Kosmik Radiation Radio - October 29, 2010 Playlist

October 29, 2010 Playlist

Hallowe'en Show
for Pledge Drive!

CLASSIC ALBUM OF THE WEEK
Pentagram "Pentagram" aka "Relentless" 1985 (USA)

Halloween is upon us, which is always a good excuse to play more heavy metal than usual. The story of the band Pentagram is quite amazing -- founded in the early 1970's, they only put out a single or two until finally releasing their debut LP in 1985! Though it wasn't until some of their ancient recordings were finally put out on the First Daze Here CD in 2003 that the band actually began to get some recognition! I can't think of a band that took so long to rise from obscurity to cult status (they're still not exactly "popular"!) The mastermind behind Pentagram is lead singer Bobby Liebling, an astonishing frontman who must be the most tenacious visionary in heavy metal music. His look and sound has hardly changed after nearly 40 years of doom rocking! (The self-titled album they released in 1985 was later remixed for a 1993 CD release entitled Relentless, which is the version that is easy to find. A copy of the original LP with the original mix will set you back about $100 these days -- so special thanks to WORT's "Mr. Mike" for making me a copy of this rare gem!)
There is a Pentagram gig from 1983 that was videotaped -- here are "When The Screams Come" and their titular anthem "Sign Of The Wolf (Pentagram)". And here's a later lineup performing a brutal version of "All Your Sins" live in 1994.
Among the other heavy and spooky albums featured on the show this week are Black Sabbath's "interesting" 1983 album Born Again, the only one they made when ex-Deep Purple singer Ian Gillan was in the band -- here's the supercheezy video for "Zero The Hero" from that album. But the most evilest band ever is still Slayer.

(N) = New Release

Artist	Song	Album	Year	Country
Pentagram	Be Forewarned	First Daze Here	rec. 1972, rel. 2001	USA
The Haunted	Horror Show	The Haunted	1967	Canada (Quebec)
Count Floyd (Joe Flaherty)	Count Floyd Is Back	Count Floyd EP	1982	Canada
Bad Brains	Fearless Vampire Killers	Bad Brains	1982	USA
The Shaggs	It's Halloween	Philosophy Of The World	1969	USA

Pentagram	Relentless	Pentagram (aka Relentless) CLASSIC ALBUM OF THE WEEK	1985	USA
Pentagram	Sign Of The Wolf (Pentagram)	Pentagram (aka Relentless) CLASSIC ALBUM OF THE WEEK	1985	USA
Jex Thoth	Stone Evil	Jex Thoth	2008	USA
Slayer	South Of Heaven	South Of Heaven	1988	USA
Sir Lord Baltimore	Hell Hound	Kingdom Come	1970	USA

Chrome	Zombie Warfare	Half Machine Lip Moves	1979	USA
Von LMO	Fire Eyes	Future Language	1981	USA
Black Sabbath	Disturbing The Priest	Born Again	1983	UK
Judas Priest	Heroes End	Stained Class	1978	UK

Flotsam & Jetsam	The Cold	The Cold	2010 (Driven)	USA
Soundgarden	Black Rain (previously unreleased)	Telephantasm (N - compilation)	rec. 1991, rel. 2010 (A&M)	USA
Hero Destroyed	Cerebrus	Throes (N)	2010 (Relapse)	USA
Black Anvil	We Own You	Triumvirate (N)	2010 (Relapse)	USA

Ariel Pink's Haunted Graffiti	Fright Night (Nevermore)	Before Today (N)	2010 (4AD)	USA
Pocahaunted	Touch You	Make It Real (N)	2010 (Not Not Fun)	USA
Faust	Bonjour Gioacchino	C'est Com...Com...Compliqué (N)	2009 (Bureau B)	Germany
Sonic Youth	Halloween	B-side 7" single	1985	USA

Deep Purple	Child In Time	In Rock	1970	UK
Amon Duul 2	Wolf City	Wolf City	1972	Germany
Curved Air	U.H.F.	Air Cut	1973	UK

Frank Zappa & The Mothers	Tush Tush Tush (A Token Of My Extreme) / Stinkfoot / Inca Roads (live)	You Can't Do That On Stage Anymore Vol. 2 (The Helsinki Concert)	rec. 1974, rel. 1988	USA

The Who	Disguises	Magic Bus: The Who On Tour	1968	UK

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