Friday Night Metal
Malefactor & Pirate of the High Frequenseas & polluter & The Blasphemer
Tonight we delve into the dark past, cataloguing formative moments in the development of heavy metal. This diabolical journey promises to unearth secrets rarely spoken in the annals of the Unspeakable Cults. Only the old, the cold, and the true may reach the airwaves tonight.
Behold the Malefactor's unholy presence here.
Bands and labels, submit your music for airplay to:
ASUCD KDVS 90.3 FM
University of California
One Shields Avenue
Davis, CA 95616
ATTN: Metal Department
Genre
Metal
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Friday 11/03/2023 @ 8:00PM - 10:00PM
Artist | Song | Album | Label | Comments |
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Hawkwind | In Search of Space | Master of the Universe | Liberty/EMI | Beginning our journey tonight with the prog rock legends from their second album. 1971. |
Wishbone Ash | Warrior | Argus | Decca/MCA | The band whose twin guitar harmonies would play a major role in inspiring subsequently Iron Maiden and others in the later NWOBHM. 1972. |
Budgie | Crash Course In Brain Surgery | In For The Kill | MCA | Killer 1974 album from one of the heaviest bands of the seventies. Best known these days for Metallica's cover, this Welsh heavy rock band were certifiable pioneers. |
UFO | Lights Out | Force It | Chrysalis | Another major, formative influence on bands like Maiden and Priest. You can hear clear foreshadowing of the leads of Murray and Smith on albums like this. 1975. |
Thin Lizzy | Emerald | Live and Dangerous | Warner | Legendary 1978 double-live album. This cut in particular predicts many a fist-pounding metal anthem in the years to come. |
Van Halen | Atomic Punk | Van Halen | Warner | The first and last time you'll ever hear me play Van Halen. This track could almost be at home in an eighties power metal album, to Van Halen's great credit. 1978. |
Airbreak | ||||
Cirith Ungol | I'm Alive | Frost and Fire | Liquid Flames | 1981 debut of the sword and sorcery epic metal heroes. Channeling the spirit of the seventies while developing the baroque, mystical currents that would define metal's evolution in the future. |
Angel Witch | Sorcerers | Angel Witch | Bronze | Classic 1980 debut. |
Raven | Star War | Wiped Out | Neat | 1982 sophomore album from Raven, a particularly influential album for the development of speed metal. |
Metal Church | Beyond The Black | Metal Church | Ground Zero/Elektra | 1984 debut of earthshaking proportions. |
Mercyful Fate | Nuns Have No Fun | Mercyful Fate | Rave-On | 1982 landmark release, underappreciated to this day for how much its songwriting advanced the genre's development. |
Death SS | Inquisitor | Evil Metal | Metal Eye | 1983 cult demo. |
Airbreak | ||||
Running Wild | Soldiers of Hell | Gates To Purgatory | Noise | Dark 1984 debut of infernal heavy/speed metal. |
Bulldozer | The Great Deceiver | The Day of Wrath | Roadrunner | 1985 black/speed out of Italy. |
Samhain | Prince of Evil | The Courier | Independent | The sole release from this Danish proto-black/death band. 1985 demo. |
Onslaught | Angels of Death | Power From Hell | Combat | Non-trivial contender for the title of the first death metal album ever. 1985 debut release from this British band. |
Sodom | Burst Command Till War | In The Sign of Evil | Devil's Game/Metal Blade | 1985 classic. |
Minotaur | Incubus | Power of Darkness | Crazy | 1988 release from this brutal, evil German thrash band. |
Airbreak | ||||
Bathory | The Return of Darkness of Evil | The Return... | Black Mark | Bathory's aggressive sophomore album. Another 1985 landmark. |
Sacrifice | Necronomicon | Torment In Fire | Diabolic Force | Evil 1986 debut from this blazing fast Canadian thrash act. |
Necrovore | Divus de Mortuus | Divus de Mortuus | Self-Released | Infamous 1987 demo. |
Nunslaughter | Hell's Unholy Fire | Ritual of Darkness | Self-Released | Ultra raw 1987 demo. |
Sextrash | Black Church | Sexual Carnage | Cogumelo | Part of the elite stable of Cogumelo releases. 1990. |
Morbid Angel | Blasphemy of the Holy Ghost | Thy Kingdom Come | Self-Released | Famous 1987 demo, the first Morbid Angel to feature David Vincent on bass and vocals. |