DEFENDERS OF METAL

Saturday, September 19, 2026

GRIM RUNE PRODUCTION AD (1999)

BLACK OBELISK (CHERNY OBELISK/ЧЁРНЫЙ ОБЕЛИСК) "MUSIC VIDEOS 1988-1994

Thrash/Heavy Metal band from Moscow, Russia. They have been around since 1986. This is a collection of music videos/live clips between 1988-1994.

Треклист:

01. Полночь (1988)

02. Стена (1991)

03. We Got Enough (1991)

04. Серый святой (1991)

05. Еще один день (1992)

06. Убей их всех (1992)

07. Дорога в никуда (1992)

08. Пятая песня (1994)

09. Дом желтого сна (1994)

Tracklist:

English Translations

01. Midnight (1988)

02. The Wall (1991)

03. We Got Enough (1991)

04. Grey Saint (1991)

05. Another Day (1992)

06. Kill Them All (1992)

07. Road to Nowhere (1992)

08. The Fifth Song (1994)

09. House of Yellow Sleep (1994)

ACCEPT (POWER METAL VOL.2 #4, 1988)

NUCLEAR BLAST AD (HARD STUFF #1, 1994)

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BLACK SABBATH IN SEPTEMBER 1976

Sept 15, 1972 Black Sabbath plays The Hollywood Bowl (and Tony collapses). The next two concerts on the 16th in Sacramento, CA and the 17th in Honolulu, HI are canceled due to Tony's exhaustion and poor health. As Ozzy explained, "Tony had been doing coke literally for days, we all had, but Tony had gone over the edge. He walked off stage and collapsed." Geezer said, "It was really touch-and-go whether he'd survive or not because he was totally depleted. So we had to cancel the rest of the tour and we actually took time off for the first time since the band started. We got away from each other." / Courtesy of Facebook page 'Sabbath Bloody Sabbath'.

IRON MAIDEN ”BEAT CLUB, BREMEN, GERMANY” (JANUARY 22, 1981)

Updated with New Video (Previously published on August 1, 2005)

Here we have the legendary performance that captures the raw energy of the band during the Paul Di'Anno era just before the release of their second album, Killers. This show was part of the German TV program Musikladen, formerly known as Beat-Club, and it captured the band’s ferocious energy with Paul Di’Anno on vocals, Dennis Stratton on guitar and Clive Burr on drums.

SETLIST:

Ides of March

Prowler

Charlotte the Harlot

Wrathchild

Remember Tomorrow (first try, the mic had an electric problem)

Remember Tomorrow (2nd start)

Transylvania

Running Free

Innocent Exile

Sanctuary

Killers

Another Life

Phantom of the Opera

Iron Maiden

Sanctuary (reprise)

GEEZER BUTLER BAND "HEAT IN THE STREET" [MUSIC VIDEO]

Part of rare music video with Carl Sentance (Persian Risk, Krokus, Riot V, Nazareth) on vocals.

STORMQUEEN (UK)

EUCHARIST (SWE)

PAUL CHAIN (ITA)

Friday, September 18, 2026

PLAYING RIGHT NOW ... VIPER "SOLDIERS OF SUNRISE" [LP]

Genre: Heavy Metal
Year: 1987
Country: Brazil
Note: Viper from São Paulo, Brazil is nothing short of amazing. I love the band two first album, and play them all the time!

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WHIPLASH (POWER METAL VOL.2 #4, 1988)

OBSCURITY (SWE) (NOT FANZINE #3, 1987) DEMO REVIEW + INTERVIEW

CYCLONE (BEL) CONCERT POSTER (1988)

Alcatraz bar, Ghent, Belgium. December 31, 1988.

Thursday, September 17, 2026

REPULSIVE RECORDS (2005-2010)

Originally published on May 15, 2025. Updated with new photos.

I was the store owner of Repulsive Records in Stockholm, Sweden. I had it between 2005-2010 Unfortunately that was probably the worst time in history to have a record store when sales of physical media was at an all time low. Anyway, ancient history now, but I sure had a great time and meet a lot of new people. I hold signing sessions with Dissection two times, Vader, Celtic Frost among others. Had a lot of people from Watain, Dissection, Candlemass, Nifelheim and Dismember who hung out in the store.

The store combined records from alla genres under the Metal umbrella, Horror DVD's, Occult literature, Music Books, Merchandise and some other stuff that I thought would fit into the concept. It also had a couch and kind of a bar counter were you could hang out with friends.

I also should have some pictures somewhere from the Dissection signing sessions somewhere, I hope to find them someday. I remember that we put up big black curtains to block out any sunlight, had only black candles as lightning and incense of Jon’s choice during both their signing sessions. One was in December 2005, and the other one was 2 days before the official release of ”Reinkaos” which we sold as the first place in the world.

THE SWEDISH DEATH METAL BOOK

Another proud moment that I look back to now 20 years later is the mention in the amazing book about Swedish Death Metal by Daniel Ekeroth (it can be ordered from the publisher here).

OSCURO FUNERAL

Cool to find this on Facebook, and courtesy of the amazing website/facebook page Oscuro Funeral who post a lot of these awesome time traveling photos. Kind of a before and after shots of legendary places. Follow them is a highly recommend.

From their original post:
The legendary Repulsive Records Store in Stockholm and the same place today.
This is where Dissection had a signing session when Jon left Prision in 2004. Tomas Asklund and Set Teitan were also present.