The "which demo are you worshipping" Thread

[HamburgerBoy]

More faves, some older some newer:

Anathema - Salem Lunacy: basically the demo follow-up to Adramelch's Irae Melanox, I don't know why no one listens to this

Experiment - The Edge of Within: tech-y death/thrash, maybe a tiny bit 90s Death influenced but much thrashier riffs

Maimed - 1991 Demo: super thick guitar tone and doom atmosphere that outdoes most OSSDM at their own game, somehow the production sounds better than many full-lengths from this time, and the songs are reasonably distinct too for the style

Spectral Incursion - all their stuff: proggy metal that still sounds trad metal-based, don't know anyone like them

 

[CiG]

The talk about Atheist reminded me of this. Great fucking demo.

One of the best from Sweden in my opinion.

Woah, this Spectral Incursion demo is amazing... Where do you find this shit? Hahaha. Also that Maimed demo kicked arse.

 

[no country for old wainds]

ya spectral incursion owns. i still haven't heard that anathema thing

 

[CF87]

 

[Vilden]

I'm usually not much for this style of BM, but this track from the Besvärjelse För Omvänd Rekreation-demo has to be one of my favourites from the 00s.

 

[HamburgerBoy]

So I'm only 10 minutes into my very first listen of this demo (YouTube's random suggestion actually got something right for once), but holy shit I'm already in love: Aftermass' 1989 (and only apparently) demo. Take what I said about that Ruthless Horde demo I posted earlier, and make it a shitton more intense and a bit less melodic. Vocalist sounds batshit. Bass is up-front in the mix too, always nice. The Midwest had some seriously great thrash bands.

 

[Baroque]

The talk about Atheist reminded me of this. Great fucking demo.

One of the best songs on Piece of Time. This version definitely sounds a lot more underground. I like the production better on PoT, but I like the energy/mood on this one.

 

[Baroque]

So I'm only 10 minutes into my very first listen of this demo (YouTube's random suggestion actually got something right for once), but holy shit I'm already in love: Aftermass' 1989 (and only apparently) demo. Take what I said about that Ruthless Horde demo I posted earlier, and make it a shitton more intense and a bit less melodic. Vocalist sounds batshit. Bass is up-front in the mix too, always nice. The Midwest had some seriously great thrash bands.

That vocalist is fucking cool. Wish the rest of it was as interesting

 

[CiG]

I'm going to take a risk and say that this is possibly the greatest demo of all time.

 

[Baroque]

I'm going to take a risk and say that this is possibly the greatest demo of all time.

Lol, what the fuck

 

[CiG]

Not that track haha, that's just all that's on youtube for some reason. I just love that demo!

 

[Omni]

 

[CiG]

Well, shit.

 

[CiG]

I'm so glad the Rise Above reissue of their album came with bonus tracks including this absolutely amazing demo. Blows me away every time.
Caroline Wilson forever!

 

[Baroque]

2:32 sounds very familiar, it's later used in one of the solos on the Paranoid album i believe, can't remember which song.

 

[Baroque]

There's an insane jump in quality from their first demo to this second one.

 

[Slayed Necros]

Love the manic vocal performance here.

 

[CiG]

Is that a demo?

 

[Slayed Necros]

Of course. That particular song is from Fatal Violence's first demo in 1985. Stormspell reissued both demos on a comp in 2008.

 

[CiG]

Damn I was just curious because it has quite a good sound. Notch above most demos.