting outside!

LISTEN TO THE CONCERT HERE
(FM RECORDING)

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IT OF ABRUPTUM

 

GEDDES AXE (UK) (1982)

LIZZY BORDEN

 

PHANTOM (US/NY) (METAL RENDEZVOUS, VOL.3, #7 1987)

 

ORDER FROM CHAOS (WITCHCRAFT #2, NOVEMBER 1993)

 

TRYLIKA (LTU) "DEMO 1988"

Heavy/Thrash Metal band TRYLIKA was born on February 13, 1988 in Kaunas, Lithuania (then Soviet Union). The band began its activities in Kaunas Freda Culture House. Its members were vocalist a.a. Artūras Gumbrevičius-Ačkozauras, guitarist Arijus Skorupskis, who later took up the bass guitar. At first, Viktoras Andrejevas-Bambino played drums, who was later replaced by Vladimiras Lavrentjevas, Vytautas Inokaitis played lead guitar, who was replaced by Anatolyjus Rozumas, and Marius Klusas played bass. The band "belonged" to the Kaunas Rock Club, and in 1988 they became winners of such festivals as "Elektrinė gitara", "Žemaitijos taurė", "Aukštaitijos taurė", "Papūga", and "Hard Express". In 1989, the band's performance was broadcast by VFR television. They had one release, a demo tape in 1988.

Musically, Trylika channels the raw spirit of early demo-era Root (complete with bizarre corpse paint), the rough energy of early Tudor and Drakar, yet leans toward a more upbeat heavy metal sound rather than pure evil thrash.

The band stated that their music was influenced by METALLICA, CORONER, MOTÖRHEAD, PINK FLOYD, ANTHRAX, VENOM, JUDAS PRIEST. The group did not last long - until the end of 1989, but the audience remembered them for its energetic shows and impressive music.

/ Information from E.Visockaitė's book "What are you standing for?" & the vinyl release of the demo tape from Nuclear War Now).

Tracklist

1. Tikėk  

2. Tavo Meilė Sau

3. Mes Dievai

GLENN HUGHES (KERRANG #11, 1982)

SATO (WA/US)

MISANTHROPY RECORDS (MORTICIAN NUMSKULL #8, 1996)