Darkthrone is a Norwegian black metal band from Kolbotn, Akershus. Formed in 1986 as a death metal band named Black Death, in 1991 Darkthrone embraced a black metal style influenced by Bathory and Celtic Frost and became one of the leading bands in the Norwegian black metal scene.
My Dying Bride are an English doom metal band formed in Bradford. Since their inception in 1990, they have released 13 studio albums, three EPs, one demo, one box set, four compilation albums, one live album, and one live CD/DVD release.
Thousand Yard Stare are an English band from Slough, Berkshire, England, active during the early 1990s, prior to the Britpop explosion. Supporting popular bands on the indie circuit such as James and Carter The Unstoppable Sex Machine, the band also released several EPs. Reformed in 2015, the band played a sold-out show at London's Borderline on 6 June, at the Nottingham Rock City Wake-Up Indie Alldayer on 17 October 2015, and at the Shiiine On Weekender festival at Butlins Minehead on 6 November 2015. More dates were scheduled for 2016 and they released full-length record in 2020 and 2022.
Hellbastard is an English crust punk/thrash metal band formed in 1984 in Newcastle.
Doom are an English hardcore punk band from Birmingham whose first lineup were together from 1987 to 1990. Despite its short existence, the band is considered pivotal in the rise of crust punk, a genre of punk rock that takes influence and elements from extreme metal. They recorded for Peaceville Records and are cited as an early precursor to grindcore. Doom were also a favourite of BBC Radio DJ John Peel.
Walls of Jericho is the debut studio album by German power metal band Helloween, released in 1985 on LP by Noise Records. It is the only album featuring Kai Hansen as lead vocalist until 2021's Helloween, although he would continue to act as guitarist on the two following albums.
Bobby Steele is an American punk rock musician. He is the current guitar player, songwriter, and sole original member of the punk band The Undead. He has been a member of multiple other bands, most notably, as the second guitarist of The Misfits. He was replaced by Doyle Wolfgang von Frankenstein. He married Diana Viar who joined The Undead in November 2014.
The Undead is an American horror punk band formed in 1980 in New York City's East Village by Bobby Steele, Chris "Jack" Natz (bass) and Patrick Blanck (drums). They were one of the pioneers in the New York hardcore scene.
Sore Throat were a British crust punk band formed in Huddersfield in 1987. They are known for being one of the earliest exponents of the grindcore subgenre known as "noisecore", as well as for launching the careers of several prominent members of the British heavy metal community.
Peaceville Records is a British independent heavy metal record label. The label was founded by Paul "Hammy" Halmshaw in Dewsbury, England, in 1987, who was also a one-time drummer of Sore Throat. Originally a tape label releasing anarcho punk, the releases moved towards metal through crust punk and similar forms of metal-influenced English hardcore punk. Halmshaw started running the label full-time in 1988, although the original tape label incarnation was founded in 1981 as a vehicle for releasing Instigators demo cassettes.
Dave Pybus is a British extreme metal musician, best known as the former bass player of Cradle of Filth.
Trinity is a compilation album by heavy metal band My Dying Bride. The album combines tracks from previously released EPs. This compilation CD also has two different versions of the front cover. The American release version has a different cover to the version released in the rest of the world. In 2004 the CD was re-released and given an extra 2 tracks taken from the band's first demo, "Towards the Sinister".
Diabolic is an American death metal band from Tampa Bay, Florida, United States, founded in 1996 by bassist/vocalist Paul Ouellette, drummer Aantar Lee Coates and guitarist Brian Malone.
Disease is the second studio album by the industrial/horror techno band G.G.F.H. This album saw the band take a more techno approach, pushing aside the sludgier sound of their earlier material. The album features three of the tracks recorded for the Reality EP,, in a slightly different form.
Halloween is a compilation album by the industrial band G.G.F.H. It is a CD-only compilation of tracks that were previously available on a 1991 cassette release, also called Halloween, that was limited to 1000 copies. All the tracks have been culled from G.G.F.H.'s first six demo cassettes that were recorded between 1986 and 1989. It was released after fans that had missed the original cassette version demanded to hear it. "Night Prowler" is an industrialized remix of a song by AC/DC.
The Very Beast Of G.G.F.H. Vol. 1 is a compilation album by the industrial techno band G.G.F.H. This album is a CD only compilation of tracks from their back catalogue. The only track that is new is Bullet, which was recorded by DJ Ghost as a taster for an album that did not happen, as dealings with Peaceville Records fell through. A second volume was never made, although DJ Ghost himself has stated that he owns the master copy and it may yet see the light of day.
Serrated Smile is the third studio album by the industrial/techno band G.G.F.H. It was originally released on Halloween 2005 as a limited edition CD of 500 copies, but was later made available to the public for download through Ghost’s website. The album is darker and more beat-driven compared to previously released material, as the original guitarist, Brian J. Walls, had left the band, resulting in a change of sound. The album was originally to be released on Earache Records, but that did not work out, and it was instead self released on Little Missy Recordings.
Seann Scott is a rock/metal drummer who has played in various bands, and continues to be active in multiple current acts.
Holy Dragons is a Kazakhstani metal band, founded in 1992 in Almaty.
Paul Halmshaw also known as "Hammy" is a British musician who founded Peaceville Records, which signed some of the most infamous death, black, and doom metal and crust punk bands worldwide in the late 1980s and throughout the 1990s.
