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Long out of print USA version only on clear red splatter vinyl limited to 500 copies - 180 gram vinyl with deluxe gatefold jacket - MIXED AND PRODUCED BY DAVE GROHL The highly influential Santa Cruz hardcore legend: 'BL'AST!' formed in 1982 and released its first album, The Power of Expression, in 1985 -Their debut album completely blew everyone away and would go on to be one of the "must- have"/classic hardcore albums from the 80s' - 'BL'AST!' was beyond intense and continually pushing the boundaries of hardcore with their advanced musicianship and overall ability to completely explode during live performances.
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!
There is no doubt in our minds that Blood will be a crucial purchase for any current Hardcore fiend as well as punk/hardcore fans who loved the band back in the day.
A1 Only Time Will Tell
A2 Sshh!
A3 Sometimes
A4 Winding Down
A5 Look Into Myself
B1 Your Eyes
B2 Tomorrow
B3 Poison
B4 Sequel
B5 Something Beyond
B6 It's In My Blood
Long out of print USA version only on clear red splatter vinyl limited to 500 copies - 180 gram vinyl with deluxe gatefold jacket - MIXED AND PRODUCED BY DAVE GROHL The highly influential Santa Cruz hardcore legend: 'BL'AST!' formed in 1982 and released its first album, The Power of Expression, in 1985 -Their debut album completely blew everyone away and would go on to be one of the "must- have"/classic hardcore albums from the 80s' - 'BL'AST!' was beyond intense and continually pushing the boundaries of hardcore with their advanced musicianship and overall ability to completely explode during live performances.
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!
There is no doubt in our minds that Blood will be a crucial purchase for any current Hardcore fiend as well as punk/hardcore fans who loved the band back in the day.
A1 Only Time Will Tell
A2 Sshh!
A3 Sometimes
A4 Winding Down
A5 Look Into Myself
B1 Your Eyes
B2 Tomorrow
B3 Poison
B4 Sequel
B5 Something Beyond
B6 It's In My Blood
