Hell yeah, man! Just doing what I can as a fan here... I hope you sell through those bad boys really soon! And that I get a chance to see you live before long.....
I'm a little late to the party but Interceptor f'n rules! Just listened to their whole demo on Bandcamp and really took me back. Your spot on, they definitely have that Venom and Hellhammer vibe mixed with the raw production, I felt like I was back in 1982. Just pre-ordered the 7", now I just need to pick up a turntable, I'm a CD guy. Lol! Another great vid Aaron!
You're right on time, as far as I'm concerned! Glad you dig the record too, those guys are fantastic, and the record should ship quickly... The pre-order business on the site is a mistake. (I think they put that up when they sent the thing to the pressing plant, and just haven't gotten around to updating it. I can relate.... hahaha!)
@@MetalTheologian Oh okay, good to know, that's awesome. Love all of your content, especially the NWOBHM stuff. Without you and Alan, it's slim pickins' for NWOBHM discussion on TH-cam. I really appreciate what you do, always look forward to it. Cheers! Erick
"Witch's Dance" is awesome, but ordering from Germany would mean shelling out 38 EUR for a 7-inch. So i did the next best thing, and got me a digital copy for 5 EUR. I'm all in when it comes to support young bands that rip shit up🤘🤘🤘
That's a good solution, man! hahahaha.... It's really a shame, though, that shipping to Europe has gotten so expensive. It's always been bad to Australia, but I used to send a lot to Europe. These days, I feel bad asking for so much postage....
Lol. Great challenge. Will look for the single. Great idea. I’ve been going through a lot of my old 45s. So many more I wish I had held unto. Thank, Aaron. Cheers.
Dude, it's totally true... although I'm one of the people who never really collected 45s until I had been at it for a while. Well, on second thought, I had a few in the early 90s, so I guess I wasn't that slow...
Yeah man, shipping to overseas has gotten super expensive over here. That's why I don't ship overseas on Discogs anymore, I hate asking for so much money for postage, and then I always end up losing money anyway!
Aaron, if you're still in SC... Interceptor's album release show is June 22nd at the Trolley Pub in Summerville. AND it's all-Ages, so you could take your Son! :)
Holy shit man, thanks for the tip! I'm already planning on seeing them the Thursday before, at the Music Farm, but I think I know what I'm doing that Saturday now too, hahaha!
I was REALLY hoping you were gonna challenge everyone to start a band that sounds like Venom. Yes I bought the single, they nailed it with the mid-paced songs that really carve the riffs into your skull, nice job. Lord Ryur and Sabre are about as good as it gets for 80's singles. The Sabre demo is also awesome, that's some shit that deserves reissue over 99% of everything else. I read a band member later did some heinous crimes, maybe that's keeping labels away? Glad you dug Akilla, I realized later the best comparison might be Medieval. Wyvern is indeed a cool overlooked gem of Italian metal, well-produced classy stuff. Never heard of NH3, but I've long maintained the only way to improve Puppets would be cut 'The Thing That Should Not Be' and make 'Orion' 5 minutes longer. I put Militia in the same category as Raven Bitch, if their records had been on Metal Blade (more like New Renaissance actually) they would be as fondly remembered as fellow mediocre greats like Pandemonium or Bloodcum. But hey, Oblivion Knight is actually pretty damn good!
Hahahaha! Dude, that would have been a good challenge.. but I don't know that I'd wanted to review 20 bands that all sounded like Venom, it'd probably get boring fast. Glad to hear you dug Interceptor though, those guys are first rate. I doubt the crimes would keep labels away from Sabre, but it might make it hard to track the band down to get their approval. I like The Thing That Should Not Be, hahahaha!
I first decided to check out Chastain after I somehow found out he was a fan of/influenced by Glenn Phillips; the great Hampton Grease Band guitarist and solo artist. I figured if he had cool taste like that, I’d give him a try. I’m glad I did, cause I found some great metal in Chastain and CJSS. I think the David T. Chastain stuff is more Shrapnel-esque, but at least he separates it from the real band material. Anyway, he’s one of those “solo” artists that gets a pass from me. And at least he never tried to shoehorn Robin McAuley’s name in there anywhere. Cheers
Hahahaha! That's hilarious about good ol' Robin... I really don't know much about him, but he looks like the biggest dork ever on that MSG cover. I didn't know about the Hampton Grease Band business, so that's really interesting: Their record never really blew my mind, but it's still cool that Chastain would dig that deep.
Man, Holocaust. When I first started cruising for metal records, I kept getting burned when I went for NWOBHM stuff. Holo's 'No Man's Land' and Saxon's 'rock the nations' weren't exactly setting the world on fire for me, y'know?
Oh man, it's too bad that No Mans Land was your first exposure... that record is really bad, and I've tried really hard to find something to like about it! Check out The Nightcomers and the Live album, and then if you want to hear something different, check out Sound of Souls. I've never even listened to Rock the Nations all the way through, but I'm not the biggest Saxon fan.
@@MetalTheologian oh! No Man's land wasn't my first exposure, just the first album I got by them. I heard 'Heavy Metal Mania' and 'Death or Glory' somewhere beforehand. Snagged a 'well-loved' copy of the Nightcomers years later and loved it. a key NWOBHM release to be sure.
Any album by Holocaust that isn't The Nightcomers or Live: Hot Curry And Wine is simply a John Mortimer solo project. The only one I've ever heard was No Mans Land. Love the Manowar "Sign of The Hammer" album. For me, it pretty much marks the end of their streak of credibility. After that, I think I bought the next two albums before giving up on them. It was a great run though.
Sound of Souls is WAY better than No Man's Land, but probably sounds less NWOBHM, so if that's the sound you're after, you won't like it. Regarding Manowar.... I definitely think they dropped off after the first four albums, but I can dig the subsequent ones too. I only have the next two myself, but if I'm at my brother's house and he's playing Gods of War, I'm not exactly asking him to turn it off!
At $22.50 plus shipping I will pass for now. We’ll see how I feel when the next social security check comes in. XL started getting tight on me so I started exercising. Not sure how long that will last.
Nice, I have a 7" by Interceptör, a Brazilian "inspired by Motorhëad" kind of band. Decent stuff, its farly easy to find here in Brazil, but only 22 peoples has on discogs. 4 is for sale.
@@MetalTheologian no kidding man I just found an old collection update video with a sampler of it to prove it \m/ th-cam.com/video/RVFEIhjMK98/w-d-xo.html
Both AKILLA records are OK but not amazing for me. I got them both from John Allinson back in the day. He had sourced copies from the band. They do get bonus points for their cover art.
Well it's more to me than just a job And while I'm playing you won't get robbed Nobody tells a man how to play It just ain't that way That's some Shaksperean level prose right there! And rather ironic considering how much MANOWAR charges for tickets these days LOL
I´d love to get the Interceptor 45 but I won´t pay the shipping, hahaha... I know what you´re talking about with Chastain and the bandname putting you off, I did that with Jack Starr´s Burning Starr... bought his first three and holy crap, they rule!!! If you want to get into old Manowar I advice everybody to listen to the song "Warlord", hahahaha... what a s**ty song on a fantastic album!
Dude, Alan put me on to Jack Starr's Burning Starr: I only have the first one now, but that one has the full shit package, a bad name, and a terrible cover too. I never gave the thing a chance until a year or two ago when Alan hyped it, and boy, was I surprised! I don't blame you on the shipping... I'm willing to pay $20 (or more, hehe) for a good single, but shipping has gotten so expensive, it changes the calculus.
Yes sir, found on online radio box app or onestopradio app. I am 53 and feel that we had the same rock influences, however I learn of bands I've never heard of by watching ur stuff
Dude.....I've always loved the name "vicious rumors" despite misspelling rumours. Haha. Yeah...I've always called sound/souls Holocausts industrial record. I like it as well. Interceptor owe u royalties or at least a credit on the next release. Good stuff👍
No, it's not mispelled, it's simply the US/UK linguistic factor ( like color/colour, theater/theatre etc). I think the name Vicious Rumors is great, as good as the band. It's not typical/run of the mill.
Nah man, Interceptor doesn't owe me anything... I'm just happy to help out a little if I can. And I'm doing right by the audience too, because it's a great record. Regarding spelling, you know, I've always spelled things pretty consistently the American way, but in the last 20 years or so, it's gotten more common to leave off the "-ue" ending for words that end with "g", so "catalog" instead of "catalogue", for instance. And I can't stand that shit. So I spell "rumor" with no "u", but "dialogue" with the French ending........
@@MetalTheologian for sure.....very cool of u to promote that single....and must've been interesting for the band to see a sudden surge in interest...... I remember back when I attained US citizenship I was joking about the differences in spelling and pronunciation and it's always been a bit of a running gag. That Manowar record is the anti Shrapnel record if there ever was one. Thunderpick is a hot mess. I love it. Haha
Thanks for the support 🤘🏼🤘🏼🤘🏼we were wondering why they were randomly selling fast again 😂
Hell yeah, man! Just doing what I can as a fan here... I hope you sell through those bad boys really soon! And that I get a chance to see you live before long.....
My Interceptor 45 landed in my mailbox today! Thanks for turning me onto them! Such a Great U.S. Metal band!!
Hahahaha awesome, thanks for letting me know! See, a "challenge" where everybody wins, hahahaha!
Done! I just ordered the Interceptor "Witches Hammer" 45 off Bandcamp!!
And you were the first one, hahaha! Right on, thanks!
Your welcome! Man these kids really nailed that old Venom sound!
I'm a little late to the party but Interceptor f'n rules! Just listened to their whole demo on Bandcamp and really took me back. Your spot on, they definitely have that Venom and Hellhammer vibe mixed with the raw production, I felt like I was back in 1982. Just pre-ordered the 7", now I just need to pick up a turntable, I'm a CD guy. Lol! Another great vid Aaron!
You're right on time, as far as I'm concerned! Glad you dig the record too, those guys are fantastic, and the record should ship quickly... The pre-order business on the site is a mistake. (I think they put that up when they sent the thing to the pressing plant, and just haven't gotten around to updating it. I can relate.... hahaha!)
@@MetalTheologian Oh okay, good to know, that's awesome. Love all of your content, especially the NWOBHM stuff. Without you and Alan, it's slim pickins' for NWOBHM discussion on TH-cam. I really appreciate what you do, always look forward to it. Cheers! Erick
"Witch's Dance" is awesome, but ordering from Germany would mean shelling out 38 EUR for a 7-inch. So i did the next best thing, and got me a digital copy for 5 EUR. I'm all in when it comes to support young bands that rip shit up🤘🤘🤘
That's a good solution, man! hahahaha.... It's really a shame, though, that shipping to Europe has gotten so expensive. It's always been bad to Australia, but I used to send a lot to Europe. These days, I feel bad asking for so much postage....
Pretty sure you talked about & played the Interceptor demo tape. The single sounds killer.
Oh yeah man, I hyped the demo pretty hard, hahaha!
Awesome video. Dude INTERCEPTOR WITCH'S DANCE !!!!!!!!!!!!
I love that shit, man! hahaha
Lol. Great challenge. Will look for the single. Great idea. I’ve been going through a lot of my old 45s. So many more I wish I had held unto. Thank, Aaron. Cheers.
Dude, it's totally true... although I'm one of the people who never really collected 45s until I had been at it for a while. Well, on second thought, I had a few in the early 90s, so I guess I wasn't that slow...
Would probably buy it, if the shipping had been much lower, just to meet you challenge. Fun way to promote a band. Cheers. 😂😂
Yeah man, shipping to overseas has gotten super expensive over here. That's why I don't ship overseas on Discogs anymore, I hate asking for so much money for postage, and then I always end up losing money anyway!
Aaron, if you're still in SC... Interceptor's album release show is June 22nd at the Trolley Pub in Summerville. AND it's all-Ages, so you could take your Son! :)
Holy shit man, thanks for the tip! I'm already planning on seeing them the Thursday before, at the Music Farm, but I think I know what I'm doing that Saturday now too, hahaha!
I was REALLY hoping you were gonna challenge everyone to start a band that sounds like Venom. Yes I bought the single, they nailed it with the mid-paced songs that really carve the riffs into your skull, nice job. Lord Ryur and Sabre are about as good as it gets for 80's singles. The Sabre demo is also awesome, that's some shit that deserves reissue over 99% of everything else. I read a band member later did some heinous crimes, maybe that's keeping labels away? Glad you dug Akilla, I realized later the best comparison might be Medieval. Wyvern is indeed a cool overlooked gem of Italian metal, well-produced classy stuff. Never heard of NH3, but I've long maintained the only way to improve Puppets would be cut 'The Thing That Should Not Be' and make 'Orion' 5 minutes longer. I put Militia in the same category as Raven Bitch, if their records had been on Metal Blade (more like New Renaissance actually) they would be as fondly remembered as fellow mediocre greats like Pandemonium or Bloodcum. But hey, Oblivion Knight is actually pretty damn good!
Hahahaha! Dude, that would have been a good challenge.. but I don't know that I'd wanted to review 20 bands that all sounded like Venom, it'd probably get boring fast. Glad to hear you dug Interceptor though, those guys are first rate. I doubt the crimes would keep labels away from Sabre, but it might make it hard to track the band down to get their approval. I like The Thing That Should Not Be, hahahaha!
I first decided to check out Chastain after I somehow found out he was a fan of/influenced by Glenn Phillips; the great Hampton Grease Band guitarist and solo artist. I figured if he had cool taste like that, I’d give him a try. I’m glad I did, cause I found some great metal in Chastain and CJSS. I think the David T. Chastain stuff is more Shrapnel-esque, but at least he separates it from the real band material. Anyway, he’s one of those “solo” artists that gets a pass from me. And at least he never tried to shoehorn Robin McAuley’s name in there anywhere. Cheers
Hahahaha! That's hilarious about good ol' Robin... I really don't know much about him, but he looks like the biggest dork ever on that MSG cover. I didn't know about the Hampton Grease Band business, so that's really interesting: Their record never really blew my mind, but it's still cool that Chastain would dig that deep.
Yeah man, I love Glenn Phillips’ solo band stuff. Hampton Grease Band needed less Hampton and more Grease Band.
Man, Holocaust. When I first started cruising for metal records, I kept getting burned when I went for NWOBHM stuff. Holo's 'No Man's Land' and Saxon's 'rock the nations' weren't exactly setting the world on fire for me, y'know?
Oh man, it's too bad that No Mans Land was your first exposure... that record is really bad, and I've tried really hard to find something to like about it! Check out The Nightcomers and the Live album, and then if you want to hear something different, check out Sound of Souls. I've never even listened to Rock the Nations all the way through, but I'm not the biggest Saxon fan.
@@MetalTheologian oh! No Man's land wasn't my first exposure, just the first album I got by them. I heard 'Heavy Metal Mania' and 'Death or Glory' somewhere beforehand. Snagged a 'well-loved' copy of the Nightcomers years later and loved it. a key NWOBHM release to be sure.
Any album by Holocaust that isn't The Nightcomers or Live: Hot Curry And Wine is simply a John Mortimer solo project. The only one I've ever heard was No Mans Land.
Love the Manowar "Sign of The Hammer" album. For me, it pretty much marks the end of their streak of credibility. After that, I think I bought the next two albums before giving up on them. It was a great run though.
Sound of Souls is WAY better than No Man's Land, but probably sounds less NWOBHM, so if that's the sound you're after, you won't like it. Regarding Manowar.... I definitely think they dropped off after the first four albums, but I can dig the subsequent ones too. I only have the next two myself, but if I'm at my brother's house and he's playing Gods of War, I'm not exactly asking him to turn it off!
Vicious Rumors sounds like the name of a disco song.
Oh man, totally. Or a Luther Vandross song or something.
hahah well was only a few bucks shipping to the US - got it
@spongerubbertower i am unable to interpret your tone here but sending my love
Right on, man! It's a really cool record, and you're helping out a local band. Good to hear from you!
At $22.50 plus shipping I will pass for now. We’ll see how I feel when the next social security check comes in. XL started getting tight on me so I started exercising. Not sure how long that will last.
Man, I can still fit into an XL, but I really like the extra room in a 2X these days.... even when I'm thin enough that an XL isn't exactly tight.
Hay A-aron, Interceptor already sold out and went to preorder. Says it won’t ship til June 5th. I’m slow. Peace ☮️ namaste 🙏 the Zonkman
Sorry that's a mistake. The records are in. The info was for before they shipped to HQ
Hahaha not too slow, apparently! Don't miss out!
Sounds great but at $65 Aud shipped I’m out😝
Yeah I found that too lol. Ah well!
Yeah man, that's a bummer. I don't mind paying $20 for a good single, but with shipping as expensive as it's gotten, it changes things.
Nice, I have a 7" by Interceptör, a Brazilian "inspired by Motorhëad" kind of band. Decent stuff, its farly easy to find here in Brazil, but only 22 peoples has on discogs. 4 is for sale.
Hahahaha! Yeah man, I guess this isn't the only "Interceptor" out there... what the hell though, right? hahaha.
@@MetalTheologian no kidding man I just found an old collection update video with a sampler of it to prove it \m/
th-cam.com/video/RVFEIhjMK98/w-d-xo.html
@@MetalTheologian i guess links won't show up here, sorry
Both AKILLA records are OK but not amazing for me. I got them both from John Allinson back in the day. He had sourced copies from the band. They do get bonus points for their cover art.
That's pretty much the bottom line on Akilla. They're pretty good, but don't quite live up to the promise of the cover art, hahahaha.
@@MetalTheologian Yep, close but no cigar
Well it's more to me than just a job
And while I'm playing you won't get robbed
Nobody tells a man how to play
It just ain't that way
That's some Shaksperean level prose right there! And rather ironic considering how much MANOWAR charges for tickets these days LOL
Man, I think it's sad that shows are so expensive these days generally. It shouldn't be so hard to see a band live. Manowar though? Poets.
I´d love to get the Interceptor 45 but I won´t pay the shipping, hahaha...
I know what you´re talking about with Chastain and the bandname putting you off, I did that with Jack Starr´s Burning Starr... bought his first three and holy crap, they rule!!!
If you want to get into old Manowar I advice everybody to listen to the song "Warlord", hahahaha... what a s**ty song on a fantastic album!
Dude, Alan put me on to Jack Starr's Burning Starr: I only have the first one now, but that one has the full shit package, a bad name, and a terrible cover too. I never gave the thing a chance until a year or two ago when Alan hyped it, and boy, was I surprised! I don't blame you on the shipping... I'm willing to pay $20 (or more, hehe) for a good single, but shipping has gotten so expensive, it changes the calculus.
The Pat Paradise Rock Stations dig ur videos
Oh yeah? I'm not familiar. I'll have to go look..... it's an online radio station, I assume?
Yes sir, found on online radio box app or onestopradio app. I am 53 and feel that we had the same rock influences, however I learn of bands I've never heard of by watching ur stuff
Challenge Accepted!!
Hell yeah, man! Hope you dig the single as much as I do!
Single sounds fun, but 7" postage to Europe...Huh!
Man, shipping to Europe has gotten so expensive... it's really a bummer.
Dude.....I've always loved the name "vicious rumors" despite misspelling rumours. Haha. Yeah...I've always called sound/souls Holocausts industrial record. I like it as well. Interceptor owe u royalties or at least a credit on the next release. Good stuff👍
No, it's not mispelled, it's simply the US/UK linguistic factor ( like color/colour, theater/theatre etc). I think the name Vicious Rumors is great, as good as the band. It's not typical/run of the mill.
This isn’t an overrated Fleetwood Mac record
Nah man, Interceptor doesn't owe me anything... I'm just happy to help out a little if I can. And I'm doing right by the audience too, because it's a great record. Regarding spelling, you know, I've always spelled things pretty consistently the American way, but in the last 20 years or so, it's gotten more common to leave off the "-ue" ending for words that end with "g", so "catalog" instead of "catalogue", for instance. And I can't stand that shit. So I spell "rumor" with no "u", but "dialogue" with the French ending........
@@MetalTheologian for sure.....very cool of u to promote that single....and must've been interesting for the band to see a sudden surge in interest...... I remember back when I attained US citizenship I was joking about the differences in spelling and pronunciation and it's always been a bit of a running gag. That Manowar record is the anti Shrapnel record if there ever was one. Thunderpick is a hot mess. I love it. Haha
Love the hype, got my copy Sgt. T 🫡
Hahahaha, you rule, man! Thanks for helping the band out... it's a great record!