BL'AST – Blood! LP limited Orange vinyl (Exclusive European) - gatefold cover.
Earlier this year BL’AST! guitarist, Mike Neider contacted Southern Lord with news that he had found some mysterious old BL’AST! master tapes in a abandoned storage locker. Greg Anderson, fanatical about BL’AST!, wasted no time in sending the tapes to a studio to be baked. Needless to say, after 25 years gathering dust, the quality had deteriorated. Even when the tapes had been baked, nobody could have anticipated what would follow. With the tapes baked and audio digitised, Southern Lord contacted long time BL’AST! fiend, Dave Grohl about mixing this recording, his response was an enthusiastic “FUCK YEAH!, LETS DO THIS”!
Whilst inside Grohl’s famous 606 Studios (and with the Neve console as featured in the recent Grohl produced documentary ’Sound City’) a remarkable discovery was made – a completely unheard, unreleased BL’AST! recording session from the mid–80s. The lineup of the band at the time of the recording included second guitarist William Duvall (from Neon Christ & interestingly now the vocalist for Alice In Chains) who had moved from his hometown of Atlanta out to Santa Cruz on a tip from mutual friends, Corrosion of Conformity to join the band. Unfortunately his tenure with BL’AST! was short–lived and no recordings from that lineup were ever released.
From the thunderous bass intro of “Only Time Will Tell” to the apocalyptic warnings of “Its In My Blood” the album completely rips and rages from start to finish. All parties involved were completely amazed at how vibrant, unique and new the material sounded. All things considered, it is miraculous that this record survived it’s journey and that everyone who was involved in bringing this recording to life, could be. Everything fell into place, when it could have easily crumbled along the way. This record is a time capsule that is meant to be heard!
Tracklist
Only Time Will Tell
Sshh!
Sometimes
Winding Down
Look Into Myself
Your Eyes
Tomorrow
Poison
Sequel
Something Beyond
It's In My Blood
Companies etc…
Mixed At – Studio 606 West
Copyright (c) – Southern Lord Recordings
Credits
Bass – Dave Cooper (3)
Design – Samantha Muljat
Drums – Bill Torgerson
Guitar – Mike Neider
Guitar – William Duvall
Mastered By – Brad Boatright
Mixed By – Bl'ast
Mixed By – Dave Grohl
Mixed By – Greg Anderson
Mixed By – John Lousteau
Photography, Design – Samantha Muljat
Producer – Bl'ast
Recorded By – Ken Kraft
Vocals – Clifford Dinsmore
Notes
Recorded in Santa Cruz, California Mixed in Northridge, California 2013
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