I re-checked and yes, it's heavy. The second album is almost as heavy. The third one is more of just light art rock (although there are a couple of cool moments in it).

Feel free to submit them along with the release that you believe to be most metal, and a link to where the release can be verified. From the description that you gave it sounds like something great to listen to soon.

(the cover is from some CD bootleg, probably - the original is completely black)

Needs research. - PowerSpawn
Location: St. Louis, Missouri (?), US
Band members/discography: unknown
- just a band that I saw on a lot of 1994 St. Louis-area flyers. They played a show with Cannibal Corpse, Samael, and Grave, so it seems very likely they would have been established enough to have a demo out. They played with Cannibal Corpse in St. Louis again on a separate occasion that year. Other known St. Louis-area shows they played that year were with Morbid Death, Lunatic (Illinois), Vertical Ascension, and Conquers All (the latter 2 maybe also worth checking Google for).
The PowerSpawn logo is on this flyer: https://imgur.com/lEXAOhB
(added to the list)

I'm in contact with the band's bassist/vocalist, and he has confirmed to me that this demo has been released:

"This is the only thing that we released. I may have some live gig tapes about somewhere, but no idea if I'm honest."

I'm trying to get more info however I believe it might help Necrodictator to resubmit the band again.

That's great. They can be submitted.

Needs research. - Tercentenary Rebels Ritual
Location: US
Listed genre: Death Metal
Band member: Fransis
Discography: 10-song promo tape/demo (1992)
Discogs: https://www.discogs.com/release/2700786 ... els-Ritual

Got further info; moved to 'to be submitted' thread. - Surf Throat


(both added to the list)

Needs research. - Molten Steel
Location: Los Angeles, California, US
Genre: Heavy Metal
Band members: unknown, but one member's YouTube channel was named angelds1990.
Discography: Unknown, but 3 songs had been on their MySpace page around 2010/2011: "Force of the Knight", "Annihilator of the Damned", and "Reinforcements".
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@Zombiepizza88/ ... en%20steel (someone uploaded those 3 songs here)
There's hardly any trace of them online now, at least from a few basic searches. The only potentially useful information on their MySpace page ( https://myspace.com/moltensteel ) is that a band local to them, Sakrificer ( https://www.metal-archives.com/bands/Sakrificer/88077 ) was on their top friends list, so some of their members should at least know who was in the band so that they can be asked about releases. Have sent them a message inquiring.

(added to the list)

Here is a list of Azerbaijani rock'n'metal bands of the 80s, compiled by an eyewitness to the events, with some of the members:

“Aktsiya” (Baku) Oleg Avakov
"Faust" (Baku) Oleg Babich
"Minaret" (Baku) Pavel Bulak, Nazim
“Aerocobra” (Baku) Yakub, Serge Petrushenko, Azik Usmiyev, Valera Kozlovsky
“Bez grima” (Sumgayit) Yashar Bakhysh
“Charlie Atl” (Baku) Gunduz Bakilli, Zaur Velimetov, Isik, Stas Kalashnikov
"Krizis" (Baku) leader was the bus driver of route no. 88
“Reportazh” (Baku) Zaur "Morisson"
“Manifest” (Baku)
“Terminal” (Baku)
“Tekhnologiya” (Baku)
“Tadzh” (Baku) Vova Persan, Marina, Pasha, Zaur Abdullayev, Yashar Bakhish, (art director Eldar Mansurov)
“Iz” (Baku) Arnold
“Yukhu” (Sumgayit) Nagdaliev
“Komendantskiy chas” (Baku) Andrei
“Shahin Shah” (Baku)
“Chornyi Gorod” (Baku) Dima "Van Halen", Aydin
"Argentum Ab" (Baku) Elshan, Roma, Rovshan Mammadov, Gena
“Parovoye otopleniye” (Baku)
“Hurramity” (Baku) Rizvan
“Dervish” (Baku)
“Gyz Galasy” (Baku)
“Ogni Baku” (Baku) Sasha "Khilyi", Shain
“Shok” (Baku)
“Inam” (Baku) Elchin Mammadov ("Baku's Malmstin"), Sasha Brukhtin
“Papa Jack” (Baku)
"Ashugi" (Baku)

Bands formed in the 90s:

“X-ray” Gunduz, Hagan, Elnur
“Morris Jerald” Elchin, Elchin, Elchin
"Coldunya" Tim, Rovshan, Aydin, Samir
“Nemo” Arzu
“Industry” Rustam, Eldar, Fuad, Genghis
“Necropolis” Emil, Farid
"Nebylshchina" Alysh
"Lucky Strike"
“ASSA” Anar
“Trap” Sasha Kashey
"Magnum Opus"
"Tamga" the same line-up as in "X-Ray"

(edit - a few more from Baldadeath) -
- Debiut (2 songs known: Dilber and Sumgait)
- Running Wild
- Talisman
- Tyazhelyi Slushay

As you understand, it is almost impossible to find any of this (and only Yukhu is more or less known). A slight exception to this is "Crisis", which recorded a surprisingly high quality demo in 1993 that sounds like a decent AOR, though probably not metal enough to be considered, but here I don't know for sure https://vk.com/wall-37521370_24391 https://vk.com/music/playlist/-31719936_32438326




(added a link to this post, 'Azerbaijani rock and metal bands' in the main list)

The database of the Russian Far East is located here: https://7775.ucoz.ru/index/dalnevostoch ... y_1_g/0-46

It's still incomplete, of course, and recordings of many bands are probably no longer to be found, but some interesting pieces of history are definitely there.

(added a link to this from the main list - 'Russian Far East database of bands' - thanks!)

Needs research. - Torture / Torchure
Location: Detroit, Michigan (seems to have broke off into two, the one staying in Detroit as Torchure and the one that went to Arizona and then Florida as Torture). Eliot's timeline of events in the YouTube comments doesn't seem accurate from what I've been able to piece together about this band)
Genre: Heavy Metal
All known info here in trivia: https://www.metal-archives.com/artists/ ... ers/251741

(added to the list)

Other bands from my data:

- Debiut (2 songs known: Dilber and Sumgait)
- Running Wild
- Talisman
- Tyazhelyi Slushay


I am planning a trip to Caucasus from October onwards.... let's see if it's possible to find some stuff

(last 4 there have been added to the Azerbaijani band list)

Needs research. - მეხის ქანდაკება (aka Mekhis Kandakeba aka Mekhis Qandakeba aka Thunder Statue)
Location: Telavi, Georgia
Listed genre: Heavy Metal / Hard Rock
Discography: "ლითონის კაცი" (reel-to-reel? 1993), "უხილავი კედელი" (reel-to-reel?, 9 tracks, 1996)

Quite a cult band in Georgia and there are a lot of information on the net (Wikipedia, blog sites and the band's official facebook). Unfortunately it's difficult to find the full albums. The quality seems varied: some songs are definitively metal, other are hard rock or ballads. Need more samples. It would be nice to get in touch with the band (their FB seems still active and updated) to ask if they ever released these albums onto some format (quite likely tapes for the second album). Not really sure about the 1996 album title: Wikipedia reports the title "უხილავი კედელი" but on the picture in the link below, above "Magnitnaya Lenta" there is written something else, while above the "A 4620 BR" it's just the band name written in georgian

https://i.imgur.com/QJJeuuP.jpg

https://www.facebook.com/ThunderStatue

https://ka.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E1%83%9B ... OJL_cUAm3g

https://helloblog.ge/story/Simboluri-Gm ... Og2_kBplsE

There are several songs scattered on internet under all the band name's variations (მეხის ქანდაკება / Mekhis Kandakeba / Mekhis Qandakeba / Thunder Statue) but I can't listen to them as my soundboard is getting problems since a couple of days, anyway here's a couple of them but on youtube there are several more:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2k_WojTBF9c

https://soundcloud.com/3tsia/ifwx5exnrrvy

(added to the list)

Needs research. - Iberian
Location: Tbilisi, Georgia
Listed genre: Melodic Black Metal
Discography: "Striving for Immortal Heights" Full lenght 2008

It is unknown whether it was released on a physical format or just online. Anyway it seems it left a big mark on the georgian scene at the time:

https://www.facebook.com/Iberian.Band/

https://www.helloblog.ge/story/Georgian-Metal-2000s

https://www.metalkingdom.net/album/iber ... hts-109000

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FDkOlaBWXiM

https://soundcloud.com/rationiani/iberi ... al-heights

http://symphonicblackmetaldownload.blog ... ights.html

https://intermedia.ge/vid/503465-Georgi ... l-Heights/

(added to the list)

Grunge/Rock. - Dred Not


Got further info; moved to 'to be submitted' thread. - Unmotivated Intentions

Needs research. - Liquid Sky
Location: Karlsruhe, Baden-Württemberg, Germany
Listed genre: Melodic Heavy Metal/Hard Rock
Band members: Matze Aicher (bass, vocals), Frankie Uhl (guitar, vocals), Uwe Albrecht (guitar), Hagen Enderlein (keyboard), Charly Miller (drums)
Discography: "Mystery" / "Until the Night" 7" (1987)
Discogs: https://www.discogs.com/release/1205027 ... -The-Night (compilation appearances listed on this site seem to be for other bands with the same name)
Corroseum write-up and band photo: https://thecorroseum.org/features/germa ... php?char=L (their sound is compared to early '80s Scorpions)
- their song "To the Top" from this record is including in a compilation 2CD being released this month, "Sound & Action: German Hardrock & Heavy Metal Rarities Volume 3" (Golden Core Records)

(added to the list)

Needs research. - Какаду
Location: USSR (Leningrad)
Listed genre: Heavy Metal / Hard Rock
Discography: 11-track tape/compilation (1978-1979)

http://rock-n-roll.ru/show.php?file=enc ... 0%94%D0%A3

Probably the first Soviet band to start playing "modern" metal/hard rock, without all those 70's organ and keyboard rudiments (think about Judas Priest of Stained Class sample).

(added to the list)

Another demo and another review of Workman here:

https://www.spiralarchive.com/BZ11.htm

Discography:

https://www.estatica.it/it/musica/workman/discografia

Thanks for that info about Workman, Baldadeath.


Needs research. - Project Mayhem
Location: San Francisco, California, US (post- https://www.metal-archives.com/bands/Hi ... 3540471184 )
Released a CD, "In Death One Has a Name..." last month.
https://imgur.com/a/G8JPf6s
https://imgur.com/a/XuhnQfA
https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100089471325551
- Seeking audio. Haven't looked for it extensively.

Needs research. - Drakonus
Location: Houston, Texas, US
Genre: Heavy/Thrash/Groove Metal
- they have several professional-sounding songs on various platforms for streaming, and some active social media still. Not sure if they have a release. Formed in 2008, signed to Painkiller Records in 2009.
https://www.reverbnation.com/drakonus
https://www.youtube.com/@drakonusfire65 ... y=drakonus
https://twitter.com/DrakonusBand
https://myspace.com/drakonusband
https://www.metal-archives.com/artists/ ... ebb/361995
https://www.metal-archives.com/artists/ ... ray/429381
https://www.metal-archives.com/artists/ ... ino/520680
William Gernand (ex-Dark Quiet) (bass)
Jonathan Smith (ex-H.P.D.) (guitars)
https://www.reflectionsofdarkness.com/n ... er-records

(added to the list)

Needs research. - Хрустальный шар
Location: USSR (Leningrad)
Listed genre: Doom / Heavy Metal / Rock (early), Punk Rock (mid), Hard Rock (later)
Discogs: https://www.discogs.com/artist/8867542- ... 0%B0%D1%80

https://heavymetalrarities.com/forum/vi ... 05&t=56569
http://rock-n-roll.ru/show.php?file=enc ... 0%90%D0%A0

Went through many different stages - more in the article (easy to get confused, of course), but on an early demo they play real goddamned cool doom (I found even earlier bootlegs, but the quality is lousy).
A little later they became more hard rock, and finally punk rock. The earliest record I've found since the 1984 demo is a live one from 1994, and it sounds like traditional hard rock.

(added to the list)

Bought.

Added. - Transiency

Hardcore punk. - Apartheid


Added. - Killgore


Needs research. - Klamor
https://www.discogs.com/artist/12972801-Klamor
Location: Brazil
Genre: Death/Thrash Metal
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/KlamorBrazil
SoundCloud: https://soundcloud.com/fabio-jhasko
Fabio Jhasko - Guitars/Bass
Flávio Monteiro - Vocals
Adel

Needs research. - Breakneck
Location: Washington, US (Seattle? - in or near)
Band members: https://www.metal-archives.com/artists/ ... nder/32777
- Doug Hamilton (have sent a message on FB)
- active in the late '80s. Not sure if they have any releases.

(all added to list)

Open Fire

- added to 'bands to be submitted' thread. Thanks!

Bought.

According to the band, they play hardcore punk:
https://www.facebook.com/people/APARTHE ... 158430168/
...and that is quite true:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TDaTQx_gGUM
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bylQdE7hPcQ

Needs research. - Captain Black
Location: US (California?)
Genre: Heavy Metal
Band member: https://www.metal-archives.com/artists/ ... lson/55260 (sent him a message on FB and got a response, but he didn't answer about release details - just said he's not fond of the music with this band and sent links to later bands.)
4-song 1993 demo uploaded to YouTube by a band member: https://www.youtube.com/@mike92592/sear ... in%20black

Needs research. - Delubrum
Genre: Melodic Death Metal
https://www.youtube.com/@DelubrumBand/about
- newer band with one single out so far. One to check back on. YouTube 'about' section has other links.

Needs research. - Alysian
Location: Netherlands
Genre: Thrash Metal
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UW8W09jBzIU
- another new band to check back on later (unless there's a release to be found out there - haven't checked, just found this link).

(all 3 added to the list. Thread caught up.) -----------------------------------------

(Thanks for picking those two up, Azmod. Cheers.)

Needs research. - Трилогия
Location: Ukraine (Donetsk)
Genre: Heavy / Power Metal

https://heavymetalrarities.com/forum/vi ... 19&t=57577
https://heavymetalrarities.com/forum/vi ... 20&t=57551

Played decent power metal. The album is said to have been released on CD-R.

(additional info from Baldadeath) -
"Небо в огне" (which is a demo, according to their biography linked below) could have been recorded in 2005. The second album "Беседа со временем" was supposed to be released on Moon Records, but I guess both the demo and the album have been released for download only. Eduard Sukhodolov formed the group ЭСкандер after the end of Трилогия

https://www.reddit.com/r/HeavyMetalRari ... bo_v_ogne/

https://mastersland.org/forum/viewtopic.php?t=8891

https://www.realrocks.ru/eskander/

https://www.realrocks.ru/eskander/

Another biography is here, in the band's VK page (which basically leads to nowhere):

https://vk.com/club4959438?w=club4959438


(added to the list)

Various romanian bands

In this article taken from a romanian magazine in 1994, there are a list of some unknown bands, mostly in the "rock section": I don't know if they are rock or metal as many of them are already listed on M-A, so I guess some of the missing bands could be also related to metal. There are also reviews and mention of demos/tapes already listed or mentioned on M-A which have not a picture yet. Iarmarock should be just hard rock or not metal (at least the newer few songs available on internet) but I list them for completeness


Needs research. - Oscilator
Location: Campulung Moldovenesc, Romania
Listed genre: Grindcore/Death
Discography: Demo (Mid 90's)

https://imgur.com/hazfmVQ
https://imgur.com/u2dRgiQ



All the bands listed below are mentioned in this magazine:

https://imgur.com/IIGWmDJ


Needs research. - Floare Albastră
Location: Romania
Listed genre: ?
Discography: Demo Tape '94, Floare Albastră / Quo Vadis: Split Tape 1995 (Electrecords)

one tape is here and it has its metal moments but I don't know if it's enough to include them. It is the split tape with Quo Vadis, not the above mentioned demo:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CJp3OarQLvE
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0bo3bKcYrHI
https://www.discogs.com/it/release/4766 ... f-The-Maze


Needs research. - Fatum
Location: Romania
Listed genre: ?
Discography: "Clandestine Roads" Demo 1994 (?)

Needs research. - Bronx
Location: Romania
Listed genre: ?
Discography: "Hajnali Nap" Demo 1992, "True Tales" Demo 1993, "Love&Pain" Demo 1994, "Welcome Stranger" Demo 1995, "Wait" Demo 1996, "Rock'n'Roll Machine" (full lenfght, 2012), "We Are the... Bronx" (full lenght, 2017) and possibly more. It seems they are just rock'n'roll/sleaze/glam, but it would be interesting to access their early tapes to judge

http://www.metalhead.ro/bronx-tg-mures/ ... #gsc.tab=0
https://resurse.liternet.net/media/bron ... d_side.mp3


Needs research. - Proelium
Location: Romania
Listed genre: ?
Discography: "Hate Me" Demo 1994 (?)


Needs research. - Psykaos
Location: Romania
Listed genre: ?
Discography: "Ritual" Demo 1994 (?)


Needs research. - Altfel
Location: Slobozia, Romania
Listed genre: ?
Discography: Demo 1994 (?)


Needs research. - Chromdioxid
Location: Romania
Listed genre: ?
Discography: Demo 1994 (?)


Needs research. - Iarmarock
Location: Romania
Listed genre: ?
Discography: "Reptila Petrila" Demo 1994 (?)


Plus several other bands are listed here but I don't know how many of them could have released some recordings:

https://imgur.com/ceC0DzZ
https://imgur.com/aitpaMF
https://imgur.com/slJylks

(added to list, under 'Romanian bands')

Breakneck.... I have one rehearsal demo 1985, one single song studio demo 1985 and three rehearsal from 1985. If it's the same band, then they are related with Vice/The Kill. I got the master audios years ago when we were trying to work on a complete Vice/The Kill discography including all side project but I lost all the enclosed letters and notes. Anyway here's what I have at home, not sure if it's the same band, but they play just pure hardcore.

- Breakneck: Rehearsal Demo 1985
1) Pisshead
2) My car

- Breakneck: Demo 2 1985
1) War

- Breakneck: Rehearsal 1 1985
1) Muhammar (no vocals)
2) Muhammar (Jay vocals)

- Breakneck: Rehearsal 2 1985 (different recording than the Rehearsal Demo 1985)
1) Pisshead
2) My car

- Breakneck: Rehearsal 3 1985
1) Social malcontent

"Небо в огне" (which is a demo, according to their biography linked below) could have been recorded in 2005. The second album "Беседа со временем" was supposed to be released on Moon Records, but I guess both the demo and the album have been released for download only. Eduard Sukhodolov formed the group ЭСкандер after the end of Трилогия

https://www.reddit.com/r/HeavyMetalRari ... bo_v_ogne/

https://mastersland.org/forum/viewtopic.php?t=8891

https://www.realrocks.ru/eskander/

https://www.realrocks.ru/eskander/

Another biography is here, in the band's VK page (which basically leads to nowhere):

https://vk.com/club4959438?w=club4959438

- Thanks. It's a different band, but the New York one that you're talking about with https://www.metal-archives.com/artists/ ... ohn/142941 was brought up in here by user Necrodictator, and I don't think anyone contacted the guy yet about Breakneck or his other band Moral Decay. That should be the only thing pending for those 2 bands at the moment, confirmation of a release of 10 or more copies for the two bands. https://www.facebook.com/jayrobot

Needs research. - Remainder
Location: Germany
Listed genre: Hard Rock/Heavy Metal
- 4-piece band. Only name I can read clearly is Ralf. Other names are almost visible, but don't want to guess.
Discography: Self-titled CD (1993)
https://www.discogs.com/release/2708244 ... -Remainder
https://www.youtube.com/@aor_melodic-ro ... =Remainder

Needs research? - Поющие сердца
Location: USSR (Moscow)
Listed genre: Hard Rock/Heavy Metal

https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9F%D0 ... 1%86%D0%B0

They acted as "Aria" from the beginning of 1986, not 1985, as it is stated everywhere.

Sort of like looking for Schrödinger's black cat in a dark room, but I think it should still be mentioned for the sake of form.

Apart from a few surviving demos from 1981-1983, they were supposed to have two demo tapes predating the release of "Megalomania" (the first is an instrumental) and there were people who said they once had them, but... so far none surviving no copy found.

(added to the list)

Not going to add these bands to the list, but these 3 don't seem to be on the site (unless Northern Order is the NJ band, which I don't think it is but am not certain - and if they are, the comp. appearance can be added), and were on a recent compilation of mostly metal. They can be contacted if anyone feels like it, to see if they have any releases (Taranis (Italy), The Swedish Fornicator (Swe), Northern Order (US) - contact info found in the first link).
https://imgur.com/AYh4rl1
https://www.discogs.com/release/2709304 ... mpler-2023

Needs research. - Vigilante Suicide
Location: Hamilton, New Jersey, US
https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100066846409069
https://viglantesuicide.tripod.com/vigl ... index.html
CD: "13 ?? into the??" - https://imgur.com/UoHjwWB (track list visible if you scroll down)
Also released a 4-song tape (2001, 3 original tracks and "Creeping Death" Metallica cover)
https://www.facebook.com/mike.mirch (member)

Needs research. - Angels Puke
Discography: "Winter Break Puking Session" demo tape
https://imgur.com/a/zXtdokX (nothing specific known, probably from the '80s)

Needs research. - Regimental Steel
Location: Hillside/Union, New Jersey, US
- '80s metal band that released a demo tape. Seeking further details.

Needs research. - Krakpot
Needs research. - Wrong Crowd
- just a couple of tapes in a collection with a lot of obscure '80s metal demo bands. Wrong Crowd, I know nothing about. Krakpot were from San Francisco, California, originally called Crackpot, and had another tape with the 'Cr' spelling, track listing: You Give Me the Right/ Tacky/ Pitman Strut, which a drum machine was used on. The one in the photo is titled "The Rich Will Always Need Servants", tracklist unknown.
https://imgur.com/yIcDMX6

(all added to the list)

Needs research. - Betrayer
Location: address listed is for Full Boar Recording in Norfolk, Connecticut, US
Listed genre: Thrash Metal
Band members: Dennis Marolda, John Bazzano
Discography: https://imgur.com/pILKOv2 "Eternal Frown" demo (1993; track listing: [side A] Walk Away/ The End/ Walk in Darkness/ The Edge/ Freight Train [side B] Eternal Frown/ Leave It to Me/ Rudy's Cake/ Summer's Frost/ H.P.S.)
eBay: https://www.ebay.com/itm/175730291238

Needs research. - Тяжёлый характер (a.k.a. Tyazholiy kharakter)
Location: Moscow, Russia
Genre: Heavy Metal/Hard Rock (fuzzy '70s hard rock sound with some heavy metal and doom at times - good songs)
Band member: Sergei Proklov (vocals/guitars), others unknown
Discography: The 8 songs uploaded on YouTube are "Убийство" ("Ubiystvo") by the uploader, and the listed year is 1985. Track listing: U posledniy cherty/ Pered toboy stoit stena/ Ya soshel s uma/ Teper lyubov moya ne ta/ Za tserkovnoyu ogradoy/ Zhertva/ Tebya ubili chas nazad/ Posledniy son)
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MJZft5io2PE
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mo7i1h_3wlc
More info about this band can be found here.

(both added to the list)

Needs research. - Контур (a.k.a. Kontur)
Location: Grodno, USSR
Genre: Heavy Metal/Hard Rock
Band members: Alexander Loshkovsky, Valentina Melnikova, Roman Shamatovich, Gennady Shamatovich, Yuri Griger.

https://youtu.be/qnh_vzTEJbU

Compilation of demos 1983-1990, mut be released on CD-R.

(added to list)

For sure Breakneck (the one with Jay Robohn involved) is 100% pure NYHC, they are not metal at all, not even crossover. Just pure NYHC.
As for Moral Decay, same story: just HC. At least in the only two rehearsal recordings I have - and I guess there's nothing else available. Anyway both bands have nothing to do with metal.

Breakneck (NY) and Moral Decay removed (punk/hardcore).

I listened to the entire demo and it's mostly hard rock.


This on the other hand is actually metal (the entire album). I'll add them.